batimastat and carboxyamido-triazole

Aberrant angiogenesis is closely involved in invasion/metastasis as well as enlargement of tumor. One recent highlight is to develop anti angiogenic drugs by targeting tumor angiogenesis. Here we describe how tumor angiogenesis is regulated and also recent topics related to angiogenic drug in clinical trials.

Topics: Antineoplastic Agents; Clinical Trials as Topic; Cyclohexanes; Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; Enzyme Inhibitors; Humans; Hydroxamic Acids; Interferon-alpha; Interleukin-12; Neoplasms; Neovascularization, Pathologic; O-(Chloroacetylcarbamoyl)fumagillol; Phenylalanine; Platelet Factor 4; Polysaccharides, Bacterial; Sesquiterpenes; Thalidomide; Thiophenes; Triazines; Triazoles; Tumor Cells, Cultured

A new therapeutic strategy for treating metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has entailed the use of antiangiogenic agents such as suramin, BB-94 (Batimastat), TNP-470, and carboxyamido-triazole (CAI, a synthetic inhibitor of non-excitable calcium channels that reversibly inhibits angiogenesis). These agents have been used to treat metastatic model of HCC in nude mouse (LCI-D20 mouse model). The results of these studies are summarized in this paper with emphasis on the inhibitory effects of the drugs on tumour growth, angiogenesis, invasion and metastasis in LCI-D20 mouse models. The results suggest that all of the agents used can significantly inhibit tumour growth, angiogenesis, invasion and metastasis of human HCC in nude mouse models, and may be candidates for the control of recurrence and metastasis after HCC resection.

Topics: Animals; Antineoplastic Agents; Cell Division; Cyclohexanes; Liver Neoplasms, Experimental; Mice; Mice, Nude; Neoplasm Metastasis; Neovascularization, Pathologic; O-(Chloroacetylcarbamoyl)fumagillol; Phenylalanine; Sesquiterpenes; Suramin; Thiophenes; Triazoles