1. Genistein Improves Skin Flap Viability in Rats: A Preliminary In Vivo and In Vitro Investigation.
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Fáber L, Kováč I, Mitrengová P, Novotný M, Varinská L, Vasilenko T, Kello M, Čoma M, Kuruc T, Petrová K, Miláčková I, Kuczmannová A, Peržeľová V, Mižáková Š, Dosedla E, Sabol F, Luczy J, Nagy M, Majerník J, Koščo M, Mučaji P, and Gál P
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- Animals, Cell Survival, Endothelial Cells drug effects, Endothelial Cells metabolism, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Expression Regulation drug effects, Genistein pharmacology, Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells, Humans, Models, Animal, Rats, Time Factors, Up-Regulation, Endothelial Cells cytology, Genistein administration & dosage, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 metabolism, Superoxide Dismutase metabolism, Surgical Flaps physiology
- Abstract
Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) have been developed to achieve beneficial effects of estrogens while minimizing their side effects. In this context, we decided to evaluate the protective effect of genistein, a natural SERM, on skin flap viability in rats and in a series of in vitro experiments on endothelial cells (migration, proliferation, antioxidant properties, and gene expression profiling following genistein treatment). Our results showed that administration of genistein increased skin flap viability, but importantly, the difference is only significant when treatment is started 3 days prior the flap surgery. Based on our in vitro experiments, it may be hypothesized that the underlying mechanism may rather by mediated by increasing SOD activity and Bcl-2 expression. The gene expression profiling further revealed 9 up-regulated genes (angiogenesis/inflammation promoting: CTGF, CXCL5, IL-6, ITGB3, MMP-14, and VEGF-A; angiogenesis inhibiting: COL18A1, TIMP-2, and TIMP-3). In conclusion, we observed a protective effect of genistein on skin flap viability which could be potentially applied in plastic surgery to women undergoing a reconstructive and/or plastic intervention. Nevertheless, further research is needed to explain the exact underlying mechanism and to find the optimal treatment protocol., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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- 2018
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