MIGRATION AND PROLIFERATION OF ENDOTHELIAL CELLS IN PREFORMED AND NEWLY FORMED BLOOD-VESSELS DURING TUMOR ANGIOGENESIS
MIGRATION AND PROLIFERATION OF ENDOTHELIAL CELLS IN PREFORMED AND NEWLY FORMED BLOOD-VESSELS DURING TUMOR ANGIOGENESIS
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DOI:
10.1016/0026-2862(77)90141-8
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
FOLKMAN, J
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作者:
AUSPRUNK, DH;FOLKMAN, J
Tumor-induced capillary proliferation was studied in the rabbit cornea after implantation of V2 carcinoma 1 mm from the limbal vascular plexus. Limbal vessels were examined 1-10 days later with: [3H]thymidine autoradiography, EM, i.v. injection of colloidal C, and slit-lamp stereomicroscopy. Endothelial cells displayed surface projections and resembled regenerating endothelium 1 day after tumor implant. At 2 days, cells emigrated from preformed vessels toward the tumor implant. Simultaneously, cell junctions loosened and new lumina appeared in the walls of existing venules. Capillary sprouts were detected histologically at day 4 and entered the corneal stroma by day 6. New vessels were never seen in control eyes implanted with heat-killed tumor. The thymidine labeling index of endothelium was elevated on day 2 and reached a peak of 8% on day 3. After day 4, labeled cells were located only near the distal tips of the growing capillaries. The labeling index ranged from 0.6-4%. In controls, labeling was less than 0.7% after 3 days. Active migration of preformed endothelial cells toward the tumor stimulus may precede cell proliferation during tumor angiogenesis. Whether this sequence occurs in other forms of neovascularization is unknown. Once new capillaries appear, tumor-induced vessels elongate by mechanisms similar to wound-induced capillaries.