The Chick Embryo Chorioallantoic Membrane in the Study of Angiogenesis and Metastasis, 2010 The CAM assay in the study of angiogenesis and metastasis

As pointed out by Auerbach in 1991 “Perhaps the most consistent limitation to progress in angiogenesis research has been the availability of simple, reliable, reproducible, quantitative assays of the angiogenesis response.” In vitro angiogenesis assays, based on endothelial cell cultures or tissue explant, focus on isolated endothelial cell functions (e.g., endothelial cell proliferation, migration, or invasion) and do not examine the coordination of cell functions required for a successful angiogenic response (Jain et al., 1997; Auerbach et al., 2000). Although in vitro angiogenesis assays have been useful for identi cation of potential molecular targets to block endothelial cell responses and preliminary screening of novel pharmacological agents, they frequently cannot be correlated with in vivo angiogenesis measurements. This is most likely the result of the c- plex and multiple cellular mechanism evoked during new blood vessel formation in vivo. In vitro assays cannot be considered conclusive and the activity of a compound must be con rmed in other assays of increasing complexity, including in vivo assays of angiogenesis, angiogenic-dependent tumor growth, and metastasis.

Chorioallantoic Membrane Vasculature.- Chorioallantoic Membrane in the Study of Angiogenesis, Antiangiogenesis, and the Vascularization of Grafted Tissues.- Chorioallantoic Membrane in the Study of Tumor Angiogenesis.- Chorioallantoic Membrane in the Study of Tumor Metastasis.- Other Applications of Chorioallantoic Membrane.- Different Morphological Techniques and Methods of Quantifying the Angiogenic Response Used in the Study of Vascularization in the Chorioallantoic Membrane.- Advantages and Limitations of Chorioallantoic Membrane in Comparison with Other Classical In Vivo Angiogenesis Assays.

Several in vivo assays are currently used in the study of angiogenesis and antiangiogenesis The chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane is one of the most common and versatile assay to study angiogenesis and antiangiogenesis in vivo Angiogenesis plays a critical role in tumor progression and metastasis Antiangiogenesis is one of most promising approach to the treatment of cancer and metastasis