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Choleva E, Menounou L, Ntenekou D, Kastana P, Tzoupis Η, Katraki-Pavlou S, Drakopoulou M, Spyropoulos D, Andrikopoulou A, Kanellopoulou V, Enake MK, Beis D, Papadimitriou E. Targeting the interaction of pleiotrophin and VEGFA 165 with protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor zeta 1 inhibits endothelial cell activation and angiogenesis. Eur J Pharmacol 2024; 977:176692. [PMID: 38821164 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2024.176692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Revised: 05/27/2024] [Accepted: 05/28/2024] [Indexed: 06/02/2024]
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Protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor zeta 1 (PTPRZ1) is a transmembrane tyrosine phosphatase (TP) that serves as a receptor for pleiotrophin (PTN) and vascular endothelial growth factor A 165 (VEGFA165) to regulate endothelial cell migration. In the present work, we identify a PTN peptide fragment (PTN97-110) that inhibits the interaction of PTN and VEGFA165 with PTPRZ1 but not VEGF receptor 2. This peptide abolishes the stimulatory effect of PTN and VEGFA165 on endothelial cell migration, tube formation on Matrigel, and Akt activation in vitro. It also partially inhibits VEGFA165-induced VEGF receptor 2 activation but does not affect ERK1/2 activation and cell proliferation. In vivo, PTN97-110 inhibits or dysregulates angiogenesis in the chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane and the zebrafish assays, respectively. In glioblastoma cells in vitro, PTN97-110 abolishes the stimulatory effect of VEGFA165 on cell migration and inhibits their anchorage-independent growth, suggesting that this peptide might also be exploited in glioblastoma therapy. Finally, in silico and experimental evidence indicates that PTN and VEGFA165 bind to the extracellular fibronectin type-III (FNIII) domain to stimulate cell migration. Collectively, our data highlight novel aspects of the interaction of PTN and VEGFA165 with PTPRZ1, strengthen the notion that PTPRZ1 is required for VEGFA165-induced signaling, and identify a peptide that targets this interaction and can be exploited for the design of novel anti-angiogenic and anti-glioblastoma therapeutic approaches.
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- Effrosyni Choleva
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Patras, 26504, Greece
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Patras, 26504, Greece
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Patras, 26504, Greece
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Patras, 26504, Greece
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- Zebrafish Disease Models Lab, Center for Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Patras, 26504, Greece
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Patras, 26504, Greece
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Patras, 26504, Greece
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Patras, 26504, Greece
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Patras, 26504, Greece
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- Zebrafish Disease Models Lab, Center for Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Greece; Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Greece
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Patras, 26504, Greece.
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Wang W, LeBlanc ME, Chen X, Chen P, Ji Y, Brewer M, Tian H, Spring SR, Webster KA, Li W. Pathogenic role and therapeutic potential of pleiotrophin in mouse models of ocular vascular disease. Angiogenesis 2017; 20:479-492. [PMID: 28447229 DOI: 10.1007/s10456-017-9557-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Angiogenic factors play an important role in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy (DR), neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Pleiotrophin, a well-known angiogenic factor, was recently reported to be upregulated in the vitreous fluid of patients with proliferative DR (PDR). However, its pathogenic role and therapeutic potential in ocular vascular diseases have not been defined in vivo. Here using corneal pocket assays, we demonstrated that pleiotrophin induced angiogenesis in vivo. To investigate the pathological role of pleiotrophin we used neutralizing antibody to block its function in multiple in vivo models of ocular vascular diseases. In a mouse model of DR, intravitreal injection of pleiotrophin-neutralizing antibody alleviated diabetic retinal vascular leakage. In a mouse model of oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR), which is a surrogate model of ROP and PDR, we demonstrated that intravitreal injection of anti-pleiotrophin antibody prevented OIR-induced pathological retinal neovascularization and aberrant vessel tufts. Finally, pleiotrophin-neutralizing antibody ameliorated laser-induced choroidal neovascularization, a mouse model of nAMD, suggesting that pleiotrophin is involved in choroidal vascular disease. These findings suggest that pleiotrophin plays an important role in the pathogenesis of DR with retinal vascular leakage, ROP with retinal neovascularization and nAMD with choroidal neovascularization. The results also support pleiotrophin as a promising target for anti-angiogenic therapy.
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- Weiwen Wang
- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.,Department of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.,Department of Ophthalmology, Renji Hospital of Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.,Department of Ophthalmology, Zhengzhou Eye Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.,School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Vascular Biology Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. .,Vascular Biology Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
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Effects of Pleiotrophin on endothelial and inflammatory cells: Pro-angiogenic and anti-inflammatory properties and potential role for vascular bio-prosthesis endothelialization. Adv Med Sci 2015; 60:287-93. [PMID: 26114799 DOI: 10.1016/j.advms.2015.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2014] [Revised: 05/22/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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PURPOSE One of the limitations emerged with both synthetic and degradable vascular grafts is the lack of endothelialization after implantation that is known to be the main reason leading to unfavourable outcomes. It emerges the need to find new strategies to promote a rapid endothelialization of the scaffold. Pleiotrophin is a growth/differentiation cytokine for various cell type. We here evaluated the effect of Pleiotrophin on endothelial cells (EC), monocytes and macrophages that have been shown as key cells promoting neovascularization. MATERIAL/METHODS EA.hy926 endothelial cells, THP-1 monocytes and PMA-differentiated macrophages were treated with Pleiotrophin (10 and 100ng/ml). VEGF, Flk-1, Nrp-1, COX-2, ICAM-1 and TGFβ expression were detected by Western Blot, IL-10, MCP-1 and TNFα levels by ELISA. Chemotaxis was performed in Boyden chambers. Wound healing was performed by scratch wound assay. RESULTS Pleiotrophin induces in EC the expression of VEGF and its receptors Flk-1 and Nrp-1 and improves the migratory capacity. In THP-1 monocytes, Pleiotrophin induces the expression of VEGF and its receptor Nrp-1 and decreases the levels of COX-2 and TNFα. In PMA-differentiated macrophages COX-2 expression was significantly reduced by Pleiotrophin, while IL-10 and TGFβ were increased. CONCLUSIONS Pleiotrophin acts as an angiogenesis 'driver' by promoting the creation of a pro-angiogenic environment, a migratory behaviour in EC and a pro-regenerative alternative phenotype in macrophages. Our results suggest that Pleiotrophin might be considered for vascular prosthesis engineering.
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Lamprou M, Kaspiris A, Panagiotopoulos E, Giannoudis PV, Papadimitriou E. The role of pleiotrophin in bone repair. Injury 2014; 45:1816-23. [PMID: 25456495 DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2014] [Accepted: 10/07/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Bone has an enormous capacity for growth, regeneration, and remodelling, largely due to induction of osteoblasts that are recruited to the site of bone formation. Although the pathways involved have not been fully elucidated, it is well accepted that the immediate environment of the cells is likely to play a role via cell–matrix interactions, mediated by several growth factors. Formation of new blood vessels is also significant and interdependent to bone formation, suggesting that enhancement of angiogenesis could be beneficial during the process of bone repair. Pleiotrophin (PTN), also called osteoblast-specific factor 1, is a heparin-binding angiogenic growth factor, with a well-defined and significant role in both physiological and pathological angiogenesis. In this review we summarise the existing evidence on the role of PTN in bone repair.
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Dos Santos C, Blanc C, Elahouel R, Prescott M, Carpentier G, Ori A, Courty J, Hamma-Kourbali Y, Fernig DG, Delbé J. Proliferation and migration activities of fibroblast growth factor-2 in endothelial cells are modulated by its direct interaction with heparin affin regulatory peptide. Biochimie 2014; 107 Pt B:350-7. [PMID: 25315978 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2014.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Angiogenesis is the physiological process involving the growth of new blood vessels from pre-existing vessels. In normal or pathological angiogenesis, angiogenic growth factors activate cognate receptors on endothelial cells. Fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) and heparin affin regulatory peptide (HARP) are two heparin-binding growth factors and were described for their pro-angiogenic properties on human umbilical endothelial cells (HUVEC). We now show that HARP acts as a mediator of FGF-2's stimulatory effects, since it is able to inhibit the proliferation and migration of HUVEC induced by FGF-2. We demonstrate by ELISA and optical biosensor binding assay that HARP and FGF-2 interact through direct binding. We have adapted a previously developed structural proteomics method for the identification of residues involved in protein-protein interactions. Application of this method showed that two sequences in HARP were involved in binding FGF-2. One was in the C-thrombospondin type 1 repeat (C-TSR-1) domain and the other in the C-terminal domain of HARP. The identification of these regions as mediating the binding of FGF-2 was confirmed by ELISA using synthetic peptides, which are as well mediators of FGF-2-induced proliferation, migration and tubes formation on HUVEC in vitro. These results imply that besides a regulation of the proliferation, migration and angiogenesis of HUVEC by direct interaction of FGF-2 with its receptors, an alternative pathway exists involving its binding to growth factors such as HARP.
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- Célia Dos Santos
- Laboratoire CRRET, CNRS, Université Paris Est, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France.
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- IMRB INSERM, U955, Equipe 07, Faculté de Médecine, 8 rue du Général Sarrail, 94010 Créteil, France
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- Laboratoire CRRET, CNRS, Université Paris Est, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
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- Department of Structural and Chemical Biology, Institute of Integrative Biology, Biosciences Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
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- Laboratoire CRRET, CNRS, Université Paris Est, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
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- Department of Structural and Chemical Biology, Institute of Integrative Biology, Biosciences Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
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- Laboratoire CRRET, CNRS, Université Paris Est, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire CRRET, CNRS, Université Paris Est, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
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- Department of Structural and Chemical Biology, Institute of Integrative Biology, Biosciences Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
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- Laboratoire CRRET, CNRS, Université Paris Est, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
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Indenoisoquinoline derivatives as topoisomerase I inhibitors that suppress angiogenesis by affecting the HIF signaling pathway. Biomed Pharmacother 2013; 67:715-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2013.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2013] [Accepted: 06/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Kaspiris A, Mikelis C, Heroult M, Khaldi L, Grivas TB, Kouvaras I, Dangas S, Vasiliadis E, Lioté F, Courty J, Papadimitriou E. Expression of the growth factor pleiotrophin and its receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase beta/zeta in the serum, cartilage and subchondral bone of patients with osteoarthritis. Joint Bone Spine 2013; 80:407-13. [PMID: 23333521 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2012.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2012] [Accepted: 10/30/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Pleiotrophin is a heparin-binding growth factor expressed in embryonic but not mature cartilage, suggesting a role in cartilage development. Elucidation of the molecular changes observed during the remodelling process in osteoarthritis is of paramount importance. This study aimed to investigate serum pleiotrophin levels and expression of pleiotrophin and its receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase beta/zeta in the cartilage and subchondral bone of osteoarthritis patients. METHODS Serum samples derived from 16 osteoarthritis patients and 18 healthy donors. Pleiotrophin and receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase beta/zeta in the cartilage and subchondral bone were studied in 29 patients who had undergone total knee or hip replacement for primary osteoarthritis and in 10 control patients without macroscopic osteoarthritis changes. RESULTS Serum pleiotrophin levels and expression of pleiotrophin in chondrocytes and subchondral bone osteocytes significantly increased in osteoarthritis patients graded Ahlback II to III. Receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase beta/zeta was mainly detected in the subchondral bone osteocytes of patients with moderate osteoarthritis and as disease severity increased, in the osteocytes and bone lining cells of the distant trabeculae. CONCLUSIONS These data render pleiotrophin and receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase beta/zeta promising candidates for further studies towards developing targeted therapeutic schemes for osteoarthritis.
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- Angelos Kaspiris
- Department of Pharmacy, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Patras, Patras GR 26504, Greece
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Diamantopoulou Z, Kitsou P, Menashi S, Courty J, Katsoris P. Loss of receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase β/ζ (RPTPβ/ζ) promotes prostate cancer metastasis. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:40339-49. [PMID: 23060448 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.405852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The role of pleiotrophin and its receptors RPTPβ/ζ and Syndecan-3 during tumor metastasis remains unknown. RESULTS RPTPβ/ζ knockdown initiates EMT, promotes pleiotrophin-mediated migration and attachment through Syndecan-3 and induces in vivo metastasis. CONCLUSION RPTPβ/ζ plays a suppressor-like role in prostate cancer metastasis. SIGNIFICANCE Boosting RPTPβ/ζ or attenuating Syndecan-3 signaling pathways may lead to more effective therapeutic strategies in treating prostate cancer metastasis. Pleiotrophin is a growth factor that induces carcinogenesis. Despite the fact that many published reports focused on the role of pleiotrophin and its receptors, receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase (RPTPβ/ζ), and syndecan-3 during tumor development, no information is available regarding their function in tumor metastasis. To investigate the mechanism through which pleiotrophin regulates tumor metastasis, we used two different prostate carcinoma cell lines, DU145 and PC3, in which the expression of RPTPβ/ζ or syndecan-3 was down-regulated by the RNAi technology. The loss of RPTPβ/ζ expression initiated epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and increased the ability of the cells to migrate and invade. Importantly, the loss of RPTPβ/ζ expression increased metastasis in nude mice in an experimental metastasis assay. We also demonstrate that RPTPβ/ζ counterbalanced the pleiotrophin-mediated syndecan-3 pathway. While the inhibition of syndecan-3 expression inhibited the pleiotrophin-mediated cell migration and attachment through the Src and Fak pathway, the inhibition of RPTPβ/ζ expression increased pleiotrophin-mediated migration and attachment through an interaction with Src and the subsequent activation of a signal transduction pathway involving Fak, Pten, and Erk1/2. Taken together, these results suggest that the loss of RPTPβ/ζ may contribute to the metastasis of prostate cancer cells by inducing EMT and promoting pleiotrophin activity through the syndecan-3 pathway.
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- Zoi Diamantopoulou
- Division of Genetics, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece
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Lampropoulou E, Manioudaki M, Fousteris M, Koutsourea A, Nikolaropoulos S, Papadimitriou E. Pyrrolo[2,3-α]carbazole derivatives as topoisomerase I inhibitors that affect viability of glioma and endothelial cells in vitro and angiogenesis in vivo. Biomed Pharmacother 2011; 65:142-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2011.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2010] [Accepted: 02/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Diamantopoulou Z, Bermek O, Polykratis A, Hamma-Kourbali Y, Delbé J, Courty J, Katsoris P. A Pleiotrophin C-terminus peptide induces anti-cancer effects through RPTPβ/ζ. Mol Cancer 2010; 9:224. [PMID: 20738847 PMCID: PMC2936342 DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-9-224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2010] [Accepted: 08/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Pleiotrophin, also known as HARP (Heparin Affin Regulatory Peptide) is a growth factor expressed in various tissues and cell lines. Pleiotrophin participates in multiple biological actions including the induction of cellular proliferation, migration and angiogenesis, and is involved in carcinogenesis. Recently, we identified and characterized several pleiotrophin proteolytic fragments with biological activities similar or opposite to that of pleiotrophin. Here, we investigated the biological actions of P(122-131), a synthetic peptide corresponding to the carboxy terminal region of this growth factor. RESULTS Our results show that P(122-131) inhibits in vitro adhesion, anchorage-independent proliferation, and migration of DU145 and LNCaP cells, which express pleiotrophin and its receptor RPTPβ/ζ. In addition, P(122-131) inhibits angiogenesis in vivo, as determined by the chicken embryo CAM assay. Investigation of the transduction mechanisms revealed that P(122-131) reduces the phosphorylation levels of Src, Pten, Fak, and Erk1/2. Finally, P(122-131) not only interacts with RPTPβ/ζ, but also interferes with other pleiotrophin receptors, as demonstrated by selective knockdown of pleiotrophin or RPTPβ/ζ expression with the RNAi technology. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, our results demonstrate that P(122-131) inhibits biological activities that are related to the induction of a transformed phenotype in PCa cells, by interacing with RPTPβ/ζ and interfering with other pleiotrophin receptors. Cumulatively, these results indicate that P(122-131) may be a potential anticancer agent, and they warrant further study of this peptide.
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- Zoi Diamantopoulou
- Division of Genetics, Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, Greece
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Jin L, Jianghai C, Juan L, Hao K. Pleiotrophin and peripheral nerve injury. Neurosurg Rev 2009; 32:387-93. [DOI: 10.1007/s10143-009-0202-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2008] [Accepted: 02/14/2009] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Koutsioumpa M, Hatziapostolou M, Mikelis C, Koolwijk P, Papadimitriou E. Aprotinin stimulates angiogenesis and human endothelial cell migration through the growth factor pleiotrophin and its receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase beta/zeta. Eur J Pharmacol 2008; 602:245-9. [PMID: 19059395 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.11.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2008] [Revised: 11/13/2008] [Accepted: 11/25/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Pleiotrophin is an 18 kDa secreted polypeptide growth factor with direct pro-angiogenic and tumorigenic properties. Pleiotrophin is a substrate for proteolytic enzymes, such as plasmin, leading to proteolytic fragments with distinct activities on endothelial cell activation in vitro or angiogenesis in vivo. Aprotinin is a naturally occurring broad spectrum protease inhibitor, used widely in cardiac surgery due to its ability to inhibit plasmin and reduce perioperative bleeding. Since we have seen that aprotinin inhibits proteolysis of pleiotrophin by plasmin, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the possible role of pleiotrophin in the effects of aprotinin on angiogenesis and human endothelial cell migration. Our data demonstrate that aprotinin, in a concentration-dependent manner, is angiogenic in the chicken embryo chorioallantoic membrane assay in vivo and induces human endothelial cell migration in vitro. Aprotinin inhibits pleiotrophin proteolysis and induces expression and secretion of pleiotrophin through an AP-1-dependent transcriptional activation of the pleiotrophin gene, and pleiotrophin seems to mediate the stimulatory effects of aprotinin on cell migration through its receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase beta/zeta. The stimulatory effect of aprotinin on pleiotrophin expression and cell migration may explain, at least partly, the problems observed with the clinical use of aprotinin.
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- Marina Koutsioumpa
- Department of Pharmacy, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
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Pleiotrophin, a multifunctional angiogenic factor: mechanisms and pathways in normal and pathological angiogenesis. Curr Opin Hematol 2008; 15:210-4. [PMID: 18391787 DOI: 10.1097/moh.0b013e3282fdc69e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This study seeks to integrate recent studies that identify new critical mechanisms through which the 136 amino acid secreted heparin-binding cytokine pleiotrophin (PTN, Ptn) stimulates both normal and pathological angiogenesis. RECENT FINDINGS Pleiotrophin is directly angiogenic; it initiates an angiogenic switch in different cancer models in vivo. It acts as an angiogenic factor through multiple mechanisms that include a unique signaling pathway that activates newly identified downstream tyrosine kinases through a unique mechanism, an interaction with endothelial cells to initiate proliferation, migration, and tube formation, the regulation of basic fibroblast growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor signaling, the remodeling of the stromal microenvironment, and induction of transdifferentiation of monocytes into endothelial cells. Recently also, domains of PTN that stimulate angiogenesis and peptides that function to inhibit PTN signaling have been identified. SUMMARY Recent studies have identified new mechanisms dependent on activation of the PTN signaling pathway that regulate angiogenesis and new targets to use PTN to both stimulate angiogenesis and block its activity to control pathological angiogenesis.
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Parthymou A, Lampropoulou E, Mikelis C, Drosou G, Papadimitriou E. Heparin affin regulatory peptide/pleiotrophin negatively affects diverse biological activities in C6 glioma cells. Eur J Cell Biol 2008; 87:17-29. [PMID: 17881084 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2007.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2007] [Revised: 07/20/2007] [Accepted: 07/31/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Heparin affin regulatory peptide (HARP) or pleiotrophin seems to be involved in the progression of several tumors of diverse origin. In this study, we tried to determine the role of HARP in rat C6 glioma cells by using an antisense strategy for inhibition of HARP expression. Decrease of the expression of endogenous HARP in C6 cells (AS-C6 cells) significantly increased proliferation, migration, and anchorage-independent growth of cells. Implantation of AS-C6 cells onto chicken embryo chorioallantoic membranes resulted in a significant increase of tumor-induced angiogenesis compared with that induced by non-transfected or C6 cells transfected with the plasmid alone (PC-C6 cells). In the same line, conditioned medium from AS-C6 cells significantly increased endothelial cell proliferation, migration, and tube formation in vitro compared with the effect of conditioned medium from C6 or PC-C6 cells. Interestingly, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) induced C6 cell proliferation and migration, and SU1496, a selective inhibitor of VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR2), blocked increased glioma cell growth, migration, and angiogenicity observed in AS-C6 cell cultures. The above results seem to be due to a direct interaction between HARP and VEGF in the culture medium of C6 and PC-C6 cells, while AS-C6 cells secreted comparable amounts of VEGF that do not interact with HARP. Collectively, these data suggest that HARP negatively affects diverse biological activities in C6 glioma cells, mainly due to binding of HARP to VEGF, which may sequester secreted VEGF from signalling through VEGFR2.
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- Anastasia Parthymou
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, GR-26504 Patras, Greece
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Dean RA, Butler GS, Hamma-Kourbali Y, Delbé J, Brigstock DR, Courty J, Overall CM. Identification of candidate angiogenic inhibitors processed by matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2) in cell-based proteomic screens: disruption of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)/heparin affin regulatory peptide (pleiotrophin) and VEGF/Connective tissue growth factor angiogenic inhibitory complexes by MMP-2 proteolysis. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:8454-65. [PMID: 17908800 PMCID: PMC2169415 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00821-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) exert both pro- and antiangiogenic functions by the release of cytokines or proteolytically generated angiogenic inhibitors from extracellular matrix and basement membrane remodeling. In the Mmp2-/- mouse neovascularization is greatly reduced, but the mechanistic aspects of this remain unclear. Using isotope-coded affinity tag labeling of proteins analyzed by multidimensional liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry we explored proteome differences between Mmp2-/- cells and those rescued by MMP-2 transfection. Proteome signatures that are hallmarks of proteolysis revealed cleavage of many known MMP-2 substrates in the cellular context. Proteomic evidence of MMP-2 processing of novel substrates was found. Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 6, follistatin-like 1, and cystatin C protein cleavage by MMP-2 was biochemically confirmed, and the cleavage sites in heparin affin regulatory peptide (HARP; pleiotrophin) and connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) were sequenced by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry. MMP-2 processing of HARP and CTGF released vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) from angiogenic inhibitory complexes. The cleaved HARP N-terminal domain increased HARP-induced cell proliferation, whereas the HARP C-terminal domain was antagonistic and decreased cell proliferation and migration. Hence the unmasking of cytokines, such as VEGF, by metalloproteinase processing of their binding proteins is a new mechanism in the control of cytokine activation and angiogenesis.
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- Richard A Dean
- University of British Columbia, Centre for Blood Research, 4.401 Life Sciences Institute, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z3
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Hatziapostolou M, Delbe J, Katsoris P, Polytarchou C, Courty J, Papadimitriou E. Heparin affin regulatory peptide is a key player in prostate cancer cell growth and angiogenicity. Prostate 2005; 65:151-8. [PMID: 15924335 DOI: 10.1002/pros.20270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND The development and growth of human prostate cancer is mediated by many tumor cell-derived growth factors. Heparin affin regulatory peptide (HARP) seems to be involved in the progression of several tumors of diverse origin. In the present study, we sought to determine if HARP is implicated in human prostate cancer. METHODS An antisense strategy for inhibition of HARP expression in the human prostate cancer cell line LNCaP was used to study the role of HARP on cancer cell growth, migration, and angiogenic potential in vitro and in vivo. RESULTS Exogenous human recombinant HARP was mitogenic for LNCaP cells. By decreasing the expression of endogenous HARP, we found that HARP was essential for LNCaP cell migration, as well as anchorage-dependent and independent growth. Endothelial cell functions in vitro and blood vessel formation in vivo induced by LNCaP cells were also inhibited when HARP expression was diminished. CONCLUSIONS HARP seems to act as an important regulator of diverse biological activities in human prostate cancer cells.
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- Maria Hatziapostolou
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece
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Mourlevat S, Debeir T, Ferrario JE, Delbe J, Caruelle D, Lejeune O, Depienne C, Courty J, Raisman-Vozari R, Ruberg M. Pleiotrophin mediates the neurotrophic effect of cyclic AMP on dopaminergic neurons: analysis of suppression-subtracted cDNA libraries and confirmation in vitro. Exp Neurol 2005; 194:243-54. [PMID: 15899261 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2005.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2004] [Revised: 02/22/2005] [Accepted: 02/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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To better understand the particular vulnerability of mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons to toxins or gene mutations causing parkinsonism, we have taken advantage of a primary cell culture system in which these neurons die selectively. Antimitotic agents, such as cytosine arabinoside or cAMP, prevent the death of the neurons by arresting astrocyte proliferation. To identify factors implicated in either the death of the dopaminergic neurons or in the neuroprotective effect of cAMP, we constructed cDNA libraries enriched by subtractive hybridization and suppressive PCR in transcripts that are preferentially expressed in either control or cAMP-treated cultures. Differentially expressed transcripts were identified by hybridization of the enriched cDNAs with a commercially available cDNA expression array. The proteoglycan receptors syndecan-3 and the receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase zeta/beta were found among the transcripts preferentially expressed under control conditions, and their ligand, the cytokine pleiotrophin, was highly represented in the cDNA libraries for both conditions. Since pleiotrophin is expressed during embryonic and perinatal neural development and following lesions in the adult brain, we investigated its role in our cell culture model. Pleiotrophin was not responsible for the death of dopaminergic neurons under control conditions, or for their survival in cAMP-treated cultures. It was, however, implicated in the initial and cAMP-dependent enhancement of the differentiation of the dopaminergic neurons in our cultures. In addition, our experiments have provided evidence for a cAMP-dependent regulatory pathway leading to protease activation, and the identification of pleiotrophin as a target of this pathway.
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- Sophie Mourlevat
- INSERM U679, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, 47 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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Polykratis A, Katsoris P, Courty J, Papadimitriou E. Characterization of Heparin Affin Regulatory Peptide Signaling in Human Endothelial Cells. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:22454-61. [PMID: 15797857 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m414407200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Heparin affin regulatory peptide (HARP) is an 18-kDa secreted growth factor that has a high affinity for heparin and a potent role on tumor growth and angiogenesis. We have previously reported that HARP is mitogenic for different types of endothelial cells and also affects cell migration and differentiation (12). In this study we examined the signaling pathways involved in the migration and tube formation on matrigel of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) induced by HARP. We report for the first time that receptor-type protein-tyrosine phosphatase beta/zeta (RPTPbeta/zeta), which is a receptor for HARP in neuronal cell types, is also expressed in HUVEC. We also document that HARP signaling through RPTPbeta/zeta leads to activation of Src kinase, focal adhesion kinase, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, and Erk1/2. Sodium orthovanadate, chondroitin sulfate-C, PP1, wortmannin, LY294002, and U0126 inhibit HARP-mediated signaling and HUVEC migration and tube formation. In addition, RPTPbeta/zeta suppression using small interfering RNA technology interrupts intracellular signals and HUVEC migration and tube formation induced by HARP. These results establish the role of RPTPbeta/zeta as a receptor of HARP in HUVEC and elucidate the HARP signaling pathway in endothelial cells.
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MESH Headings
- Blotting, Western
- CSK Tyrosine-Protein Kinase
- Carrier Proteins/chemistry
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Cell Movement
- Cells, Cultured
- Collagen/pharmacology
- Cytokines/chemistry
- Cytokines/metabolism
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Combinations
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Endothelium, Vascular/cytology
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Focal Adhesion Kinase 1
- Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Humans
- Immunoprecipitation
- Laminin/pharmacology
- Neovascularization, Pathologic
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Proteoglycans/pharmacology
- RNA/metabolism
- RNA Interference
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Signal Transduction
- Time Factors
- src-Family Kinases
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- Apostolos Polykratis
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece
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Polykratis A, Delbé J, Courty J, Papadimitriou E, Katsoris P. Identification of heparin affin regulatory peptide domains with potential role on angiogenesis. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2004; 36:1954-66. [PMID: 15203110 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2004.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2003] [Revised: 02/12/2004] [Accepted: 02/13/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Heparin affin regulatory peptide (HARP) is a growth factor displaying high affinity for heparin. It is present in the extracellular matrix of many tissues, interacting with heparan sulfate and dermatan/chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycans. We have previously shown that HARP is implicated in the control of angiogenesis and its effects are mimicked, at least in part, by synthetic peptides that correspond to its N and C termini. In the present work, we show that HARP is cleaved by plasmin, leading to the production of five peptides that correspond to distinct domains of the molecule. Heparin, heparan sulfate and dermatan sulfate, at various HARP to glycosaminoglycan ratios, partially protect HARP from plasmin degradation. The molecules with higher affinity to HARP are the more protective, heparin being the most efficient. The peptides that are produced from cleavage of HARP by plasmin, affect in vivo and in vitro angiogenesis and modulate the angiogenic activity of vascular endothelial growth factor on human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Similar results were obtained in vitro with recombinant HARP peptides, identical to the peptides generated after treatment of HARP with plasmin. These results suggest that different regions of HARP may induce or inhibit angiogenesis.
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- Apostolos Polykratis
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Patras, GR 26504, Greece
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Héroult M, Bernard-Pierrot I, Delbé J, Hamma-Kourbali Y, Katsoris P, Barritault D, Papadimitriou E, Plouet J, Courty J. Heparin affin regulatory peptide binds to vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and inhibits VEGF-induced angiogenesis. Oncogene 2004; 23:1745-53. [PMID: 15001987 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1206879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Heparin affin regulatory peptide (HARP) is an heparin-binding molecule involved in the regulation of cell proliferation and differentiation. Here, we report that HARP inhibited the biological activity induced by the 165-amino-acid form of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF165) on human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Endothelial-cell proliferation induced by VEGF165 showed about 50% inhibition in the presence of HARP in a concentration of 3 nM. In similar range of concentrations, HARP blocked tube formation induced by VEGF165 in three-dimensional angiogenesis assay. In vivo studies showed that HARP inhibited the VEGF165-induced Matrigel trade mark infiltration of endothelial cells. We then investigated the mechanisms of this inhibition and shown that HARP inhibited the binding of 125I-VEGF165 to the VEGF receptors of endothelial cells. Additional studies using VEGF soluble receptors indicated that binding of 125I-VEGF165 to kinase insert domain-containing receptor and neuropilin receptor was inhibited by HARP, but conversely the binding of 125I-VEGF165 to fms-like tyrosine kinase I receptor was unaffected. A competitive affinity-binding assay demonstrated that HARP interacted directly with VEGF165 with a dissociation coefficient of 1.38 nM. Binding assay using deletion mutants of HARP revealed that the thrombospondin type-1 repeats domains were involved in this interaction. These data demonstrate for the first time that the angiogenic factor HARP can also negatively regulates the angiogenic activity of VEGF165.
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- Mélanie Héroult
- Laboratoire de Recherche sur la Croissance Cellulaire, la Réparation et la Régénération Tissulaires (CRRET), FRE CNRS 2412, Université Paris XII-Val de Marne, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil, France
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Hatziapostolou M, Katsoris P, Papadimitriou E. Different inhibitors of plasmin differentially affect angiostatin production and angiogenesis. Eur J Pharmacol 2003; 460:1-8. [PMID: 12535853 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(02)02868-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Plasmin is a broad-spectrum serine proteinase, which is presumed to cleave many extracellular proteins and affect angiogenesis. In the present work, we studied the effect of two different inhibitors of plasmin (epsilon-aminocaproic and alpha(2)-antiplasmin) on angiogenesis in vivo using the chicken embryo chorioallantoic membrane assay, and in vitro using human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Epsilon-aminocaproic acid inhibited, while alpha(2)-antiplasmin induced, angiogenesis, as well as human umbilical vein endothelial cell proliferation, migration and tube formation on matrigel in a dose-dependent manner. Since plasmin has been implicated in the production of angiostatin, we studied the effect of the two plasmin inhibitors on angiostatin protein amounts in the chicken embryo chorioallantoic membrane. In this tissue, the 38- and 45-kDa isoforms of angiostatin are differentially affected by the two inhibitors: epsilon-aminocaproic acid increased, while alpha(2)-antiplasmin decreased the amounts of both isoforms. These data suggest that plasmin may have an antiangiogenic role in vivo through generation of angiostatin. Moreover, plasmin inhibitors differentially affect in vivo angiogenesis, depending on the mechanism by which they inhibit plasmin activity.
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- Maria Hatziapostolou
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Patras GR 26504, Greece
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Bernard-Pierrot I, Delbé J, Rouet V, Vigny M, Kerros ME, Caruelle D, Raulais D, Barritault D, Courty J, Milhiet PE. Dominant negative effectors of heparin affin regulatory peptide (HARP) angiogenic and transforming activities. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:32071-7. [PMID: 12070152 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m202747200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Heparin affin regulatory peptide (HARP) is an heparin-binding growth factor, highly expressed in several primary human tumors and considered as a rate-limiting angiogenic factor in tumor growth, invasion, and metastasis. Implication of this protein in carcinogenesis is linked to its mitogenic, angiogenic, and transforming activities. Recently, we have demonstrated that the C-terminal residues 111-136 of HARP are required for its mitogenic and transforming activities (Bernard-Pierrot, I., Delbe, J., Caruelle, D., Barritault, D., Courty, J., and Milhiet, P. E. (2001) J. Biol. Chem. 276, 12228-12234). In this paper, HARP deleted of its last 26 amino acids was shown to act as a dominant negative effector for its mitogenic, angiogenic, transforming, and tumor-formation activities by heterodimerizing with the wild type protein. Similarly, the synthetic corresponding peptide P111-136 displayed in vitro inhibition of wild type HARP activities, but in this case, the inhibition was mainly explained by the competition of the peptide with HARP for the binding to the extracellular domain of the high affinity ALK receptor.
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- Isabelle Bernard-Pierrot
- Laboratoire de recherche sur la Croissance Cellulaire, la Réparation et la Régénération Tissulaires (CRRET), CNRS UPRES-A 7053, Université Paris XII, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
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The microvasculature of the human brain plays an important role in the development and maintenance of the central nervous system and in the pathogenesis of brain diseases, and is the site of differential gene expression within the brain. However, human brain microvascular-specific genes may not be detected in whole-brain gene microarray because the volume of the brain microvascular endothelium is relatively small (0.1%) compared with the whole brain. Therefore, the differential gene expression within the human brain microvasculature was evaluated using suppression subtractive hybridization with RNA isolated from human brain microvessels. Gene identification was restricted to the first 71 clones that were differentially expressed at the brain microvasculature. Twenty of these were genes encoding proteins with known function that were involved in angiogenesis, neurogenesis, molecular transport, and maintenance of endothelial tight junctions or the cytoskeleton. Eighteen genes coding for proteins of an unknown function were identified, including five genes containing satellite DNA sequences. The results provide the initial outline of the genomics of the human brain microvasculature, and have implications for the identification of both targets for brain-specific drug transport and changes in microvascular gene expression in brain diseases.
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- Eric V Shusta
- Departments of Medicine and Surgery/Neurosurgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
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Bernard-Pierrot I, Delbe J, Caruelle D, Barritault D, Courty J, Milhiet PE. The lysine-rich C-terminal tail of heparin affin regulatory peptide is required for mitogenic and tumor formation activities. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:12228-34. [PMID: 11150308 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m010913200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Heparin affin regulatory peptide (HARP) is a 18-kDa heparin-binding polypeptide that is highly expressed in developing tissues and in several primary human tumors. It seems to play a key role in cellular growth and differentiation. In vitro, HARP displays mitogenic, angiogenic, and neurite outgrowth activities. It is a secreted protein that is organized in two beta-sheet domains, each domain containing a cluster of basic residues. To assess determinants involved in the biological activities of HARP, C-terminally truncated proteins were produced in Chinese hamster ovary-K1 cells and tested for their mitogenic, tumor formation in nude mice and neurite outgrowth activities. Our data clearly indicate that the residues 111-136 of the lysine-rich C-terminal domain are involved in the mitogenic and tumor formation activities of HARP. Correlatively, no signal transduction was detected using the corresponding mutant, suggesting the absence of HARP binding to its high affinity receptor. However, this C-terminal domain of HARP is not involved in the neurite outgrowth activity. We also demonstrate that HARP signal peptide cleavage could led to two maturated forms that are both but differentially mitogenic.
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- I Bernard-Pierrot
- Laboratoire de Recherche sur la Croissance Cellulaire, la Réparation et la Régénération Tissulaires, CNRS UPRES-A 7053, Université Paris XII, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
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Papadimitriou E, Polykratis A, Courty J, Koolwijk P, Heroult M, Katsoris P. HARP induces angiogenesis in vivo and in vitro: implication of N or C terminal peptides. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 282:306-13. [PMID: 11264008 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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HARP (heparin affin regulatory peptide) is a growth factor displaying high affinity for heparin. In the present work, we studied the ability of human recombinant HARP as well as its two terminal peptides (HARP residues 1-21 and residues 121-139) to promote angiogenesis. HARP stimulates endothelial cell tube formation on matrigel, collagen and fibrin gels, stimulates endothelial cell migration and induces angiogenesis in the in vivo chicken embryo chorioallantoic membrane assay. The two HARP peptides seem to be involved in most of the angiogenic effects of HARP. They both stimulate in vivo angiogenesis and in vitro endothelial cell migration and tube formation on matrigel. We conclude that HARP has an angiogenic activity when applied exogenously in several in vitro and in vivo models of angiogenesis and its NH(2) and COOH termini seem to play an important role.
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- E Papadimitriou
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
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