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Carcinogenesis Advance Access published online on July 20, 2006
Carcinogenesis, doi:10.1093/carcin/bgl123
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Received May 5, 2006
Accepted June 30, 2006

CANCER BIOLOGY

In vivo inhibition of angiogenesis by a soluble form of melanotransferrin

Jonathan Michaud-Levesque 1, Michel Demeule 1, and Richard Béliveau 1 *

1 Laboratoire de Médecine Moléculaire, Service d'Hémato-Oncologie, Hôpital Ste-Justine-Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 3P8

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Richard Béliveau, E-mail: oncomol{at}nobel.si.uqam.ca


  Abstract

Melanotransferrin (MTf), the membrane-bound human melanoma antigen p97, binds to plasminogen and stimulates its activation, thus regulating a crucial step involved in angiogenesis. In our study, a truncated soluble form of MTf (sMTf) inhibits, in a dose-dependent manner, the in vitro tubulogenesis of human umbilical vessel endothelial cells (HUVEC) induced by media conditioned with MTf-expressing cells. Following these results, we used the in vivo MatrigelTM plug angiogenesis assay to investigate whether truncated sMTf could inhibit neovascularization in mice. We found that basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and MTf-expressing cells strongly stimulate in vivo MatrigelTM neovascularization. However, subcutaneous administration of truncated sMTf inhibits both bFGF- and VEGF- as well as human melanoma SK-Mel-28-induced angiogenesis. This inhibition was dependent of the truncated sMTf concentration and reached maximal inhibition at 40 mg/kg/week. Furthermore, we found that a single s.c. injection of truncated sMTf into nude mice at 5 mg/kg produced a maximal blood concentration of approximatively 40 nM, which is comparable to the level required to inhibit in vitro HUVEC tubulogenesis. Overall, our results strongly suggest that s.c. administration of truncated sMTf may provide a novel therapeutic strategy for the treatment of angiogenesis-related disorders.


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