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* Department of Pathology, Section of General Pathology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy;
Molecular Biology Laboratory and Tumor Progression Section, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy;
Department of Oncology and Neurosciences, Gabriele d’Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy;
Department of Biotechnology, Section of General Pathology, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy; and
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Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA
The angiogenic activity of CXC-ELR+ chemokines, including CXCL8/IL-8, CXCL1/macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2), and CXCL1/growth-related oncogene-
in the Matrigel sponge angiogenesis assay in vivo, is strictly neutrophil dependent, as neutrophil depletion of the animals completely abrogates the angiogenic response. In this study, we demonstrate that mice deficient in the src family kinases, Hck and Fgr (hck−/−fgr−/−), are unable to develop an angiogenic response to CXCL1/MIP-2, although they respond normally to vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A). Histological examination of the CXCL1/MIP-2-containing Matrigel implants isolated from wild-type or hck−/−fgr−/− mice showed the presence of an extensive neutrophil infiltrate, excluding a defective neutrophil recruitment into the Matrigel sponges. Accordingly, neutrophils from hck−/−fgr−/− mice normally migrated and released gelatinase B in response to CXCL1/MIP-2 in vitro, similarly to wild-type neutrophils. However, unlike wild-type neutrophils, those from hck−/−fgr−/− mice were completely unable to release VEGF-A upon stimulation with CXCL1/MIP-2. Furthermore, neutralizing anti-VEGF-A Abs abrogated the angiogenic response to CXCL1/MIP-2 in wild-type mice and CXCL1/MIP-2 induced angiogenesis in the chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane assay, indicating that neutrophil-derived VEGF-A is a major mediator of CXCL1/MIP-2-induced angiogenesis. Finally, in vitro kinase assays confirmed that CXCL1/MIP-2 activates Hck and Fgr in murine neutrophils. Taken together, these data demonstrate that CXCL1/MIP-2 leads to recruitment of neutrophils that, in turn, release biologically active VEGF-A, resulting in angiogenesis in vivo. Our observations delineate a novel mechanism by which CXCL1/MIP-2 induces neutrophil-dependent angiogenesis in vivo.
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