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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS
Volume 37, Issue 8, Pages 3729-3734Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-010-0026-1
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Vascular endothelial growth factor; Epigenetic regulation; Angiogenesis
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- Poznan University of Medical Sciences [502-01-01124182-07474]
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The primary transcript of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) can be alternatively spliced and translated to pro-angiogenic and anti-angiogenic VEGF variants. We investigated the effect of sodium butyrate (NaB) on pro-angiogenic and anti-angiogenic VEGF variants production in immortalized human lung microvascular endothelial cells (HLMEC). These cells were cultured in the absence or in the presence of NaB, followed by total RNA and protein isolation. The transcript and protein levels of pro-angiogenic and anti-angiogenic VEGF variants were evaluated by reverse transcription, real-time quantitative PCR and western blot analysis. We found that NaB significantly increased the anti-angiogenic transcript and protein levels of the VEGF 121b, VEGF165b and VEGF189b variants in HLMEC cells. We did not find the pro-angiogenic VEGF189a transcript variant either in control or NaB treated cells. By contrast, the pro-angiogenic VEGF121a and VEGF165a transcript variants were present in HLMEC cells, but their levels were slightly modulated in the cells treated with NaB compared to controls. Since anti-angiogenic VEGF variants inhibit angiogenesis and tumour progression, and NaB is considered an anticancer drug, our findings may have clinical significance.
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