title: Inhibition of tumor-induced angiogenesis and matrix-metalloproteinase expression in confrontation cultures of embryoid bodies and tumor spheroids by plant ingredients used in traditional chinese medicine.
abstract: Tumor-induced angiogenesis is a prerequisite for excessive tumor growth. Blood vessels invade the tumor tissue after degradation of the extracellular matrix scaffold by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). Inhibition of MMPs has been therefore suggested to be a useful tool to abolish neoangiogenesis of solid tumors. In the present study, antioxidative plant ingredients used in traditional Chinese medicine were investigated for their capacity to down-regulate MMP expression and to inhibit angiogenesis in embryonic stem cell-derived embryoid bodies and tumor-induced angiogenesis in confrontation cultures consisting of embryoid bodies and multicellular DU-145 prostate tumor spheroids. Embryoid bodies transiently expressed MMP-1, MMP-2, and MMP-9 during the time of differentiation of capillary-like structures. In confrontation cultures, MMP expression was increased compared with control tumor spheroids and embryoid bodies cultivated separately. The increased expression of MMPs in confrontation cultures was a result of elevated levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon confrontation culture and was totally abolished in the presence of the free radical scavenger vitamin E. Incubation of embryoid bodies with baicalein, epicatechin, berberine, and acteoside, which are herbal ingredients used in traditional Chinese medicine, significantly inhibited angiogenesis in embryoid bodies and decreased intracellular ROS levels. Tumor-induced angiogenesis in confrontation cultures was totally abolished in the presence of the free radical scavenger vitamin E. Because herbal ingredients down-regulated MMP expression, we conclude that ROS generated during confrontation culture induce the expression of MMPs that are necessary for endothelial cell invasion into the tumor tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurophysiology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wartenberg
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Budde
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Mareés
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grünheck
authors.forename: Suk Ying
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Tsang
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Zhen-Yu
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hescheler
authors.forename: Heinrich
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sauer
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000166:cytology; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D020782:Matrix Metalloproteinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry*; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D014810:Vitamin E; D020782:Matrix Metalloproteinases