Inhibitory Effect of Angiogenesis Inhibitor TNP—470 on Human ACHN Renal Cell Carcinoma

Summary: The contribution of angiogenesis inhibitor TNP-470 to the growth and metastasis ofACHN renal cell carcinoma (RCC) was studied. TNP-470 (40 mg/kg, every two days) was ad-ministrated to BABL/c nude mice bearing ACHN RCC. The mice were sacrificed after a treatmentduration of 31 days and the weight and volume of subcutaneous tumors as well as foci of lungmetastasis were measured. The microvascular density(MVD) of the tumor as well as the PCNAindex and apoptotic index of the tumor cells were evaluated immunohistochemically. Resultshowed that the growth of ACHN RCC was suppressed significantly and none metastasis was ob-served in TNP-470-treated mice. Compared with the control group, the MVD was decreasedmarkedly (P＜0. 01) and the apoptotic index was increased significantly (P＜0. 01) in the treatedgroup. The tumor volume was positively correlated to the MVD (r=0. 7144, P＜0. 01) and in-versely correlated to the apoptotic index (r=-0. 8607, P＜0. 01), and MVD was conversely cor-related to the apoptotic index. It was determined that TNP-470 could effectively inhibit angiogene-sis of ACHN RCC, which resulting in ischemia and hypoxia, leading to increased apoptosis, thusobviously suppressing the growth and metastasis of ACHN RCC in nude mice.