Asian Pacific J Cancer Prev, 13, 991-994
IntroductionCancer metastatic dissemination plays a pivotal role in the progression of malignant tumors. Therefore, the principal goal for the treatment of malignant tumors is to prevent tumor proliferation, invasion and metastasis. Tumor lymphangiogenesis is a key factor for the spread of carcinomatous cells and therefore, usually affects the prognosis of patients. Various evidences from recent advances have demonstrated that tumor-induced lymphangiogenesis is an important mechanism promoting lymphatic metastasis (Karpanen et al., 2001;Mandriota et al., 2001;Skobe et al., 2001).PARP-1 is a monomeric, chromatin-bound enzyme, which is abundantly present in eukaryocytes (except yeast) and is activated by DNA single-strand breaks (Isabelle et al., 2010). PARP-1 uses ADP-ribose units from its substrate NAD + to build a polyanionic poly (ADPribose) polymer onto Glu residues on its acceptor proteins including histones, transcription factors and mainly PARP-1 itself and then recruit the repair apparatus to repair the DNA breaks (Diefenbach and Bürkle, 2005; Woo and Threadgill, 2005). 5-AIQ, a highly water soluble inhibitor, is known to inhibit the activation of PARP-1. Inhibition of PARP-1 activation has been found to prevent angiogenesis