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• the subject of the present invention is a method for treating a tumor-affected mammalian by administering to said mammalian an effective amount of defibrotide and/or oligotide; in particular it relates to the use of oligotide and/or defibrotide for the treatment of angiogenesis-dependent tumors.
• Angiogenesis is a multi-step process leading to the formation of new blood vessels from pre-existing vasculature and it is necessary for primary tumor growth, invasiveness and development of metastases
• tumors are highly heterogenous in vascular architecture, differentiation, and functional blood supply (24) . These differences in size of avascular preangiogenic tumors may be due in part to the capacity of tumor cells to survive under differing degrees of hypoxia (18) .
• angiogenesis-related genes are important for clinical outcome, for example the vascular endothelial cell growth factor VEGF, the VEGF receptor FLTl, and metalloproteinase MMP9 (6) .
• oligotide is herein used to identify any oligodeoxyribonucleotide having a molecular weight of 4000-10000 Dalton. Preferably it identifies any oligodeoxyribonucleotide having the following analytical parameters : molecular weight (mw) : 4000-10000 Dalton, hyperchromicity (h) : ⁇ 10, A+T/C+G: 1.100-1.455, A+G/C+T: 0.800-1.160, specific rotation: +30°- +46.8°, preferably +30°- +46.2°.
• the oligotide may be produced by extraction from animal and/or vegetable tissues, in particular, from mammalian organs, or may be produced synthetically. Preferably, when produced by extraction, it will be obtained in accordance with the method described in (1), (2), and (3) which are incorporated herein by reference.
• the oligotide is known to be endowed with a significant anti-ischemic activity.
• defibrotide identifies a polydeoxyribonucleotide that is obtained by extraction from animal and/or vegetable tissues but which may also be be produced synthetically; the polydesoxyribo- nucleotide is normally used in the form of an alkali- metal salt, generally a sodium salt, and generally has a molecular weight of about 45-50 kDa (CAS Registry- Number: 83712-60-1).
• defibrotide presents the physical/chemical characteristics described in (4) and (5), which are incorporated herein by reference.
• EEC endothelial-like cells
• monocytes are elutriated from leukapheresis products of healthy human blood donors and cultured in the presence of granulocyte-macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM- CSF) and interleukin 4 (IL-4) to stimulate the differentiation of dendritic cells (DC) .
• GM- CSF granulocyte-macrophage-colony stimulating factor
• IL-4 interleukin 4
• tumor-associated dendritic cells TuDC
• TuDC-ELC acquire the phenotype of endothelial cells (FactorVIII related Ag, vWF) while they lose monocytic (CD14) and dendritic cell markers (CDIa) .
• they do not express CD34, nor CD133 or CD146 which proves that they are real transdifferentiation products and no contaminants of either circulating endothelial progenitors (CD34, CD133) or mature circulating endothelial cells (CD146) .
• they are able to form tube-like structures in MatrigelTM, an in vitro assay of angiogenesis .
• the MatrigelTM assay is one of the most popular and widely used in vitro angiogenesis assays (22) .
• MatrigelTM is a semisolid synthetic mixture of extracellular matrix proteins which simulate the matrix that physiologically exist beneath the endothelial cell wall of a blood vessel.
• this assay is suitable to show the potential capacity of cells to give rise to a tumor vasculature.
• TuDC-ELC TuDC-ELC
• MatrigelTM TuDC-ELC and mature, differentiated endothelial cells, [human umbilical vene
• HUVEC microvascular endothelial cells
• HMEC microvascular endothelial cells
• the aortic ring assay investigates macrovascular endothelial cells. But often, the tumor vasculature consists of microvascular endothelial cells. Therefore, a third in vitro angiogenesis assay was performed on the basis of microvascular endothelial cells vascularizing through a layer of dermal fibroblasts after 9-11 days of culture. These vessel-like structures can subsequently be visualized by staining for CD31 and vWF.
• DF can also block angiogenesis of human microvascular endothelial cells with a superiority for the daily application. Interestingly, concentrations around 10 ⁇ g/mL appear to be the most effective. A single application of DF could not significantly block angiogenesis.
• defibrotide and/or oligotide can block angiogenesis of tumor-associated transdifferentiating endothelial cells and those that arise from already existing vascular cells .
• Defibrotide and oligotide are strong candidates for a therapy of angiogenesis-dependent tumors and might be used alone or in combination with other anti- angiogeneic agents, such as rapamycin (14) .
• rapamycin has the negative side effect of pro-thrombotic activity (15) that could be attenuated by the simultaneous application of the antithrombotic and fibrionolytic defibrotide.
• Bostwick,D.G. & Iczkowski, K.A. (1998) Microvessel density in prostate cancer: prognostic and therapeutic utility. Semin. Urol .Oncol ., 16, 118- 123.
• Dendritic cells derived from peripheral monocytes express endothelial markers and in the presence of angiogenic growth factors differentiate into endothelial-like cells. Eur. J. Cell Biol., 80, 99- 110.
• Rapamycin inhibits primary and metastatic tumor growth by antiangiogenesis : involvement of vascular endothelial growth factor. Nat.Med., 8, 128-135.
• Rapamycin induces tumor- specific thrombosis via tissue factor in the presence of VEGF. Blood.
• Tumor angiogenesis a new significant and independent prognostic indicator in early-stage breast carcinoma. J.Natl . Cancer Inst., 84, 1875-1887.

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