Angiostatin antagonizes the action of VEGF-A in human endothelial cells via two distinct pathways.

Abstract

Angiostatin consisting of the first four-kringle domains of the plasminogen potently inhibits angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo. However, the molecular mechanism of action whereby angiostatin mediates its inhibitory effect on proliferating endothelial cells remains elusive. We therefore used the proliferating cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) promoted by vascular endothelial growth factor A to identify the endogenous signaling elements that mediate the antiangiogenic effect of angiostatin. Treatment of HUVEC with angiostatin at a concentration known to inhibit cell proliferation and induce apoptosis resulted in induction of p53-, Bax-, and tBid-mediated release of cytochrome c into the cytosol. In addition, angiostatin also activated the Fas-mediated apoptotic pathway in part via up-regulation of FasL mRNA, down-regulation of c-Flip, and activation of caspase 3. These results suggest that the anti-angiogenic action of angiostatin is likely mediated by two distinct signaling pathways, one intrinsic mediated by p53 while the other extrinsic involved in FasL engagement and mitochondria dysfunction.

• Authors: Ya-Huey Chen, Hua-Lin Wu, Chi-Kwan Chen, Ya-Hui Huang, Bei-Chang Yang, Li-Wha Wu
• Journal: Biochemical and biophysical research communications (Biochem Biophys Res Commun) Vol. 310 Issue 3 Pg. 804-10 (Oct 24 2003) ISSN: 0006-291X [Print] United States
• PMID: 14550275 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• BAX protein, human
• BH3 Interacting Domain Death Agonist Protein
• BID protein, human
• Carrier Proteins
• FASLG protein, human
• Fas Ligand Protein
• Membrane Glycoproteins
• Proto-Oncogene Proteins
• Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
• RNA, Messenger
• Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
• Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
• bcl-2-Associated X Protein
• Angiostatins
• Cytochromes c

Topics

• Angiostatins (metabolism, physiology)
• Apoptosis
• BH3 Interacting Domain Death Agonist Protein
• Blotting, Southern
• Blotting, Western
• Carrier Proteins (metabolism)
• Cell Division
• Cells, Cultured
• Cytochromes c (metabolism)
• Cytosol (metabolism)
• Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
• Down-Regulation
• Endothelium, Vascular (cytology, metabolism)
• Fas Ligand Protein
• Humans
• Membrane Glycoproteins (metabolism)
• Mitochondria (metabolism)
• Proto-Oncogene Proteins (metabolism)
• Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
• RNA, Messenger (metabolism)
• Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Signal Transduction
• Time Factors
• Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 (metabolism)
• Umbilical Veins (cytology)
• Up-Regulation
• Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A (antagonists & inhibitors)
• bcl-2-Associated X Protein