Abstract
The soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 (VEGFR1) or sFLT-1 has important role in antiangiogenesis. In this study, the increase expression and production of sFLT-1 fragment by newly designed ChPL-NPs nanoparticles (chitosan-protein lipid) using Chinese hamster ovary cell line (CHO) was evaluated. The assessment and purification of sFLT-1 were carried out by western blotting and fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC). Thereafter, the angiostatic effect of gene transfer of sFLT-1 in Human umbilical vein endothelial cell line (HUVEC) was evaluated. Our results showed a significance rate of transfection with ChPL-NPs (80-85%) in comparison to standard lipofectamine(2000) (65-70%) (P < 0.05). The anti-angiogenic action of sFLT-1 was observed by in-vitro culture of recombinant protein (sFLT-1; 50 ng/ml) with HUVEC cell lines (5 × 10(6)). The ChPL-NPs nanoparticles can consider a potential carrier system for large scale production of sFLT-1, which ultimately may be use as therapeutic agent in targeting solid tumor tissues.