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Une N, Takano-Kasuya M, Kitamura N, Ohta M, Inose T, Kato C, Nishimura R, Tada H, Miyagi S, Ishida T, Unno M, Kamei T, Gonda K. The anti-angiogenic agent lenvatinib induces tumor vessel normalization and enhances radiosensitivity in hepatocellular tumors. Med Oncol 2021; 38:60. [PMID: 33881631 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-021-01503-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The evaluation of angiogenesis inhibitors requires the analysis of the precise structure and function of tumor vessels. The anti-angiogenic agents lenvatinib and sorafenib are multi-target tyrosine kinase inhibitors that have been approved for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the different effects on tumor vasculature between lenvatinib and sorafenib are not well understood. In this study, we analyzed the effects of both drugs on vascular structure and function, including vascular normalization, and investigated whether the normalization had a positive effect on a combination therapy with the drugs and radiation using micro X-ray computed tomography with gold nanoparticles as a contrast agent, as well as immunohistochemical analysis and interstitial fluid pressure (IFP) measurement. In mice subcutaneously transplanted with mouse HCC cells, treatment with lenvatinib or sorafenib for 14 days inhibited tumor growth and reduced the tumor vessel volume density. However, analysis of integrated data on vessel density, rates of pericyte-covering and perfused vessels, tumor hypoxia, and IFP measured 4 days after drug treatment showed that treatment with 3 mg/kg of lenvatinib significantly reduced the microvessel density and normalized tumor vessels compared to treatment with 50 mg/kg of sorafenib. These results showed that lenvatinib induced vascular normalization and improved the intratumoral microenvironment in HCC tumors earlier and more effectively than sorafenib. Moreover, such changes increased the radiosensitivity of tumors and enhanced the effect of lenvatinib and radiation combination therapy, suggesting that this combination therapy is a powerful potential application against HCC.
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- Norikazu Une
- Department of Medical Physics, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Medical Physics, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Medical Physics, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Medical Physics, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Medical Physics, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Medical Physics, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan.
- International Center for Synchrotron Radiation Innovation Smart (SRIS), Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan.
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Guruceaga X, Perez-Cuesta U, Abad-Diaz de Cerio A, Gonzalez O, Alonso RM, Hernando FL, Ramirez-Garcia A, Rementeria A. Fumagillin, a Mycotoxin of Aspergillus fumigatus: Biosynthesis, Biological Activities, Detection, and Applications. Toxins (Basel) 2019; 12:E7. [PMID: 31861936 PMCID: PMC7020470 DOI: 10.3390/toxins12010007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Revised: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Fumagillin is a mycotoxin produced, above all, by the saprophytic filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. This mold is an opportunistic pathogen that can cause invasive aspergillosis, a disease that has high mortality rates linked to it. Its ability to adapt to environmental stresses through the production of secondary metabolites, including several mycotoxins (gliotoxin, fumagillin, pseurotin A, etc.) also seem to play an important role in causing these infections. Since the discovery of the A. fumigatus fumagillin in 1949, many studies have focused on this toxin and in this review we gather all the information currently available. First of all, the structural characteristics of this mycotoxin and the different methods developed for its determination are given in detail. Then, the biosynthetic gene cluster and the metabolic pathway involved in its production and regulation are explained. The activity of fumagillin on its target, the methionine aminopeptidase type 2 (MetAP2) enzyme, and the effects of blocking this enzyme in the host are also described. Finally, the applications that this toxin and its derivatives have in different fields, such as the treatment of cancer and its microsporicidal activity in the treatment of honeybee hive infections with Nosema spp., are reviewed. Therefore, this work offers a complete review of all the information currently related to the fumagillin mycotoxin secreted by A. fumigatus, important because of its role in the fungal infection process but also because it has many other applications, notably in beekeeping, the treatment of infectious diseases, and in oncology.
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- Xabier Guruceaga
- Fungal and Bacterial Biomics Research Group, Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain; (X.G.); (U.P.-C.); (A.A.-D.d.C.); (F.L.H.)
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- Fungal and Bacterial Biomics Research Group, Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain; (X.G.); (U.P.-C.); (A.A.-D.d.C.); (F.L.H.)
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- Fungal and Bacterial Biomics Research Group, Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain; (X.G.); (U.P.-C.); (A.A.-D.d.C.); (F.L.H.)
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- FARMARTEM Group, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain; (O.G.); (R.M.A.)
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- FARMARTEM Group, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain; (O.G.); (R.M.A.)
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- Fungal and Bacterial Biomics Research Group, Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain; (X.G.); (U.P.-C.); (A.A.-D.d.C.); (F.L.H.)
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- Fungal and Bacterial Biomics Research Group, Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain; (X.G.); (U.P.-C.); (A.A.-D.d.C.); (F.L.H.)
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- Fungal and Bacterial Biomics Research Group, Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain; (X.G.); (U.P.-C.); (A.A.-D.d.C.); (F.L.H.)
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The physiological relevance of Matrigel as a cell-culture substrate and in angiogenesis assays is often called into question. Here, we describe an array-based method for the identification of synthetic hydrogels that promote the formation of robust in vitro vascular networks for the detection of putative vascular disruptors, and that support human embryonic stem cell expansion and pluripotency. We identified hydrogel substrates that promoted endothelial-network formation by primary human umbilical vein endothelial cells and by endothelial cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells, and used the hydrogels with endothelial networks to identify angiogenesis inhibitors. The synthetic hydrogels show superior sensitivity and reproducibility over Matrigel when evaluating known inhibitors, as well as in a blinded screen of a subset of 38 chemicals, selected according to predicted vascular disruption potential, from the Toxicity ForeCaster library of the US Environmental Protection Agency. The identified synthetic hydrogels should be suitable alternatives to Matrigel for common cell-culture applications.
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Belair DG, Schwartz MP, Knudsen T, Murphy WL. Human iPSC-derived endothelial cell sprouting assay in synthetic hydrogel arrays. Acta Biomater 2016; 39:12-24. [PMID: 27181878 PMCID: PMC5228278 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2016] [Revised: 05/10/2016] [Accepted: 05/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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UNLABELLED Activation of vascular endothelial cells (ECs) by growth factors initiates a cascade of events during angiogenesis in vivo consisting of EC tip cell selection, sprout formation, EC stalk cell proliferation, and ultimately vascular stabilization by support cells. Although EC functional assays can recapitulate one or more aspects of angiogenesis in vitro, they are often limited by undefined substrates and lack of dependence on key angiogenic signaling axes. Here, we designed and characterized a chemically-defined model of endothelial sprouting behavior in vitro using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived endothelial cells (iPSC-ECs). We rapidly encapsulated iPSC-ECs at high density in poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogel spheres using thiol-ene chemistry and subsequently encapsulated cell-dense hydrogel spheres in a cell-free hydrogel layer. The hydrogel sprouting array supported pro-angiogenic phenotype of iPSC-ECs and supported growth factor-dependent proliferation and sprouting behavior. iPSC-ECs in the sprouting model responded appropriately to several reference pharmacological angiogenesis inhibitors of vascular endothelial growth factor, NF-κB, matrix metalloproteinase-2/9, protein kinase activity, and β-tubulin, which confirms their functional role in endothelial sprouting. A blinded screen of 38 putative vascular disrupting compounds from the US Environmental Protection Agency's ToxCast library identified six compounds that inhibited iPSC-EC sprouting and five compounds that were overtly cytotoxic to iPSC-ECs at a single concentration. The chemically-defined iPSC-EC sprouting model (iSM) is thus amenable to enhanced-throughput screening of small molecular libraries for effects on angiogenic sprouting and iPSC-EC toxicity assessment. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Angiogenesis assays that are commonly used for drug screening and toxicity assessment applications typically utilize natural substrates like Matrigel(TM) that are difficult to spatially pattern, costly, ill-defined, and may exhibit lot-to-lot variability. Herein, we describe a novel angiogenic sprouting assay using chemically-defined, bioinert poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels functionalized with biomimetic peptides to promote cell attachment and degradation in a reproducible format that may mitigate the need for natural substrates. The quantitative assay of angiogenic sprouting here enables precise control over the initial conditions and can be formulated into arrays for screening. The sprouting assay here was dependent on key angiogenic signaling axes in a screen of angiogenesis inhibitors and a blinded screen of putative vascular disrupting compounds from the US-EPA.
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- David G Belair
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- National Center for Computational Toxicology, Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; Material Science Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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Machado MJC, Mitchell CA. Temporal changes in microvessel leakiness during wound healing discriminated by in vivo fluorescence recovery after photobleaching. J Physiol 2011; 589:4681-96. [PMID: 21768268 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.208355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Regeneration of injured tissue is a dynamic process, critically dependent on the formation of new blood vessels and restructuring of the nascent plexus. Endothelial barrier function, a functional correlate of vascular restructuring and maturation, was quantified via intravital microscopic analysis of 150 kDa FITC-dextran-perfused blood vessels within discrete wounds created in the panniculus carnosus (PC) muscle of dorsal skinfold chamber (DSC) preparations in mice. Time to recovery of half-peak fluorescence intensity (t(1/2)) within individual vessel segments in three functional regions of the wound (pre-existing vessels, angiogenic plexus and blind-ended vessels (BEVs)) was quantified using in vivo fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) and linear regression analysis of recovery profiles. Plasma flux across the walls of new vessel segments, particularly BEVs, was greater than that of pre-existing vessels at days 5-7 after injury (P < 0.05). TNP-470 reduced the permeability of BEVs at the leading edge of the advancing vascular plexus as measured by the decrease in luminal t(1/2) (P < 0.05), confirming the utility of FRAP as a quantitative measure of endothelial barrier function. Furthermore, these data are suggestive of a role for TNP-470 in selection for less leaky vascular segments within healing wounds. Increased FITC-dextran leakage was observed from pre-existing vessels after treatment with TNP-470 (P < 0.05), consistent with induction of transient vascular damage, although the significance of this finding is unclear. Using in vivo FRAP this study demonstrates the relationship between temporal changes in microvascular macromolecular flux and the morphology of maturing vascular segments. This combination of techniques may be useful to assess the therapeutic potential of angiogenic agents in restoring pre-injury levels of endothelial barrier function, following the establishment of a functional vascular plexus such as in models of wounding or tumour development.
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- Maria J C Machado
- Centre for Molecular Biosciences, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, UK
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Tanaka S, Arii S. Current status and perspective of antiangiogenic therapy for cancer: hepatocellular carcinoma. Int J Clin Oncol 2006; 11:82-9. [PMID: 16622743 DOI: 10.1007/s10147-006-0566-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2006] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is well known as a typical angiogenic tumor, especially in the moderately to poorly differentiated type. Such clinicopathological characteristics are not only useful for imaging diagnosis but are also applicable to the treatment of HCC. In addition, recent molecular studies have revealed that angiogenesis is closely related to hepatocarcinogenesis. In this review, the molecular mechanism of HCC angiogenesis and the antiangiogenic prevention of HCC are reviewed to introduce the latest trends in antiangiogenic treatment of cancers, including HCC.
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- Shinji Tanaka
- Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Graduate School of Medicine, 1-5-45 Yushima, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan.
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Huang ZH, Fan YF, Xia H, Feng HM, Tang FX. Effects of TNP-470 on proliferation and apoptosis in human colon cancer xenografts in nude mice. World J Gastroenterol 2003; 9:281-3. [PMID: 12532448 PMCID: PMC4611328 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i2.281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To study the effect of TNP-470 on cell growth, proliferation and apoptosis in human colon cancer xenografts in nude mice.
METHODS: Human colon cancer xenografts were transplanted into 20 nude mice. Mice were randomly divided into two groups. TNP-470 treated group received TNP-470 (30 mg/kg, s.c) every other day and the control group received a sham injection of same volume saline solution. They were sacrificed after 4 wk and their tumors were processed for histological examination. The expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in tumors was detected using immunohistochemical method with image analysis, and apoptosis in tumor cells was measured by TdT-mediated biotinyated-dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) staining.
RESULTS: Comparing with controls, tumor growth was significantly inhibited in TNP-470 treated group, the inhibitory rate being 54.4%. Expression of PCNA in tumors of TNP-470 treated group (PI 54.32 ± 11.47) was significantly lower than that of control group (PI 88.54 ± 12.36), P < 0.01. Apoptosis index (AI) of TNP-470 treated group (18.95 ± 1.71) was significantly higher than that of control group (7.26 ± 1.44), P < 0.001, typical morphological change of apoptosis in tumor cells was observed in TNP-470 treated group.
CONCLUSION: Besides the anti-angiogenic effects, TNP-470 can inhibit tumor growth by inhibiting the proliferation and inducing apoptosis of tumor cells.
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- Zong-Hai Huang
- Department of Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510282, Guangdong Province, China.
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Jakkula M, Le Cras TD, Gebb S, Hirth KP, Tuder RM, Voelkel NF, Abman SH. Inhibition of angiogenesis decreases alveolarization in the developing rat lung. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2000; 279:L600-7. [PMID: 10956636 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.2000.279.3.l600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 478] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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To determine whether angiogenesis is necessary for normal alveolarization, we studied the effects of two antiangiogenic agents, thalidomide and fumagillin, on alveolarization during a critical period of lung growth in infant rats. Newborn rats were treated with daily injections of fumagillin, thalidomide, or vehicle during the first 2 wk of life. Compared with control treatment, fumagillin and thalidomide treatment reduced lung weight-to-body weight ratio and pulmonary arterial density by 20 and 36%, respectively, and reduced alveolarization by 22%. Because these drugs potentially have nonspecific effects on lung growth, we also studied the effects of Su-5416, an inhibitor of the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor known as kinase insert domain-containing receptor/fetal liver kinase (KDR/flk)-1. As observed with the other antiangiogenic agents, Su-5416 treatment decreased alveolarization and arterial density. We conclude that treatment with three different antiangiogenic agents attenuated lung vascular growth and reduced alveolarization in the infant rat. We speculate that angiogenesis is necessary for alveolarization during normal lung development and that injury to the developing pulmonary circulation during a critical period of lung growth can contribute to lung hypoplasia.
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- M Jakkula
- Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Pediatric Heart Lung Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80218, USA
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