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Tumour Angiogenesis, Invasion And Metastasis Flashcards

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1
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What are the characteristics of malignant tumours?

A

Growth
Invasiveness
Metastasis

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What is the growth potential of a malignant tumour?

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Unlimited as long as adequate blood supply is available

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What is the invasiveness characteristic of a malignant tumour?

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Migration of tumour cells into the surrounding stroma where they disseminate

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What is the metastatic characteristic of a malignant tumour?

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Spread of tumour cells from the primary site to form secondary tumours at other sites in the body

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What are the key steps in cancer progression?

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Transformation
Angiogenesis
Motility and invasion
Metastasis

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What is transformation of a cancer?

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Extensive mutagenic and epigenetic changes followed by clonal selection

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What is angiogenesis?

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New blood vessel formation from pre-existing vessels

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What is vasculogenesis?

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Formation of new blood vessels from progenitors

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What are the types of angiogenesis?

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Developmental (vasculogenesis)
Normal angiogenesis
Pathological angiogenesis

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What is pathological angiogenesis?

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Tumour angiogenesis

Seen in ocular and inflammatory disorders

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When does normal angiogenesis occur?

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Wound repair
Placenta furing pregnancy
Cycling ovary

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What is the max. Size of a tumour without their own blood supply?

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1-2mm^3 without their own organ blood supply

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What are the steps in tumour angiogenesis?

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Small tumour gets big enough to need its own blood supply
Tumour switches on expression of angiogenic genes/factors
New blood vessels grow in and around the tumour, increasing the delivery of oxygen

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What is a strong stimulus for tumour angiogenesis?

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Hypoxia

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What genes are involved in angiogenesis?

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Vascular endothelial growth
Glucose transporter 1
Urokinase plasminogen activator receptor
Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1

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What does plasminogen activator 1 cause?

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Invasion and metastasis

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What factors stimulate the directional growth of endothelial cells (angiogenic factors)?

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Vascular endothelial growth factor
Fibroblast growth factor 2
Placental growth factor
Angiopoietin 2

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What are the angiogenic factors secreted by?

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Tumour cells or components of the extracellular matrix

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What does VEGF do?

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activates cell survival, vascular permeability, gene expression and cell proliferation

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What do you loose in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition?

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Epithelial shape and polarity
Cytokeratin intermediate filament expression
Epithelial adherens junction position

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What do you gain in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition?

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Fibroblast-like shape and motility
Invasiveness
Vimentin intermediate filament expression
Mesenchymal gene expression 
Protease secretion
22
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What proteases are secreted in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition?

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MMP-2 and MMP-9

23
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What causes the loss of epithelial shape and cell polarity in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition?

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Beta-catenin and cloudin-1

24
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What causes the loss of epithelial adherens junction position in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition?

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E-cadherin

25
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What increases the gain of mesenchymal gene expression in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition?

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Fibronectin, PDGF receptor, alpha 5 beta 6 integrin

26
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What are E-cadherins?

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Homotypic adhesion molecules

27
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What are E-cadherins dependant on?

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Calcium

28
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What do E-cadherins inhibit?

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Invasiveness

29
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What does E-cadherin bind to?

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Beta-katenin

30
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What is contact inhibition?

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Once cells have bound to other cells with the same cadherin, it signals for them not to migrate or proliferate

31
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What forms a tumour mass?

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When E-cadherin is lost in tumours, so you loose contact inhibition and cells grow on top of each other and proliferate

32
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What factors are released by stromal cells?

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Angiogenic factors, growth factors, cytokines and proteases

33
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What does the tumour activation of urokinase-type plasminogen activator result in?

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Plasmin production

34
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What does plasmin activate?

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Matrix metalloproteases

35
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What do matrix metalloproteases do?

A

degrade extracellular matrix
release matrix-bound angiogenic factors

Which allows invasion

36
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What is an example of a matrix bound angiogenic factor?

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Transforming growth factor-beta1

37
Q

What are the common sites of metastasis for breast cancer?

A

Lung
Liver
Brain
Bone

38
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What are the hypotheses for pattern of tumour spread?

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Mechanical hypothesis
Seed and soil hypothesis
Genetic alterations acquired during disease progression

39
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What is the mechanical hypothesis for tumour spread?

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Anatomical considerations like blood and lymphatic systems and entrapment in capillary beds

40
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What is the seed and soil hypothesis for tumour spread?

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Specific adhesions between tumour cells and endothelial cells in the target organ, creating a favourable environment in the target organ for colonisation

41
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What tumour processes can be targeted to inhibit cancer?

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Tumour angiogenesis
Cell motility
Invasion

42
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What is avastin?

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Monoclonal antibody drug that targets anti-angiogenesis

43
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What types of cancer is avastin approved for?

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Colorectal, lung, kidney, ovarian

44
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How does avastin work?

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Binds to VEGF and prevents it from binding to VEGF receptors on endothelial cells

45
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What are the common sites of metastasis for breast cancer?

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Lung
Liver
Brain
Bone

46
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What are the common sites of metastasis for colorectal cancer?

A

Liver

lung

47
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What are the common sites of metastasis for stomach cancer?

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Oesophagus
Liver
Lung

48
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What are the common sites of metastasis for lung cancer (non small-cell)?

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Adrenal gland
Liver
Bone
Brain

49
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What are the common sites of metastasis for pancreatic cancer?

A

Liver

Lung

50
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What are the common sites of metastasis for prostate cancer?

A

Bone

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