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Gori S, Fernández L, Soczewski E, Schafir A, Castagnola L, Grasso E, Martínez G, Leirós CP, Ramhorst R. Embryo Quality Conditions the Secretory Profile of Tolerogenic Dendritic Cell DC-10 During the Peri-Implantation Period. Am J Reprod Immunol 2024; 92:e13891. [PMID: 38958250 DOI: 10.1111/aji.13891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2023] [Revised: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024] Open
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PROBLEM The decidualization process conditions monocytes to the immunosuppressive and tolerogenic dendritic cell (DC)-10 profile, a DC subset with high IL-10 production. Since the implantation process implies an embryo-endometrium-immune crosstalk, here we focused on the ability of embryonic soluble factors to modify decidual DC conditioning accordingly with its quality. METHOD OF STUDY Human endometrial stromal cell line (HESC) decidualized with medroxyprogesterone and dibutyryl-cAMP (Dec) was stimulated with human embryo-conditioned media (ECM), classified as normal (ND) or impaired developed (ID) for 48 h (n = 18/group). Monocytes isolated from six healthy women were differentiated to DCs with rhGM-CSF+rhIL-4 in the presence/absence of conditioned media (CM) from decidualized cells stimulated with ECM or nontreated. RESULTS We found that decidualized cells stimulated with ECM sustain a myeloid regulatory cell profile on monocyte-derived culture with increased frequency of CD1a-CD14+ and CD83+CD86low cells. ND-Dec sustained the higher expression of the DC-10 markers, HLA-G and IL-10 whereas ID-Dec diminished IL-10 production (ID-Dec: 135 ± 37.4 vs. Dec: 223.3 ± 49.9 pg/mL, p < 0.05). The treatment with ECM-Dec sustained a higher IL-10 production and prevented the increase of CD83/CD86 after LPS challenge regardless of embryo quality. Notably, TNF-α production increased in ID-Dec cultures (ID-Dec: 475.1 ± 134.7 vs. Dec: 347.5 ± 98 pg/mL, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Although remaining in a tolerogenic profile compatible with DC-10, DCs can differentially respond to decidual secreted factors based on embryo quality, changing their secretome. These results suggest that in the presence of arrested embryo, DCs could differentially shape the immunological microenvironment, contributing to arrested embryo clearance during the menstrual phase.
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- Soledad Gori
- Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN-CONICET), Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEN-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN-CONICET), Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEN-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN-CONICET), Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEN-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN-CONICET), Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEN-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN-CONICET), Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEN-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN-CONICET), Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEN-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Fertilis Medicina Reproductiva, San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN-CONICET), Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEN-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN-CONICET), Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEN-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Wang C, Ju H, Zhou L, Zhu Y, Wu L, Deng X, Jiang L, Sun L, Xu Y. TET3-mediated novel regulatory mechanism affecting trophoblast invasion and migration: Implications for preeclampsia development. Placenta 2024; 147:31-41. [PMID: 38295560 DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2024.01.010] [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] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Aberrant expression of genes has been demonstrated to be related to the abnormal function of trophoblasts and lead to the occurrence and progression of Preeclampsia (PE). However, the underlying mechanism of PE has not been elucidated. METHODS We performed PCR analysis to investigate TET3 expression in PE placental tissues. Cell assays were performed in HTR-8/SVneo and JAR. Cell invasion and migration events were investigated by transwell assays in vitro. ChIP-PCR and Targeted bisulfite sequencing were conducted to detect the demethylation of related CpG sites in the KLF13 promoter after inhibition of TET3. In conjunction with bioinformatics analysis, luciferase reporter assays were performed to elucidate the mechanism by which miR-544 binds to TET3/KLF13 mRNA. RESULTS In this study, we identified genes associated with human extravillous trophoblasts by conducting sc-seq analysis from the GEO. Then, we measured the expression of TET3 in a larger clinical sample. The results showed that TET3, a DNA demethylase, was found to be expressed at much higher levels in the preeclamptic placenta compared to the control. Then, the inhibition of TET3 significantly promoted trophoblast cell migration and invasion. Conversely, TET3 overexpression suppressed cell migration and invasion in vitro. Further RNA sequencing and mechanism analysis indicated that the inhibition of TET3 suppressed the activation of KLF13 by reducing the demethylation of related CpG sites in the KLF13 promoter, thereby transcriptionally inactivating KLF13 expression. Moreover, luciferase reporter assay indicate that TET3 and KLF13 were direct targets of miR-544. DISCUSSION This study uncovers a TET3-mediated regulatory mechanism in PE progression and suggests that targeting the placental miR-544-TET3-KLF13-axis might provide new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for PE.
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- Cong Wang
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu Province, China; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changzhou Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital Changzhou Medical Center of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, 213000, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200336, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Affiliated Hospital 2 of Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu Province, China.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu Province, China.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu Province, China.
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Meng X, Chen C, Qian J, Cui L, Wang S. Energy metabolism and maternal-fetal tolerance working in decidualization. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1203719. [PMID: 37404833 PMCID: PMC10315848 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1203719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
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One pivotal aspect of early pregnancy is decidualization. The decidualization process includes two components: the differentiation of endometrial stromal cells to decidual stromal cells (DSCs), as well as the recruitment and education of decidual immune cells (DICs). At the maternal-fetal interface, stromal cells undergo morphological and phenotypic changes and interact with trophoblasts and DICs to provide an appropriate decidual bed and tolerogenic immune environment to maintain the survival of the semi-allogeneic fetus without causing immunological rejection. Despite classic endocrine mechanism by 17 β-estradiol and progesterone, metabolic regulations do take part in this process according to recent studies. And based on our previous research in maternal-fetal crosstalk, in this review, we elaborate mechanisms of decidualization, with a special focus on DSC profiles from aspects of metabolism and maternal-fetal tolerance to provide some new insights into endometrial decidualization in early pregnancy.
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- *Correspondence: Songcun Wang, ; Liyuan Cui,
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Lin Z, Shi JL, Chen M, Zheng ZM, Li MQ, Shao J. CCL2: An important cytokine in normal and pathological pregnancies: A review. Front Immunol 2023; 13:1053457. [PMID: 36685497 PMCID: PMC9852914 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1053457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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C-C motif ligand 2 (CCL2), also known as monocytic chemotactic protein 1 (MCP-1), is an integral chemotactic factor which recruits macrophages for the immune response. Together with its receptors (e.g., CCR2, ACKR1, and ACKR2), they exert noticeable influences on various diseases of different systems. At the maternal-fetal interface, CCL2 is detected to be expressed in trophoblasts, decidual tissue, the myometrium, and others. Meanwhile, existing reports have determined a series of physiological regulators of CCL2, which functions in maintaining normal recruitment of immunocytes, tissue remodeling, and angiogenesis. However, abnormal levels of CCL2 have also been reported to be associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes such as spontaneous abortion, preeclampsia and preterm labor. In this review, we concentrate on CCL2 expression at the maternal-fetal interface, as well as its precise regulatory mechanisms and classic signaling pathways, to reveal the multidimensional aspects of CCL2 in pregnancy.
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- Zhi Lin
- Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Gynecology, Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- National Health Commision (NHC) Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation, Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Endocrine Related Diseases, Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Endocrine Related Diseases, Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Yu SL, Lee SI, Park HW, Lee SK, Kim TH, Kang J, Park SR. SIRT1 suppresses in vitro decidualization of human endometrial stromal cells through the downregulation of forkhead box O1 expression. Reprod Biol 2022; 22:100672. [PMID: 35839571 DOI: 10.1016/j.repbio.2022.100672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 07/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
SIRT1 regulates survival, DNA repair, and metabolism in human cells and has pleiotropic effects on age-related diseases through either deacetylating target proteins or inhibiting gene transcription. Forkhead box O1 (FOXO1) is one of the most important transcription factors during decidualization. Prolactin (PRL) and insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 1 (IGFBP1) are well-known FOXO1-dependent genes in decidualizing cells. To determine whether SIRT1 plays a role in decidualization, we investigated morphological changes in cells following artificially stimulated decidualization and expression levels of PRL, IGFBP1, and FOXO1 in the immortalized non-neoplastic human endometrial stromal cell line T HESCs. SIRT1 expression decreased in the decidualization condition and SIRT1 inhibited morphological changes caused by decidualization of T HESCs. SIRT1 suppressed PRL, IGFBP1, and FOXO1 expression; inhibited FOXO1, PRL, and IGFBP1 promoter activity; and decreased histone protein acetylation of the FOXO1 promoter. We found that FOXO1 expression increased in the secretory phase compared with the proliferative phase, whereas SIRT1 expression decreased in the secretory phase in the human endometrium. We also revealed that SIRT1 may inhibit embryo implantation according to the blastocyst-like spheroid implantation assay. Collectively, these results indicate that SIRT1 suppresses decidualization of human endometrial stromal cells by inhibiting FOXO1 expression.
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- Seong-Lan Yu
- Priority Research Center, Myunggok Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon 35365, Republic of Korea
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- Priority Research Center, Myunggok Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon 35365, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon 35365, Republic of Korea
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- Priority Research Center, Myunggok Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon 35365, Republic of Korea; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon 35365, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon 35365, Republic of Korea
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- Priority Research Center, Myunggok Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon 35365, Republic of Korea; Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon 35365, Republic of Korea
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- Priority Research Center, Myunggok Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon 35365, Republic of Korea; Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon 35365, Republic of Korea.
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Ramhorst R, Grasso E, Vota D, Gori S, Hauk V, Paparini D, Calo G, Leirós CP. From decidualization to pregnancy progression: An overview of immune and metabolic effects of VIP. Am J Reprod Immunol 2022; 88:e13601. [DOI: 10.1111/aji.13601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Rosanna Ramhorst
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN‐CONICET) Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN‐CONICET) Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN‐CONICET) Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN‐CONICET) Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN‐CONICET) Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN‐CONICET) Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN‐CONICET) Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN‐CONICET) Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) Buenos Aires Argentina
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Zhang L, Mamillapalli R, Habata S, McAdow M, Taylor HS. Myometrial-derived CXCL12 promotes lipopolysaccharide induced preterm labour by regulating macrophage migration, polarization and function in mice. J Cell Mol Med 2022; 26:2566-2578. [PMID: 35318804 PMCID: PMC9077289 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.17252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2021] [Revised: 01/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Preterm birth is a major contributor to neonatal mortality and morbidity. Infection results in elevation of inflammation-related cytokines followed by infiltration of immune cells into gestational tissue. CXCL12 levels are elevated in preterm birth indicating it may have a role in preterm labour (PTL); however, the pathophysiological correlations between CXCL12/CXCR4 signalling and premature labour are poorly understood. In this study, PTL was induced using lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in a murine model. LPS induced CXCL12 RNA and protein levels significantly and specifically in myometrium compared with controls (3-fold and 3.5-fold respectively). Highest levels were found just before the start of labour. LPS also enhanced the infiltration of neutrophils, macrophages and T cells, and induced macrophage M1 polarization. In vitro studies showed that condition medium from LPS-treated primary smooth muscle cells (SMC) induced macrophage migration, M1 polarization and upregulated inflammation-related cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-1, IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α). AMD3100 treatment in pregnant mice led to a significant decrease in the rate of PTL (70%), prolonged pregnancy duration and suppressed macrophage infiltration into gestation tissue by 2.5-fold. Further, in-vitro treatment of SMC by AMD3100 suppressed the macrophage migration, decreased polarization and downregulated IL-1, IL-6 and TNF-α expression. LPS treatment in pregnant mice induced PTL by increasing myometrial CXCL12, which recruits immune cells that in turn produce inflammation-related cytokines. These effects stimulated by LPS were completely reversed by AMD3100 through blocking of CXCL12/CXCR4 signalling. Thus, the CXCL12/CXCR4 axis presents an excellent target for preventing infection and inflammation-related PTL.
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- Lijuan Zhang
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive SciencesYale School of MedicineNew HavenConnecticutUSA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive SciencesYale School of MedicineNew HavenConnecticutUSA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive SciencesYale School of MedicineNew HavenConnecticutUSA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive SciencesYale School of MedicineNew HavenConnecticutUSA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive SciencesYale School of MedicineNew HavenConnecticutUSA
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Liu A, Jin M, Xie L, Jing M, Zhou Y, Tang M, Lin T, Wang D. Loss of miR-29a impairs decidualization of endometrial stromal cells by TET3 mediated demethylation of Col1A1 promoter. iScience 2021; 24:103065. [PMID: 34568789 PMCID: PMC8449092 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
Abstract
A conceptual framework for understanding abnormal endometrial decidualization, with considerable significance for the diagnosis and treatment of abnormal decidualization-related changes in non-receptive endometrium in implantation failure during early pregnancy is very important. Here, we found the expression levels of miR-29a in endometrial tissues were associated with the menstrual phases and pregnancy outcome. Inhibition of miR-29a led to decreased decidualization of endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) in vitro, whereas Tet methylcytosine dioxygenase 3 (TET3) and its potential demethylation target, the collagen type I alpha 1 chain (Col1A1), were restored. The binding capacity of TET3 to the Col1A1 promoter could be enhanced by the inhibition of miR-29a. Finally, deletion of TET3 rescued the inhibitory effect of the miR-29a antagomir on the proliferation of decidualized ESCs in vitro and embryo implantation in vivo. Thus, loss of miR-29a causes implantation failure because of the limitation of ESCs decidualization-related changes in non-receptive endometrium during early pregnancy. Loss of miR-29a inhibits decidualization of ESCs TET3 demethylates the Col1A1 promoter Loss of miR-29a enhances the binding capacity of TET3 to the Col1A1 promoter Loss of miR-29a suppresses embryo implantation during early pregnancy in mice
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- Aixia Liu
- Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 1 Xueshi Road, Hangzhou 310006, PR China.,Key Laboratory of Reproductive Genetics (Ministry of Education), Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310006, PR China
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- Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 1 Xueshi Road, Hangzhou 310006, PR China
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- Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 1 Xueshi Road, Hangzhou 310006, PR China
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- Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 1 Xueshi Road, Hangzhou 310006, PR China
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- Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 1 Xueshi Road, Hangzhou 310006, PR China
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- Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 1 Xueshi Road, Hangzhou 310006, PR China.,Key Laboratory of Reproductive Genetics (Ministry of Education), Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310006, PR China
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- Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 1 Xueshi Road, Hangzhou 310006, PR China
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- Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 1 Xueshi Road, Hangzhou 310006, PR China
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Paparini DE, Grasso E, Fernandez LDC, Merech F, Weingrill‐Barbano R, Correa‐Silva S, Izbizky G, Abasolo JI, Hauk V, Ramhorst R, Bevilaqcua E, Pérez Leirós C. Decidual factors and vasoactive intestinal peptide guide monocytes to higher migration, efferocytosis and wound healing in term human pregnancy. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2021; 232:e13579. [PMID: 33210807 DOI: 10.1111/apha.13579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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AIM To explore the functional profile of circulating monocytes and decidual macrophages at term human pregnancy and their contribution to tissue repair upon stimulation ex vivo with decidual factors and the vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP). METHODS Peripheral blood monocytes were isolated from pregnant and non-pregnant volunteers and tested in vitro with decidual explants from term placenta and VIP. The effect of VIP on decidual explants and the effect of its conditioned media on monocytes or decidual macrophages isolated by magnetic beads was carried out by RT-qPCR and ELISA for cytokines expression and release. Migration assays were performed in transwell systems. Efferocytosis was assessed in monocytes or decidual macrophages with CFSE-labelled autologous apoptotic neutrophils and quantified by flow cytometry. Monocyte and decidual macrophages wound healing capacity was evaluated using human endometrial stromal cell monolayers. Immunohistochemistry was performed in serial tissue sections of different placentas. RESULTS VIP is expressed in the villi as well as in trophoblast giant cells distributed within the decidua of term placenta. VIP induced the expression of antiinflmammatory markers and monocyte chemoattractant CCL2 and CCL3 in decidual tissues. Monocytes presented higher migration towards decidual explants than CD4 and CD8 cells. VIP-conditioned monocytes displayed an enhanced efferocytosis and wound healing capacity comparable to that of decidual macrophages. Moreover limited efferocytosis of pregnant women monocytes was restored by VIP-induced decidual factors. CONCLUSION Results show the conditioning of monocytes by decidual factors and VIP to sustain processes required for tissue repair and homeostasis maintenance in term placenta.
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- Daniel Esteban Paparini
- Universidad de Buenos Aires Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Instituto de Química Biológica de la Factultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN) Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Instituto de Química Biológica de la Factultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN) Buenos Aires Argentina
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences Department of Cell and Developmental Biology University of São Paulo São Paulo Brazil
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Instituto de Química Biológica de la Factultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN) Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Instituto de Química Biológica de la Factultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN) Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences Department of Cell and Developmental Biology University of São Paulo São Paulo Brazil
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences Department of Cell and Developmental Biology University of São Paulo São Paulo Brazil
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- Obstetric Service Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Instituto de Química Biológica de la Factultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN) Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Instituto de Química Biológica de la Factultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN) Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences Department of Cell and Developmental Biology University of São Paulo São Paulo Brazil
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Instituto de Química Biológica de la Factultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN) Buenos Aires Argentina
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Fernández L, Grasso E, Soczewski E, Gori S, Calo G, Hauk V, Sabbione F, Gallino L, Martínez G, Irigoyen M, Bestach Y, Pérez Leirós C, Ramhorst R. Understanding the natural selection of human embryos: blastocyst quality modulates the inflammatory response during the peri-implantation period. Am J Reprod Immunol 2021; 87:e13423. [PMID: 33764560 DOI: 10.1111/aji.13423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 10/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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PROBLEM Decidualized cells display an active role during embryo implantation sensing blastocyst quality, allowing the implantation of normal developed blastocysts and preventing the invasion of impaired developed ones. Here, we characterized the immune microenvironment generated by decidualized cells in response to soluble factors secreted by blastocysts that shape the receptive milieu. METHOD OF STUDY We used an in vitro model of decidualization based on the Human Endometrial Stromal Cells line (HESC) differentiated with medroxiprogesterone and dibutyryl-cAMP, then treated with human blastocysts-conditioned media (BCM) classified according to their quality. RESULTS Decidualized cells treated with BCM from impaired developed blastocysts increased IL-1β production. Next, we evaluated the ability of decidualized cells to modulate other mediators associated with menstruation as chemokines. Decidualized cells responded to stimulation with BCM from impaired developed blastocysts increasing CXCL12 expression and CXCL8 secretion. The modulation of these markers was associated with the recruitment and activation of neutrophils, while regulatory T cells recruitment was restrained. These changes were not observed in the presence of BCM from normal developed blastocysts. CONCLUSION Soluble factors released by impaired developed blastocysts induce an exacerbated inflammatory response associated with neutrophils recruitment and activation, providing new clues to understand the molecular basis of the embryo-endometrial dialogue.
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- Laura Fernández
- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Medicina Experimental (IMEX)- CONICET, Academia Nacional de Medicina. Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Fertilis Medicina Reproductiva. San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Fertilis Medicina Reproductiva. San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Gori S, Soczewski E, Fernández L, Grasso E, Gallino L, Merech F, Colado A, Borge M, Pérez Leirós C, Salamone G, Ramhorst R. Decidualization Process Induces Maternal Monocytes to Tolerogenic IL-10-Producing Dendritic Cells (DC-10). Front Immunol 2020; 11:1571. [PMID: 32973738 PMCID: PMC7461786 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Decidualization is a process that involves phenotypic and functional changes of endometrial stromal cells to sustain endometrial receptivity and the participation of immunoregulatory factors to maintain immune homeostasis. In this context, tolerogenic dendritic cells (DCs) can induce regulatory T cells, which are essential to manage the pro- to anti-inflammatory transition during embryo implantation. Recently, Myeloid Regulatory Cells (MRCs) were proposed as immunosuppressants and tolerance-inducer cells, including the DC-10 subset. This novel and distinctive subset has the ability to produce IL-10 and to induce type 1 regulatory T cells (Tr1) through an HLA-G pathway. Here we focus on the impact of the decidualization process in conditioning peripheral monocytes to MRCs and the DC-10 subset, and their ability to induce regulatory T cells. An in vitro model of decidualization with the human endometrial stromal cell line (HESC), decidualized by medroxyprogesterone and dibutyryl-cAMP was used. Monocytes isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells from healthy women were cultured with rhGM-CSF + rhIL-4 and then, the effect of conditioned media from decidualized (Dec-CM) and non-decidualized cells (Non-dec-CM) was tested on monocyte cultures. We found that Dec-CM inhibited the differentiation to the CD1a+CD14– immature DC profile in a concentration-dependent manner. Dec-CM also significantly increased the frequency of CD83+CD86low and HLA-DR+ cells in the monocyte-derived culture. These markers, associated with the increased production of IL-10, are consistent with a MRCs tolerogenic profile. Interestingly, Dec-CM treatment displayed a higher expression of the characteristic markers of the tolerogenic DC-10 subset, HLA-G and ILT2/CD85j; while this modulation was not observed in cultures treated with Non-dec-CM. Moreover, when monocyte cultures with Dec-CM were challenged with LPS, they sustained a higher IL-10 production and prevented the increase of CD83, CD86, IL-12p70, and TNF-α expression. Finally, the DC-10 subset was able to induce a CD4+HLA-G+ regulatory T cells subset. These results suggest that the decidualization process might induce different subsets of MRCs, like DC-10, able to induce regulatory T cells as a novel CD4+HLA-G+ subset which might play an immunoregulatory role in embryo implantation.
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- Soledad Gori
- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Medicina Experimental (IMEX)-CONICET, Academia Nacional de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Medicina Experimental (IMEX)-CONICET, Academia Nacional de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Medicina Experimental (IMEX)-CONICET, Academia Nacional de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Ao D, Li DJ, Li MQ. CXCL12 in normal and pathological pregnancies: A review. Am J Reprod Immunol 2020; 84:e13280. [PMID: 32485053 DOI: 10.1111/aji.13280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The survival of allogeneic fetuses during pregnancy is a rather paradoxical phenomenon with a complex mechanism. Chemokine ligand12 (CXCL12) and its receptors CXC chemokine receptor (CXCR)4 and 7 are extensively found in placenta tissues and cells, including trophoblast cells, vascular endothelial cells, and decidual stromal and decidual immune cells (eg, NK cells and regulatory T cells). Evidence has illustrated that the CXClL12/CXCR4/CXCR7 axis could enhance the cross talk at the maternal-fetal interface through multiple processes, such as invasion and placental angiogenesis, which appears to be critical signaling components in placentation and fetal outcome. In addition, an increasing number of studies have demonstrated that the CXCL12/CXCR4/CXCR7 axis also stands out for its pleiotropic roles in several pregnancy-associated diseases (eg, recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA), pre-eclampsia (PE), and preterm labor). In the present review, the different biological properties and signaling in physiological and pathological pregnancy conditions of CXCL12/CXCR4/CXCR7 axis were discussed, with the aim of obtaining a further understanding of the regulatory mechanisms and highlighting their potential as a target for therapeutic approaches.
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- Deng Ao
- Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Endocrine Related Diseases, Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Zavattieri L, Ferrero MC, Alonso Paiva IM, Sotelo AD, Canellada AM, Baldi PC. Brucella abortus Proliferates in Decidualized and Non-Decidualized Human Endometrial Cells Inducing a Proinflammatory Response. Pathogens 2020; 9:pathogens9050369. [PMID: 32408491 PMCID: PMC7281465 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9050369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2020] [Revised: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Brucella spp. have been associated with abortion in humans and animals. Although the mechanisms involved are not well established, it is known that placental Brucella infection is accompanied by inflammatory phenomena. The ability of Brucella abortus to infect and survive in human endometrial stromal cells (T-HESC cell line) and the cytokine response elicited were evaluated. B. abortus was able to infect and proliferate in both non-decidualized and decidualized T-HESC cells. Intracellular proliferation depended on the expression of a functional virB operon in the pathogen. B. abortus internalization was inhibited by cytochalasin D and to a lower extent by colchicine, but was not affected by monodansylcadaverine. The infection did not induce cytotoxicity and did not alter the decidualization status of cells. B. abortus infection elicited the secretion of IL-8 and MCP-1 in either decidualized or non-decidualized T-HESC, a response also induced by heat-killed B. abortus and outer membrane vesicles derived from this bacterium. The stimulation of T-HESC with conditioned media from Brucella-infected macrophages induced the production of IL-6, MCP-1 and IL-8 in a dose-dependent manner, and this effect was shown to depend on IL-1β and TNF-α. The proinflammatory responses of T-HESC to B. abortus and to factors produced by infected macrophages may contribute to the gestational complications of brucellosis.
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- Lucía Zavattieri
- Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Cátedra de Inmunología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 1113, Argentina; (L.Z.); (M.C.F.); (I.M.A.P.); (A.D.S.); (A.M.C.)
- CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral (IDEHU), Buenos Aires 1033, Argentina
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- Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Cátedra de Inmunología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 1113, Argentina; (L.Z.); (M.C.F.); (I.M.A.P.); (A.D.S.); (A.M.C.)
- CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral (IDEHU), Buenos Aires 1033, Argentina
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- Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Cátedra de Inmunología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 1113, Argentina; (L.Z.); (M.C.F.); (I.M.A.P.); (A.D.S.); (A.M.C.)
- CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral (IDEHU), Buenos Aires 1033, Argentina
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- Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Cátedra de Inmunología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 1113, Argentina; (L.Z.); (M.C.F.); (I.M.A.P.); (A.D.S.); (A.M.C.)
- CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral (IDEHU), Buenos Aires 1033, Argentina
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- Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Cátedra de Inmunología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 1113, Argentina; (L.Z.); (M.C.F.); (I.M.A.P.); (A.D.S.); (A.M.C.)
- CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral (IDEHU), Buenos Aires 1033, Argentina
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- Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Cátedra de Inmunología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 1113, Argentina; (L.Z.); (M.C.F.); (I.M.A.P.); (A.D.S.); (A.M.C.)
- CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral (IDEHU), Buenos Aires 1033, Argentina
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +54-11-5287-4419
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Huang F, Wu Y, Zhang D, Liu X, Wang Z. Carbon disulfide induced decidualization disorder in the mice uterus at the window of implantation. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2020; 190:110069. [PMID: 31841894 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.110069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Revised: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Carbon disulfide (CS2) is regarded as a common occupational poison that is widely used in the textile industry in China. Our previous research suggests that CS2 can induce significant implantation disorders in pregnant mice; however, the specific mechanism remains unclear. Uterine conception in mice must undergo decidualization, which is the prerequisite for propitious blastocyst implantation into the endometrium. Therefore, in this study, we established models of pregnant mice to explore the toxic effects of CS2 on decidualization to elucidate the basic mechanism of implantation disorder after CS2 exposure. The uterine tissues were immediately collected according to the predetermined endpoints to measure the expression levels of IGFBP1 and PRL (markers of decidualization differentiation), IL-11 (representing the secretory function of decidual cells), AKT and pAKT by western blotting, RT-PCR, immunohistochemical staining, H&E staining and ELISA. N-carbamoyl glutamic acid (NCG) acted as an agonist of AKT to verify the upstream regulatory mechanism of decidualization disorder by CS2. The results showed that the normal reaction of decidual transformation was obviously disrupted by CS2 upon 3.5 dpc and 4.5 dpc exposure. The blastocyst did not adhere to the epithelium after 3.5 dpc-exposure and did not invade the endometrium after 4.5 dpc-exposure, resulting in its suspension in the uterine cavity, stagnation and eventual loss. The proteins expression levels were decreased by 95.2% for IGFBP1 and 76.2% for PRL at the 4.5 dpc endpoint after 3.5 dpc CS2 exposure compared with the control. Simultaneously, the mRNA and protein expression levels of IL-11 in uterine tissues were significantly reduced by CS2, and consistent decreasing trends over time were observed for IGFBP1 and PRL, compared with the control. Additionally, the ratio of pAKT/AKT protein expression was decreased by 72.2% and 94.8% at 12 h and 18 h after 3.5 dpc exposure and by 53.3% and 74.3% at 6 h and 12 h after 4.5 dpc exposure, respectively, compared with the corresponding controls. Furthermore, NCG could recover the IGFBP1 and PRL protein expression, which was increased by 27.5% and 52.3% at 4.5 dpc and 6.5 dpc, respectively, after 3.5 dpc exposure for IGFBP1 and by 30.3% at 6.5 dpc after 4.5 dpc exposure for PRL, compared with CS2 exposure alone. Collectively, this study suggested that the decidualization disorder caused by CS2 at the window of implantation in pregnant mice, which is triggered by pAKT, contributed to the implantation disorder and eventually led to embryo loss. It is worth noting that our study may provide a new perspective and reference for exploring the toxic mechanism of implantation disorder and even infertility in harmful circumstances.
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- Fengyan Huang
- School of Public Health, Shandong University, 44 Wenhua Xi Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, PR China
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- School of Public Health, Shandong University, 44 Wenhua Xi Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, PR China
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- School of Public Health, Shandong University, 44 Wenhua Xi Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, PR China; Zhengzhou Eighth People's Hospital, PR China
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- School of Public Health, Shandong University, 44 Wenhua Xi Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, PR China
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- School of Public Health, Shandong University, 44 Wenhua Xi Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, PR China.
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Sang Y, Li Y, Xu L, Li D, Du M. Regulatory mechanisms of endometrial decidualization and pregnancy-related diseases. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2020; 52:105-115. [PMID: 31854442 DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmz146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Revised: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Endometrial decidualization is one of the earliest changes by which the uterus adapts to pregnancy. During this period, the endometrium undergoes complex changes in its biochemistry, physiology, and function at various levels, providing a suitable microenvironment for embryo implantation and development. Favorable decidualization lays an essential foundation for subsequent gestation, without which pregnancy failure or pregnancy complications may occur. The interaction between pregnancy-related hormones and cytokines produced by embryonic and uterine cells is known to be essential for decidualization, in which some transcription factors also play pivotal roles. Increasing evidence has revealed the importance of metabolism in regulating decidualization. Here, we summarize and discuss these crucial elements in decidualization and the relationship between decidualization and pregnancy complications. A better comprehension of these issues should help to improve the prediction of pregnancy outcomes and the use of appropriate intervention.
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- Yifei Sang
- NHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai 200011, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Endocrine Related Diseases, Shanghai 200011, China
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- NHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai 200011, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Endocrine Related Diseases, Shanghai 200011, China
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- NHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai 200011, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Endocrine Related Diseases, Shanghai 200011, China
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- NHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai 200011, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Endocrine Related Diseases, Shanghai 200011, China
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- NHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai 200011, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Endocrine Related Diseases, Shanghai 200011, China
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510180, China
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Gallino L, Hauk V, Fernández L, Soczewski E, Gori S, Grasso E, Calo G, Saraco N, Berensztein E, Waschek JA, Pérez Leirós C, Ramhorst R. VIP Promotes Recruitment of Tregs to the Uterine-Placental Interface During the Peri-Implantation Period to Sustain a Tolerogenic Microenvironment. Front Immunol 2020; 10:2907. [PMID: 31969877 PMCID: PMC6960177 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Uterine receptivity and embryo implantation are two main processes that need a finely regulated balance between pro-inflammatory and tolerogenic mediators to allow a successful pregnancy. The neuroimmune peptide vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is a key regulator, and it is involved in the induction of regulatory T cells (Tregs), which are crucial in both processes. Here, we analyzed the ability of endogenous and exogenous VIP to sustain a tolerogenic microenvironment during the peri-implantation period, particularly focusing on Treg recruitment. Wild-type (WT) and VIP-deficient mice [heterozygous (HT, +/-), knockout (KO, -/-)], and FOXP3-knock-in-GFP mice either pregnant or in estrus were used. During the day of estrus, we found significant histological differences between the uterus of WT mice vs. VIP-deficient mice, with the latter exhibiting undetectable levels of FOXP3 expression, decreased expression of interleukin (IL)-10, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)c, and increased gene expression of the Th17 proinflammatory transcription factor RORγt. To study the implantation window, we mated WT and VIP (+/-) females with WT males and observed altered FOXP3, VEGFc, IL-10, and transforming growth factor (TGF)β gene expression at the implantation sites at day 5.5 (d5.5), demonstrating a more inflammatory environment in VIP (+/-) vs. VIP (+/+) females. A similar molecular profile was observed at implantation sites of WT × WT mice treated with VIP antagonist at d3.5. We then examined the ability GFP-sorted CD4+ cells from FOXP3-GFP females to migrate toward conditioned media (CM) obtained from d5.5 implantation sites cultured in the absence/presence of VIP or VIP antagonist. VIP treatment increased CD4+FOXP3+ and decreased CD4+ total cell migration towards implantation sites, and VIP antagonist prevented these effects. Finally, we performed adoptive cell transfer of Tregs (sorted from FOXP3-GFP females) in VIP-deficient-mice, and we observed that FOXP3-GFP cells were mainly recruited into the uterus/implantation sites compared to all other tested tissues. In addition, after Treg transfer, we found an increase in IL-10 expression and VEGFc in HT females and allowed embryo implantation in KO females. In conclusion, VIP contributes to a local tolerogenic response necessary for successful pregnancy, preventing the development of a hostile uterine microenvironment for implantation by the selective recruitment of Tregs during the peri-implantation period.
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- Lucila Gallino
- CONICET, Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Endocrinología, Hospital Pediátrico Dr. Juan P. Garrahan, CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Endocrinología, Hospital Pediátrico Dr. Juan P. Garrahan, CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, The David Geffen School of Medicine, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- CONICET, Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Laboratorio de Inmunofarmacología, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Calo G, Sabbione F, Pascuali N, Keitelman I, Vota D, Paparini D, Ramhorst R, Parborell F, Trevani A, Leirós CP. Interplay between neutrophils and trophoblast cells conditions trophoblast function and triggers vascular transformation signals. J Cell Physiol 2019; 235:3592-3603. [PMID: 31559642 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.29247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
Normal placentation entails highly regulated interactions of maternal leukocytes with vascular and trophoblast cells to favor vascular transformation. Neutrophil activation and neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation associate with poor placentation and severe pregnancy complications. To deepen into the mechanisms of trophoblast-neutrophil interaction, we explored the effects of NETs on trophoblast cell function and, conversely, whether trophoblast cell-derived factors condition neutrophils to favor angiogenesis and anti-inflammatory signals required for fetal growth. NETs isolated from activated neutrophils hindered trophoblast cell migration. Trophoblast conditioned media prevented the effect as well as the vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) known to regulate trophoblast and neutrophil function. On the other hand, factors released by trophoblast cells and VIP shaped neutrophils to a proangiogenic profile with increased vascular endothelial growth factor synthesis and increased capacity to promote vascular transformation. Results presented here provide novel clues to reconstruct the interaction of trophoblast cells and neutrophils in vivo during placentation in humans.
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Affiliation(s)
- Guillermina Calo
- Immunopharmacology Laboratory, Institute of Biological Chemistry (IQUIBICEN), School of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Innate Immunity, Institute of Experimental Medicine (IMEX), National Academy of Medicine, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Ovarian Physiopathology, Institute of Experimental Biology and Medicine (IByME), CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Innate Immunity, Institute of Experimental Medicine (IMEX), National Academy of Medicine, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Immunopharmacology Laboratory, Institute of Biological Chemistry (IQUIBICEN), School of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Immunopharmacology Laboratory, Institute of Biological Chemistry (IQUIBICEN), School of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Immunopharmacology Laboratory, Institute of Biological Chemistry (IQUIBICEN), School of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Ovarian Physiopathology, Institute of Experimental Biology and Medicine (IByME), CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Innate Immunity, Institute of Experimental Medicine (IMEX), National Academy of Medicine, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Immunopharmacology Laboratory, Institute of Biological Chemistry (IQUIBICEN), School of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Grasso E, Gori S, Soczewski E, Fernández L, Gallino L, Vota D, Martínez G, Irigoyen M, Ruhlmann C, Lobo TF, Salamone G, Mattar R, Daher S, Leirós CP, Ramhorst R. Impact of the Reticular Stress and Unfolded Protein Response on the inflammatory response in endometrial stromal cells. Sci Rep 2018; 8:12274. [PMID: 30116009 PMCID: PMC6095878 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29779-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
During decidualization, endometrial stromal cells undergo reticular stress (RS) and unfolded protein response (UPR), allowing the endoplasmic reticulum-expansion and immunomodulators production. Physiological RS generates the activation of sensing proteins, inflammasome activation and mature-IL-1β secretion, associated with pro-implantatory effects. We focus on the impact of RS and UPR on decidualized cells and whether they induce a physiological sterile inflammatory response through IL-1β production. Human endometrial stromal cell line (HESC) after decidualization treatment with MPA + dibutyryl-cAMP (Dec) increased the expression of RS-sensors (ATF6, PERK and IRE1α) and UPR markers (sXBP1 and CHOP) in comparison with Non-dec cells. Then we found increased NLRP3 expression in Dec cells compared with Non-dec cells. In fact STF-083010 (an IRE1α inhibitor) prevented this increase. Downstream, increased levels of active caspase-1 on Dec cells were detected by FAM-Flica Caspase-1 associated with an increase in IL-1β production. Moreover, the treatment with STF-083010 decreased the invasion index observed in Dec cells, evaluated by an in vitro model of implantation. In endometrial biopsies from recurrent spontaneous abortion patients an increased expression of IRE1α was found in comparison with fertile women; while recurrent implantation failure samples showed a lower expression of sXBP1, TXNIP and NLRP3 than fertile women, suggesting that RS/UPR tenors might condition endometrial receptivity.
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Grants
- PICT 2013-1632 Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Argentina | Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (National Agency for Science and Technology, Argentina)
- PICT 2014-0657 Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Argentina | Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (National Agency for Science and Technology, Argentina)
- PICT 2016-464 Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Argentina | Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (National Agency for Science and Technology, Argentina)
- 20020130100040 and 20020090200034 Universidad de Buenos Aires (University of Buenos Aires)
- Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Argentina | Agencia Nacional de Promoci&#x00F3;n Cient&#x00ED;fica y Tecnol&#x00F3;gica (National Agency for Science and Technology, Argentina)
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Affiliation(s)
- E Grasso
- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales IQUIBICEN, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales IQUIBICEN, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Institute of Experimental Medicine IMEX-CONICET, National Academy of Sciences, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales IQUIBICEN, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales IQUIBICEN, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales IQUIBICEN, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales IQUIBICEN, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Fertilidad San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Fertilidad San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Fertilidad San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Obstetrics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Experimental Medicine IMEX-CONICET, National Academy of Sciences, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Obstetrics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Obstetrics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales IQUIBICEN, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales IQUIBICEN, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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