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1: Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2002 Oct 4;297(4):1058-61.
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G-CSF stimulates angiogenesis and promotes tumor growth: potential contribution of bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells.

Natori T, Sata M, Washida M, Hirata Y, Nagai R, Makuuchi M.

Department of Surgery, University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.

Solid tumors require neovascularization for their growth. Recent evidence indicates that bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) contribute to tumor angiogenesis. We show here that granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) markedly promotes growth of the colon cancer inoculated into the subcutaneous space of mice, whereas G-CSF had no effect on cancer cell proliferation in vitro. The accelerated tumor growth was associated with enhancement of neovascularization in the tumor. We found that bone marrow-derived cells participated in new blood vessel formation in tumor. Our findings suggest that G-CSF may have potential to promote tumor growth, at least in part, by stimulating angiogenesis in which bone marrow-derived EPCs play a role.

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PMID: 12359263 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]