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Zinc Oxide Exerts Anti-Inflammatory Properties on Human Placental Cells.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:An aberrant and persistent inflammatory state at the fetal-maternal interface is considered as a key contributor in compromised pregnancies. Decidual endothelial cells (DECs) play a pivotal role in the control of the local decidual inflammation. The aim of the current study was to determine whether dietary supplement with zinc oxide (ZnO), due to its very low adverse effects, may be useful for modulating the inflammatory response in the first trimester of pregnancy. METHODS:The anti-inflammatory properties of ZnO in pregnancy were evaluated by in vitro tests on endothelial cells isolated from normal deciduas and on a trophoblast cell line (HTR8/Svneo). The effects of this treatment were analyzed in terms of adhesion molecule expression and inflammatory cytokine secretion, by real time-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS:Our data showed that ZnO was able to reduce the inflammatory response of DECs, in terms of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), interleukin (IL)-8, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor-? (TNF-?) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) expression induced by TNF-? stimulation. This compound exerted no effect on intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) exocytosis induced by TNF-? on stimulated trophoblast cells, but significantly reduced their IL-6 expression. CONCLUSION:According to these results, it can be suggested that the ZnO supplement, through its modulation of the pro-inflammatory response of DECs, can be used in pregnancy for the prevention of local decidual inflammation.

SUBMITTER: Balduit A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7353449 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Zinc Oxide Exerts Anti-Inflammatory Properties on Human Placental Cells.

Balduit Andrea A Mangogna Alessandro A Agostinis Chiara C Zito Gabriella G Romano Federico F Ricci Giuseppe G Bulla Roberta R

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<h4>Background</h4>An aberrant and persistent inflammatory state at the fetal-maternal interface is considered as a key contributor in compromised pregnancies. Decidual endothelial cells (DECs) play a pivotal role in the control of the local decidual inflammation. The aim of the current study was to determine whether dietary supplement with zinc oxide (ZnO), due to its very low adverse effects, may be useful for modulating the inflammatory response in the first trimester of pregnancy.<h4>Methods ...[more]

PMID: 32570911

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Project description:Hofbauer cells (HBCs) are macrophages of the feto-placental unit. Despite the general view that these cells have an anti-inflammatory M2 phenotype, recent studies have claimed that pregnancy pathologies-e.g., gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)-cause a switch from an M2 to an M1 pro-inflammatory phenotype in HBCs. The pilot-study presented here challenges this claim, showing that HBCs maintain anti-inflammatory properties in spite of the hyperglycemic, low-grade inflammatory environment of GDM.HBCs were isolated from placentae of healthy women (N?=?5) and women with GDM (N?=?6) diagnosed in the second trimester. FACS was used to measure surface markers associated with either M1 or M2 phenotype on the cells. In addition, placental tissue sections were subjected to immune histochemical imaging to assess the phenotype within the tissue context. Supernatant from control and GDM HBCs was collected at defined time points and used in a multiplex ELISA-on-beads approach to assess secretion of cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors. The effect of HBC cell culture supernatant on placental endothelial activation was investigated.FACS and immune staining showed that, indeed, M2 markers, such as CD206 and CD209, are increased in HBCs isolated from GDM placentae. Also, the M1 marker CD86 was increased, but only by trend. Secretion of numerous cytokines, chemokines and growth factors was not changed; pro-inflammatory interleukin (IL)-1? and IL-6 release form GDM HBC was increased but not significant. Exposure to GDM HBC supernatant did not induce cell adhesion molecules (VCAM-1, selectins, vascular endothelial-cadherin) in placental endothelial cells compared to supernatant from control HBCs, an induction of intracellular adhesion molecule 1 was observed however.Our study-although performed in a small set of patients-shows that placental macrophages maintain their anti-inflammatory, tissue remodeling M2 phenotype even in pregnancies affected by gestational diabetes. This consistent phenotype might be important for propagation of maternal tolerance toward the fetus and for protection of the fetus from a low-grade inflammatory environment.

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