LHT7,一种化学修饰的肝素,通过阻断 VEGF、FGF2 和 PDGF-B 信号通路来抑制血管生成的多个阶段。

LHT7, a chemically modified heparin, inhibits multiple stages of angiogenesis by blocking VEGF, FGF2 and PDGF-B signaling pathways.

机构信息

Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, South Korea.

Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 700-422, South Korea.

出版信息

Biomaterials. 2015 Jan;37:271-8. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.10.004. Epub 2014 Oct 28.

Abstract

Despite the therapeutic benefits of the angiogenesis inhibitors shown in the clinics, they have encountered an unexpected limitation by the occurrence of acquired resistance. Although the mechanism of the resistance is not clear so far, the upregulation of alternative angiogenic pathways and stabilization of endothelium by mural cells were reported to be responsible. Therefore, blocking multiple angiogenic pathways that are crucial in tumor angiogenesis has been highlighted to overcome such limitations. To develop an angiogenesis inhibitor that could block multiple angiogenic factors, heparin is an excellent lead compound since wide array of angiogenic factors are heparin-binding proteins. In previous study, we reported a heparin-derived angiogenesis inhibitor, LHT7, as a potent angiogenesis inhibitor and showed that it blocked VEGF signaling pathway. Here we show that LHT7 could block the fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) and platelet-derived growth factor B (PDGF-B) in addition to VEGF. Simultaneous blockade of these angiogenic factors resulted in inhibition of multiple stages of the angiogenic process, including initial angiogenic response to maturation of the endothelium by pericyte coverage in vitro. In addition, the treatment of LHT7 in vivo did not show any sign of vascular normalization and directly led to decreased blood perfusion throughout the tumor. Our findings show that LHT7 could effectively inhibit tumor angiogenesis by blocking multiple stages of the angiogenesis, and could potentially be used to overcome the resistance.

摘要

尽管在临床中已经证实血管生成抑制剂具有治疗益处,但它们却遇到了意料之外的限制,即获得性耐药。尽管目前尚不清楚耐药的机制,但据报道,替代血管生成途径的上调和壁细胞对内皮的稳定作用是导致耐药的原因。因此,为了克服这些限制,人们强调阻断肿瘤血管生成中至关重要的多个血管生成途径。为了开发一种能够阻断多种血管生成因子的血管生成抑制剂,肝素是一种极好的先导化合物,因为多种血管生成因子都是肝素结合蛋白。在之前的研究中,我们报道了一种肝素衍生的血管生成抑制剂 LHT7,它是一种有效的血管生成抑制剂,并且能够阻断 VEGF 信号通路。在这里,我们表明 LHT7 除了能够阻断 VEGF 之外,还可以阻断成纤维细胞生长因子 2(FGF2)和血小板衍生生长因子 B(PDGF-B)。同时阻断这些血管生成因子会抑制血管生成过程的多个阶段,包括体外最初的血管生成反应以及周细胞覆盖内皮细胞的成熟。此外,LHT7 在体内的治疗并未显示出任何血管正常化的迹象,而是直接导致整个肿瘤的血液灌注减少。我们的研究结果表明,LHT7 通过阻断血管生成的多个阶段可以有效地抑制肿瘤血管生成,并且可能被用于克服耐药性。

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