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Endothelial properties of third-trimester amniotic fluid stem cells cultured in hypoxia.

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INTRODUCTION:Endothelial dysfunction is found in different pathologies such as diabetes and renal and heart diseases, representing one of the major health problems. The reduced vasodilation of impaired endothelium starts a prothrombotic state associated with irregular blood flow. We aimed to explore the potential of amniotic fluid stem (AFS) cells as a source for regenerative medicine in this field; for the first time, we focused on third-trimester amniotic fluid AFS cells and compared them with the already-described AFS cells from the second trimester. METHODS:Cells from the two trimesters were cultured, selected and expanded in normoxia (20 % oxygen) and hypoxia (5 % oxygen). Cells were analysed to compare markers, proliferation rate and differentiation abilities. Endothelial potential was assessed not only in vitro-Matrigel tube formation assay, acetylated human low-density lipoprotein (AcLDL) uptake-but also in vivo (Matrigel plug with cell injection and two animal models). Specifically, for the latter, we used established protocols to assess the involvement of AFS cells in two different mouse models of endothelial dysfunction: (1) a chronic ischemia model with local injection of cells and (2) an electric carotid damage where cells were systemically injected. RESULTS:We isolated and expanded AFS cells from third-trimester amniotic fluid samples by using CD117 as a selection marker. Hypoxia enhanced the proliferation rate, the surface protein pattern was conserved between the trimesters and comparable differentiation was achieved after culture in both normoxia and hypoxia. Notably, the expression of early endothelial transcription factors and AngiomiRs was detected before and after induction. When in vivo, AFS cells from both trimesters expanded in hypoxia were able to rescue the surface blood flow when locally injected in mice after chronic ischemia damage, and importantly AFS cells at term of gestation possessed enhanced ability to fix carotid artery electric damage compared with AFS cells from the second trimester. CONCLUSIONS:To the best of our knowledge, this is the first research work that fully characterizes AFS cells from the third trimester for regenerative medicine purposes. The results highlight how AFS cells, in particular at term of gestation and cultured in hypoxia, can be considered a promising source of stem cells possessing significant endothelial regenerative potential.

journal_name

Stem Cell Res Ther

journal_title

Stem cell research & therapy

authors

Schiavo AA,Franzin C,Albiero M,Piccoli M,Spiro G,Bertin E,Urbani L,Visentin S,Cosmi E,Fadini GP,De Coppi P,Pozzobon M

doi

10.1186/s13287-015-0204-0

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-10-31 00:00:00

pages

209

issn

1757-6512

pii

10.1186/s13287-015-0204-0

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Endothelial properties of third-trimester amniotic fluid stem cells cultured in hypoxia.