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ArticleJournal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR2021

VEGF-A/VEGFR-1 signalling and chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain: therapeutic potential of a novel anti-VEGFR-1 monoclonal antibody.

Laura Micheli, Carmen Parisio, Elena Lucarini, Alessia Vona, Alessandra Toti, Alessandra Pacini, Tommaso Mello, Serena Boccella, Flavia Ricciardi, Sabatino Maione and 5 more

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Article in Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors.

Laura Micheli *Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health - NEUROFARBA - Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, University of Florence, Viale G. Pieraccini 6, 50139, Florence, Italy.
Carmen Parisio *Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health - NEUROFARBA - Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, University of Florence, Viale G. Pieraccini 6, 50139, Florence, Italy.
Elena LucariniDepartment of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health - NEUROFARBA - Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, University of Florence, Viale G. Pieraccini 6, 50139, Florence, Italy.
Alessia VonaDepartment of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health - NEUROFARBA - Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, University of Florence, Viale G. Pieraccini 6, 50139, Florence, Italy.
Alessandra TotiDepartment of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health - NEUROFARBA - Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, University of Florence, Viale G. Pieraccini 6, 50139, Florence, Italy.
Alessandra PaciniDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine - DMSC - Anatomy and Histology Section, University of Florence, L.go Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy.
Tommaso MelloDepartment of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences, University of Florence, Viale G. Pieraccini 6, 50139, Florence, Italy.
Serena BoccellaDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Section of Pharmacology, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Via Santa Maria di Costantinopoli 16, 80138, Naples, Italy.
Flavia RicciardiDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Section of Pharmacology, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Via Santa Maria di Costantinopoli 16, 80138, Naples, Italy.
Sabatino MaioneDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Section of Pharmacology, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Via Santa Maria di Costantinopoli 16, 80138, Naples, Italy.
Grazia GrazianiDepartment of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133, Rome, Italy. graziani@uniroma2.it.
Pedro Miguel LacalIDI-IRCCS, Via Monti di Creta 104, 00167, Rome, Italy.
Paola FailliDepartment of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health - NEUROFARBA - Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, University of Florence, Viale G. Pieraccini 6, 50139, Florence, Italy.
Carla GhelardiniDepartment of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health - NEUROFARBA - Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, University of Florence, Viale G. Pieraccini 6, 50139, Florence, Italy.
Lorenzo Di Cesare MannelliDepartment of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health - NEUROFARBA - Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, University of Florence, Viale G. Pieraccini 6, 50139, Florence, Italy. lorenzo.mannelli@unifi.it.

Funding

associazione italiana per la ricerca sul cancro IG 2017 - ID. 20353innovative medicines initiative IMI2 project NeuroDerisk (821528)ministero della salute RC18-2638151ministero dell'istruzione, dell'università e della ricerca none
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNeuropathic pain is a clinically relevant adverse effect of several anticancer drugs that markedly impairs patients' quality of life and frequently leads to dose reduction or therapy discontinuation. The poor knowledge about the mechanisms involved in neuropathy development and pain chronicization, and the lack of effective therapies, make treatment of chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain an unmet medical need. In this context, the vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) has emerged as a candidate neuropathy hallmark and its decrease has been related to pain relief. In the present study, we have investigated the role of VEGF-A and its receptors, VEGFR-1 and VEGFR-2, in pain signalling and in chemotherapy-induced neuropathy establishment as well as the therapeutic potential of receptor blockade in the management of pain.

methodsBehavioural and electrophysiological analyses were performed in an in vivo murine model, by using selective receptor agonists, blocking monoclonal antibodies or siRNA-mediated silencing of VEGF-A and VEGFRs. Expression of VEGF-A and VEGFR-1 in astrocytes and neurons was detected by immunofluorescence staining and confocal microscopy analysis.

resultsIn mice, the intrathecal infusion of VEGF-A (VEGF

conclusionsThese data strongly support the role of the VEGF-A/VEGFR-1 system in mediating chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain at the central nervous system level. Thus, treatment with the anti-VEGFR-1 mAb D16F7, besides exerting antitumor activity, might result in the additional advantage of attenuating neuropathic pain when combined with neurotoxic anticancer agents.

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AnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalHumansMaleMiceNeuralgiaSignal TransductionAntibodies, MonoclonalAstrocytesD16F7 mAbMelanomaNeuropathy biomarkerOxaliplatinPaclitaxelVEGF-AVEGFR-1Vincristine

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PMID34649573
PMCPMC8515680

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