Journal
ANGIOGENESIS
Volume 17, Issue 3, Pages 511-518Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10456-013-9409-y
Keywords
Tumor angiogenesis; Tumor endothelial cells; Tumor microenvironment; Endothelial heterogeneity; Breast cancer; Angiocrine factors
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- NCI NIH HHS [R00-CA140708, R00 CA140708, R01 CA177875, P50 CA058223] Funding Source: Medline
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Long-term, in vitro propagation of tumor-specific endothelial cells (TEC) allows for functional studies and genome-wide expression profiling of clonally derived, well-characterized subpopulations. Using a genetically engineered mouse model of mammary adenocarcinoma, we have optimized an isolation procedure and defined growth conditions for long-term propagation of mammary TEC. The isolated TEC maintain their endothelial specification and phenotype in culture. Furthermore, gene expression profiling of multiple TEC subpopulations revealed striking, persistent overexpression of several candidate genes including Irx2 and Zfp503 (transcription factors), Alcam and Cd133 (cell surface markers), Ccl4 and neurotensin (Nts) (angiocrine factors), and Gpr182 and Cnr2 (G protein-coupled receptors). Taken together, we have developed an effective method for isolating and culture-expanding mammary TEC, and uncovered several new TEC-selective genes whose overexpression persists even after long-term in vitro culture. These results suggest that the tumor microenvironment may induce changes in vascular endothelium in vivo that are stably transmittable in vitro.
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