1、Hypoxia-induced pathological angiogenesis mediates tumor cell dissemination,invasion,and metastasis in a zebrafish tumor modelHypoxiaVEGFAngiogenesisMetastasis缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第1页概要概要lMechanisms underlying pathological angiogenesis in relation to hypoxia in tumor invasion and metastasis remain elusi
2、ve.Tumor microvascular networks possess several unique pathological features including extremely high densities of leaky,tortuous,and primitive microvessels that usually lack pericyte coverage,base-ment membrane,and arteriole-venule distinctions.Although hypoxia often results in necrosis of the cent
3、ral core of a fast-growing tumor,it could potentially persuade tumor cells to invade neighboring healthy vasculatures for survival,eventually leading to metastasis,which is one of the hallmarks for cancer therapy.缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第2页A clinical detectable metastatic mass often represents an ultimate
4、consequence of several distinctive steps of the metastatic cascade,including dissemination of malignant cells from the primary site,transport of tumor cells via the circulation or lymphatic system,adhesion of tumor cells in distal tissues/organs,and re-growth of tumor cells into a detectable mass.Cl
5、inical detection of a metastasis does not reveal early events of tumor cell dissemination and intimate interactions between tumor cells and microvessels.So the the cancer therapy is difficult.缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第3页lWe have developed a zebrafish tumor model that allows us to study the role of pathologi
6、cal angiogenesis under normoxia and hypoxia in arbitrating early events of the metastatic cascade at the single cell level.lHypoxia and VEGF signaling pathway significantly contribute to early events of the metastatic cascade.The findings also shed light on molecular mechanisms of beneficial effects
7、 of clinically available anti-VEGF drugs for cancer therapy.缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第4页缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第5页方法和结果方法和结果1 Hypoxic Metastasis Model in ZebrafishlThe Tg(fli1:EGFP)zebrafish embryos Murine T241 tumor cells were labeled with DiI dye in vitro and labeled cells were injected into the perivitelline c
8、avity of 48 h post-fertilization embryos.lTumor-bearing zebrafish embryos were placed in either normoxic or hypoxic water(7.5%air saturation),and monitor daily in living zebrafish embryos.缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第6页At day 3 after implantation,murine T241 tumor cells under hypoxia were significantly dissemi
9、nated away from primary sites.the sizes of primary tumors in both groups remained similar.The border of primary tumors under hypoxia was irregular and invasive fronts were often present.A substantial number of tumor cells under hypoxia were disseminated to distal parts of the fish body,including the
10、 head and tail regions.Consistent with increase of tumor cell dissemination,hypoxia significantly stimulated neovascularization and tortuosity of the tumor vasculature.缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第7页lwe also studied hypoxia induced tumor cell dissemination and metastasis in another murine tumor cell line,Lewis
11、 lung carcinoma(LLC).Increasing of tumor dissemination was well correlated with enhanced tumor neovascularization缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第8页2 Dissemination and Metastasis of Human Tumor Cellsl we selected highly metastatic MDAMB-231 breast cancer and lowly metastaticOVCAR8 ovarian cancer cell lines.Implant
12、ation of MDA MB-231breast cancer cells in zebrafish embryos resulted in widespread tumor cell dissemination and metastasis at day 6 post-injection.all MDA MB-231 tumor cells were spread away from the primary site.缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第9页lThe difference of metastatic potentials between these two cell lin
13、es is due to their different capacities of dissemination.lThus,this zebrafish model might be used to discriminate highly and lowly metastatic potentials of human cancers and to predict prognosis.缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第10页3 Tumor-Derived VEGF Facilitates Dissemination and MetastasislT241 tumor cells were
14、stably transfected to express VEGF at a high level.Total numbers of disseminated tumor cells and the maximal distance of metastasis in the T241-VEGF group were significantly greater than those in controls.Microvessel density in T241-VEGF tumors was significantly higher relative to control tumors.At
15、day 2 after implantation,a significant number of tumor cells invaded the neighboring tissues around primary tumors.At day 4,increasing numbers of invasive tumor cells were detected and were disseminated to distal parts of the fish body.缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第11页lTo generalize these findings to other tumo
16、r types,murine LLC were also stably transfected with VEGF.Similar to T241 fibrosarcoma,implantation of LLC-VEGF tumors resulted in marked increase of tumor cell dissemination,invasion and distal metastasis compared with vector controls.缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第12页4 VEGF Blockade Inhibits VEGF-Tumor Cell In
17、vasion,Dissemination,and MetastasislT241-VEGF tumor-bearing embryos were treated with sunitinib,a known VEGFR blockadeIt showed that tumor cell dissemination,metastasis and vessel density in primary tumors were significantly inhibited by sunitinib in a dose-dependent manner.the average size of prima
18、ry tumors was also significantly reduced by sunitinib treatment.lsunitinib effectively inhibited tumor cell dissemination and metastasis in LLC tumors缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第13页5 Inhibition of Tumor Cell Invasion,Dissemination,and Metastasis by VEGFR-2 MorpholinoslA specific morpholino against VEGFR-2,a f
19、unctional receptor for VEGF-induced angiogenesis,was microinjected into developing zebrafish embryos.Administration of high dosages of VEGFR-2 morpholinos resulted in early death of zebrafish embryos owing to the essential role of VEGF in development of embryonicvasculatures as seen in mice.At a rel
20、atively low concentration(0.1 mM),the VEGFR-2 morpholino selectively blocked tumor angiogenesis without significantly impairing development of physiological vascular networks,suggesting that the tumor vasculature was more susceptible to VEGF inhibition.缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第14页缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第15页6 VEG
21、FR Blockade Effectively Blocks Hypoxia-Induced Tumor Angiogenesis and Metastasisl Sunitinib virtually completely blocked the hypoxia-induced T241 tumor cell invasion,dissemination and metastasis,inhibited tumor neovascularizationlHypoxia-induced malignant cell invasion,dissemination,and metastasis a
22、re mediated by VEGF-induced pathological blood vessels.缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第16页讨论讨论lEarly detection of malignant tumors is essential for curative therapy.lHowever,cancer metastasis can occur at the very early stage of malignant diseases and in a substantial number of cases metastatic disease is the fir
23、st sign of cancer whereas primary tumors remain undetectablelMolecular mechanisms underlying the early onset of cancer metastasis are complex缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第17页lThe role of angiogenesis in tumor cell dissemination has not been well-described in mammalian tumor models.lTo recapitulate early steps o
24、f clinical metastasis,we develop a zebrafish metastatic model that allows us to monitor dissemination of single tumor cells from primary sites in the living body.The transparent nature of zebrafish embryos allows us to monitor tumor development and dissemination in vivo without any invasive operatio
25、n;缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第18页EGFP positive vasculature in fli1:EGFPzebrafish embryos further permit us to study tumor cell dissemination in relation to development of angiogenic vessels;Zebrafish could easily be placed in hypoxic water to study the role of tissue hypoxia in facilitating tumor cell dissemi
26、nation and metastasis;Assessment of anti-metastatic effects of orally active drugs;Morpholino for reverse genetics by silencing host gene functions involving angiogenesis and metastasis缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第19页lHow does VEGF-induced angiogenesis facilitate tumor cell invasion and metastasis?One possibil
27、ity is that VEGF induces disorganized,leaky and tortuous vasculatures,which are susceptible for malignant cell invasion.In support of this hypothesis,increases of vascular density and tortuosity have been observed in our zebrafish model.The other possible mechanism is that outgrowth of blood vessels
28、 in tumors promotes intimate interactions between malignant and endothelial cells and the latter provides niches for tumor cell invasion and metastasis.Additionally,perfusion of VEGF-induced vessels could act as a chemoattractant for tumor cell migration and eventually lead to tumor cell invasion al
29、ong the vascular system.缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第20页l Inhibition of tumor angiogenesis might prevent metastasis.Inversely,recent reports show that antiangiogenic drugs for treatment of established animal tumors lead to invasion and metastasis.The difference between these findings and our data could be due
30、to the sizes of primary tumors.In an established tumor,anti-VEGF drugs could generate tissue hypoxia,leading to an invasive and metastatic phenotype.In zebrafish tumor model,primary tumors remain in situ as tiny nodules and antiangiogenic drugs would not result in significant hypoxia as in a well-es
31、tablished tumor.lThus,tumor sizes might be a key determinant for antiangiogenic drug-produced therapeutic benefits or tumor cell invasion and metastasis.缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第21页lA substantial number of patients are diagnosed for malignant diseases owing to metastasis as the first sign of cancer.Primary
32、 tumors remain undetectable using conventional techniques,suggesting that dissemination of tumor cells occurs at the very early stage.Thus,our results shed light on early metastatic processes by visualizing single cell invasion and metastasis in the living body without invasive procedures.缺氧导致的病理性血管再生和肿瘤迁移第22页