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Volume 52 (1): 39-52, 2004
Copyright ©The Histochemical Society, Inc.
In Vivo Angiogenic Phenotype of Endothelial Cells and Pericytes Induced by Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A
Ocular Angiogenesis Group, Department of Ophthalmology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (ANW,BCvB,ROS); Department of Ophthalmology, LUMC, University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands (GFJMV); Lens & Cornea Unit, The Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (ANW,BCvB); and Department of Cell Biology & Histology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (CJFvN)
Correspondence to: R.O. Schlingemann, MD, PhD, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail: r.schlingemann{at}amc.uva.nl
VEGF-A is a major angiogenesis and permeability factor. Its cellular effects, which can be used as targets in anti-angiogenesis therapy, have mainly been studied in vitro using endothelial cell cultures. The purpose of the present study was to further characterize these effects in vivo in vascular endothelial cells and pericytes, in an experimental monkey model of VEGF-A-induced iris neovascularization. Two cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) received four injections of 0.5 µg VEGF-A in the vitreous of one eye and PBS in the other eye. After sacrifice at day 9, eyes were enucleated and iris samples were snap-frozen for immunohistochemistry (IHC) and stained with a panel of antibodies recognizing endothelial and pericyte determinants related to angiogenesis and permeability. After VEGF-A treatment, the pre-existing iris vasculature showed increased permeability, hypertrophy, and activation, as demonstrated by increased staining of CD31, PAL-E, tPA, uPA, uPAR, Glut-1, and 
vß3 and vß5 integrins, VEGF receptors VEGFR-1, -2 and -3, and Tie-2 in endothelial cells, and of NG2 proteoglycan, uPA, uPAR, integrins and VEGFR-1 in pericytes. Vascular sprouts at the anterior surface of the iris were positive for the same antigens except for tPA, Glut-1, and Tie-2, which were notably absent. Moreover, in these sprouts VEGFR-2 and VEGFR-3 expression was very high in endothelial cells, whereas many pericytes were present that were positive for PDGFR-ß, VEGFR-1, and NG2 proteoglycan and negative for -SMA. In conclusion, proteins that play a role in angiogenesis are upregulated in both pre-existing and newly formed iris vasculature after treatment with VEGF-A. VEGF-A induces hypertrophy and loss of barrier function in pre-existing vessels, and induces angiogenic sprouting, characterized by marked expression of VEGFR-3 and lack of expression of tPA and Tie-2 in endothelial cells, and lack of -SMA in pericytes. Our in vivo study indicates a role for -SMA-negative pericytes in early stages of angiogenesis. Therefore, our findings shed new light on the temporal and spatial role of several proteins in the angiogenic cascade in vivo. (J Histochem Cytochem 52:39–52, 2004)
Key Words: • angiogenesis • vascular endothelial growth • factor • endothelial cells • pericytes • vascular permeability • plasminogen activators • integrins • endothelial growth factor • receptors • angiopoietin
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