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Taraschi A, Cimini C, Colosimo A, Ramal-Sanchez M, Moussa F, Mokh S, Valbonetti L, Capacchietti G, Tagaram I, Bernabò N, Barboni B. Human Immune System Diseasome Networks and Female Oviductal Microenvironment: New Horizons to be Discovered. Front Genet 2022; 12:795123. [PMID: 35154249 PMCID: PMC8829125 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.795123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Human hypofertility and infertility are two worldwide conditions experiencing nowadays an alarming increase due to a complex ensemble of events. The immune system has been suggested as one of the responsible for some of the etiopathogenic mechanisms involved in these conditions. To shed some light into the strong correlation between the reproductive and immune system, as can be inferred by the several and valuable manuscripts published to date, here we built a network using a useful bioinformatic tool (DisGeNET), in which the key genes involved in the sperm-oviduct interaction were linked. This constitutes an important event related with Human fertility since this interaction, and specially the spermatozoa, represents a not-self entity immunotolerated by the female. As a result, we discovered that some proteins involved in the sperm-oviduct interaction are implicated in several immune system diseases while, at the same time, some immune system diseases could interfere by using different pathways with the reproduction process. The data presented here could be of great importance to understand the involvement of the immune system in fertility reduction in Humans, setting the basis for potential immune therapeutic tools in the near future.
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Affiliation(s)
- Angela Taraschi
- Faculty of Biosciences and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale”, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Biosciences and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Biosciences and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Biosciences and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Biosciences and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
- Doctoral School of Science and Technology Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS), Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission (LAEC), Laboratory for Analysis of Organic Compound (LACO), Beiru, Lebanon
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- Faculty of Biosciences and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (CNR-IBBC/EMMA/Infrafrontier/IMPC), National Research Council, Rome, Italy
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- Faculty of Biosciences and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Biosciences and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Biosciences and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (CNR-IBBC/EMMA/Infrafrontier/IMPC), National Research Council, Rome, Italy
- *Correspondence: Nicola Bernabò,
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- Faculty of Biosciences and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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Schumacher KR, Reichel RA, Vlasic JR, Yu S, Donohue J, Gajarski RJ, Charpie JR. Rate of increase in serum lactate level risk-stratifies infants after surgery for congenital heart disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014; 148:589-95. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2013] [Revised: 08/13/2013] [Accepted: 09/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Oróstica ML, Zuñiga LM, Utz D, Parada-Bustamante A, Velásquez LA, Cardenas H, Orihuela PA. Tumour necrosis factor-α is the signal induced by mating to shutdown a 2-methoxyestradiol nongenomic action necessary to accelerate oviductal egg transport in the rat. Reproduction 2013; 145:109-17. [DOI: 10.1530/rep-12-0389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Mating shut down a 2-methoxyestradiol (2ME) nongenomic action necessary to accelerate egg transport in the rat oviduct. Herein, we investigated whether tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) participates in this mating effect. In unmated and mated rats, we determined the concentration of TNF-α in the oviductal fluid and the level of the mRNA for Tnf-a (Tnf) and their receptors Tnfrsf1a and Tnfrsf1b in the oviduct tissues. The distribution of the TNFRSF1A and TNFRSF1B proteins in the oviduct of unmated and mated was also assessed. Finally, we examined whether 2ME accelerates oviductal egg transport in unmated rats that were previously treated with a rat recombinant TNF-α alone or concomitant with a selective inhibitor of the NF-κB activity. Mating increased TNF-α in the oviductal fluid, but Tnf transcript was not detected in the oviduct. The mRNA for TNF-α receptors as well as their distribution was not affected by mating, although they were mainly localized in the endosalpinx. Administration of TNF-α into the oviduct of unmated rats prevented the effect of 2ME on egg transport. However, the NF-κB activity inhibitor did not revert this effect of TNF-α. These results indicate that mating increased TNF-α in the oviductal fluid, although this not associated with changes in the expression and localization of TNF-α receptors in the oviductal cells. Furthermore, TNF-α mimicked the effect of mating on the 2ME-induced egg transport acceleration, independently of the activation of NF-κB in the oviduct. We concluded that TNF-α is the signal induced by mating to shut down a 2ME nongenomic action in the rat oviduct.
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