Hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha and vascular endothelial growth factor in cartilage tumors

Neoangiogenesis has been demonstrated in chondrosarcoma. Anti-angiogenic therapies are being tested in clinical trials for chondrosarcomas. Studies of the underlying mechanisms have been performed almost exclusively in cell lines. We immunostained 20 samples of chondrosarcoma and 20 samples of enchondromas with antibodies against hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF-1-alpha) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). The immunohistochemical staining of HIF-1-alpha and VEGF were highly correlated. Enchondromas were HIF-1-alpha and VEGF negative, whereas all chondrosarcoma exhibited HIF-1-alpha and VEGF immunostaining. HIF-1-alpha/VEGF double positive cases were almost exclusively chondrosarcomas with a high tumor grade. We suggest that HIF-1-alpha is a marker of malignancy in chondrosarcomas that correlates with tumor neo-angiogenesis. Our findings also suggest that a HIF-1-alpha/VEGF angiogenic pathway may exist in chondrosarcoma in vivo as in other malignant tumors. The inclusion of novel inhibitors to HIF-1-alpha and other factors may optimize anti-angiogenic interventions in chondrosarcoma.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:94

Enthalten in:

Biotechnic & histochemistry : official publication of the Biological Stain Commission - 94(2019), 4 vom: 01. Mai, Seite 283-289

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kouvaras, E [VerfasserIn]
Christoni, Z [VerfasserIn]
Siasios, I [VerfasserIn]
Malizos, K [VerfasserIn]
Koukoulis, G K [VerfasserIn]
Ioannou, M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chondrosarcoma
Enchondroma
HIF-1-alpha
HIF1A protein, human
Hypoxia
Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit
Immunohistochemistry
Journal Article
Pathology
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
Vascular endothelial growth factor

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Date Completed 13.08.2019

Date Revised 13.08.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/10520295.2018.1556806

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM29233706X