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. 2020 May 15;17(2):418–432. doi: 10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2019.0215

Figure 2.

Figure 2

High concentration of bevacizumab (100 μg/mL) accelerates angiogenesis of HUVECs and bEnd.3 in vivo. (A) Comparison of blood vessel formation in matrigel (400 μL) plugs in female nude mice (n = 4 per group) by bev (bevacizumab: 0 μg/mL, 10 μg/mL and 100 μg/mL in matrigel). Mixed matrigel containing HUVECs, bevacizumab, and VEGFA was subcutaneously injected into mice. Mice were intraperitoneally injected with 0, 5, and 50 mg/kg bevacizumab twice a week for 1 month. The image shows matrigel separated from mice, with darker red indicative of higher blood content in vasculature in the gel. CD105 expression (brown: CD105+, the antibody was only reactive to human endothelial cells) determined via immunochemical assay. The CD105+ stain was stronger in HUVECs treated with high concentrations of bevacizumab than those treated with low concentrations of bevacizumab. (B) Comparison of blood vessel formation in matrigel (400 μL) plugs in female nude mice (n = 4 per group) from control (bevacizumab: 0 μg/mL in matrigel), bev10 (bevacizumab: 10 μg/mL in matrigel), and bev100 (bevacizumab: 100 μg/mL in matrigel) groups. Mixed matrigel containing bEnd.3 cells, bevacizumab, and VEGFA was subcutaneously injected into mice, followed by intraperitoneal injection with 0, 5, or 50 mg/kg bevacizumab twice a week for 9 days. The image shows matrigels separated from mice, with darker red indicative of higher blood content in vasculature in the gel. (C) Histogram displaying immunochemistry scores of CD105 in matrigel containing HUVECs (n = 22 per group, data represent mean ± SD, **P < 0.01, ****P < 0.0001; non-parametric test).