Detection of tumor-associated neoangiogenesis by Doppler ultrasonography during early-stage ovarian cancer in laying hens: a preclinical model of human spontaneous ovarian cancer.
Detection of tumor-associated neoangiogenesis by Doppler ultrasonography during early-stage ovarian cancer in laying hens: a preclinical model of human spontaneous ovarian cancer.
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10.7863/jum.2010.29.2.173
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2010-02
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Abramowicz JS
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Barua A;Bitterman P;Bahr JM;Bradaric MJ;Hales DB;Luborsky JL;Abramowicz JS
Tumor-associated neoangiogenesis (TAN) is one of the earliest events in ovarian tumor growth and represents a potential target for early detection of ovarian cancer (OVCA). Because it is difficult to identify patients with early stage OVCA, the goal of this study was to explore a spontaneous animal model of in vivo ovarian TAN associated with early-stage OVCA detectable by Doppler ultrasound (DUS). White Leghorn laying hens were scanned transvaginally at 15-week intervals up to 45 weeks. Gray scale ovarian morphologic characteristics and Doppler indices were recorded. Hens were euthanized at diagnosis for ultrasonographic morphologic/vascular abnormalities or at the end of the study (those that remained normal). Ovarian morphologic and histologic characteristics were evaluated. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and αvβ3-integrins expression was assessed by immunohistochemistochemical analysis. Doppler ultrasonographic observations were compared with histologic and immunohistochemistochemical findings to determine the ability of DUS to detect ovarian TAN. Significant changes in ovarian blood flow parameters were observed during transformation from normal to tumor development in the ovary (P<0.05). Tumor-related changes in ovarian vascularity were identified by DUS before the tumor became detectable by gray scale. Increased expression of VEGF and αvβ3-integrins was associated with tumor development. Ovarian TAN preceded tumor progression in hens. The results suggest that ovarian TAN may be an effective target for the detection of early-stage OVCA. The laying hen may also be useful to study the detection and inhibition of ovarian TAN using various means including the efficacy of contrast agents, targeted molecular imaging and antiangiogenic therapies.
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影响因子:
4.7
作者:
DEPRIEST, PD;SHENSON, D;VANNAGELL, JR
通讯作者:
VANNAGELL, JR
影响因子:
2.3
作者:
Barua, Animesh;Abramowicz, Jacques S.;Luborsky, Judith L.
通讯作者:
Luborsky, Judith L.
影响因子:
2.3
作者:
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通讯作者:
Timmerman, D
影响因子:
6.2
作者:
Goodman, MT;Correa, CN;Howe, HL
通讯作者:
Howe, HL
DOI:
10.1186/1477-7827-1-67
发表时间:
2003-10-07
期刊:
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E
影响因子:
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作者:
Vanderhyden, Barbara C;Shaw, Tanya J;Ethier, Jean-Francois
通讯作者:
Ethier, Jean-Francois