Analysis of coagulation cascade and endothelial cell activation during inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor/vascular endothelial growth factor receptor pathway in cancer patients

B. C. Kuenen, M. Levi, J. C M Meijers, A. K. Kakkar, V. W M Van Hinsbergh, P. J. Kostense, H. M. Pinedo, K. Hoekman

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Abstract

Objective - The angiogenesis inhibitor SU5416 is a potent inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor-1 and -2. VEGF may be involved in hemostasis by altering the hemostatic properties of endothelial cells. We analyzed the effects of SU5416 on the coagulation cascade and the vessel wall in patients with advanced cancer. Methods and Results - Markers for thrombin generation, activation of the protein C pathway, fibrinolysis, and endothelial cell activation were measured in patients with renal cell carcinoma, soft tissue sarcoma, or melanoma on days 0, 14, and 28 of treatment with SU5416. Three of 17 sampled patients developed a thromboembolic event in the fifth week of treatment. Markers for thrombin generation and fibrinolysis did not show significant changes. We observed a significant increase in endogenous thrombin potential and of parameters reflecting endothelial cell activation (von Willebrand antigen, soluble tissue factor, and soluble E-selectin) in all patients (P≤0.001). In patients experiencing a thromboembolic event, endogenous thrombin potential, soluble tissue factor, and soluble E-selectin increased to a significantly greater extent (P=0.029, P=0.021, and P=0.007, respectively). Conclusions - VEGF is not only a permeability, proliferation, and migration factor, but it is also a maintenance and protection factor for endothelial cells.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1500-1505
Number of pages6
JournalArteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
Volume22
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Endothelial cell function
  • Hemostasis
  • SU5416
  • Vascular endothelial growth factor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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