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Endothelial Cell Surface ATP Synthase-Triggered Caspase-Apoptotic Pathway Is Essential for K1-5-Induced Antiangiogenesis

¹ Microbiology and Tumor Biology Center and ² Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; ³ Department of Biochemistry, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China; and ⁴ Department of Pathology and Duke University School of Nursing, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

We have recently reported the identification of kringle 1-5 (K1-5) of plasminogen as a potent and specific inhibitor of angiogenesis and tumor growth. Here, we show that K1-5 bound to endothelial cell surface ATP synthase and triggered caspase-mediated endothelial cell apoptosis. Induction of endothelial apoptosis involved sequential activation of caspases-8, -9, and -3. Administration of neutralizing antibodies directed against the - and ß-subunits of ATP synthase to endothelial cells attenuated activation of these caspases. Furthermore, inhibitors of caspases-3, -8, and -9 also remarkably blocked K1-5-induced endothelial cell apoptosis and antiangiogenic responses. In a mouse tumor model, we show that caspase-3 inhibitors abolished the antitumor activity of K1-5 by protecting the tumor vasculature undergoing apoptosis. These results suggest that the specificity of the antiendothelial effect of K1-5 is attributable, at least in part, to its interaction with the endothelial cell surface ATP synthase and that the caspase-mediated endothelial apoptosis is essential for the angiostatic activity of K1-5. Thus, our findings provide a mechanistic insight with respect to the angiostatic action and signaling pathway of K1-5 and angiostatin.

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