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Adipose tissue-derived stromal cells' conditioned medium modulates endothelial-mesenchymal transition induced by IL-1?/TGF-?2 but does not restore endothelial function.

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Objectives

Endothelial cells undergo TGF-?-driven endothelial-mesenchymal transition (EndMT), representing up to 25% of cardiac myofibroblasts in ischaemic hearts. Previous research showed that conditioned medium of adipose tissue-derived stromal cells (ASC-CMed) blocks the activation of fibroblasts into fibrotic myofibroblasts. We tested the hypothesis that ASC-CMed abrogates EndMT and prevents the formation of adverse myofibroblasts.

Materials and methods

Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) were treated with IL-1? and TGF-?2 to induce EndMT, and the influence of ASC-CMed was assessed. As controls, non-treated HUVEC or HUVEC treated only with IL-1? in the absence or presence of ASC-CMed were used. Gene expression of inflammatory, endothelial, mesenchymal and extracellular matrix markers, transcription factors and cell receptors was analysed by RT-qPCR. The protein expression of endothelial and mesenchymal markers was evaluated by immunofluorescence microscopy and immunoblotting. Endothelial cell function was measured by sprouting assay.

Results

IL-1?/TGF-?2 treatment induced EndMT, as evidenced by the change in HUVEC morphology and an increase in mesenchymal markers. ASC-CMed blocked the EndMT-related fibrotic processes, as observed by reduced expression of mesenchymal markers TAGLN (P = 0.0008) and CNN1 (P = 0.0573), as well as SM22? (P = 0.0501). The angiogenesis potential was impaired in HUVEC undergoing EndMT and could not be restored by ASC-CMed.

Conclusions

We demonstrated that ASC-CMed reduces IL-1?/TGF-?2-induced EndMT as observed by the loss of mesenchymal markers. The present study supports the anti-fibrotic effects of ASC-CMed through the modulation of the EndMT process.

SUBMITTER: Liguori TTA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6869467 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Adipose tissue-derived stromal cells' conditioned medium modulates endothelial-mesenchymal transition induced by IL-1β/TGF-β2 but does not restore endothelial function.

Liguori Tácia Tavares Aquinas TTA Liguori Gabriel Romero GR Moreira Luiz Felipe Pinho LFP Harmsen Martin Conrad MC

Cell proliferation 20190829 6

<h4>Objectives</h4>Endothelial cells undergo TGF-β-driven endothelial-mesenchymal transition (EndMT), representing up to 25% of cardiac myofibroblasts in ischaemic hearts. Previous research showed that conditioned medium of adipose tissue-derived stromal cells (ASC-CMed) blocks the activation of fibroblasts into fibrotic myofibroblasts. We tested the hypothesis that ASC-CMed abrogates EndMT and prevents the formation of adverse myofibroblasts.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Human umbilical vein en ...[more]

PMID: 31468648

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