Genistein induces Bcl-2 expression in human dermal microvascular endothelial cells: a short report

Title:

Genistein induces Bcl-2 expression in human dermal microvascular endothelial cells: a short report

Creator:

Lachová, V., Mitrengová, P., Melegová, N., Smetana, K., and Gál, P.

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:14e3306f-8011-42e4-b7ae-da46f59b1f9a
uuid:14e3306f-8011-42e4-b7ae-da46f59b1f9a

Subject:

wound healing, angiogenesis, hormone replacement therapy, and phytoestrogen

Type:

model:article and TEXT

Format:

bez média and svazek

Description:

It has been shown previously that oestradiol protects the vascular network, leading to increased skin flap viability associated with Bcl-2, VEGF and FGF-2 up-regulation. We have shown that genistein, a natural selective oestrogen receptor modulator, also increases skin flap viability in rats and induces Bcl-2 expression in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. In the present study we aimed to answer the question whether genistein increases expression of Bcl-2, a potent anti-apoptotic protein, in human dermal microvascular endothelial cells (HMVEC-d) as well. Our results showed that administration of genistein induces Bcl-2 expression in a concentration-dependent manner. Cell co-treatment with genistein and anti-ER compounds (MPP, PHTPP, ICI, G-15) diminished the observed positive effect of genistein on Bcl-2 expression. The decrease in Bcl-2 expression in HMVEC-d was most prominent after co-treatment with ICI (nuclear ER antagonist/ GPR30 agonist) and PHTPP (selective ER-β antagonist). In conclusion, genistein increases Bcl-2 expression in HMVEC-d, contributing to its protective effect on the skin flap viability. However, the question whether the mechanism is ER-specific (via ER-β) has to be answered in further studies using a model of gene silencing or genetically modified cells.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

142-147

Source:

Folia biologica | 2020 Volume:66 | Number:4

Harvested from:

CDK

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