Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER
Volume 123, Issue 9, Pages 2195-2203Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23777
Keywords
angiogenesis; melanoma; integrins; disintegrins; apoptosis
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- NIH [CA100145, P01 NS36466]
- American Heart Association [0230163N]
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The presented results show the effect of targeting of collagen receptor, alpha 1 beta 1 integrin expressed on the endothelial cells on the development of experimental melanoma and pathological angiogenesis. Obtustatin, a snake venom KTS-disintegrin, was applied as a specific inhibitor of this integrin. This low molecular weight peptide revealed a potent therapeutic effect on melanoma progression in 2 animal systems, mouse and quail. Its oncostatic effect was related to the inhibition of angiogenesis. Obtustatin inhibited the neovascularization ratio on the CAM embryo of quail, which was pathologically induced by the developing tumor. The i.v. administration of obtustatin completely blocked cancer growth of MV3 human melanoma in nude mice. In B16F10 syngeneic mouse model treatment with the disintegrin revealed a lower effect, although the development of the tumor was significantly reduced for both dosages. The mechanism of obtustatin action is related to the blocking of microvascular endothelial cell proliferation, which undergoes apoptosis in caspase-de pendent manner. Summarizing, we present studies of low molecular weight disintegrin, obtustatin as a potential therapeutic compound for treatment of melanoma that contain a high level of vascularization. (C) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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