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Abstract: Melatonin is a molecule with different antitumor actions in breast cancer and has been described as an inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Despite the recognition of the key role exerted by VEGF in tumor angiogenesis, limitations arise when developing models to test new antiangiogenic molecules. Thus, the aim of this study was to develop rapid, economic, high capacity and easy handling angiogenesis assays to test the antiangiogenic effects of melatonin and demonstrate its most effective dose to neutralize and interfere with the angiogenic sprouting effect induced by VEGF and MCF-7. To perform this, 3D endothelial cell (HUVEC) spheroids and a chicken embryo chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) assay were used. The results showed that VEGF and MCF-7 were able to stimulate the sprouting of the new vessels in 3D endothelial spheroids and the CAM assay, and that melatonin had an inhibitory effect on angiogenesis. Specifically, as the 1 mM pharmacological dose was the only effective dose able to inhibit the formation of ramifications around the alginate in the CAM assay model, this inhibition was shown to occur in a dose-dependent manner. Taken together, these techniques represent novel tools for the development of antiangiogenic molecules such as melatonin, with possible implications for the therapy of breast cancer.
Fuente: Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy = Biomédecine & Pharmacothérapie, 2023, 157, 114041
Publisher: Editions Scientifiques Elsevier
Year of publication: 2023
No. of pages: 7
Publication type: Article
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2022.114041
ISSN: 0753-3322,1950-6007
Publication Url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2022.114041
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LABORDA-ILLANES, AURORA
SÁNCHEZ-ALCOHOLADO, LIDIA
CASTELLANO-CASTILLO, DANIEL
BOUTRIQ, SOUKAINA
PLAZA-ANDRADES, ISAAC
ARANEGA-MARTÍN, LUCÍA
PERALTA-LINERO, JESÚS
ALBA, EMILIO
ALICIA GONZALEZ GONZALEZ
QUEIPO-ORTUÑO, MARÍA ISABEL
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