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Two independent mechanisms essential for tumor angiogenesis: inhibition of human melanoma xenograft growth by interfering with either the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor pathway or the Tie-2 pathway.

Protein ligands and receptor tyrosine kinases that specifically regulate endothelial cell function are mainly involved in physiological as well as in disease-related angiogenesis. These ligand/receptor systems include the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and the angiopoietin ( Ang) families, and their receptors, the VEGF receptor family and the tyrosine kinase with immunoglobulin-like and epidermal growth factor homology domains (Tie) family. In the present study, the contribution of these endothelium-specific ligand/receptor systems to tumor angiogenesis was evaluated. A375v human melanoma cells, which express at least the angiogenic growth factors VEGF, VEGF-C, and Ang-1, were stably transfected to overexpress the extracellular ligand-binding domains of the endothelium-specific receptor tyrosine kinases fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 ( Flt-1), Flt-4, Tie-1, and Tie-2, respectively. In vitro proliferation and colony formation assays confirmed that expression of the extracellular receptor domains inhibited neither tumor cell mitogenesis nor the ability to produce anchorage-independent growth. Nude mouse xenografts revealed that interference with either the VEGF receptor pathway or the Tie-2 pathway resulted in a significant inhibition of tumor growth and tumor angiogenesis. In contrast, interference with the Flt-4 pathway or the Tie-1 pathway was without significant effect. Our results show that both the VEGF receptor pathway and the Tie-2 pathway are essential for A375v melanoma xenograft growth. The inhibition of the VEGF receptor pathway cannot be compensated by the Tie-2 pathway, nor vice versa. These findings suggest that the VEGF receptor pathway and the Tie-2 pathway have to be considered as two independent mediators essential for the process of in vivo angiogenesis.[1]

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