Angiogenesis and growth of murine colon carcinoma are dependent on infiltrating leukocytes.
We determined whether the angiogenesis and growth of murine colon carcinomas growing in the wall of the cecum is dependent on infiltrating leukocytes. Syngeneic BALB/c or SCID mice were treated with a myelosuppressive, maximally tolerated dose of doxorubicin. Parental or multidrug resistant CT-26 colon carcinoma cells were implanted into the cecal wall 3 days after the second intravenous injection of doxorubicin. Control mice developed large, well-vascularized tumors, whereas doxorubicin-pretreated mice did not. Intravenous injection of spleen cells from normal BALB/c or SCID mice one day prior to tumor cell implantation reversed the decreased vascularity and tumorigenicity. The production of proangiogenic molecules and microvessel density in tumors directly correlated with the number of infiltrating leukocytes, suggesting that tumor-infiltrating leukocytes are essential to angiogenesis of murine colon carcinomas.
Yoneda
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Department of Cancer Biology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA.
Killion
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Bucana
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Fidler
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D000818:Animals; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000633:toxicity; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D016513:Mice, SCID; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000473:pathology
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