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Downregulation of tetrahydrobiopterin inhibits tumor angiogenesis in BALB/c-nu mice with hepatocellular carcinoma

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    • Youguo Dai
    • Jin Cui
    • Ping Gan
    • Weiming Li
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    Affiliations: Department of Abdominal Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan 650118, P.R. China, Department of Pathology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan 650101, P.R. China, Department of General Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan 650101, P.R. China
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly vascular tumor, and treatment options for patients of advanced-stage are limited. Nitric oxide (NO), which is derived from endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), provides crucial signals for angiogenesis in the tumor microenvironment. Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) is an essential cofactor eNOS and represents a critical determinant of NO production. To examine whether treatment of 2,4-diamino-6-hydroxypyrimidine (DAHP) inhibits angiogenesis of HCC, BALB/c-nu mice were injected with HepG-2 cells with DAHP. Supplemental DAHP treatment decreased K-ras mRNA transcripts, inhibition of phosphorylation of eNOS and Akt, inhibition of guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase (GTPCH), and decreased significantly NO synthesis, and then inhibited angiogenesis, compared with the results observed in the saline group. Histopathology demonstrated angiogenesis and tumor formation were significantly inhibited in HCC. DAHP downregulates GTPCH protein expression, corresponding to decreased levels of BH4 and the contents of NO. In addition, DAHP downregulates eNOS and Akt protein expression, corresponding to decreased eNOS phosphorylation at Ser1177 and Akt phosphorylation, compared with the saline control. We suggest that DAHP, recognized as a specific competitive inhibitor of GTPCH, can decrease tumor BH4 and NO by the inhibition of the wild-type Ras-PI3K/Akt pathway, and then inhibiting angiogenesis, and may provide a novel and promising way to target BH4 synthetic pathways to inhibit angiogenesis and to control potential progression of HCC. Whether DAHP has a therapeutic potential will require more direct testing in humans.
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Dai, Y., Cui, J., Gan, P., & Li, W. (2016). Downregulation of tetrahydrobiopterin inhibits tumor angiogenesis in BALB/c-nu mice with hepatocellular carcinoma. Oncology Reports, 36, 669-675. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2016.4850
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Dai, Y., Cui, J., Gan, P., Li, W."Downregulation of tetrahydrobiopterin inhibits tumor angiogenesis in BALB/c-nu mice with hepatocellular carcinoma". Oncology Reports 36.2 (2016): 669-675.
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Dai, Y., Cui, J., Gan, P., Li, W."Downregulation of tetrahydrobiopterin inhibits tumor angiogenesis in BALB/c-nu mice with hepatocellular carcinoma". Oncology Reports 36, no. 2 (2016): 669-675. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2016.4850
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Dai Y, Cui J, Gan P and Li W: Downregulation of tetrahydrobiopterin inhibits tumor angiogenesis in BALB/c-nu mice with hepatocellular carcinoma. Oncol Rep 36: 669-675, 2016.
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Dai, Y., Cui, J., Gan, P., & Li, W. (2016). Downregulation of tetrahydrobiopterin inhibits tumor angiogenesis in BALB/c-nu mice with hepatocellular carcinoma. Oncology Reports, 36, 669-675. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2016.4850
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Dai, Y., Cui, J., Gan, P., Li, W."Downregulation of tetrahydrobiopterin inhibits tumor angiogenesis in BALB/c-nu mice with hepatocellular carcinoma". Oncology Reports 36.2 (2016): 669-675.
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Dai, Y., Cui, J., Gan, P., Li, W."Downregulation of tetrahydrobiopterin inhibits tumor angiogenesis in BALB/c-nu mice with hepatocellular carcinoma". Oncology Reports 36, no. 2 (2016): 669-675. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2016.4850
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