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Heller DS, Cramer SF, Turner BM. Abnormal Uterine Involution May Lead to Atony and Postpartum Hemorrhage: A Hypothesis, With Review of the Evidence. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2023; 26:429-436. [PMID: 37672676 DOI: 10.1177/10935266231194698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
Abstract
Uterine involution has 2 major components-(1) involution of vessels; and (2) involution of myometrium. Involution of vessels was addressed by Rutherford and Hertig in 1945; however, involution of myometrium has received little attention in the modern literature. We suggest that the pathophysiology of myometrial involution may lead to uterine atony and postpartum hemorrhage. The myometrium dramatically enlarges due to gestational hyperplasia and hypertrophy of myocytes, caused by hormonal influences of the fetal adrenal cortex and the placenta. After delivery, uterine weight drops rapidly, with physiologic involution of myometrium associated with massive destruction of myometrial tissue. The resulting histopathology, supported by scientific evidence, may be termed "postpartum metropathy," and may explain the delay of postpartum menstrual periods until the completion of involution. When uterine atony causes uncontrolled hemorrhage, postpartum hysterectomy examination may be the responsibility of the perinatal pathologist.Postpartum metropathy may be initiated when delivery of the baby terminates exposure to the hormonal influence of the fetal adrenal cortex, and may be accelerated when placental delivery terminates exposure to human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG). This hypothesis may explain why a prolonged third stage of labor, and delays in management, are risk factors for severe hemorrhage due to uterine atony.
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Affiliation(s)
- Debra S Heller
- Department of Pathology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Highland Hospital and Rochester General Hospital, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Highland Hospital and Rochester General Hospital, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, USA
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Madsen DH, Leonard D, Masedunskas A, Moyer A, Jürgensen HJ, Peters DE, Amornphimoltham P, Selvaraj A, Yamada SS, Brenner DA, Burgdorf S, Engelholm LH, Behrendt N, Holmbeck K, Weigert R, Bugge TH. M2-like macrophages are responsible for collagen degradation through a mannose receptor-mediated pathway. J Cell Biol 2013; 202:951-66. [PMID: 24019537 PMCID: PMC3776354 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201301081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2013] [Accepted: 07/31/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Tissue remodeling processes critically depend on the timely removal and remodeling of preexisting collagen scaffolds. Nevertheless, many aspects related to the turnover of this abundant extracellular matrix component in vivo are still incompletely understood. We therefore took advantage of recent advances in optical imaging to develop an assay to visualize collagen turnover in situ and identify cell types and molecules involved in this process. Collagen introduced into the dermis of mice underwent cellular endocytosis in a partially matrix metalloproteinase-dependent manner and was subsequently routed to lysosomes for complete degradation. Collagen uptake was predominantly executed by a quantitatively minor population of M2-like macrophages, whereas more abundant Col1a1-expressing fibroblasts and Cx3cr1-expressing macrophages internalized collagen at lower levels. Genetic ablation of the collagen receptors mannose receptor (Mrc1) and urokinase plasminogen activator receptor-associated protein (Endo180 and Mrc2) impaired this intracellular collagen degradation pathway. This study demonstrates the importance of receptor-mediated cellular uptake to collagen turnover in vivo and identifies a key role of M2-like macrophages in this process.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Apoptosis
- Blotting, Western
- CX3C Chemokine Receptor 1
- Cell Proliferation
- Cells, Cultured
- Collagen/metabolism
- Collagen Type I/physiology
- Collagen Type I, alpha 1 Chain
- Endocytosis/physiology
- Female
- Fibroblasts/cytology
- Fibroblasts/metabolism
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Lysosomes/metabolism
- Macrophages/cytology
- Macrophages/metabolism
- Membrane Glycoproteins/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Receptors, Cell Surface/physiology
- Receptors, Chemokine/physiology
- Receptors, Immunologic
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Signal Transduction
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Affiliation(s)
- Daniel H. Madsen
- Proteases and Tissue Remodeling Section and Intracellular Membrane Trafficking Unit, Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, and Matrix Metalloproteinase Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
- The Finsen Laboratory, Rigshospitalet/Biotech Research and Innovation Centre, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Proteases and Tissue Remodeling Section and Intracellular Membrane Trafficking Unit, Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, and Matrix Metalloproteinase Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Proteases and Tissue Remodeling Section and Intracellular Membrane Trafficking Unit, Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, and Matrix Metalloproteinase Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Proteases and Tissue Remodeling Section and Intracellular Membrane Trafficking Unit, Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, and Matrix Metalloproteinase Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Proteases and Tissue Remodeling Section and Intracellular Membrane Trafficking Unit, Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, and Matrix Metalloproteinase Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
- The Finsen Laboratory, Rigshospitalet/Biotech Research and Innovation Centre, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Proteases and Tissue Remodeling Section and Intracellular Membrane Trafficking Unit, Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, and Matrix Metalloproteinase Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
- Program of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111
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- Proteases and Tissue Remodeling Section and Intracellular Membrane Trafficking Unit, Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, and Matrix Metalloproteinase Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Proteases and Tissue Remodeling Section and Intracellular Membrane Trafficking Unit, Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, and Matrix Metalloproteinase Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Proteases and Tissue Remodeling Section and Intracellular Membrane Trafficking Unit, Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, and Matrix Metalloproteinase Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Life and Medical Sciences Institute, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- The Finsen Laboratory, Rigshospitalet/Biotech Research and Innovation Centre, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Finsen Laboratory, Rigshospitalet/Biotech Research and Innovation Centre, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Proteases and Tissue Remodeling Section and Intracellular Membrane Trafficking Unit, Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, and Matrix Metalloproteinase Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Proteases and Tissue Remodeling Section and Intracellular Membrane Trafficking Unit, Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, and Matrix Metalloproteinase Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Proteases and Tissue Remodeling Section and Intracellular Membrane Trafficking Unit, Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, and Matrix Metalloproteinase Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Takamoto N, Leppert PC, Yu SY. Cell death and proliferation and its relation to collagen degradation in uterine involution of rat. Connect Tissue Res 1998; 37:163-75. [PMID: 9862218 DOI: 10.3109/03008209809002436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Collagen concentration, procollagenase localization, and their association with cell proliferation and apoptosis during postpartum involution, were investigated biochemically and histochemically in postpartum day 1, 3, 5, and 7 rat uterine tissues. In control animals, uterine wet weight, soluble protein, and collagen decreased rapidly during days 1 to 3 postpartum, and the DNA concentration in the uterine horn rapidly decreased, as noted by others. Simultaneously, both apoptosis and cell proliferation were observed in these tissues. These processes were highest in smooth muscle cells on day 3 postpartum. Procollagenase was found in the cell cytoplasm through days 1 to 3 postpartum, was highest on the third day postpartum, and appeared to gradually diminish by day 5 postpartum. Disorganization of collagen fibers was observed, under polarized microscopy by a strong birefringence of collagen fibers of the circular smooth muscle cell layers. However, this disorganization of the uterine collagen diminished progressively from day 3 to day 7. Treatment with estradiol or a combination of estradiol and progesterone suppressed cellular turnover and attenuated the changes in DNA, total amino acids, and collagen on day 3 postpartum. In this study, cellular turnover and biochemical and morphological changes appeared to be closely associated. Gonadal steroid hormones appear to influence these changes and retard uterine involution. This study suggests that a dynamic turnover of the cellular population takes place during uterine involution. It is possible that other factors, in addition to steroid hormones, contribute to uterine involution. It is to be postulated that these factors either are themselves decreased or, alternatively, may increase the inhibition of other unknown factors by an indirect mechanism.
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- N Takamoto
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester General Hospital, NY 14621, USA
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Everts V, van der Zee E, Creemers L, Beertsen W. Phagocytosis and intracellular digestion of collagen, its role in turnover and remodelling. THE HISTOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 1996; 28:229-45. [PMID: 8762055 DOI: 10.1007/bf02409011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 255] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Collagens of most connective tissues are subject to continuous remodelling and turnover, a phenomenon which occurs under both physiological and pathological conditions. Degradation of these proteins involves participation of a variety of proteolytic enzymes including members of the following proteinase classes: matrix metalloproteinases (e.g. collagenase, gelatinase and stromelysin), cysteine proteinases (e.g. cathepsin B and L) and serine proteinases (e.g. plasmin and plasminogen activator). Convincing evidence is available indicating a pivotal role for matrix metalloproteinases, in particular collagenase, in the degradation of collagen under conditions of rapid remodelling, e.g. inflammation and involution of the uterus. Under steady state conditions, such as during turnover of soft connective tissues, involvement of collagenase has yet to be demonstrated. Under these circumstances collagen degradation is likely to take place particularly within the lysosomal apparatus after phagocytosis of the fibrils. We propose that this process involves the following steps: (i) recognition of the fibril by membrane-bound receptors (integrins?), (ii) segregation of the fibril, (iii) partial digestion of the fibril and/or its surrounding non-collagenous proteins by matrix metalloproteinases (possibly gelatinase), and finally (iv) lysosomal digestion by cysteine proteinases, such as cathepsin B and/or L. Modulation of this pathway is carried out under the influence of growth factors and cytokines, including transforming growth factor beta and interleukin 1 alpha.
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- V Everts
- Department of Periodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), The Netherlands
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Gabella G, Uvelius B. Reversal of muscle hypertrophy in the rat urinary bladder after removal of urethral obstruction. Cell Tissue Res 1994; 277:333-9. [PMID: 8082124 DOI: 10.1007/bf00327781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We studied the ultrastructure of the bladder musculature after first inducing hypertrophy by means of urethral obstruction and subsequently removing the obstruction. With hypertrophy the bladder musculature increases ten-fold or more in volume; after de-obstruction approximately 4/5 of the hypertrophic muscle weight and volume is lost within six weeks. In spite of this very large decrease in muscle mass there is no degeneration of muscle cells or nerve endings or of other cell types in the de-obstructed bladder either at 5 days or at 6 weeks. The individual muscle cells are smaller in size than in the hypertrophic bladder but still larger than control muscle cells. The decrease in muscle cell size is more substantial than the decrease in muscle cell surface. There are no lysosomes or other signs of intracellular degradation in any cells of the muscle layer. The musculature contains a very large amount of intercellular material, mainly collagen. This study documents the great plasticity of the musculature in the reduction of muscle mass after de-obstruction. However, some of the fine structural features are almost as different from the controls as in the hypertrophic muscle.
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- G Gabella
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, UK
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Pasyk KA, Austad ED, Cherry GW. Intracellular collagen fibers in the capsule around silicone expanders in guinea pigs. J Surg Res 1984; 36:125-33. [PMID: 6694378 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4804(84)90077-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Ultrastructural studies of fibrous capsules surrounding silicone tissue expanders in guinea pigs revealed a number of fibroblasts containing collagen fibers inside cytoplasm with typical periodicity. These fibers were single or multiple, appeared straight, coiled, or bent, and lay in narrow, undulating membrane spaces. These intracellular collagen fibers were found in as many as 15% of the cells in capsules between 7 and 12 weeks of expansion. These observations suggest that during capsule development there is some imbalance between the synthesis of collagen fibers and their degradation. It is possible that increased synthesis of collagen fibers as well as their phagocytosis by fibroblasts may exist simultaneously.
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Henell F, Ericsson JL, Glaumann H. An electron microscopic study of the post-partum involution of the rat uterus. With a note on apparent crinophagy of collagen. VIRCHOWS ARCHIV. B, CELL PATHOLOGY INCLUDING MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY 1983; 42:271-87. [PMID: 6134390 DOI: 10.1007/bf02890390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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During pregnancy the increase in mass of the rat uterus has been accounted for mainly by hypertrophy rather than hyperplasia of the smooth muscle cells and by an increase in collagen content. Following parturition the rat uterus regains its non-pregnant weight within little more than a week. Autophagy is a likely mechanism for the reduction in size of the smooth muscle cells. However, many previous investigations have failed to demonstrate an extensive lysosomal apparatus in uterine smooth muscle cells, a morphologically detectable prerequisite for augmented autophagy. The superfluous collagen has been assumed to be digested by macrophages. In the present electron microscopical study the involution of the rat uterus was followed at various time points post-partum. The results indicated that three pathways were involved namely, autophagocytosis, heterophagocytosis and crinophagy. Autophagocytosis was noted in smooth muscle cells--apparently a means to reduce their size. In some instances extensive autophagy appeared to lead to cell death. Macrophages and also to some extent fibroblasts have the ability to endocytose collagen and cell debris including split off portions of smooth muscle cell cytoplasm. The evidence obtained suggested that at the time of parturition the (pro)collagen synthesized but not yet secreted was retained within the fibroblasts and degraded by means of crinophagy.
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