The hemangiosarcoma cell lines Frog, Tucker, Dal-4, Joey, and DD-1 (Table 1 ) were cultured as described previously [23] (link). Veronica and Emma cell lines were developed as described [23] (link) from splenic and a metastatic brain hemangiosarcomas, respectively, both from Golden Retrievers. For VEGFR inhibition, cells were cultured in the presence of small molecules that selectively inhibit VEGFR kinase (VEGF Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor II, N-(4-Chlorophenyl)-2-[(pyridin-4-ylmethyl)amino]benzamid, hereafter called “Drug 1”; VEGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor III, KRN633, N-(2-Chloro-4-((6,7-dimethoxy-4-quinazolinyl)oxy)phenyl)-N′-propylurea, hereafter called “Drug 2”; or VEGF Receptor Kinase Inhibitor IV, 3-(3-Thienyl)-6-(4-methoxyphenyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine, hereafter called “Drug 3”). The half maximal inhibitory concentrations for VEGFR1 and VEGFR2 for Drugs 1, 2, and 3, respectively are 180 and 20, 170 and 160, and 1.9 and 19. Cells (10,000/well) were plated in duplicate in 96-well microtiter plates and allowed to attach for 16 hr prior to addition of inhibitors over a concentration range from 1 pM to 1 µM. Cells were then cultured for 72 hr, and the number of viable cells was determined using the MTS assay (Promega, Madison, WI). Absorption at 490 nm for each well was averaged, and data normalized to % viability where the mean of wells that received no treatment (0 nm) was considered = 1. The results show the means of two independent experiments for each cell line.
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