Strain differences and inheritance of angiogenic versus angiostatic activity in oestrogen-induced rat pituitary tumours.
Strain differences and inheritance of angiogenic versus angiostatic activity in oestrogen-induced rat pituitary tumours.
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雌激素诱导的大鼠垂体肿瘤中血管生成与血管抑制活性的菌株差异和遗传。
DOI:
10.1023/a:1021550211921
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发表时间:
2002
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影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
Wendell,DouglasL
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作者:
Pandey,Jyotsna;Cracchiolo,Danny;Hansen,FayM;Wendell,DouglasL
In this study we investigated the control of the angiogenic/haemorrhagic phenotype of oestrogen-induced rat pituitary tumours of an F1hybrid (F1) of Fischer 344 (F344) (tumour susceptible) and Brown Norway (tumour resistant) strains. F1forms a pituitary tumour upon chronic oestrogen treatment, but microvessel count (MVC) is no greater than untreated. In other words, F1MVC keeps pace with tissue growth during growth of an oestrogen-induced tumour. On the other hand, F344 showed a significant increase in MVC (P= 0.002) upon chronic oestrogen treatment during growth of a large pituitary tumour. F1control vasculature showed features intermediate between the parent strains, while oestrogen-treated F1pituitary has pronounced changes commensurate with vascular remodelling or angiogenic activity, along with regressive changes. In addition, oestrogen-treated F1does not form the haemorrhagic lakes characteristic of oestrogen-treated F344. We conclude that F1, which has a 50-50 genetic composition of the tumour susceptibility and tumour resistance alleles, shows loss of angiostatic activity in the absence of an effective angiogenic stimulus. As a result it is unable to make the 'switch’ to the angiogenic phenotype.