Synergistic effect of basic fibroblast growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor in murine hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatology : Official Journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
H YoshijiHiroshi Fukui

Abstract

The growth of any solid tumor depends on angiogenesis. Among the known angiogenic factors, basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), are potent and representative factors involved in tumor development. It has been reported that bFGF and VEGF showed a synergistic effect in both in vitro and in vivo angiogenesis. However, the interaction of these factors on tumor development and angiogenesis, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), has not yet been elucidated. In this study, we examined the combined effect of bFGF and VEGF overexpression by means of a combination of a retroviral tetracycline (tet)-regulated (Retro-Tet) gene expression system, which can manipulate the gene expression in vivo by providing tet in the drinking water, and a conventional plasmid gene expression system. In an allograft study, bFGF and VEGF overexpression synergistically increased tumor growth and angiogenesis in the murine HCC cells. This synergistic effect also was found in established tumors. VEGF messenger RNA (mRNA) expression in the tumor was increased 3.1-fold by bFGF-overexpression, and the bFGF-induced tumor development was significantly attenuated by treatment with KDR/Flk-1 neutralizing monoclonal a...Continue Reading

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