Identification of amino acids essential for the antiangiogenic activity of tumstatin and its use in combination antitumor activity.

Abstract

Tumstatin is an angiogenesis inhibitor that binds to alphavbeta3 integrin and suppresses tumor growth. Previous deletion mutagenesis studies identified a 25-aa fragment of tumstatin (tumstatin peptide) with in vitro antiangiogenic activity. Here, we demonstrate that systemic administration of this tumstatin peptide inhibits tumor growth and angiogenesis. Site-directed mutagenesis identified amino acids L, V, and D as essential for the antiangiogenic activity of tumstatin. The tumstatin peptide binds to alphavbeta3 integrin on proliferating endothelial cells and localizes to select tumor endothelium in vivo. Using 3D molecular modeling, we identify a putative interaction interface for tumstatin peptide on alphavbeta3 integrin. The antitumor activity of the tumstatin peptide, in combination with bevacizumab (anti-VEGF antibody), displays significant improvement in efficacy against human renal cell carcinoma xenografts when compared with the single-agent use. Collectively, our results demonstrate that tumstatin peptide binds specifically to the tumor endothelium, and its antiangiogenic action is mediated by alphavbeta3 integrin, and, in combination with an anti-VEGF antibody it exhibits enhanced tumor suppression of renal cell carcinoma.

• Authors: Hans Petter Eikesdal, Hikaru Sugimoto, Gabriel Birrane, Yohei Maeshima, Vesselina G Cooke, Mark Kieran, Raghu Kalluri
• Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A) Vol. 105 Issue 39 Pg. 15040-5 (Sep 30 2008) ISSN: 1091-6490 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 18818312 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Angiogenesis Inhibitors
• Antibodies, Monoclonal
• Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
• Autoantigens
• Collagen Type IV
• Integrin alphaVbeta3
• type IV collagen alpha3 chain
• Bevacizumab
• Aspartic Acid
• Leucine
• Valine

Topics

• Amino Acid Substitution (genetics)
• Angiogenesis Inhibitors (genetics, metabolism, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Animals
• Antibodies, Monoclonal (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
• Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
• Aspartic Acid (genetics, metabolism)
• Autoantigens (genetics, metabolism, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Bevacizumab
• Carcinoma, Renal Cell (blood supply, drug therapy)
• Cell Proliferation
• Cells, Cultured
• Collagen Type IV (genetics, metabolism, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Endothelial Cells (drug effects, metabolism)
• Humans
• Integrin alphaVbeta3 (metabolism)
• Kidney Neoplasms (blood supply, drug therapy)
• Leucine (genetics, metabolism)
• Mice
• Mice, Inbred C57BL
• Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
• Neoplasm Transplantation
• Neovascularization, Pathologic (drug therapy)
• Protein Conformation
• Valine (genetics, metabolism)
• Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays