Abstract:
:Placental growth factor (PlGF) is decreased in early gestation of pregnant women who subsequently develop pre-eclampsia. In this study, pre-emptive treatment with PlGF to prevent pre-eclampsia was evaluated in an in vivo rodent model of experimental pre-eclampsia (EPE) induced by TNF-α and in an in vitro model of human first-trimester trophoblast invasion. Pregnant C57/BL6 mice were treated with recombinant mouse placental growth factor-2 (rmPlGF-2) 100 μg/kg/day IP from gestational day (gd) 10. Animals had EPE induced by continuous TNF-α infusion on gd 13 and were subject to either continuous blood pressure monitoring by radiotelemetry throughout pregnancy or live placenta T2 -weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to demonstrate placental function on gd 17. There was no difference in BP (P > .99), proteinuria (P = .9) or T2 values on MRI (P = .9) between control and rmPlGF-2-treated animals. On gd 13, animals treated with rmPlGF-2 demonstrated increased placenta PlGF (P = .01) and Toll-like receptor-3 (P = .03) mRNA expression as compared with controls. Fluorescent-labelled human uterine microvascular endothelial cells and HTR8/SVNeo cells were co-cultured on Matrigel™ and treated with recombinant human PlGF (rhPlGF) (10 ng/mL) and/or TNF-α (0.5 ng/mL). Trophoblast integration into endothelial networks was reduced by added TNF-α (P = .006), as was rhPlGF concentration in conditioned media (P < .0001). Cell integration was not ameliorated by addition of rhPlGF (P > .9). Although TNF-α-induced EPE was not reversed with pre-emptive rmPlGF-2, a further trial of pre-emptive rhPlGF in vivo is required to determine whether the absence of effect of rhPlGF demonstrated in vitro precludes PlGF as a preventative therapy for pre-eclampsia.
journal_name
Clin Exp Pharmacol Physioljournal_title
Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiologyauthors
Chau K,Bobek G,Xu B,Stait-Gardner T,Price W,Hennessy A,Makris Adoi
10.1111/1440-1681.13169subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-01-01 00:00:00pages
49-59issue
1eissn
0305-1870issn
1440-1681journal_volume
47pub_type
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