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The Role of Methionine Aminopeptidase 2 in Lymphangiogenesis
During the metastasis process, tumor cells invade the blood circulatory system directly from venous capillaries or indirectly via lymphatic vessels. Understanding the relative contribution of each pathway and identifying the molecular targets that affect both processes is critical for reducing cance...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7403956/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32708166 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21145148 |
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author | Esa, Rawnaq Steinberg, Eliana Dror, Dvir Schwob, Ouri Khajavi, Mehrdad Maoz, Miriam Kinarty, Yael Inbal, Adi Zick, Aviad Benny, Ofra |
author_facet | Esa, Rawnaq Steinberg, Eliana Dror, Dvir Schwob, Ouri Khajavi, Mehrdad Maoz, Miriam Kinarty, Yael Inbal, Adi Zick, Aviad Benny, Ofra |
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description | During the metastasis process, tumor cells invade the blood circulatory system directly from venous capillaries or indirectly via lymphatic vessels. Understanding the relative contribution of each pathway and identifying the molecular targets that affect both processes is critical for reducing cancer spread. Methionine aminopeptidase 2 (MetAp2) is an intracellular enzyme known to modulate angiogenesis. In this study, we investigated the additional role of MetAp2 in lymphangiogenesis. A histological staining of tumors from human breast-cancer donors was performed in order to detect the level and the localization of MetAp2 and lymphatic capillaries. The basal enzymatic level and activity in vascular and lymphatic endothelial cells were compared, followed by loss of function studies determining the role of MetAp2 in lymphangiogenesis in vitro and in vivo. The results from the histological analyses of the tumor tissues revealed a high MetAp2 expression, with detectable sites of co-localization with lymphatic capillaries. We showed slightly reduced levels of the MetAp2 enzyme and MetAp2 mRNA expression and activity in primary lymphatic cells when compared to the vascular endothelial cells. The genetic and biochemical manipulation of MetAp2 confirmed the dual activity of the enzyme in both vascular and lymphatic remodulation in cell function assays and in a zebrafish model. We found that cancer-related lymphangiogenesis is inhibited in murine models following MetAp2 inhibition treatment. Taken together, our study provides an indication that MetAp2 is a significant contributor to lymphangiogenesis and carries a dual role in both vascular and lymphatic capillary formation. Our data suggests that MetAp2 inhibitors can be effectively used as anti-metastatic broad-spectrum drugs. |
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spelling | pubmed-74039562020-08-11 The Role of Methionine Aminopeptidase 2 in Lymphangiogenesis Esa, Rawnaq Steinberg, Eliana Dror, Dvir Schwob, Ouri Khajavi, Mehrdad Maoz, Miriam Kinarty, Yael Inbal, Adi Zick, Aviad Benny, Ofra Int J Mol Sci Article During the metastasis process, tumor cells invade the blood circulatory system directly from venous capillaries or indirectly via lymphatic vessels. Understanding the relative contribution of each pathway and identifying the molecular targets that affect both processes is critical for reducing cancer spread. Methionine aminopeptidase 2 (MetAp2) is an intracellular enzyme known to modulate angiogenesis. In this study, we investigated the additional role of MetAp2 in lymphangiogenesis. A histological staining of tumors from human breast-cancer donors was performed in order to detect the level and the localization of MetAp2 and lymphatic capillaries. The basal enzymatic level and activity in vascular and lymphatic endothelial cells were compared, followed by loss of function studies determining the role of MetAp2 in lymphangiogenesis in vitro and in vivo. The results from the histological analyses of the tumor tissues revealed a high MetAp2 expression, with detectable sites of co-localization with lymphatic capillaries. We showed slightly reduced levels of the MetAp2 enzyme and MetAp2 mRNA expression and activity in primary lymphatic cells when compared to the vascular endothelial cells. The genetic and biochemical manipulation of MetAp2 confirmed the dual activity of the enzyme in both vascular and lymphatic remodulation in cell function assays and in a zebrafish model. We found that cancer-related lymphangiogenesis is inhibited in murine models following MetAp2 inhibition treatment. Taken together, our study provides an indication that MetAp2 is a significant contributor to lymphangiogenesis and carries a dual role in both vascular and lymphatic capillary formation. Our data suggests that MetAp2 inhibitors can be effectively used as anti-metastatic broad-spectrum drugs. MDPI 2020-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7403956/ /pubmed/32708166 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21145148 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Esa, Rawnaq Steinberg, Eliana Dror, Dvir Schwob, Ouri Khajavi, Mehrdad Maoz, Miriam Kinarty, Yael Inbal, Adi Zick, Aviad Benny, Ofra The Role of Methionine Aminopeptidase 2 in Lymphangiogenesis |
title | The Role of Methionine Aminopeptidase 2 in Lymphangiogenesis |
title_full | The Role of Methionine Aminopeptidase 2 in Lymphangiogenesis |
title_fullStr | The Role of Methionine Aminopeptidase 2 in Lymphangiogenesis |
title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Methionine Aminopeptidase 2 in Lymphangiogenesis |
title_short | The Role of Methionine Aminopeptidase 2 in Lymphangiogenesis |
title_sort | role of methionine aminopeptidase 2 in lymphangiogenesis |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7403956/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32708166 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21145148 |
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