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Suvakov S, Vaughan LE, Parashuram S, Butler Tobah YS, Jayachandran M, Kattah A, Chamberlain AM, Bielinski SJ, Milic N, Garovic VD. Women With a History of Preeclampsia Exhibit Accelerated Aging and Unfavorable Profiles of Senescence Markers. Hypertension 2024; 81:1550-1560. [PMID: 38690656 PMCID: PMC11168873 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.123.22250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Senescence, a mechanism of cellular aging, which is characterized by irreversible proliferation arrest and a proinflammatory secretory phenotype, has been documented in women with preeclampsia. As cellular senescence can persist and progress, we postulated that it is associated with accelerated aging phenotype and accumulation of comorbidities in women with a history of preeclampsia. METHODS We included a cohort of women with a history of preeclampsia (n=40) age- and parity-matched to a group of referent women with normotensive pregnancies (n=40). Women with prior major cardiovascular events, neurological, or autoimmune conditions were excluded. We collected urine and blood samples to study markers of aging, data on multimorbidity at the time of enrollment, and prospectively followed them for events over the course of 6 years, on average. RESULTS Women with a history of preeclampsia exhibited unfavorable aging profiles compared with referent women, including decreased urinary α-Klotho (P=0.018); increased leptin (P=0.016) and leptin/adiponectin ratio (P=0.027), and increased extracellular vesicles positive for tissue factor (P=0.025). Women with a history of preeclampsia likewise had a higher rate of comorbidities at the time of enrollment (P=0.003) and had a 4× higher risk of developing major cardiovascular events compared with referent women (P=0.003). CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that a history of preeclampsia is associated with accelerated aging as indicated by senescence marker differences and the accumulation of multimorbidity later in life. Targeting cellular senescence may offer novel, mechanism-based approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of adverse health outcomes in women with a history of preeclampsia.
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- Sonja Suvakov
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
- Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Medical Statistics & Informatics, Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Chen EX, Hu SC, Xu JQ, Liu KY, Tang J, Shen XP, Liang X, Xie YL, Ge LX, Luo X, Wang YX, Xiang YL, Ding YB. Suppression of GATA3 promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition and simultaneous cellular senescence in human extravillous trophoblasts. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2024; 1871:119768. [PMID: 38838858 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2024.119768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2023] [Revised: 05/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
Abstract
The regulatory mechanism of the transcription factor GATA3 in the differentiation and maturation process of extravillous trophoblasts (EVT) in early pregnancy placenta, as well as its relevance to the occurrence of pregnancy disorders, remains poorly understood. This study leveraged single-cell RNA sequencing data from placental organoid models and placental tissue to explore the dynamic changes in GATA3 expression during EVT maturation. The expression pattern exhibited an initial upregulation followed by subsequent downregulation, with aberrant GATA3 localization observed in cases of recurrent miscarriage (RM). By identifying global targets regulated by GATA3 in primary placental EVT cells, JEG3, and HTR8/SVneo cell lines, this study offered insights into its regulatory mechanisms across different EVT cell models. Shared regulatory targets among these cell types and activation of trophoblast cell marker genes emphasized the importance of GATA3 in EVT differentiation and maturation. Knockdown of GATA3 in JEG3 cells led to repression of GATA3-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), as evidenced by changes in marker gene expression levels and enhanced migration ability. Additionally, interference with GATA3 accelerated cellular senescence, as indicated by reduced proliferation rates and increased activity levels for senescence-associated β-galactosidase enzyme, along with elevated expression levels for senescence-associated genes. This study provides comprehensive insights into the dual role of GATA3 in regulating EMT and cellular senescence during EVT differentiation, shedding light on the dynamic changes in GATA3 expression in normal and pathological placental conditions.
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- En-Xiang Chen
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China; Department of Toxicology, Joint International Research Laboratory of Reproduction and Development of the Ministry of Education of China, School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China; Hunan Provincial University Key Laboratory of the Fundamental and Clinical Research on Functional Nucleic Acid, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Changsha Medical University, Hunan 410219, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Joint International Research Laboratory of Reproduction and Development of the Ministry of Education of China, School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Joint International Research Laboratory of Reproduction and Development of the Ministry of Education of China, School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China; Department of Toxicology, Joint International Research Laboratory of Reproduction and Development of the Ministry of Education of China, School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Joint International Research Laboratory of Reproduction and Development of the Ministry of Education of China, School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Joint International Research Laboratory of Reproduction and Development of the Ministry of Education of China, School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China; Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Agricultural Biogenomics, Changsha Medical University. Hunan 410219, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Joint International Research Laboratory of Reproduction and Development of the Ministry of Education of China, School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401147, China; Department of Toxicology, Joint International Research Laboratory of Reproduction and Development of the Ministry of Education of China, School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
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Suryadevara V, Hudgins AD, Rajesh A, Pappalardo A, Karpova A, Dey AK, Hertzel A, Agudelo A, Rocha A, Soygur B, Schilling B, Carver CM, Aguayo-Mazzucato C, Baker DJ, Bernlohr DA, Jurk D, Mangarova DB, Quardokus EM, Enninga EAL, Schmidt EL, Chen F, Duncan FE, Cambuli F, Kaur G, Kuchel GA, Lee G, Daldrup-Link HE, Martini H, Phatnani H, Al-Naggar IM, Rahman I, Nie J, Passos JF, Silverstein JC, Campisi J, Wang J, Iwasaki K, Barbosa K, Metis K, Nernekli K, Niedernhofer LJ, Ding L, Wang L, Adams LC, Ruiyang L, Doolittle ML, Teneche MG, Schafer MJ, Xu M, Hajipour M, Boroumand M, Basisty N, Sloan N, Slavov N, Kuksenko O, Robson P, Gomez PT, Vasilikos P, Adams PD, Carapeto P, Zhu Q, Ramasamy R, Perez-Lorenzo R, Fan R, Dong R, Montgomery RR, Shaikh S, Vickovic S, Yin S, Kang S, Suvakov S, Khosla S, Garovic VD, Menon V, Xu Y, Song Y, Suh Y, Dou Z, Neretti N. SenNet recommendations for detecting senescent cells in different tissues. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2024:10.1038/s41580-024-00738-8. [PMID: 38831121 DOI: 10.1038/s41580-024-00738-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
Abstract
Once considered a tissue culture-specific phenomenon, cellular senescence has now been linked to various biological processes with both beneficial and detrimental roles in humans, rodents and other species. Much of our understanding of senescent cell biology still originates from tissue culture studies, where each cell in the culture is driven to an irreversible cell cycle arrest. By contrast, in tissues, these cells are relatively rare and difficult to characterize, and it is now established that fully differentiated, postmitotic cells can also acquire a senescence phenotype. The SenNet Biomarkers Working Group was formed to provide recommendations for the use of cellular senescence markers to identify and characterize senescent cells in tissues. Here, we provide recommendations for detecting senescent cells in different tissues based on a comprehensive analysis of existing literature reporting senescence markers in 14 tissues in mice and humans. We discuss some of the recent advances in detecting and characterizing cellular senescence, including molecular senescence signatures and morphological features, and the use of circulating markers. We aim for this work to be a valuable resource for both seasoned investigators in senescence-related studies and newcomers to the field.
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- Vidyani Suryadevara
- Department of Radiology, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, Cancer Genome and Epigenetics Program, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
- Center on the Biology of Aging, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
- Center on the Biology of Aging, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- The Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Islet Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, Rochester, MN, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, Rochester, MN, USA
- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- The Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- UConn Center on Aging, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, Rochester, MN, USA
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- New York Genome Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- UConn Center on Aging, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- The Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Islet Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, Cancer Genome and Epigenetics Program, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- UConn Center on Aging, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, Rochester, MN, USA
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, Cancer Genome and Epigenetics Program, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, Rochester, MN, USA
- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- UConn Center on Aging, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Center on the Biology of Aging, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Barnett Institute for Chemical and Biological Analysis, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
- Institute for Systems Genomics, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, Cancer Genome and Epigenetics Program, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Islet Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Center for Epigenomics, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Yale-Center for Research on Aging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Graduate Program in Biological Physics, Structure and Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Yale-Center for Research on Aging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- New York Genome Center, New York, NY, USA
- Herbert Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Beijer Laboratory for Gene and Neuro Research, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, Cancer Genome and Epigenetics Program, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, Rochester, MN, USA
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
- Center on the Biology of Aging, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
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Ling Q, Zhang YF, Chang W, Liu ST, Zhu HL, Wang H. NBR1-dependent autophagy activation protects against environmental cadmium-evoked placental trophoblast senescence. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 358:142138. [PMID: 38670504 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2024] [Revised: 03/27/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Cadmium (Cd), a well-established developmental toxicant, accumulates in the placentae and disrupts its structure and function. Population study found adverse pregnancy outcomes caused by environmental Cd exposure associated with cell senescence. However, the role of autophagy activation in Cd-induced placental cell senescence and its reciprocal mechanisms are unknown. In this study, we employed animal experiments, cell culture, and case-control study to investigate the above mentioned. We have demonstrated that exposure to Cd during gestation induces placental senescence and activates autophagy. Pharmacological and genetic interventions further exacerbated placental senescence induced by Cd through the suppression of autophagy. Conversely, activation of autophagy ameliorated Cd-induced placental senescence. Knockdown of NBR1 exacerbated senescence in human placental trophoblast cells. Further investigations revealed that NBR1 facilitated the degradation of p21 via LC3B. Our case-control study has demonstrated a positive correlation between placental senescence and autophagy activation in all-cause fetal growth restriction (FGR). These findings offer a novel perspective for mitigating placental aging and placental-origin developmental diseases induced by environmental toxicants.
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- Qing Ling
- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, China; Teaching and Research Section of Nuclear Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medica University, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, China; Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle (Anhui Medical University), Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, China; Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle (Anhui Medical University), Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, China.
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Künstle N, Gorlanova O, Marten A, Müller L, Sharma P, Röösli M, Sinues P, Schär P, Schürmann D, Rüttimann C, Da Silva Sena CR, Nahum U, Usemann J, Steinberg R, Yammine S, Schulzke S, Latzin P, Frey U. Differences in autophagy marker levels at birth in preterm vs. term infants. Pediatr Res 2024:10.1038/s41390-024-03273-6. [PMID: 38811718 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-024-03273-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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BACKGROUND Preterm infants are susceptible to oxidative stress and prone to respiratory diseases. Autophagy is an important defense mechanism against oxidative-stress-induced cell damage and involved in lung development and respiratory morbidity. We hypothesized that autophagy marker levels differ between preterm and term infants. METHODS In the prospective Basel-Bern Infant Lung Development (BILD) birth cohort we compared cord blood levels of macroautophagy (Beclin-1, LC3B), selective autophagy (p62) and regulation of autophagy (SIRT1) in 64 preterm and 453 term infants. RESULTS Beclin-1 and LC3B did not differ between preterm and term infants. However, p62 was higher (0.37, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.05;0.69 in log2-transformed level, p = 0.025, padj = 0.050) and SIRT1 lower in preterm infants (-0.55, 95% CI -0.78;-0.31 in log2-transformed level, padj < 0.001). Furthermore, p62 decreased (padj-value for smoothing function was 0.018) and SIRT1 increased (0.10, 95% CI 0.07;0.13 in log2-transformed level, padj < 0.001) with increasing gestational age. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest differential levels of key autophagy markers between preterm and term infants. This adds to the knowledge of the sparsely studied field of autophagy mechanisms in preterm infants and might be linked to impaired oxidative stress response, preterm birth, impaired lung development and higher susceptibility to respiratory morbidity in preterm infants. IMPACT To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate autophagy marker levels between human preterm and term infants in a large population-based sample in cord blood plasma This study demonstrates differential levels of key autophagy markers in preterm compared to term infants and an association with gestational age This may be linked to impaired oxidative stress response or developmental aspects and provide bases for future studies investigating the association with respiratory morbidity.
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- Noëmi Künstle
- University Children's Hospital Basel UKBB, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Division of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- University Children's Hospital Basel UKBB, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- University Children's Hospital Basel UKBB, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Center for Translational Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Jane & Leonard Korman Respiratory Institute, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- University Children's Hospital Basel UKBB, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Allschwil, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- University Children's Hospital Basel UKBB, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Division of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- University Children's Hospital Basel UKBB, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Division of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Priority Research Centre GrowUpWell® and Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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- University Children's Hospital Basel UKBB, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Institute for Medical Engineering and Medical Informatics, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Muttenz, Switzerland
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- University Children's Hospital Basel UKBB, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Division of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- University Children's Hospital Basel UKBB, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Division of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- University Children's Hospital Basel UKBB, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- University Children's Hospital Basel UKBB, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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Chen H, Nie P, Li J, Wu Y, Yao B, Yang Y, Lash GE, Li P. Cyclophosphamide induces ovarian granulosa cell ferroptosis via a mechanism associated with HO-1 and ROS-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction. J Ovarian Res 2024; 17:107. [PMID: 38762721 PMCID: PMC11102268 DOI: 10.1186/s13048-024-01434-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/20/2024] Open
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Abnormal granulosa cell (GC) death contributes to cyclophosphamide (CTX) induced primary ovarian insufficiency (POI). To investigate the contribution of GCs to POI, gene profiles of GCs exposed to CTX were assessed using RNA-Seq and bioinformatics analysis. The results showed the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were enriched in the ferroptosis-related pathway, which is correlated with upregulated heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1) and downregulated glutathione peroxidase-4 (GPX4). Using CTX-induced cell culture (COV434 and KGN cells), the levels of iron, reactive oxygen species (ROS), lipid peroxide, mitochondrial superoxide, mitochondrial morphology and mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) were detected by DCFDA, MitoSOX, C11-BODIPY, MitoTracker, Nonylacridine Orange (NAO), JC-1 and transmission electron microscopy respectively. The results showed iron overload and disrupted ROS, including cytoROS, mtROS and lipROS homeostasis, were associated with upregulation of HO-1 and could induce ferroptosis via mitochondrial dysfunction in CTX-induced GCs. Moreover, HO-1 inhibition could suppress ferroptosis induced GPX4 depletion. This implies a role for ROS in CTX-induced ferroptosis and highlights the effect of HO-1 modulators in improving CTX-induced ovarian damage, which may provide a theoretical basis for preventing or restoring GC and ovarian function in patients with POI.
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- Hui Chen
- Department of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Postdoctoral Research Station of Basic Medicine, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, 510317, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510623, China
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- Department of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
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Zhang Y, Zhong Y, Yu Z, Cheng X, Zou L, Liu X. Single cell RNA-sequencing reveals the cellular senescence of placental mesenchymal stem/stromal cell in preeclampsia. Placenta 2024; 150:39-51. [PMID: 38588616 DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2024.03.014] [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: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Preeclampsia (PE) is a severe obstetric complication closely associated with placental dysfunction. Placental mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (PMSCs) modulate placental development while PE PMSCs are excessively senescent to disturb placental function. Nevertheless, the senescence mechanism of PE PMSCs remains unclear. METHODS PE-related single-cell RNA sequencing datasets (GSE173193), data of chip detection (GSE99007) and bulk transcriptome RNA sequencing datasets (GSE75010) were extracted from the GEO database. Firstly, the functional enrichment analyses of the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in PMSCs were conducted. Then, the clusters of PE PMSCs were distinguished according to the expressions of senescence-related genes (SRGs) by consensus clustering analysis. Cell cycle analysis, senescence β-galactosidase, Transwell, and tube formation were conducted. Next, the expressions of the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASPs) were displayed. The characteristic genes of PE were screened by the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator analysis. CTSZ was suppressed in PMSCs and the cellular senescence levels were evaluated. RESULTS In this study, The DEGs in PMSCs were closely associated with cellular senescence. The score of SRGs was significantly higher and most of the SASPs were abnormally expressed in the senescent group. Seven characteristic genes of PE were identified, thereinto, CTSZ reduction may accelerate the senescence in PMSCs in vitro. DISCUSSION Combined with bioinformatic analysis and lab experiments, our study emphatically revealed the abnormal cellular senescence in PE PMSCs, in which CTSZ, one of the PE characteristic genes, regulated the cellular senescence levels in PMSCs. These findings might help to deepen the understanding of the senescence mechanism of PMSCs in PE.
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- Yang Zhang
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230001, Anhui, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
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Wang H, Liang W, Su W, Cui H, Wang H. Expression and significance of silent information regulator two homolog 1 in the placenta and plasma of patients with pre-eclampsia-a meta-analysis. Gynecol Endocrinol 2023; 39:2264983. [PMID: 37857342 DOI: 10.1080/09513590.2023.2264983] [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: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to collect, organize, and conduct a meta-analysis of the literature on the expression of silent information regulator two homolog 1 (SIRT1) in the placental tissue and plasma of patients with pre-eclampsia. METHODS The enrolled patients were divided into two groups: the pre-eclampsia group and the healthy group. This study summarized and analyzed the demographic characteristics of the two groups, including pregnancy age, gestational weeks, parity, gravidity, blood pressure, Body Mass Index, newborn weight, placental weight, and SIRT1 expression in placental tissue and maternal plasma. RESULTS Eleven studies were included in this research, with 586 cases in the pre-eclampsia group and 479 cases in the control group. Three research studies are reporting immunohistochemistry tests, among which the pre-eclampsia group had a positivity rate of 30.24% (62/205), while the control group had 58.02% (76/131); the two groups have a significant difference (p < 0.05). Two research studies reported the results of ELISA tests, with 107 cases in the pre-eclampsia group and 125 cases in the control group. A comparison of the SIRT1 test results showed a statistically significant difference between the two groups (p < 0.05). Pre-eclampsia group patients had lower gestational weeks, newborn birth weight, and placental weight compared to the healthy control group (all p < 0.05). However, systolic and diastolic blood pressures were higher in the pre-eclampsia group than in the control group (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION SIRT1 expression is downregulated in pre-eclampsia patients' plasma and placental tissue. Further research is needed to validate this conclusion.
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- Hongling Wang
- Department of Ultrasound, The Affiliated Taian City Central Hospital of Qingdao University, Taian, Shandong, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The Affiliated Taian City Central Hospital of Qingdao University, Taian, Shandong, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, The Affiliated Taian City Central Hospital of Qingdao University, Taian, Shandong, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The Affiliated Taian City Central Hospital of Qingdao University, Taian, Shandong, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The Affiliated Taian City Central Hospital of Qingdao University, Taian, Shandong, China
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Kojima J, Dai Y, Suzuki T, Ono M, Nishi H. Sirtuin 1 is a potential therapeutic candidate gene for fetal growth restriction via insulin-like 4. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2023; 36:2253486. [PMID: 37661175 DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2023.2253486] [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: 06/16/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Insufficient placental development causes various obstetric complications, including fetal growth restriction (FGR). The Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) and insulin-like 4 (INSL4) protein-coding genes have been demonstrated to play an important role in placental development. However, no treatment for FGR is available due to placental dysfunction. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the potential of the SIRT1-INSL4 axis as a treatment candidate for FGR caused by insufficient placental development. METHODS Twenty patients were enrolled, including 10 with FGR and 10 full-term controls. FGR and control placental samples were collected. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, immunohistochemical analysis, and western blotting were used to analyze INSL4 and SIRT1 expression. An in-vitro loss-of-function approach with the human choriocarcinoma cell line BeWo was applied for functional analyses of SIRT1 in placental development. BeWo cells were differentiated into syncytiotrophoblasts by silencing SIRT1 using small interfering RNA. SIRT1 activator was added during differentiation of SIRT1-knockdown BeWo cells into syncytiotrophoblasts. RESULTS The FGR samples had lower INSL4 and SIRT1 mRNA and protein expression levels than the control samples. Immunohistochemistry showed that both SIRT1 and INSL4 were expressed mainly in syncytiotrophoblasts. In-vitro analyses showed that SIRT1 knockdown decreased INSL4 expression; however, SIRT1 activator restored SIRT1 expression in SIRT1-silenced BeWo cells. CONCLUSIONS SIRT1 and INSL4 are downregulated in the placenta of FGR, and INSL4 is regulated by SIRT1. These findings indicate that the SIRT1-INSL4 axis may be a potential therapeutic target for FGR.
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- Junya Kojima
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Yang G, He Y, Chen Y, Huang Z, Huang J, Ren X, Xu S, Li P. Antitumor activity of galaxamide involved in cell apoptosis and stemness by inhibiting Wnt/β-catenin pathway in cervical cancer. Drug Dev Res 2023; 84:1114-1126. [PMID: 37154105 DOI: 10.1002/ddr.22073] [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: 01/28/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Our previous work reported that galaxamide, a cyclopeptide extracted from the seaweed Galaxaura filamentosa, showed antiproliferative activity against HeLa cells by MTT assay. In this study, the growth-inhibitory effects of galaxamide in HeLa cells and xenograft mouse models were investigated. It was found galaxamide significantly inhibited cell growth, colony formation, migration, and invasion and induced cell apoptosis by inhibiting the Wnt signaling pathway in HeLa cells. RNA sequencing revealed that galaxamide regulated stemness by Wnt6 signaling pathway in HeLa cells. By analyzing The Cancer Genome Atlas database, Wnt6 was found to be negatively/positively correlated with stemness- and apoptosis-related genes in human cervical cancer. Cancer stem-like cells (CSCs) isolated and enriched from HeLa cells demonstrated elevated Wnt6 and β-catenin genes compared with nonstem HeLa cells. After galaxamide treatment, CSCs showed abrogation of sphere-forming ability, along with inhibition of stemness-related and Wnt pathway genes. Galaxamide treatment was also accompanied by the induction of apoptosis in HeLa cells, which was consistent with the results in BALB/c nude mice. Our results provide evidence that suppression of stemness by downregulating the Wnt signaling pathway is the molecular mechanism by which galaxamide effectively inhibits cell growth and induces apoptosis in cervical cancer cells.
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- Guang Yang
- Department of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Material Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Statistics, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Jian University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Material Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Material Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Bi S, Tu Z, Chen D, Zhang S. Histone modifications in embryo implantation and placentation: insights from mouse models. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1229862. [PMID: 37600694 PMCID: PMC10436591 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1229862] [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: 05/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023] Open
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Embryo implantation and placentation play pivotal roles in pregnancy by facilitating crucial maternal-fetal interactions. These dynamic processes involve significant alterations in gene expression profiles within the endometrium and trophoblast lineages. Epigenetics regulatory mechanisms, such as DNA methylation, histone modification, chromatin remodeling, and microRNA expression, act as regulatory switches to modulate gene activity, and have been implicated in establishing a successful pregnancy. Exploring the alterations in these epigenetic modifications can provide valuable insights for the development of therapeutic strategies targeting complications related to pregnancy. However, our current understanding of these mechanisms during key gestational stages remains incomplete. This review focuses on recent advancements in the study of histone modifications during embryo implantation and placentation, while also highlighting future research directions in this field.
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- Shilei Bi
- Key Laboratory for Major Obstetric Diseases of Guangdong, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Higher Education Joint Laboratory of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Engineering and Technology Research Center of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory for Major Obstetric Diseases of Guangdong, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Higher Education Joint Laboratory of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Engineering and Technology Research Center of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory for Major Obstetric Diseases of Guangdong, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Higher Education Joint Laboratory of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Engineering and Technology Research Center of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory for Major Obstetric Diseases of Guangdong, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Higher Education Joint Laboratory of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Engineering and Technology Research Center of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Su AL, Harris SM, Elkin ER, Karnovsky A, Colacino J, Loch-Caruso RK. Trichloroethylene Metabolite S-(1,2-Dichlorovinyl)-l-cysteine Stimulates Changes in Energy Metabolites and Amino Acids in the BeWo Human Placental Trophoblast Model during Syncytialization. Chem Res Toxicol 2023; 36:882-899. [PMID: 37162359 PMCID: PMC10499396 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.3c00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Syncytialization, the fusion of cytotrophoblasts into an epithelial barrier that constitutes the maternal-fetal interface, is a crucial event of placentation. This process is characterized by distinct changes to amino acid and energy metabolism. A metabolite of the industrial solvent trichloroethylene (TCE), S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)-l-cysteine (DCVC), modifies energy metabolism and amino acid abundance in HTR-8/SVneo extravillous trophoblasts. In the current study, we investigated DCVC-induced changes to energy metabolism and amino acids during forskolin-stimulated syncytialization in BeWo cells, a human villous trophoblastic cell line that models syncytialization in vitro. BeWo cells were exposed to forskolin at 100 μM for 48 h to stimulate syncytialization. During syncytialization, BeWo cells were also treated with DCVC at 0 (control), 10, or 20 μM. Following treatment, the targeted metabolomics platform, "Tricarboxylic Acid Plus", was used to identify changes in energy metabolism and amino acids. DCVC treatment during syncytialization decreased oleic acid, aspartate, proline, uridine diphosphate (UDP), UDP-d-glucose, uridine monophosphate, and cytidine monophosphate relative to forskolin-only treatment controls, but did not increase any measured metabolite. Notable changes stimulated by syncytialization in the absence of DCVC included increased adenosine monophosphate and guanosine monophosphate, as well as decreased aspartate and glutamate. Pathway analysis revealed multiple pathways in amino acid and sugar metabolisms that were altered with forskolin-stimulated syncytialization alone and DCVC treatment during syncytialization. Analysis of ratios of metabolites within the pathways revealed that DCVC exposure during syncytialization changed metabolite ratios in the same or different direction compared to syncytialization alone. Building off our oleic acid findings, we found that extracellular matrix metalloproteinase-2, which is downstream in oleic acid signaling, underwent the same changes as oleic acid. Together, the metabolic changes stimulated by DCVC treatment during syncytialization suggest changes in energy metabolism and amino acid abundance as potential mechanisms by which DCVC could impact syncytialization and pregnancy.
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- Anthony L. Su
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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Wu Y, Huang J, Chen H, Tao H, He Y, Yang G, Zha Q, Lash GE, Li P. Tumor-Derived Oxidative Stress Triggers Ovarian Follicle Loss in Breast Cancer. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2023; 193:608-623. [PMID: 36804378 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2023.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Breast cancer is a common indication for ovarian cryopreservation. However, whether the grafting ovarian tissue meets functional requirements, as well as the need for additional interventions, remains unclear. The current study demonstrates abnormal serum hormones in breast cancer in humans and breast cancer cell line-derived tumor-bearing mice, and for the first time shows tumor-induced loss of primordial and growing follicles and the number of follicles being lost to either growth or atresia. A gene signature of tumor-bearing mice demonstrates the disturbed regulatory network of steroidogenesis, which links to mitochondria dysfunction in oocytes and granulosa cells via the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling pathway. Notably, increased reactive oxygen species are identified in serum and ovarian tissues in tumor-bearing mice. Furthermore, supplementation with vitamin C promotes follicular quiescence, repairing tumor-induced follicle loss via inactivation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-Akt-mammalian target of rapamycin pathway, indicating that antioxidants should be a potential fertility therapy to achieve more numbers of healthy follicles ready for ovarian cryopreservation.
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- Yongqi Wu
- Department of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Statistics, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Heyuan, China.
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Puerariae lobatae Radix Alleviates Pre-Eclampsia by Remodeling Gut Microbiota and Protecting the Gut and Placental Barriers. Nutrients 2022; 14:nu14235025. [PMID: 36501055 PMCID: PMC9738998 DOI: 10.3390/nu14235025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Pre-eclampsia (PE) is a serious pregnancy complication, and gut dysbiosis is an important cause of it. Puerariae lobatae Radix (PLR) is a medicine and food homologous species; however, its effect on PE is unclear. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of PLR in alleviating PE and its mechanisms. We used an NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME)-induced PE mouse model to examine the efficacy of preventive and therapeutic PLR supplementation. The results showed that both PLR interventions alleviated hypertension and proteinuria, increased fetal and placental weights, and elevated the levels of VEGF and PlGF. Moreover, PLR protected the placenta from oxidative stress via activating the Nrf2/HO-1/NQO1 pathway and mitigated placental damage by increasing intestinal barrier markers (ZO-1, Occludin, and Claudin-1) expression and reducing lipopolysaccharide leakage. Notably, preventive PLR administration corrected gut dysbiosis in PE mice, as evidenced by the increased abundance and positive interactions of beneficial bacteria including Bifidobacterium, Blautia, and Turicibacter. Fecal microbiota transplantation confirmed that the gut microbiota partially mediated the beneficial effects of PLR on PE. Our findings revealed that modulating the gut microbiota is an effective strategy for the treatment of PE and highlighted that PLR might be used as an intestinal nutrient supplement in PE patients.
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Negre-Salvayre A, Swiader A, Salvayre R, Guerby P. Oxidative stress, lipid peroxidation and premature placental senescence in preeclampsia. Arch Biochem Biophys 2022; 730:109416. [PMID: 36179910 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2022.109416] [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: 07/17/2022] [Revised: 09/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Accelerated placental senescence is associated with preeclampsia (PE) and other pregnancy complications. It is characterized by an accelerated decline in placental function due to the accumulation of senescence patterns such as telomere shortening, mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative damages, increased expression of phosphorylated (serine-139) histone γ-H2AX, a sensitive marker of double-stranded DNA breaks, accumulation of cross-linked ubiquitinated proteins and sirtuin inhibition. Among the lipid oxidation products generated by the peroxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids, aldehydes such as acrolein, 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal, 4-oxo-2-nonenal, are present in the blood and placenta from PE-affected women and could contribute to PE pathogenesis and accelerated placental aging. In this review we summarize the current knowledge on premature placental senescence and the role of oxidative stress and lipid oxidation-derived aldehydes in this process, as well as their links with PE pathogenesis. The interest of developing (or not) new therapeutic strategies targeting lipid peroxidation is discussed, the objective being a better understanding of accelerated placental aging in PE pathophysiology, and the prevention of PE bad outcomes.
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- lnfinity, CNRS, Inserm UMR 1291, University Toulouse III and Gynecology/Obstetrics Department, Paule-de-Viguier Hospital, Toulouse, France
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Wang M, Wu Y, He Y, Liu J, Chen Y, Huang J, Qi G, Li P. SIRT1 upregulation promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition by inducing senescence escape in endometriosis. Sci Rep 2022; 12:12302. [PMID: 35853978 PMCID: PMC9296487 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16629-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Endometrial epithelial cells carry distinct cancer-associated alterations that may be more susceptible to endometriosis. Mouse models have shown that overexpression of SIRT1 associated with oncogene activation contributes to the pathogenesis of endometriosis, but the underlying reason remains elusive. Here, we used integrated systems biology analysis and found that enrichment of endometrial stromal fibroblasts in endometriosis and their cellular abundance correlated negatively with epithelial cells in clinical specimens. Furthermore, endometrial epithelial cells were characterized by significant overexpression of SIRT1, which is involved in triggering the EMT switch by escaping damage or oncogene-induced induced senescence in clinical specimens and in vitro human cell line models. This observation supports that genetic and epigenetic incident favors endometrial epithelia cells escape from senescence and fuel EMT process in endometriosis, what could be overcome by downregulation of SIRT1.
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Affiliation(s)
- Minghua Wang
- Department of Pathology, Longgang District People's Hospital, Shenzhen, 518172, China.,Department of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Medical Statistics, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Department of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, 510632, China
| | - Guolong Qi
- Department of Medical Statistics, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
| | - Ping Li
- Department of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
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