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ANGIOGENESIS
Volume 17, Issue 3, Pages 463-469Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10456-014-9418-5
Keywords
Thyroid hormone; Integrin alpha v beta 3; Angiogenesis inhibition; Cancer chemotherapy
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Acting via a cell surface receptor on integrin alpha v beta 3, thyroid hormone is pro-angiogenic. Nongenomic mechanisms of actions of the hormone and hormone analogues at alpha v beta 3 include modulation of activities of multiple vascular growth factor receptors and their ligands (vascular endothelial growth factor, basic fibroblast growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor, epidermal growth factor), as well as of angiogenic chemokines (CX3 family). Thyroid hormone also may increase activity of small molecules that support neovascularization (bradykinin, angiotensin II) and stimulate endothelial cell motility. Therapeutic angio-inhibition in the setting of cancer may be opposed by endogenous thyroid hormone, particularly when a single vascular growth factor is the treatment target. This may be a particular issue in management of aggressive or recurrent tumors. It is desirable to have access to chemotherapies that affect multiple steps in angiogenesis and to examine as alternatives in aggressive cancers the induction of subclinical hypothyroidism or use of antagonists of the alpha v beta 3 thyroid hormone receptor that are under development.
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