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. 1999 Mar;5(3):181–191.

An essential role for macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in angiogenesis and the growth of a murine lymphoma.

J Chesney 1, C Metz 1, M Bacher 1, T Peng 1, A Meinhardt 1, R Bucala 1
PMCID: PMC2230298  PMID: 10404515

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) has been shown to counterregulate glucocorticoid action and to play an essential role in the activation of macrophages and T cells in vivo. MIF also may function as an autocrine growth factor in certain cell systems. We have explored the role of MIF in the growth of the 38C13 B cell lymphoma in C3H/HeN mice, a well-characterized syngeneic model for the study of solid tumor biology. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Tumor-bearing mice were treated with a neutralizing anti-MIF monoclonal antibody and the tumor response assessed grossly and histologically. Tumor capillaries were enumerated by immunohistochemistry and analyzed for MIF expression. The effect of MIF on endothelial cell proliferation was studied in vitro, utilizing both specific antibody and antisense oligonucleotide constructs. The role of MIF in angiogenesis also was examined in a standard Matrigel model of new blood vessel formation in vivo. RESULTS: The administration of anti-MIF monoclonal antibodies to mice was found to reduce significantly the growth and the vascularization of the 38C13 B cell lymphoma. By immunohistochemistry, MIF was expressed predominantly within the tumor-associated neovasculature. Cultured microvascular endothelial cells, but not 38C13 B cells, produced MIF protein and required its activity for proliferation in vitro. Anti-MIF monoclonal antibody also was found to markedly inhibit the neovascularization response elicited by Matrigel implantation. CONCLUSION: These data significantly expand the role of MIF in host responses, and suggest a new target for the development of anti-neoplastic agents that inhibit tumor neovascularization.

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