I.Objectives
This project is aim to develop a novel anticancer drug for breast cancer patients by studying role of vascular endothelial growth factor on breast cancer cell survival. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has an essential role in pr...
I.Objectives
This project is aim to develop a novel anticancer drug for breast cancer patients by studying role of vascular endothelial growth factor on breast cancer cell survival. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has an essential role in promoting new blood vessel formation (angiogenesis) during tumor development, and inhibition of its function effectively prevents tumor growth through incomplete blood vessel formation. Tumor producing VEGF mediates angiogenesis trough interaction with VEGF receptor VEGFR-2 at the surface of endothelial cells. Thus, antagonism of VEGF can effectively prevent tumor growth through incomplete blood vessel formation. The specific purpose of this project is to demonstrate that VEGF directly mediates survival of breast cancer cells through VEGFR-1/Flt-1 and thus it will be distinguished from the role of VEGF on endothelial cells described from above.
II.Scope
-Examination of VEGFR-1 and phosphorylated VEGFR-1 expression in human breast cancer specimen and cell lines.
-Localization of VEGFR-1in breast cancer cells.
-Generation of the VEGFR-1 stably overexpressing breast cancer cells.
-Effect of VEGF on VEGFR-1 phosphorylation in breast cancer cells.
-Inhibition of VEGFR-1 phosphorylation in breast cancer cells by anti-angiogenic inhibitors.
-Cytotoxicity of breast cancer cells by anti-angiogenic inhibtors.
II.Results
-VEGFR-1 was expressed over 90% of human malignant breast cancer tissues.
-The phosphorylated VEGFR-1 was observed over 50% of human malignant breast cancer tissues.
-VEGFR-1 was expressed at the nuclear envelope or golgi complex of breast cancer cells.
-VEGFR-1 was internally expressed in the VEGFR-1 overexpressing breast cancer cells.
-VEGFR-1 was colocalized with VEGF at an internal region of breast cancer cells.
-When effect of anti-angiogenic inhibitors on VEGFR-1 phosphorylation was examined in breast cancer cells, we found that Sunitinib and Flavopiridol strongly inhibited phosphorylation of VEGFR-1in these cells.
-Sunitinib and Flavopiridol potently suppressed survival of breast cancer cells.
IV.Applicability
-By examining effect of anti-angiogenic inhibitors on survival of breast cancer cells, we demonstrated that some anti-angiogenic inhibitors can act as chemotherapeutic inhibitors via inhibition of VEGFR-1 phosphorylation.
-Anti-cancer drug screen from natural compound library by using the VEGFR-1 overexpressing breast cancer cells.
-Screen of VEGFR-1 inhibitory compounds from Flavin family including Flavorpiridol.