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CYTOKINE
卷 166, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2023.156190
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Exosome; sFlt-1; Preeclampsia; Endothelial cell; Dysfunction
Preeclampsia (PE) is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy characterized by maternal endothelial dysfunction and end-organ damage. Exosomes derived from PE patients contain higher levels of soluble FMS-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1) and induce endothelial dysfunction and PE development. The treatment with trophoblast-derived sFlt-1-enriched exosomes (sFlt-1-Exo) inhibits human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) migration and tube formation, and increases sFlt-1 secretion through enhanced transcription in HUVECs. In pregnant mice, sFlt-1-Exo or recombinant mouse sFlt-1 treatment induces a preeclampsia-like phenotype.
Preeclampsia (PE) is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy characterized by maternal endothelial dysfunction and end-organ damage. Our previous work demonstrated that PE patient-derived exosomes contained higher levels of soluble FMS-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1) and significantly induced endothelial dysfunction and PE develop-ment. However, the mechanisms underlying the effect of sFlt-1-enriched exosomes (sFlt-1-Exo) on PE develop-ment are poorly characterized. Here, we revealed that trophoblast-derived sFlt-1-Exo treatment induced significant inhibition of human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) migration and tube formation, as well as an increase in sFlt-1 secretion. Mechanistically, we found that the increased sFlt-1 secretion in the cell culture medium was attributed to enhanced transcription of sFlt-1 in HUVECs. Importantly, we observed that treating pregnant mice with sFlt-1-Exo or recombinant mouse sFlt-1 triggered a preeclampsia-like phenotype, charac-terized by elevated blood pressure, proteinuria, increased plasma sFlt-1 and adverse pregnancy outcomes. These results strongly suggested that sFlt-1-Exo-induced endothelial dysfunction could be partially attributed to the upregulation of sFlt-1 in endothelial cells, potentially leading to the development of a preeclampsia-like phenotype in mice.
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