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Nathan J, Shameera R, Palanivel G. Studying molecular signaling in major angiogenic diseases. Mol Cell Biochem 2022; 477:2433-2450. [PMID: 35581517 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-022-04452-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/24/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The growth of blood vessels from already existing vasculature is angiogenesis and it is one of the fundamental processes in fetal development, tissue damage or repair, and the reproductive cycle. In a healthy person, angiogenesis is regulated by the balance between pro- and anti-angiogenic factors. However, when the balance is disturbed, it results in various diseases or disorders. The angiogenesis pathway is a sequential cascade and differs based on the stimuli. Therefore, targeting one of the factors involved in the process can help us find a therapeutic strategy to treat irregular angiogenesis. In the past three decades of cancer research, angiogenesis has been at its peak, where an anti-angiogenic agent inhibiting vascular endothelial growth factor acts as a promising substance to treat cancer. In addition, cancer can be assessed based on the expression of angiogenic factors and its response to therapies. Angiogenesis is important for all tissues, which might be normal or pathologically changed and occur through ages. In clinical therapeutics, target therapy focusing on discovery of novel anti-angiogenic agents like bevacizumab, cetuximab, sunitinib, imatinib, lenvatinib, thalidomide, everolimus etc., to block or inhibit the angiogenesis pathway is well explored in recent times. In this review, we will discuss about the molecular signaling pathways involved in major angiogenic diseases in detail.
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- Jhansi Nathan
- Zebrafish Developmental Biology Laboratory, AUKBC Research Centre, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600044, India.
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- Zebrafish Developmental Biology Laboratory, AUKBC Research Centre, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600044, India
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- Zebrafish Developmental Biology Laboratory, AUKBC Research Centre, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600044, India
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Zahra FT, Sajib MS, Ichiyama Y, Akwii RG, Tullar PE, Cobos C, Minchew SA, Doçi CL, Zheng Y, Kubota Y, Gutkind JS, Mikelis CM. Endothelial RhoA GTPase is essential for in vitro endothelial functions but dispensable for physiological in vivo angiogenesis. Sci Rep 2019; 9:11666. [PMID: 31406143 PMCID: PMC6690958 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-48053-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 07/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Imbalanced angiogenesis is a characteristic of several diseases. Rho GTPases regulate multiple cellular processes, such as cytoskeletal rearrangement, cell movement, microtubule dynamics, signal transduction and gene expression. Among the Rho GTPases, RhoA, Rac1 and Cdc42 are best characterized. The role of endothelial Rac1 and Cdc42 in embryonic development and retinal angiogenesis has been studied, however the role of endothelial RhoA is yet to be explored. Here, we aimed to identify the role of endothelial RhoA in endothelial cell functions, in embryonic and retinal development and explored compensatory mechanisms. In vitro, RhoA is involved in cell proliferation, migration and tube formation, triggered by the angiogenesis inducers Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) and Sphingosine-1 Phosphate (S1P). In vivo, through constitutive and inducible endothelial RhoA deficiency we tested the role of endothelial RhoA in embryonic development and retinal angiogenesis. Constitutive endothelial RhoA deficiency, although decreased survival, was not detrimental for embryonic development, while inducible endothelial RhoA deficiency presented only mild deficiencies in the retina. The redundant role of RhoA in vivo can be attributed to potential differences in the signaling cues regulating angiogenesis in physiological versus pathological conditions and to the alternative compensatory mechanisms that may be present in the in vivo setting.
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- Fatema Tuz Zahra
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas, 79106, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas, 79106, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan.,Department of Ophthalmology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2192, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas, 79106, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas, 79106, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas, 79106, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas, 79106, USA
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- College of Arts and Sciences, Marian University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46222, USA
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- Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, UCSD, San Diego, California, 92093, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas, 79106, USA.
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Wang G, Yang Q, Li M, Zhang Y, Cai Y, Liang X, Fu Y, Xiao Z, Zhou M, Xie Z, Huang H, Huang Y, Chen Y, He Q, Peng F, Chen Z. Quantitative proteomic profiling of tumor-associated vascular endothelial cells in colorectal cancer. Biol Open 2019; 8:bio.042838. [PMID: 31036754 PMCID: PMC6550088 DOI: 10.1242/bio.042838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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To investigate the global proteomic profiles of vascular endothelial cells (VECs) in the tumor microenvironment and antiangiogenic therapy for colorectal cancer (CRC), matched pairs of normal (NVECs) and tumor-associated VECs (TVECs) were purified from CRC tissues by laser capture microdissection and subjected to iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomics analysis. Here, 216 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were identified and used for bioinformatics analysis. Interestingly, these proteins were implicated in epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT), ECM-receptor interaction, focal adhesion, PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, angiogenesis and HIF-1 signaling pathway, which may play important roles in CRC angiogenesis. Among these DEPs we found that Tenascin-C (TNC) was upregulated in TVECs of CRC and correlated with CRC multistage carcinogenesis and metastasis. Furthermore, the reduction of tumor-derived TNC could attenuate human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) proliferation, migration and tube formation through ITGB3/FAK/Akt signaling pathway. Based on the present work, we provided a large-scale proteomic profiling of VECs in CRC with quantitative information, a certain number of potential antiangiogenic targets and a novel vision in the angiogenesis bio-mechanism of CRC. Summary: We provided large-scale proteomic profiling of vascular endothelial cells in colorectal cancer with quantitative information, a number of potential antiangiogenic targets and a novel vision in the angiogenesis bio-mechanism of CRC.
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- Guoqiang Wang
- NHC Key Laboratory of Cancer Proteomics, XiangYa Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Cancer Proteomics, XiangYa Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Cancer Proteomics, XiangYa Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Cancer Proteomics, XiangYa Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Cancer Proteomics, XiangYa Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Cancer Proteomics, XiangYa Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Cancer Proteomics, XiangYa Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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- Department of Pathology, XiangYa Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Cancer Proteomics, XiangYa Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Cancer Proteomics, XiangYa Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Cancer Proteomics, XiangYa Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China .,Department of Pathology, XiangYa Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China.,Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Cancer Proteomics, XiangYa Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Cancer Proteomics, XiangYa Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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Seguchi S, Yue F, Asanuma K, Sasaki K. Experimental splenosis in the liver and lung spread through the vasculature. Cell Tissue Res 2014; 360:287-96. [PMID: 25526699 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-014-2097-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2013] [Accepted: 09/05/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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To demonstrate that intra-organ splenosis can engraft and develop after being distributed through the vasculature, tiny fragments of splenic tissues were injected into the inferior vena cava or the portal vein to induce intrapulmonary and intrahepatic splenosis in rats. After 1 month, splenic autograft structures in the lung and liver were assessed for structure by histology, for immunologic compartments by immunohistochemistry, for phagocytic function by carbon uptake and for vascular formation by Microfil (a silicon rubber compound) injection. Intrapulmonary and intrahepatic splenoses were indeed able to spread through the vasculature. The intrapulmonary splenic autografts were trapped and spread out in the interstitium, without forming a capsule. White pulp was markedly developed, showing lymphocyte aggregations that consisted in B cells surrounding the dilated vessel. Splenic sinuses were not definitively observed. Although macrophages were detected by immunohistochemistry, they showed no indication of having phagocytized carbon particles from the vessels, implying a closed circulation. In contrast, intrahepatic splenic autografts formed well-developed capsules, trabeculae and red pulp with splenic sinuses. Macrophages detected by immunohistochemistry were observed capturing carbon particles, which clearly revealed an open system circulation, as seen in normal rat spleen. The development of white pulp was poor and lymphocytes consisting in B cells aggregated in the peripheral margins. These results demonstrate that intra-organ splenosis can spread through the vasculature and that the morphologic and immunologic structures formed in these regenerated autografts are influenced by the organ vasculature and extracellular matrix wherein the tissue fragments settled.
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- S Seguchi
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano, 390-8621, Japan
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Marques RG, Lucena SBSG, Caetano CER, de Sousa VO, Portela MC, Petroianu A. Blood clearance of Howell-Jolly bodies in an experimental autogenic splenic implant model. Br J Surg 2014; 101:820-7. [PMID: 24760735 DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Autogenic splenic implant (ASI) is one of the few alternatives for preservation of splenic tissue when total splenectomy is inevitable. The aim of this study was to determine the morphological and functional regeneration of ASIs, as indicated by the clearance of Howell-Jolly (HJ) bodies, in an experimental model. METHODS Ninety-nine male Wistar rats were divided into three groups: sham-operated (group 1), total splenectomy alone (group 2), and total splenectomy combined with ASI (group 3). Animals in group 3 were further allocated to nine subgroups of nine rats each, and analysed at different time points (1, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28 and 32 weeks after surgery). Blood smears were prepared at predetermined times for detection of HJ bodies. Morphological regeneration of tissue in the ASI was analysed by histology. RESULTS At 1 week, the regenerated mass corresponded to about 7 per cent of the tissue implanted, reaching approximately 54 per cent at 24 weeks. The HJ body levels were increased in groups 2 and 3 until 8 weeks after surgery, following which levels in the ASI group became similar to those in the sham-operated group. HJ bodies were difficult to detect when a level of 22.5 per cent of regenerated ASI mass was reached. CONCLUSION Functional regeneration of ASIs occurred from 8 weeks after surgery. When 22.5 per cent of regenerated ASI mass was reached almost no HJ bodies could be observed in the bloodstream, resembling a spleen in situ. SURGICAL RELEVANCE Splenectomy has been practised routinely, both in the emergency setting and as a therapeutic elective procedure. There is a correlation between asplenia/hyposplenia and the occurrence of fulminant sepsis, underlining the importance of developing surgical methods for preserving splenic function. Both clinical and experimental studies have shown at least partial morphological and functional regeneration of autogenic splenic implants (ASIs). Experimental studies investigating the immunoprotective effect of ASIs, based mostly on exposure of animals to various bacteria, have demonstrated that ASIs can increase the rate of bacterial clearance and decrease mortality from sepsis. Clinical studies have shown their ability to remove colloidal substances and altered erythrocyte corpuscular inclusions, such as Howell-Jolly, Heinz and Pappenheimer bodies, from the bloodstream. In this experimental study the functional and morphological regeneration of ASIs was studied over time in rats.
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- R G Marques
- Department of General Surgery, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Mesri M, Birse C, Heidbrink J, McKinnon K, Brand E, Bermingham CL, Feild B, FitzHugh W, He T, Ruben S, Moore PA. Identification and characterization of angiogenesis targets through proteomic profiling of endothelial cells in human cancer tissues. PLoS One 2013; 8:e78885. [PMID: 24236063 PMCID: PMC3827283 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2013] [Accepted: 09/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Genomic and proteomic analysis of normal and cancer tissues has yielded abundant molecular information for potential biomarker and therapeutic targets. Considering potential advantages in accessibility to pharmacological intervention, identification of targets resident on the vascular endothelium within tumors is particularly attractive. By employing mass spectrometry (MS) as a tool to identify proteins that are over-expressed in tumor-associated endothelium relative to normal cells, we aimed to discover targets that could be utilized in tumor angiogenesis cancer therapy. We developed proteomic methods that allowed us to focus our studies on the discovery of cell surface/secreted proteins, as they represent key antibody therapeutic and biomarker opportunities. First, we isolated endothelial cells (ECs) from human normal and kidney cancer tissues by FACS using CD146 as a marker. Additionally, dispersed human colon and lung cancer tissues and their corresponding normal tissues were cultured ex-vivo and their endothelial content were preferentially expanded, isolated and passaged. Cell surface proteins were then preferentially captured, digested with trypsin and subjected to MS-based proteomic analysis. Peptides were first quantified, and then the sequences of differentially expressed peptides were resolved by MS analysis. A total of 127 unique non-overlapped (157 total) tumor endothelial cell over-expressed proteins identified from directly isolated kidney-associated ECs and those identified from ex-vivo cultured lung and colon tissues including known EC markers such as CD146, CD31, and VWF. The expression analyses of a panel of the identified targets were confirmed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) including CD146, B7H3, Thy-1 and ATP1B3. To determine if the proteins identified mediate any functional role, we performed siRNA studies which led to previously unidentified functional dependency for B7H3 and ATP1B3.
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- Mehdi Mesri
- Celera, Alameda, California, United States of America
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- Celera, Alameda, California, United States of America
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- Celera, Alameda, California, United States of America
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- Celera, Alameda, California, United States of America
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- Celera, Alameda, California, United States of America
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- Celera, Alameda, California, United States of America
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- Celera, Alameda, California, United States of America
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Marques RG, Caetano CER, Diestel CF, Lima E, Portela MC, Oliveira AV, Oliveira MBN, Bernardo-Filho M. Critical mass of splenic autotransplant needed for the development of phagocytic activity in rats. Clin Exp Immunol 2012; 170:77-85. [PMID: 22943203 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2012.04632.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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When total splenectomy is inevitable, heterotopic splenic autotransplantation seems to be the only alternative to maintain the functions of the spleen. The present study was carried out to analyse the critical mass of splenic autotransplant (SAT) for the development of phagocytic activity in rats. Wistar rats were submitted to total splenectomy (TS) alone or in combination with slices of SAT ranging from an average rate of 21·9% (one slice) to 100% (five slices) of the total splenic mass implanted into the greater omentum. Sixteen weeks after the beginning of the experiment, the animals were inoculated intravenously with a suspension of Escherichia coli labelled with Tc-99m. After 20 min, the rats were killed and the liver, lung and spleen or SAT, as well as blood samples were removed to determine the percentage of labelled bacteria uptake in these tissues. As the percentage of the total splenic mass contained in the SAT increased, the bacteria remaining in the blood decreased. From the implant of 26% up to the implant of the total splenic mass (100%) there was no difference in the bacteria remaining in the blood between the healthy animals of the control group and those submitted to TS combined with SAT. This finding shows that the critical mass needed for the development of phagocytic activity of macrophages in splenic autotransplants in adult rats is 26% of the total splenic mass.
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- R G Marques
- Department of General Surgery, Pedro Ernesto University Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Feasibility and safety of silicone rubber contrast-enhanced microcomputed tomography in evaluating the angioarchitecture of prostatectomy specimens. Transl Oncol 2011; 4:173-7. [PMID: 21633672 DOI: 10.1593/tlo.10304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2010] [Revised: 03/24/2011] [Accepted: 03/24/2011] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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This ethics committee-approved pilot study was carried out with informed consent. A protocol was developed to assess the feasibility of in vitro Microfil injection of prostate cancer specimens followed by analysis with micro-computed tomography (microCT) to characterize the functional vascularity of prostatic tissue and evaluate its safety with respect to the preservation of a specimen for pathologic examination. The visible prostatic arteries of two surgically resected prostates frompatients with known prostate cancer (PCa) were injected with MicrofilMV-122 contrast medium immediately after removal. The specimens were scanned using microCT and were qualitatively examined using three-dimensional analysis software (MicroView; GE Healthcare Biosciences). The Microfil perfusion in the two samples was sufficient to view the functional vascularity arising from a major prostatic artery, up to a resolution of 17.626 µm without any indication of adverse effects due to Microfil injection. Malignant prostatic regions showed a greater vascular density on histology but decreased vascular perfusion compared with benign prostatic regions. The use of microCT on Microfil-injected prostates seems to be a feasible and specimen-preserving method for visualizing the three-dimensional vessel patterns present in resected human prostates.
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Han B, Meng B, Cui G, Wu Z, Yu L, Zhu H, Ma H, Shi J, Lv Y. Regeneration of Splenic Autotransplants Attached on Liver by a Tissue Adhesive. Transplant Proc 2010; 42:1944-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.01.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2009] [Accepted: 01/25/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The interaction between microenvironmental components and tumor cells is bidirectional. Tumor cells and their products are capable of regulating and altering gene expression in nontumor cells residing in or infiltrating into the microenvironment and exert selective pressures on such cells, thereby shaping their phenotype. Conversely, microenvironmental components regulate gene expression in tumor cells thereby directing the tumor into one or several possible molecular evolution pathways, some of which may lead to metastasis. This review summarizes six instances in which the tumor liaises with different components of its microenvironment. These liaisons result, in most cases, in enhanced tumor progression. In these cases (responses of tumor and nontumor cells to microenvironmental stress, the interaction of the tumor with fibroblasts, endothelial cells and macrophages, the formation of the metastatic niche, and the interaction of the tumor with immunoglobulins) the tumor, directly or indirectly, alters the phenotype of its interaction partners thereby enlisting them to promote its progression. Does the tumor need all these pathways to form metastasis? Is there a hierarchy of interactions with respect to impact on tumor progression? These questions remain open. They may be answered by approaches employed in the analysis of hypercomplex systems.
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Seaman S, Stevens J, Yang MY, Logsdon D, Graff-Cherry C, St. Croix B. Genes that distinguish physiological and pathological angiogenesis. Cancer Cell 2007; 11:539-54. [PMID: 17560335 PMCID: PMC2039723 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2007.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 311] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2006] [Revised: 03/23/2007] [Accepted: 04/24/2007] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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To unravel the normal vasculature transcriptome and determine how it is altered by neighboring malignant cells, we compared gene expression patterns of endothelial cells derived from the blood vessels of eight normal resting tissues, five tumors, and regenerating liver. Organ-specific endothelial genes were readily identified, including 27 from brain. We also identified 25 transcripts overexpressed in tumor versus normal endothelium, including 13 that were not found in the angiogenic endothelium of regenerating liver. Most of the shared angiogenesis genes have expected roles in cell-cycle control, but those specific for tumor endothelium were primarily cell surface molecules of uncertain function. These studies reveal striking differences between physiological and pathological angiogenesis potentially important for the development of tumor-specific, vascular-targeted therapies.
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- Steven Seaman
- Tumor Angiogenesis Section, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Tumor Angiogenesis Section, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Tumor Angiogenesis Section, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Basic Research Program, SAIC, NCI-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Basic Research Program, SAIC, NCI-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Tumor Angiogenesis Section, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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Marques RG, Petroianu A, Coelho JMCDO, Portela MC. Morfologia e função fagocitária de implante esplênico autógeno regenerado em ratos. Acta Cir Bras 2004. [DOI: 10.1590/s0102-86502004000600011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Objetivo: O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar a regeneração morfológica de tecido esplênico auto-implantado em ratos Wistar, verificando a função fagocitária bacteriana de seus macrófagos. Métodos: Utilizou-se um modelo experimental com ratos jovens e adultos, de ambos os sexos, submetidos a esplenectomia total combinada com auto-implante de fatias de toda a massa esplênica no omento maior. Dezesseis semanas após, os animais foram inoculados por via intravenosa com suspensão de Escherichia coli AB1157 e, após 20 minutos, foram mortos por dose letal de halotano, sendo submetidos a laparotomia para retirada dos auto-implantes esplênicos. A análise estatística foi realizada com o teste t de Student, com ênfase na comparação da massa de auto-implante esplênico regenerada entre animais jovens e adultos de ambos os sexos. Resultados: Ocorreu regeneração do auto-implante esplênico em todos os animais. Machos jovens e fêmeas adultas apresentaram maior percentual de regeneração. Observou-se aspecto morfológico microscópico semelhante em todos os animais. O tecido esplênico regenerado mostrou as polpas vermelha e branca, com desarranjo arquitetural moderado, bem como folículos linfóides. Os vasos sangüíneos mostravam paredes preservadas, sem sinais de vasculite ou trombose. Foram encontrados macrófagos contendo grumos de bactérias, bem como macrófagos contendo pigmento de hemossiderina intracitoplasmáticos. Conclusão: O auto-implante esplênico, no omento maior, em ratos, adquire a arquitetura macro e microscópica de um baço normal, de dimensão menor e preserva a função fagocitária bacteriana.
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ALVES HUMBERTOJ, VIANA GISELE, MAGALHÃES MÔNICAM, ARANTES ROSAME, COELHO PAULOMZ, CUNHA-MELO JOSÉR. Kinetics of neovascularisation of splenic autotransplants in mice. J Anat 1999; 195 ( Pt 3):387-92. [PMID: 10580853 PMCID: PMC1468007 DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.1999.19530387.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to examine the kinetics of neovascularisation of splenic autoimplants into the abdominal cavity after splenectomy in mice. Sixty-eight female Swiss mice were submitted to splenectomy. The spleen from each animal was sliced and the slices were implanted into the abdominal cavity. Groups of animals were killed after 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 15, 21, 28, 42, 56, 70 and 84 d. Fluorescent polystyrene microspheres were injected via the orbital venous plexus before killing and the splenules were removed 5 min later for light and electron microscopy. Mesenteric blood vessels were injected with coloured latex to study the origin of the nutrient vessels. Three days after the implant the microspheres were observed at the periphery and then migrating to the internal parts of the implant in the subsequent days. The blood supply to the implants originated from branches of the splenic, short gastric, mesenteric and gastroepiploic arteries. It is concluded that revascularisation of splenic autografts proceeds centripetally, starting as early as 3 d after implantation.
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- HUMBERTO J.
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- Department of Morphology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minais Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Surgery, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minais Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minais Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Parasitology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minais Gerais, Brazil
- Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Belo Horizonte, Minais Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Surgery, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minais Gerais, Brazil
- GEN-CAD Service, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minais Gerais, Brazil
- Correspondence to Prof. José Renan Cunha-Melo, Departamento de Cirurgia, Faculdade de Medicina, UFMG, Avenida Alfredo Balena, 190 – sala 4003, 30130-100 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. e-mail:
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Zangani D, Darcy KM, Masso-Welch PA, Bellamy ES, Desole MS, Ip MM. Multiple differentiation pathways of rat mammary stromal cells in vitro: acquisition of a fibroblast, adipocyte or endothelial phenotype is dependent on hormonal and extracellular matrix stimulation. Differentiation 1999; 64:91-101. [PMID: 10234806 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-0436.1999.6420091.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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It has previously been shown that mammary stromal cells possess the ability to maintain a fibroblast-like phenotype or differentiate in vitro into mature adipocytes in a hormone-dependent manner. This paper reports that rat mammary stromal cells can also differentiate into capillary-like structures in vitro when cultured on a reconstituted basement membrane (RBM). The differentiation potential of mammary stromal cells was compared with that of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) and 3T3-L1 preadipocytes. When cultured on plastic, mammary stromal cells, 3T3-L1 and HUVEC maintained a fibroblast-like phenotype. Mammary stromal cells and 3T3-L1, but not HUVEC, differentiated into mature adipocytes when cultured in adipogenic medium. When plated on reconstituted basement membrane, all three cell types began to migrate and organize themselves into an interconnected capillary network. By 18-20 h, mammary stromal cells organized into complex, highly branched capillary-like tubules whereas 3T3-L1 cells and HUVEC formed more simple structures. Cross-sectional analysis demonstrated the presence of an internal lumen. Mammary stromal cells were unique in their ability to progressively develop into a three-dimensional, highly branched network invading the RBM surface. The network formation was enhanced by the presence of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and was inhibited by the anti-angiogenic drug suramin. Western blotting analysis demonstrated the presence of the endothelial-specific marker flk-1, as well as the presence of the tight-junction-associated protein ZO-1. Mammary stromal cell differentiation into capillary structures was not a terminal state, since these cells were still able to differentiate into adipocytes when exposed to adipogenic medium. These findings suggest that mammary stromal cells differentiate into fibroblasts, adipocytes or vascular structures in a hormone- and substatum-dependent manner, and may explain the dramatic changes in stromal composition during both normal mammary gland development and tumorigenesis.
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- D Zangani
- Grace Cancer Drug Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA
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BACKGROUND Capillary sprouting is an important mechanism that initiates neovascularization. Because observation of capillary sprouting and its morphological staging can be problematic, we sought to establish a simple model of capillary growth. METHODS Rats were obtained at gestational days 15, 16, and 20, at birth, and at postnatal day 10. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of vascular casts, freeze-fractured and epithelium-exfoliated specimens, as well as transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of tissue sections were used. RESULTS In day 15 fetuses, the filiform papillae and their connective tissue cores had not been formed, but a simple capillary network without regional differences was present. In day 16 fetuses, mesenchymal cells started to form papillary connective tissue cores, and, inside the epithelium, ridges were found. Capillary sprouts arose from the preexisting sinusoidal capillaries by elongation and widening, invaded into connective tissue cores in day 20 fetuses, and gradually bifurcated to form capillary loops in the prospective giant conical papillae of the newborn rat. In postnatal day 10 rats, the capillary network beneath the papillae became bilayered. CONCLUSION Vascular formation in the lingual papillae in growing rats offers an easy model for the observation of capillary sprouting. In this model, the sprouts arise from preexisting sinusoidal capillaries and not from veins, as usually observed in other models. The mechanism of capillary growth is the elongation of (preexisting) sinusoidal capillaries into the developing connective tissue cores and toward the forming epithelial ridges.
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- S Okada
- Department of Anatomy, Osaka Dental University, Japan
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Aharinejad S, Marks SC, Böck P, MacKay CA, Larson EK, Tahamtani A, Mason-Savas A, Firbas W. Microvascular pattern in the metaphysis during bone growth. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 1995; 242:111-22. [PMID: 7604975 DOI: 10.1002/ar.1092420115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Little is known about the three-dimensional micromorphology of vessels in the growth zone of long bones, where significant vasculogenesis occurs. Therefore, we examined the microvascular pattern of the femoral metaphysis. METHODS Six-week-old normal rats of either sex were used. We cast the femurs of 14 rats with Mercox for scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and in 10 rats we prepared tissue sections of femurs for light (LM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). RESULTS In the LM, calcified cartilage was found to define cylindrical compartments beneath the last row of hypertrophied chondrocytes of the metaphyseal growth plate. These compartments ran in the bone's longitudinal axis and contained a single capillary profile. Endothelial cells of these capillaries often showed increased cytoplasmic volume and loose texture of nuclear chromatin. Cast metaphyses by SEM showed numerous parallel vascular loops with nodular protrusions 10-12 microns in diameter at their tips. The loops had ascending and descending limbs with a luminal diameter of 10-14 microns. Small projections 4-5 microns in diameter and delicate crests were sometimes found on the tip of the larger nodes. In a 100 x 100 microns area, there were 14-17 large nodes. By TEM, capillary sprouts were identified at the level beneath the last row of hypertrophied chondrocytes. These capillaries had voluminous endothelial cells rich in free ribosomes and rough endoplasmic reticulum. Endothelial cell nuclei were rounded and showed loose chromatin texture. Endothelial cells were connected by intermediate junctions and there was no basal lamina. Deeper into the metaphysis, arterioles and sinusoids were present. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that the metaphyseal plate of the growing rat offers an optimal model to study vasculogenesis. Capillary sprouts can be readily identified, measured, and counted because they are located within a plane bordering against avascular cartilage. In addition, by using microvascular corrosion casting in SEM not only capillary sprouting per se but also different stages of neovascularization, indicated by differently sized nodular projections at the tip of vascular loops, can be studied in the growing long bone.
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- S Aharinejad
- First Department of Anatomy, University of Vienna, Austria
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Rooney P, Kumar S, Ponting J, Wang M. The role of hyaluronan in tumour neovascularization (review). Int J Cancer 1995; 60:632-6. [PMID: 7532158 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910600511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Tumour growth and metastasis are totally dependant upon neovascularization. The target cell for tumour neovascularization is the blood-vessel endothelial cell, and specific angiogenic molecules produced or induced by the tumour are believed to initiate the process. In this report, we review one of these angiogenic molecules, the glycosaminoglycan hyaluronan (HA), which appears to have differing roles in neovascularization depending on its molecular mass. High-molecular-mass HA is anti-angiogenic whereas oligosaccharides of HA, of specific size, actively stimulate endothelial-cell proliferation and migration, 2 of the key events associated with neovascularization, and induce angiogenesis in vivo. We provide details of the action of HA oligosaccharides on endothelial cells, from binding to cell-surface receptors, through activation of signal transduction pathways and gene expression to protein synthesis, cell proliferation and cell migration. We also suggest a model to account for HA of differing molecular mass being present, at different locations, within a single tumour and how this HA aids both general tumour growth and tumour metastasis.
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- P Rooney
- Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK
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Sasaki K. An educational method to bridge a gap between histology and gross anatomy in learning microvascular structure. Clin Anat 1994. [DOI: 10.1002/ca.980070609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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