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were incubation with protein G-Sepharose. Following the removal of supernatant by brief centrifugation, the protein G-Sepharose were washed with lysis buffer and then boiled for 10 minutes in loading buffer. Immunoprecipitates was further analyzed by western blotting using anti-FGFR2antibody and MedChemExpress PP-242 anti-bFGF antibody. Matrix metalloproteins activity assay The activity of MMP-2/9 was determined by QuickZyme MMPs activity assay according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Immunocytochemistry HUVEC were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde for 30 min, permeabilized with 0.1% Triton X, and blocked with 3% BSA for 30 min. Subsequently, the cells were immune-stained by incubating with antibody against p-AKT Thr308 overnight at 4C. After being washed with PBS, cells were incubated with FITC-conjugated goat anti-rabbit secondary antibody. Nuclei were stained with 4′, 6-diamino-2-phenylindole. Subcutaneous xenograft models MDA-MB-231 cells were subcutaneously implanted into female, BALB/c nude mice to build non-small cell lung cancer xenograft. Tumor volume and mice body weight were measured every 3 days. Tumor volume was calculated as mm3 = 0.5 length 3 width 2. After sacrificing mice on day 25, tumors tissues will be harvested for western blotting. Deparaffinized tumor sections were stained with specific antibodies including Ki67, p-FGFR2Tyr463, p-PI3K p85Tyr458, p-AKT Thr308, and antiCD31 FITC antibody. Detection was done with avidin-biotin-HRP complex and diaminobenzidine as chromogen. Nuclei were counterstained with hematoxylin. All animal experiments were carried out in compliance with the Guidelines for the Institute for Experimental Animals, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Huzhou Central PubMed ID:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19809023 Hospital. Statistical analysis The data were presented as mean SD. Differences in the results of two groups were evaluated using either two-tailed Student’s t test or one-way ANOVA followed by post-hoc Dunnett’s test. The differences with P < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results Tumor angiogenesis associated kinases inhibition profile of vemurafenib Angiogenesis a complex process by which new blood vessels are formed via proliferation of vascular endothelial cells. A variety of pro-angiogenesis factors including vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor have recently been identified.In this assay, vemurafenib inhibited tube network formation in a dose-dependent manner. To future evaluate the potential effect of vemurafenib on angiogenesis, three well-established angiogenesis models were used ex vivo and in vivo. We deter- mined the effects of vemurafenib on micro-vessel sprouting ex vivo using the rat aortic ring assay. Our results showed that vemurafenib almost completely inhibited bFGF-induced sprouting from the aortic rings. Furthermore, in the CAM assay, bFGF could significantly induce neovascularization, whereas treatment with 5 g/CAM of vemurafenib potently inhibited bFGF-induced neovascularization. Matrigel plug assay had also been used to evaluate the effects of vemurafenib on bFGF-induced angiogenesis in vivo. As shown in 1047 Am J Cancer Res 2016;6:1040-1052 Vemurafen ibinhibits tumor angiogenesis by targeting FGFR2 and tube formation, constitutively active form of AKT was introduced into HUVEC and the expression of D2AKT was confirmed by western blot with anti-HA-tag and anti-AKT antibody. As expected, active AKT restored HUVEC migration and tube formation. As expected, the biological behavior of endot