Macrophage infiltration correlates with tumor stage and angiogenesis in human malignant melanoma: Possible involvement of TNFα and IL-1α
✍ Scribed by Hitoe Torisu; Mayumi Ono; Hiromaro Kiryu; Masutaka Furue; Yasukazu Ohmoto; Juichiro Nakayama; Yasuhiko Nishioka; Saburo Sone; Michihiko Kuwano
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 307 KB
- Volume
- 85
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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✦ Synopsis
We examined whether macrophage infiltration is associated with angiogenesis in cutaneous melanoma. The numbers of macrophages and microvessels increased significantly with increasing depth of tumor and with tumor angiogenesis. Macrophage infiltration thus appeared to provide a useful diagnostic marker for the progression of cutaneous melanoma. We further examined whether human melanoma cells produce angiogenic factors in response to macrophagederived cytokines, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF␣) and interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1␣). Treatment of melanoma cells with TNF␣ and IL-1␣ in vitro enhanced the production of interleukin-8 (IL-8) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) to a lesser degree, in human melanoma cells. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated human monocytes enhanced production of IL-8, VEGF, TNF ␣, as well as IL-1␣, but not bFGF. Co-culture of human monocytes and human melanoma cells was also found to significantly enhance production of IL-8 and VEGF in the absence and presence of LPS, compared with either monocytes or melanoma cells alone. The production of IL-8 and VEGF from co-cultured melanoma cells and LPSactivated monocytes was blocked when anti-TNF-␣ antibody or anti-IL-1␣ antibody was co-administrated. This is direct evidence that production of the potent angiogenic factors IL-8 and VEGF from melanoma cells is up-regulated through TNF␣ and/or IL-1␣ secreted by activated monocytes/macrophages, influencing both tumor growth and angiogenesis in melanomas.