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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-10-22
pubmed:abstractText
The formation of functional, mature blood vessels depends on the interaction between endothelial cells and pericytes. Commonality exists in the processes involved in vasculature development between tissues whether healthy or diseased. Endosialin/TEM 1 is a cell membrane protein that is expressed in blood vessels during embryogenesis and tumorigenesis but not in normal mature vessels. Antibodies developed to human endosialin were used to investigate endosialin expression and function in human prenatal brain pericytes and pericytes residing in tumors. Anti-endosialin was capable of preventing pericyte tube formation in culture and inhibited migration. Brain pericytes in culture had higher levels of endosialin/TEM 1 than TEMs-2, -3, -4, -5, -7, and -8. Immunocytochemistry revealed that endosialin was present in the cytoplasmic body and in the elongated extensions essential to pericyte function. Transgenic mice engineered to express human endosialin bred on an immunocompromised background allowed the growth of human tumor xenografts. In human colon carcinoma Colo205 and HT29 xenografts grown in human endosialin-transgenic mice, endosialin expression was largely confined to NG2-expressing perivascular cells and not CD31-positive endothelial cells. Similar methods applied to human ovarian and colon tumors confirmed endosialin expression by pericytes. The data indicate that endosialin is strongly expressed by pericytes during periods of active angiogenesis during embryonic and tumor development. Anti-endosialin antibodies may have value in identifying vasculature in malignant tissues. With the appropriate agent, targeting endosialin may interfere with blood vessel growth during tumor development.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1095-9319
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
76
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
180-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18761022-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18761022-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:18761022-Antigens, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:18761022-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:18761022-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:18761022-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:18761022-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:18761022-Embryonic Development, pubmed-meshheading:18761022-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18761022-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:18761022-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18761022-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18761022-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18761022-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:18761022-Mice, SCID, pubmed-meshheading:18761022-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:18761022-Neoplasms, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:18761022-Neovascularization, Pathologic, pubmed-meshheading:18761022-Neovascularization, Physiologic, pubmed-meshheading:18761022-Pericytes, pubmed-meshheading:18761022-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18761022-Transplantation, Heterologous
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Endosialin/TEM 1/CD248 is a pericyte marker of embryonic and tumor neovascularization.
pubmed:affiliation
Genzyme Corporation, 49 New York Avenue Framingham, MA 01701-9322, USA. Rebecca.Bagley@Genzyme.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article