PMID- 35866032 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220723 IS - 2296-4185 (Print) IS - 2296-4185 (Electronic) IS - 2296-4185 (Linking) VI - 10 DP - 2022 TI - Effect of the Human Amniotic Membrane on the Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells of Gestational Diabetic Mothers: New Insight on Inflammation and Angiogenesis. PG - 854845 LID - 10.3389/fbioe.2022.854845 [doi] LID - 854845 AB - One of the most relevant diabetes complications is impaired wound healing, mainly characterized by reduced peripheral blood flow and diminished neovascularization together with increased inflammation and oxidative stress. Unfortunately, effective therapies are currently lacking. Recently, the amniotic membrane (AM) has shown promising results in wound management. Here, the potential role of AM on endothelial cells isolated from the umbilical cord vein of gestational diabetes-affected women (GD-HUVECs), has been investigated. Indeed, GD-HUVECs in vivo exposed to chronic hyperglycemia during pregnancy compared to control cells (C-HUVECs) have shown molecular modifications of cellular homeostasis ultimately impacting oxidative and nitro-oxidative stress, inflammatory phenotype, nitric oxide (NO) synthesis, and bioavailability, thus representing a useful model for studying the mechanisms potentially supporting the role of AM in chronic non-healing wounds. In this study, the anti-inflammatory properties of AM have been assessed using a monocyte-endothelium interaction assay in cells pre-stimulated with tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and through vascular adhesion molecule expression and membrane exposure, together with the AM impact on the nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cell (NF-kB) pathway and NO bioavailability. Moreover, GD-HUVEC migration and tube formation ability were evaluated in the presence of AM. The results showed that AM significantly reduced TNF-alpha-stimulated monocyte-endothelium interaction and the membrane exposure of the endothelial vascular and intracellular adhesion molecules (VCAM-1 and ICAM-1, respectively) in both C- and GD-HUVECs. Strikingly, AM treatment significantly improved vessel formation in GD-HUVECs and cell migration in both C- and GD-HUVECs. These collective results suggest that AM positively affects various critical pathways in inflammation and angiogenesis, thus providing further validation for ongoing clinical trials in diabetic foot ulcers. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Pipino, Bernabe-Garcia, Cappellacci, Stelling-Ferez, Di Tomo, Santalucia, Navalon, Pandolfi and Nicolas. FAU - Pipino, Caterina AU - Pipino C AD - Center for Advanced Studies and Technology-CAST (ex CeSI-MeT), Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. D'Annunzio Chieti-Pescara, StemTeCh Group, Chieti, Italy. FAU - Bernabe-Garcia, Angel AU - Bernabe-Garcia A AD - Regeneration, Molecular Oncology and TGFss, IMIB-Arrixaca, Hospital Clinico Universitario Virgen de La Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain. FAU - Cappellacci, Ilaria AU - Cappellacci I AD - Center for Advanced Studies and Technology-CAST (ex CeSI-MeT), Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. D'Annunzio Chieti-Pescara, StemTeCh Group, Chieti, Italy. FAU - Stelling-Ferez, Javier AU - Stelling-Ferez J AD - Regeneration, Molecular Oncology and TGFss, IMIB-Arrixaca, Hospital Clinico Universitario Virgen de La Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain. AD - Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, UCAM, Murcia, Spain. FAU - Di Tomo, Pamela AU - Di Tomo P AD - Center for Advanced Studies and Technology-CAST (ex CeSI-MeT), Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. D'Annunzio Chieti-Pescara, StemTeCh Group, Chieti, Italy. FAU - Santalucia, Manuela AU - Santalucia M AD - Center for Advanced Studies and Technology-CAST (ex CeSI-MeT), Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. D'Annunzio Chieti-Pescara, StemTeCh Group, Chieti, Italy. FAU - Navalon, Carlos AU - Navalon C AD - Regeneration, Molecular Oncology and TGFss, IMIB-Arrixaca, Hospital Clinico Universitario Virgen de La Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain. FAU - Pandolfi, Assunta AU - Pandolfi A AD - Center for Advanced Studies and Technology-CAST (ex CeSI-MeT), Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. D'Annunzio Chieti-Pescara, StemTeCh Group, Chieti, Italy. FAU - Nicolas, Francisco Jose AU - Nicolas FJ AD - Regeneration, Molecular Oncology and TGFss, IMIB-Arrixaca, Hospital Clinico Universitario Virgen de La Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220705 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Bioeng Biotechnol JT - Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology JID - 101632513 PMC - PMC9294233 OTO - NOTNLM OT - HUVECs OT - amniotic membrane (AM) OT - angiogenesis OT - diabetes OT - inflammation OT - wound healing COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/07/23 06:00 MHDA- 2022/07/23 06:01 PMCR- 2022/01/01 CRDT- 2022/07/22 02:38 PHST- 2022/01/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/05/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/07/22 02:38 [entrez] PHST- 2022/07/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/07/23 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 854845 [pii] AID - 10.3389/fbioe.2022.854845 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2022 Jul 5;10:854845. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.854845. eCollection 2022.