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Alshammari A, Han Y, Jones TW, Pillai B, Zhang D, Ergul A, Somanath PR, Fagan SC. Stimulation of Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor Modulates Pro-Inflammatory Response in Microglia and Macrophages: Therapeutic Implications for the Treatment of Stroke. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:1274. [PMID: 37374057 DOI: 10.3390/life13061274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Sustained microglial activation contributes to the development of post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI). Compound 21 (C21), an angiotensin II type 2 receptor agonist, has shown some neurovascular protection after stroke. This study aimed to investigate the direct anti-inflammatory effects of C21 on macrophages, as well as brain innate immune cells. METHODS Murine microglial cell line (C8-B4) and RAW 264.7 macrophages were exposed to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and co-treated with C21. Pro-inflammatory mediators were assessed via RT-qPCR and ELISA. Cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) were evaluated via CellROXGreen staining, and nitrate production was assessed using Griess assay. RESULTS C21 suppressed LPS-induced inflammation and ROS generation in both cells. In microglia, C21 blunted LPS-induced mRNA expression of IL-1β, IL-12b, COX-1, iNOS, and IL-6. A similar pattern was observed in macrophages, where C21 suppressed LPS-induced IL-1β, TNF-α, and CXCL1 expression. These anti-inflammatory effects in microglia and macrophages were associated with increased neuroprotective gene expression, including GDNF and BDNF, in a dose-dependent manner. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest a protective effect of C21 against the inflammatory response, in both macrophages and microglia, via suppression of the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines/chemokines and the generation of ROS while stimulating the production of neurotrophic factors.
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- Abdulkarim Alshammari
- Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30602, USA
- Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta, GA 30904, USA
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Northern Border University, Rafha 76313, Saudi Arabia
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- Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30602, USA
- Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta, GA 30904, USA
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- Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30602, USA
- Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta, GA 30904, USA
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- Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30602, USA
- Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta, GA 30904, USA
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- Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30602, USA
- Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta, GA 30904, USA
- Vascular Biology Center, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
- Ralph H. Johnson VA Health Care System, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
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- Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30602, USA
- Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta, GA 30904, USA
- Vascular Biology Center, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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- Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30602, USA
- Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta, GA 30904, USA
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Alam M, Ali S, Ashraf GM, Bilgrami AL, Yadav DK, Hassan MI. Epigallocatechin 3-gallate: From green tea to cancer therapeutics. Food Chem 2022; 379:132135. [PMID: 35063850 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.132135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Revised: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Epigallocatechin 3-gallate (EGCG) possesses various biological functions, including anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties. EGCG is an abundant polyphenolic component originating from green tea extract that has exhibited versatile bioactivities in combating several cancers. This review highlights the pharmacological features of EGCG and its therapeutic implications in cancer and other metabolic diseases. It modulates numerous signaling pathways, regulating cells' undesired survival and proliferation, thus imparting strong tumor chemopreventive and therapeutic effects. EGCG initiates cell death through the intrinsic pathway and causes inhibition of EGFR, STAT3, and ERK pathways in several cancers. EGCG alters and inhibits ERK1/2, NF-κB, and Akt-mediated signaling, altering the Bcl-2 family proteins ratio and activating caspases in tumor cells. This review focuses on anti-cancer, anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-angiogenesis, and apoptotic effects of EGCG. We further highlighted the potential of EGCG in different types of cancer, emphasizing clinical trials formulations that further improve our understanding of the therapeutic management of cancer and inflammatory diseases.
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- Manzar Alam
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India
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- Pre-Clinical Research Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Deanship of Scientific Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Pharmacy, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Hambakmoeiro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon City 21924, South Korea.
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India.
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Rady I, Mohamed H, Rady M, Siddiqui IA, Mukhtar H. Cancer preventive and therapeutic effects of EGCG, the major polyphenol in green tea. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejbas.2017.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Islam Rady
- School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Dermatology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Dermatology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Dermatology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Dermatology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Archer LK, Frame FM, Maitland NJ. Stem cells and the role of ETS transcription factors in the differentiation hierarchy of normal and malignant prostate epithelium. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2017; 166:68-83. [PMID: 27185499 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2016.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2016] [Revised: 04/25/2016] [Accepted: 05/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Prostate cancer is the most common cancer of men in the UK and accounts for a quarter of all new cases. Although treatment of localised cancer can be successful, there is no cure for patients presenting with invasive prostate cancer and there are less treatment options. They are generally treated with androgen-ablation therapies but eventually the tumours become hormone resistant and patients develop castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) for which there are no further successful or curative treatments. This highlights the need for new treatment strategies. In order to prevent prostate cancer recurrence and treatment resistance, all the cell populations in a heterogeneous prostate tumour must be targeted, including the rare cancer stem cell (CSC) population. The ETS transcription factor family members are now recognised as a common feature in multiple cancers including prostate cancer; with aberrant expression, loss of tumour suppressor function, inactivating mutations and the formation of fusion genes observed. Most notably, the TMPRSS2-ERG gene fusion is present in approximately 50% of prostate cancers and in prostate CSCs. However, the role of other ETS transcription factors in prostate cancer is less well understood. This review will describe the prostate epithelial cell hierarchy and discuss the evidence behind prostate CSCs and their inherent resistance to conventional cancer therapies. The known and proposed roles of the ETS family of transcription factors in prostate epithelial cell differentiation and regulation of the CSC phenotype will be discussed, as well as how they might be targeted for therapy.
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- Leanne K Archer
- Cancer Research Unit, Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research Unit, Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research Unit, Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.
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Naseer A, Terry A, Gilroy K, Kilbey A, Watts C, Mackay N, Bell M, Mason S, Blyth K, Cameron E, Neil JC. Frequent infection of human cancer xenografts with murine endogenous retroviruses in vivo. Viruses 2015; 7:2014-29. [PMID: 25912714 PMCID: PMC4411688 DOI: 10.3390/v7042014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2014] [Revised: 04/03/2015] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Infection of human cancer xenografts in mice with murine leukemia viruses (MLVs) is a long-standing observation, but the likelihood of infection in vivo and its biological consequences are poorly understood. We therefore conducted a prospective study in commonly used xenograft recipient strains. From BALB/c nude mice engrafted with MCF7 human mammary carcinoma cells, we isolated a virus that was virtually identical to Bxv1, a locus encoding replication-competent xenotropic MLV (XMLV). XMLV was detected in 9/17 (53%) independently isolated explants. XMLV was not found in primary leukemias or in THP1 leukemia cells grown in Bxv1-negative NSG (NOD/SCID/γCnull) mice, although MCF7 explants harbored replication-defective MLV proviruses. To assess the significance of infection for xenograft behavior in vivo, we examined changes in growth and global transcription in MCF7 and the highly susceptible Raji Burkitt lymphoma cell line chronically infected with XMLV. Raji cells showed a stronger transcriptional response that included up-regulation of chemokines and effectors of innate antiviral immunity. In conclusion, the risk of de novo XMLV infection of xenografts is high in Bxv1 positive mice, while infection can have positive or negative effects on xenograft growth potential with significant consequences for interpretation of many xenograft studies.
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- Asif Naseer
- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Bearsden Road, G61 1QH Glasgow, UK.
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Bearsden Road, G61 1QH Glasgow, UK.
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Bearsden Road, G61 1QH Glasgow, UK.
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Bearsden Road, G61 1QH Glasgow, UK.
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Bearsden Road, G61 1QH Glasgow, UK.
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Bearsden Road, G61 1QH Glasgow, UK.
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Bearsden Road, G61 1QH Glasgow, UK.
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- Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Bearsden, G61 1BD Glasgow, UK.
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- Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Bearsden, G61 1BD Glasgow, UK.
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Bearsden Road, G61 1QH Glasgow, UK.
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Bearsden Road, G61 1QH Glasgow, UK.
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The saga of XMRV: a virus that infects human cells but is not a human virus. Emerg Microbes Infect 2014; 3:e. [PMID: 26038516 PMCID: PMC4008767 DOI: 10.1038/emi.2014.25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2014] [Revised: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 02/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) was discovered in 2006 in a search for a viral etiology of human prostate cancer (PC). Substantial interest in XMRV as a potentially new pathogenic human retrovirus was driven by reports that XMRV could be detected in a significant percentage of PC samples, and also in tissues from patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). After considerable controversy, etiologic links between XMRV and these two diseases were disproven. XMRV was determined to have arisen during passage of a human PC tumor in immunocompromised nude mice, by activation and recombination between two endogenous murine leukemia viruses from cells of the mouse. The resulting XMRV had a xentropic host range, which allowed it replicate in the human tumor cells in the xenograft. This review describes the discovery of XMRV, and the molecular and virological events leading to its formation, XMRV infection in animal models and biological effects on infected cells. Lessons from XMRV for other searches of viral etiologies of cancer are discussed, as well as cautions for researchers working on human tumors or cell lines that have been passed through nude mice, includingpotential biohazards associated with XMRV or other similar xenotropic murine leukemia viruses (MLVs).
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Kakoki K, Kamiyama H, Izumida M, Yashima Y, Hayashi H, Yamamoto N, Matsuyama T, Igawa T, Sakai H, Kubo Y. Androgen-independent proliferation of LNCaP prostate cancer cells infected by xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2014; 447:216-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.03.154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Hempel HA, Burns KH, De Marzo AM, Sfanos KS. Infection of Xenotransplanted Human Cell Lines by Murine Retroviruses: A Lesson Brought Back to Light by XMRV. Front Oncol 2013; 3:156. [PMID: 23785669 PMCID: PMC3683812 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2013.00156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2013] [Accepted: 06/03/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Infection of xenotransplanted human cells by xenotropic retroviruses is a known phenomenon in the scientific literature, with examples cited since the early 1970s. However, arguably, until recently, the importance of this phenomenon had not been largely recognized. The emergence and subsequent debunking of Xenotropic Murine leukemia virus-Related Virus (XMRV) as a cell culture contaminant as opposed to a potential pathogen in several human diseases, notably prostate cancer and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, highlighted a potential problem of murine endogenous gammaretroviruses infecting commonly used human cell lines. Subsequent to the discovery of XMRV, many additional cell lines that underwent xenotransplantation in mice have been shown to harbor murine gammaretroviruses. Such retroviral infection poses the threat of not only confounding experiments performed in these cell lines via virus-induced changes in cellular behavior but also the potential infection of other cell lines cultured in the same laboratory. Thus, the possibility of xenotropic retroviral infection of cell lines may warrant additional precautions, such as periodic testing for retroviral sequences in cell lines cultured in the laboratory.
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- Heidi A Hempel
- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine , Baltimore, MD , USA
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Cheng D, Kong H, Li Y. Prognostic values of VEGF and IL-8 in malignant pleural effusion in patients with lung cancer. Biomarkers 2013; 18:386-90. [DOI: 10.3109/1354750x.2013.797499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Murgai M, Thomas J, Cherepanova O, Delviks-Frankenberry K, Deeble P, Pathak VK, Rekosh D, Owens G. Xenotropic MLV envelope proteins induce tumor cells to secrete factors that promote the formation of immature blood vessels. Retrovirology 2013; 10:34. [PMID: 23537062 PMCID: PMC3681559 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-10-34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2012] [Accepted: 03/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background Xenotropic Murine leukemia virus-Related Virus (XMRV) is a γ-retrovirus initially reported to be present within familial human prostate tumors and the blood of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Subsequent studies however were unable to replicate these findings, and there is now compelling evidence that the virus evolved through rare retroviral recombination events in human tumor cell lines established through murine xenograft experiments. There is also no direct evidence that XMRV infection has any functional effects that contribute to tumor pathogenesis. Results Herein we describe an additional xenotropic MLV, “B4rv”, found in a cell line derived from xenograft experiments with the human prostate cancer LNCaP cell line. When injected subcutaneously in nude mice, LNCaP cells infected with XMRV or B4rv formed larger tumors that were highly hemorrhagic and displayed poor pericyte/smooth muscle cell (SMC) investment, markers of increased metastatic potential. Conditioned media derived from XMRV- or B4rv-infected LNCaPs, but not an amphotropic MLV control virus infected LNCaPs, profoundly decreased expression of marker genes in cultured SMC, consistent with inhibition of SMC differentiation/maturation. Similar effects were seen with a chimeric virus of the amphotropic MLV control virus containing the XMRV env gene, but not with an XMRV chimeric virus containing the amphotropic MLV env gene. UV-inactivated XMRV and pseudovirions that were pseudotyped with XMRV envelope protein also produce conditioned media that down-regulated SMC marker gene expression in vitro. Conclusions Together these results indicate that xenotropic MLV envelope proteins are sufficient to induce the production of factors by tumor cells that suppress vascular SMC differentiation, providing evidence for a novel mechanism by which xenotropic MLVs might alter tumor pathogenesis by disrupting tumor vascular maturation. Although it is highly unlikely that either XMRV or B4Rv themselves infect humans and are pathogenic, the results suggest that xenograft approaches commonly used in the study of human cancer promote the evolution of novel retroviruses with pathogenic properties.
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- Meera Murgai
- Robert M, Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia, School of Medicine Charlottesville, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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