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. 1973 Mar;70(3):345–362.

Ultrastructural Autoradiographic Studies of the Early Vasoproliferative Response in Tumor Angiogenesis

Tito Cavallo, Robert Sade, Judah Folkman, Ramzi S Cotran
PMCID: PMC1904003  PMID: 4120299

Abstract

The early local vasoproliferative response induced by live tumor cells and an extract derived from such cells was studied in rat subcutaneous tissue by means of electron microscopy and ultrastructural autoradiography after local injections of tritium-labeled thymidine. DNA synthesis was localized in endothelial cells, pericytes, and perivascular cells 6 to 8 hours after exposure to 106 live Walker ascites tumor cells. At this time, DNA-synthesizing endothelial cells in parent vessels exhibited a continuous basement membrane and could not be readily differentiated, ultrastructurally, from control endothelium. At 48 to 50 hours, the number of labeled cells increased and there was ultrastructural evidence of regenerating endothelium: marked increase in ribosomes and endoplasmic reticulum, scarce or absent pinocytotic vesicles, attenuated or discontinuous basement membrane and marked irregularities in cytoplasmic surfaces. Labeled endothelial cells were present in parent vessels, as well as along newly formed sprouts. Autoradiographic and ultrastructural findings after tumor extract or live tumor cells at 48 hours were similar. Evidence was also presented that cells which were recognizable as pericytes, by ultrastructural criteria and by their localization within the basement membrane, were capable of DNA synthesis and mitosis.

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