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Publication Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Therapies as a Novel Therapeutic Approach to Treating Neurofibromatosis-Related Tumors(American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), 2010) Wong, H. K.; Lahdenranta, J.; Kamoun, W. S.; Chan, Ariel Hin Man; McClatchey, Andrea; Plotkin, Scott; Jain, Rakesh; di Tomaso, E.Patients with bilateral vestibular schwannomas associated with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) experience significant morbidity such as complete hearing loss. We have recently shown that treatment with bevacizumab provided tumor stabilization and hearing recovery in a subset of NF2 patients with progressive disease. In the current study, we used two animal models to identify the mechanism of action of anti–vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy in schwannomas. The human HEI193 and murine Nf2−/− cell lines were implanted between the pia and arachnoid meninges as well as in the sciatic nerve to mimic central and peripheral schwannomas. Mice were treated with bevacizumab (10 mg/kg/wk i.v.) or vandetanib (50 mg/kg/d orally) to block the VEGF pathway. Using intravital and confocal microscopy, together with whole-body imaging, we measured tumor growth delay, survival rate, as well as blood vessel structure and function at regular intervals. In both models, tumor vessel diameter, length/surface area density, and permeability were significantly reduced after treatment. After 2 weeks of treatment, necrosis in HEI193 tumors and apoptosis in Nf2−/− tumors were significantly increased, and the tumor growth rate decreased by an average of 50%. The survival of mice bearing intracranial schwannomas was extended by at least 50%. This study shows that anti-VEGF therapy normalizes the vasculature of schwannoma xenografts in nude mice and successfully controls the tumor growth, probably by reestablishing a natural balance between VEGF and semaphorin 3 signaling.