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JSRV (Jaagsiekte Sheep Retrovirus) is a retrovirus inducing a transmissible lung adenocarcinoma in sheep and goats with predominantly lepidic and papillary lesions. This naturally occurring lung cancer in large animals shares many features with human pneumonic-type lung adenocarcinomas with predominant lepidic growth. The metastatic spread is rare in both human and animal cancers. This unique feature prompted us to decipher the angiogenesis pathway in these cancers. We focused on the levels of mRNA and proteins of genes implicated in the extension of JSRV-induced lung adenocarcinomas by studying their expression in lung cancers ( n  = 10) and normal lungs ( n  = 10) and in primary epithelial alveolar type II cells derived from cancers ( n  = 10) or normal lungs ( n  = 6). In parallel, we evaluated the levels of expression of key genes in lung tissues collected from lepidic ( n  = 13) or papillary ( n  = 5) human adenocarcinomas and, when available, adjacent normal lungs ( n  = 11). We measured the expression of the same key genes implicated in angiogenesis, lymphangiogenesis and degradation of the extracellular matrix. In ovine adenocarcinomas,  VEGFR2  and  VEGFD  mRNA were downregulated in cancers;  MMP9 ,  TIMP1  and  FGFR2  mRNA were overexpressed as compared to normal lungs. Importantly, VEGFA and VEGFR2 proteins were not expressed in JSRV-induced cancers. In human lepidic adenocarcinomas,  VEGFA  and  VEGFR2  mRNA were weakly expressed and no VEGFR2 protein was detectable. Downregulation of key angiogenic players may contribute to the control of extra thoracic invasion of cancer cells in human and ovine pneumonic-type adenocarcinoma with predominant lepidic growth.   Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (10.1186/s13567-017-0480-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Blocked expression of key genes of the angiogenic pathway in JSRV-induced pulmonary adenocarcinomas