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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-31
pubmed:abstractText
Endostatin and angiostatin are known as tumor-derived angiogenesis inhibitors, but their mechanisms of action are not yet completely defined. We report here that endostatin and angiostatin, delivered by adenoviral vectors, reduced in vitro the neovessel formation in the mouse aortic ring assay by 85 and 40%, respectively. We also demonstrated in vivo that both endostatin and angiostatin inhibited local invasion and tumor vascularization of transplanted murine malignant keratinocytes, and reduced by 50 and 90% the development of highly vascularized murine mammary tumors. This inhibition of tumor growth was associated with a reduction of tumor vascularization. Expression analysis of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) carried out in the mouse aortic ring model revealed a 3- to 10-fold down-regulation of VEGF mRNA expression in endostatin-treated rings. A similar down-regulation of VEGF expression at both mRNA and protein levels was also observed in the two in vivo cancer models after treatment with each angiogenesis inhibitor. This suggests that endostatin and angiostatin effects may be mediated, at least in part, by their ability to down-regulate VEGF expression within the tumor. This work provides evidence that endostatin and angiostatin act on tumor cells themselves.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1530-6860
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1802-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Adenoviridae, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Angiostatins, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Aorta, Thoracic, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Blood Vessels, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Collagen, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Endostatins, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Endothelial Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Lymphokines, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Neovascularization, Pathologic, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Plasminogen, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, pubmed-meshheading:12354694-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
The antitumoral effect of endostatin and angiostatin is associated with a down-regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor expression in tumor cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Tumor and Development Biology, and, Laboratory of Connective Tissues Biology, University of Liège, Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article