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Pandur E, Pap R, Sipos K. Activated THP-1 Macrophage-Derived Factors Increase the Cytokine, Fractalkine, and EGF Secretions, the Invasion-Related MMP Production, and Antioxidant Activity of HEC-1A Endometrium Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:9624. [PMID: 39273575 PMCID: PMC11395051 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25179624] [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: 08/01/2024] [Revised: 08/27/2024] [Accepted: 08/30/2024] [Indexed: 09/15/2024] Open
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Endometrium receptivity is a multifactor-regulated process involving progesterone receptor-regulated signaling, cytokines and chemokines, and additional growth regulatory factors. In the female reproductive system, macrophages have distinct roles in the regulation of receptivity, embryo implantation, immune tolerance, and angiogenesis or oxidative stress. In the present study, we investigated the effects of PMA-activated THP-1 macrophages on the receptivity-related genes, cytokines and chemokines, growth regulators, and oxidative stress-related molecules of HEC-1A endometrium cells. We established a non-contact co-culture in which the culture medium of the PMA-activated macrophages exhibiting the pro-inflammatory phenotype was used for the treatment of the endometrial cells. In the endometrium cells, the expression of the growth-related factors activin and bone morphogenetic protein 2, the growth hormone EGF, and the activation of the downstream signaling molecules pERK1/2 and pAkt were analyzed by ELISA and Western blot. The secretions of cytokines and chemokines, which are involved in the establishment of endometrial receptivity, and the expression of matrix metalloproteinases implicated in invasion were also determined. Based on the results, the PMA-activated THP-1 macrophages exhibiting a pro-inflammatory phenotype may play a role in the regulation of HEC-1A endometrium cells. They alter the secretion of cytokines and chemokines, as well as the protein level of MMPs of HEC-1A cells. Moreover, activated THP-1 macrophages may elevate oxidative stress protection of HEC-1A endometrium cells. All these suggest that pro-inflammatory macrophages have a special role in the regulation of receptivity-related and implantation-related factors of HEC-1A cells.
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- Edina Pandur
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Pécs, 7624 Pécs, Hungary
- National Laboratory of Human Reproduction, University of Pécs, 7624 Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Pécs, 7624 Pécs, Hungary
- National Laboratory of Human Reproduction, University of Pécs, 7624 Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Pécs, 7624 Pécs, Hungary
- National Laboratory of Human Reproduction, University of Pécs, 7624 Pécs, Hungary
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Park J, An G, Lee H, Park S, Ham J, Bazer FW, Song G, Lim W. Beta-cyfluthrin impairs implantation process by inducing mitochondrial defects and changes in reactive oxygen species-mediated signaling pathways in porcine trophectoderm and uterine luminal epithelial cells. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 934:173097. [PMID: 38729356 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173097] [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: 03/06/2024] [Revised: 04/22/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
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Pyrethroid insecticides, such as beta-cyfluthrin, are used extensively globally, including in households and agriculture, and have been detected in the milk and urine of humans and cattle. Beta-cyfluthrin exhibits toxic effects, including neurotoxicity and male reproductive toxicity; however, few studies have investigated female reproductive toxicity despite its wide environmental distribution. The present study investigates effects of beta-cyfluthrin on implantation in porcine cells (pTr from the trophectoderm and pLE from the endometrial luminal epithelium). To identify the various physiological changes induced by beta-cyfluthrin, such as apoptosis and lipid peroxidation, flow cytometry analysis and immunofluorescence were performed with various reagents. In addition, the expression of genes and proteins associated with intracellular changes was confirmed using qRT-PCR and western blotting. Beta-cyfluthrin induced cell-cycle arrest and altered intracellular calcium flux. It also disrupted the mitochondrial function and promoted reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, leading to lipid peroxidation. Moreover, ROS induced by beta-cyfluthrin altered mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways and decreased cell migration capability. The expression levels of genes that are significant during early pregnancy were altered by beta-cyfluthrin in both cell lines. The changes resulted in apoptosis and diminished cell proliferation of pTr and pLE. Collectively, the results imply that beta-cyfluthrin disrupts the implantation process by affecting the physiology of the trophectoderm and endometrial luminal epithelial cells. The present study is the first to reveal the cellular mechanisms of beta-cyfluthrin on the female reproductive system and highlights the need for further in-depth research into its hazards.
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- Junho Park
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Basic Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant & Biomaterials Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju-si, Gyeongnam 52725, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Animal and Dairy Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2471, USA
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Basic Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea.
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Sun L, Shi M, Wang J, Han X, Wei J, Huang Z, Yang X, Ding Y, Zhang P, He A, Liu M, Yan R, Yang X, Li R, Wang G. Overexpressed Trophoblast Glycoprotein Contributes to Preeclampsia Development by Inducing Abnormal Trophoblast Migration and Invasion Toward the Uterine Spiral Artery. Hypertension 2024; 81:1524-1536. [PMID: 38716674 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.124.22923] [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: 02/21/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
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BACKGROUND Preeclampsia is a significant pregnancy disorder with an unknown cause, mainly attributed to impaired spiral arterial remodeling. METHODS Using RNA sequencing, we identified key genes in placental tissues from healthy individuals and preeclampsia patients. Placenta and plasma samples from pregnant women were collected to detect the expression of TPBG (trophoblast glycoprotein). Pregnant rats were injected with TPBG-carrying adenovirus to detect preeclamptic features. HTR-8/SVneo cells transfected with a TPBG overexpression lentiviral vector were used in cell function experiments. The downstream molecular mechanisms of TPBG were explored using RNA sequencing and single-cell RNA sequencing data. TPBG expression was knocked down in the lipopolysaccharide-induced preeclampsia-like rat model to rescue the preeclampsia features. We also assessed TPBG's potential as an early preeclampsia predictor using clinical plasma samples. RESULTS TPBG emerged as a crucial differentially expressed gene, expressed specifically in syncytiotrophoblasts and extravillous trophoblasts. Subsequently, we established a rat model with preeclampsia-like phenotypes by intravenously injecting TPBG-expressing adenoviruses, observing impaired spiral arterial remodeling, thus indicating a causal correlation between TPBG overexpression and preeclampsia. Studies with HTR-8/SVneo cells, chorionic villous explants, and transwell assays showed TPBG overexpression disrupts trophoblast/extravillous trophoblast migration/invasion and chemotaxis. Notably, TPBG knockdown alleviated the lipopolysaccharide-induced preeclampsia-like rat model. We enhanced preeclampsia risk prediction in early gestation by combining TPBG expression with established clinical predictors. CONCLUSIONS These findings are the first to show that TPBG overexpression contributes to preeclampsia development by affecting uterine spiral artery remodeling. We propose TPBG levels in maternal blood as a predictor of preeclampsia risk. The proposed mechanism by which TPBG overexpression contributes to the occurrence of preeclampsia via its disruptive effect on trophoblast and extravillous trophoblast migration/invasion on uterine spiral artery remodeling, thereby increasing the risk of preeclampsia.
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- Lu Sun
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University (L.S., M.S., J.W., X.H., J.W., Z.H., X.Y., Y.D., P.Z., A.H., M.L., R.Y., R.L.), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University (L.S., M.S., J.W., X.H., J.W., Z.H., X.Y., Y.D., P.Z., A.H., M.L., R.Y., R.L.), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University (L.S., M.S., J.W., X.H., J.W., Z.H., X.Y., Y.D., P.Z., A.H., M.L., R.Y., R.L.), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University (L.S., M.S., J.W., X.H., J.W., Z.H., X.Y., Y.D., P.Z., A.H., M.L., R.Y., R.L.), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University (L.S., M.S., J.W., X.H., J.W., Z.H., X.Y., Y.D., P.Z., A.H., M.L., R.Y., R.L.), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University (L.S., M.S., J.W., X.H., J.W., Z.H., X.Y., Y.D., P.Z., A.H., M.L., R.Y., R.L.), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University (L.S., M.S., J.W., X.H., J.W., Z.H., X.Y., Y.D., P.Z., A.H., M.L., R.Y., R.L.), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
- International Joint Laboratory for Embryonic Development & Prenatal Medicine, Division of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine (P.Z., X.Y., G.W.), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University (L.S., M.S., J.W., X.H., J.W., Z.H., X.Y., Y.D., P.Z., A.H., M.L., R.Y., R.L.), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University (L.S., M.S., J.W., X.H., J.W., Z.H., X.Y., Y.D., P.Z., A.H., M.L., R.Y., R.L.), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
- International Joint Laboratory for Embryonic Development & Prenatal Medicine, Division of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine (P.Z., X.Y., G.W.), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University (L.S., M.S., J.W., X.H., J.W., Z.H., X.Y., Y.D., P.Z., A.H., M.L., R.Y., R.L.), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University (L.S., M.S., J.W., X.H., J.W., Z.H., X.Y., Y.D., P.Z., A.H., M.L., R.Y., R.L.), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University (L.S., M.S., J.W., X.H., J.W., Z.H., X.Y., Y.D., P.Z., A.H., M.L., R.Y., R.L.), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of the Ministry of Education (X.Y., G.W.), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
- Clinical Research Center, Clifford Hospital, Guangzhou, China (X.Y.)
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University (L.S., M.S., J.W., X.H., J.W., Z.H., X.Y., Y.D., P.Z., A.H., M.L., R.Y., R.L.), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- International Joint Laboratory for Embryonic Development & Prenatal Medicine, Division of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine (P.Z., X.Y., G.W.), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
- Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of the Ministry of Education (X.Y., G.W.), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong-Hong Kong Metabolism & Reproduction Joint Laboratory, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, School of Medicine (G.W.), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Sakumoto R. Role of chemokines in regulating luteal and uterine functions in pregnant cows. J Reprod Dev 2024; 70:145-151. [PMID: 38403584 PMCID: PMC11153120 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2023-100] [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: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024] Open
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Pregnancy is intricately regulated by the interactions between various bioactive substances secreted by the conceptus, uterus, and corpus luteum (CL). Interferon-τ, synthesized and secreted by the conceptus, plays a central role in the interaction mechanism of maternal recognition in cows. Chemokines, chemotaxis mediators that are primarily secreted by immune cells, regulate various reproductive responses in various species. Although there are scattered reports on the potential roles of chemokines in the bovine CL and the uterus during the estrous cycle, there is little information on chemokines in these organs during pregnancy. Therefore, in this review, we discuss the possible physiological roles of chemokines in the CL and uterus of pregnant cows, focusing on our recent findings on chemokines and changes in their receptor expression in the CL and endometrium of cows at some stages of pregnancy.
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- Ryosuke Sakumoto
- Division of Advanced Feeding Technology Research, Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Ibaraki 305-0901, Japan
- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan
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Poh QH, Rai A, Pangestu M, Salamonsen LA, Greening DW. Rapid generation of functional nanovesicles from human trophectodermal cells for embryo attachment and outgrowth. Proteomics 2024; 24:e2300056. [PMID: 37698557 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.202300056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/13/2023]
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are important mediators of embryo attachment and outgrowth critical for successful implantation. While EVs have garnered immense interest in their therapeutic potential in assisted reproductive technology by improving implantation success, their large-scale generation remains a major challenge. Here, we report a rapid and scalable production of nanovesicles (NVs) directly from human trophectoderm cells (hTSCs) via serial mechanical extrusion of cells; these NVs can be generated in approximately 6 h with a 20-fold higher yield than EVs isolated from culture medium of the same number of cells. NVs display similar biophysical traits (morphologically intact, spherical, 90-130 nm) to EVs, and are laden with hallmark players of implantation that include cell-matrix adhesion and extracellular matrix organisation proteins (ITGA2/V, ITGB1, MFGE8) and antioxidative regulators (PRDX1, SOD2). Functionally, NVs are readily taken up by low-receptive endometrial HEC1A cells and reprogram their proteome towards a receptive phenotype that support hTSC spheroid attachment. Moreover, a single dose treatment with NVs significantly enhanced adhesion and spreading of mouse embryo trophoblast on fibronectin matrix. Thus, we demonstrate the functional potential of NVs in enhancing embryo implantation and highlight their rapid and scalable generation, amenable to clinical utility.
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- Qi Hui Poh
- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Molecular Proteomics, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Cardiovascular Research, Translation and Implementation, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Molecular Proteomics, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Cardiovascular Research, Translation and Implementation, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Education Program in Reproduction and Development (EPRD), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash Clinical School, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Molecular Proteomics, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Cardiovascular Research, Translation and Implementation, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Strangstalien A, Braz CU, Miyamoto A, Marey M, Khatib H. Early transcriptomic changes in peripheral blood 7 days after embryo transfer in dairy cattle. J Dairy Sci 2024; 107:3080-3089. [PMID: 38101734 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2023-24199] [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: 09/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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A common goal of the dairy industry is to shorten the calving interval to reap several benefits associated with improved fertility. Early pregnancy detection is crucial to shorten this interval, allowing for prompt re-insemination of cows that failed to conceive after the first service. Currently, the industry lacks a method to accurately predict pregnancy within the first 3 wk. The polypeptide cytokine IFN-tau (IFNT) is the primary signal for maternal recognition of pregnancy in ruminants. As IFNT is released from the early conceptus, it initiates a cascade of effects, including upregulation of IFN-stimulated genes (ISG). Expression of ISG can be detected in the peripheral blood. The present study aimed to characterize peripheral transcriptomic changes, including the ISG, as early as d 7 after embryo transfer. A total of 170 Holstein heifers received in vitro-produced embryos. Whole blood was collected from these heifers within 24 h of the embryo transfer (d 0), d 7, and d 14 after embryo transfer. The heifers were divided into 2 groups, pregnant and nonpregnant, based on pregnancy diagnosis on d 28 via ultrasound. Total RNA was extracted from the peripheral blood of pregnant and nonpregnant heifers, pooled and sequenced. Expression analysis on d 7 heifers resulted in 13 significantly differentially expressed genes mostly related to innate immunity. Differential expression analysis comparing pregnant heifers on d 0 to the same heifers on d 14 showed 51 significantly differentially expressed genes. Eight genes were further quantified through reverse-transcription quantitative real-time PCR for biological validation. On d 7 after embryo transfer, mRNA transcriptions of EDN1, CXCL3, CCL4, and IL1A were significantly upregulated in pregnant heifers (n = 14) compared with nonpregnant heifers (n = 14), with respective fold changes of 8.10, 18.12, 29.60, and 29.97. Although on d 14 after embryo transfer, mRNA transcriptions of ISG15, MX2, OASY1, and IFI6 were significantly upregulated in the blood of pregnant heifers (n = 14) compared with the same heifers on d 0, with respective fold changes of 5.09, 2.59, 3.89, and 3.08. These findings demonstrate that several immune-related genes and ISG are activated during the first 2 wk after embryo transfer, which may explain how the maternal immune system accommodates the allogenic conceptus. To further investigate the diagnostic potentials of these genes, future studies are warranted to analyze the specificity and sensitivity of these biomarkers to predict early pregnancy.
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- A Strangstalien
- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Global Agromedicine Research Center, Obihiro University of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro 080-8555, Japan
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- Global Agromedicine Research Center, Obihiro University of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro 080-8555, Japan; Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Behera, 22511, Egypt
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706.
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Hoorn QA, Zayas GA, Rodriguez EE, Jensen LM, Mateescu RG, Hansen PJ. Identification of quantitative trait loci and associated candidate genes for pregnancy success in Angus-Brahman crossbred heifers. J Anim Sci Biotechnol 2023; 14:137. [PMID: 37932831 PMCID: PMC10629031 DOI: 10.1186/s40104-023-00940-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In beef cattle, more than 50% of the energy input to produce a unit of beef is consumed by the female that produced the calf. Development of genomic tools to identify females with high genetic merit for reproductive function could increase the profitability and sustainability of beef production. RESULTS Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) were performed using a single-step genomic best linear unbiased prediction approach on pregnancy outcome traits from a population of Angus-Brahman crossbred heifers. Furthermore, a validation GWAS was performed using data from another farm. Heifers were genotyped with the Bovine GGP F250 array that contains 221,077 SNPs. In the discovery population, heifers were bred in winter breeding seasons involving a single round of timed artificial insemination (AI) followed by natural mating for 3 months. Two phenotypes were analyzed: pregnancy outcome to first-service AI (PAI; n = 1,481) and pregnancy status at the end of the breeding season (PEBS; n = 1,725). The heritability was estimated as 0.149 and 0.122 for PAI and PEBS, respectively. In the PAI model, one quantitative trait locus (QTL), located between 52.3 and 52.5 Mb on BTA7, explained about 3% of the genetic variation, in a region containing a cluster of γ-protocadherin genes and SLC25A2. Other QTLs explaining between 0.5% and 1% of the genetic variation were found on BTA12 and 25. In the PEBS model, a large QTL on BTA7 was synonymous with the QTL for PAI, with minor QTLs located on BTA5, 9, 10, 11, 19, and 20. The validation population for pregnancy status at the end of the breeding season were Angus-Brahman crossbred heifers bred by natural mating. In concordance with the discovery population, the large QTL on BTA7 and QTLs on BTA10 and 12 were identified. CONCLUSIONS In summary, QTLs and candidate SNPs identified were associated with pregnancy outcomes in beef heifers, including a large QTL associated with a group of protocadherin genes. Confirmation of these associations with larger populations could lead to the development of genomic predictions of reproductive function in beef cattle. Moreover, additional research is warranted to study the function of candidate genes associated with QTLs.
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- Quinn A Hoorn
- Department of Animal Sciences, Donald Henry Barron Reproductive and Perinatal Biology Research Program, and the Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Donald Henry Barron Reproductive and Perinatal Biology Research Program, and the Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Donald Henry Barron Reproductive and Perinatal Biology Research Program, and the Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Present address: School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3083, Australia
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Donald Henry Barron Reproductive and Perinatal Biology Research Program, and the Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Donald Henry Barron Reproductive and Perinatal Biology Research Program, and the Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
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Ullah A, Zhao J, Singla RK, Shen B. Pathophysiological impact of CXC and CX3CL1 chemokines in preeclampsia and gestational diabetes mellitus. Front Cell Dev Biol 2023; 11:1272536. [PMID: 37928902 PMCID: PMC10620730 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1272536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Diabetes-related pathophysiological alterations and various female reproductive difficulties were common in pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), who had 21.1 million live births. Preeclampsia (PE), which increases maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality, affects approximately 3%-5% of pregnancies worldwide. Nevertheless, it is unclear what triggers PE and GDM to develop. Therefore, the development of novel moderator therapy approaches is a crucial advancement. Chemokines regulate physiological defenses and maternal-fetal interaction during healthy and disturbed pregnancies. Chemokines regulate immunity, stem cell trafficking, anti-angiogenesis, and cell attraction. CXC chemokines are usually inflammatory and contribute to numerous reproductive disorders. Fractalkine (CX3CL1) may be membrane-bound or soluble. CX3CL1 aids cell survival during homeostasis and inflammation. Evidence reveals that CXC and CX3CL1 chemokines and their receptors have been the focus of therapeutic discoveries for clinical intervention due to their considerable participation in numerous biological processes. This review aims to give an overview of the functions of CXC and CX3CL1 chemokines and their receptors in the pathophysiology of PE and GDM. Finally, we examined stimulus specificity for CXC and CX3CL1 chemokine expression and synthesis in PE and GDM and preclinical and clinical trials of CXC-based PE and GDM therapies.
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- Amin Ullah
- Joint Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence for Critical Care Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Institutes for Systems Genetics, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-Related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Joint Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence for Critical Care Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Institutes for Systems Genetics, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-Related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Joint Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence for Critical Care Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Institutes for Systems Genetics, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-Related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India
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- Joint Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence for Critical Care Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Institutes for Systems Genetics, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-Related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Pandur E, Pap R, Jánosa G, Horváth A, Sipos K. Fractalkine Improves the Expression of Endometrium Receptivity-Related Genes and Proteins at Desferrioxamine-Induced Iron Deficiency in HEC-1A Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24097924. [PMID: 37175630 PMCID: PMC10177787 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24097924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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Fractalkine (CX3CL1/FKN) is a unique chemokine belonging to the CX3C chemokine subclass. FKN exists in two forms: a membrane-bound form expressed by both endometrium cells and trophoblasts thought to be implicated in maternal-fetal interaction and a soluble form expressed by endometrium cells. Endometrium receptivity is crucial in embryo implantation and a complex process regulated by large numbers of proteins, e.g., cytokines, progesterone receptor (PR), SOX-17, prostaglandin receptors (PTGER2), and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs). It has also been reported that iron is important in fertility and affects the iron status of the mother. Therefore, iron availability in the embryo contributes to fertilization and pregnancy. In this study, we focused on the effect of iron deficiency on the secreted cytokines (IL-6, IL-1β, leukocyte inhibitory factor, TGF-β), chemokines (IL-8, FKN), and other regulatory proteins (bone morphogenic protein 2, activin, follistatin, PR, SOX-17, prostaglandin E2 receptor, TIMP2), and the modifying effect of FKN on the expression of these proteins, which may improve endometrium receptivity. Endometrial iron deficiency was mediated by desferrioxamine (DFO) treatment of HEC-1A cells. FKN was added to the cells 24 h and 48 h after DFO with or without serum for modelling the possible iron dependence of the alterations. Our findings support the hypothesis that FKN ameliorates the effects of anemia on the receptivity-related genes and proteins in HEC-1A cells by increasing the secretion of the receptivity-related cytokines via the fractalkine receptor (CX3CR1). FKN may contribute to cell proliferation and differentiation by regulating activin, follistatin, and BMP2 expressions, and to implantation by altering the protein levels of PR, SOX-17, PTGER2, and TIMP2. FKN mitigates the negative effect of iron deficiency on the receptivity-related genes and proteins of HEC-1A endometrium cells, suggesting its important role in the regulation of endometrium receptivity.
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- Edina Pandur
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Pécs, H-7624 Pécs, Hungary
- National Laboratory on Human Reproduction, University of Pécs, H-7624 Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Pécs, H-7624 Pécs, Hungary
- National Laboratory on Human Reproduction, University of Pécs, H-7624 Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Pécs, H-7624 Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Pécs, H-7624 Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Pécs, H-7624 Pécs, Hungary
- National Laboratory on Human Reproduction, University of Pécs, H-7624 Pécs, Hungary
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Pulakat L. A role for misaligned gene expression of fetal gene program in the loss of female-specific cardiovascular protection in young obese and diabetic females. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1108449. [PMID: 36909327 PMCID: PMC9995961 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1108449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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Healthy, premenopausal women have the advantage of female-specific cardiovascular protection compared to age-matched healthy men. However, pathologies such as obesity and Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) cause losing of this female-specific cardiovascular protection in young, obese and diabetic females. Molecular mechanisms underlying this loss of female-specific cardiovascular protection in young, obese and diabetic females are not clearly elucidated. This review takes a close look at the latest advances in our understanding of sex differences in adult cardiac gene expression patterns in health and disease. Based on the emerging data, this review proposes that female biased gene expression patterns in healthy adult hearts of human and pre-clinical models support the existence of active fetal gene program in healthy, premenopausal female heart compared to age-matched healthy male heart. However, the misalignment of gene expression pattern in this female-specific active cardiac fetal gene program caused by pathologies such as obesity and T2DM may contribute to the loss of female-specific cardiovascular protection in young, obese and diabetic females.
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- Lakshmi Pulakat
- Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Tufts Medical Center, and Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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Sokolov D, Gorshkova A, Markova K, Milyutina Y, Pyatygina K, Zementova M, Korenevsky A, Mikhailova V, Selkov S. Natural Killer Cell Derived Microvesicles Affect the Function of Trophoblast Cells. MEMBRANES 2023; 13:213. [PMID: 36837716 PMCID: PMC9963951 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13020213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The interaction of natural killer (NK) and trophoblast cells underlies the formation of immune tolerance in the mother-fetus system and the maintenance of the physiological course of pregnancy. In addition, NK cells affect the function of trophoblast cells, interacting with them via the receptor apparatus and through the production of cytokines. Microvesicles (MVs) derived from NK cells are able to change the function of target cells. However, in the overall pattern of interactions between NK cells and trophoblasts, the possibility that both can transmit signals to each other via MVs has not been taken into account. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the effect of NK cell-derived MVs on the phenotype, proliferation, and migration of trophoblast cells and their expression of intracellular messengers. We carried out assays for the detection of content transferred from MV to trophoblasts. We found that NK cell-derived MVs did not affect the expression of CD54, CD105, CD126, CD130, CD181, CD119, and CD120a receptors in trophoblast cells or lead to the appearance of CD45 and CD56 receptors in the trophoblast membrane. Further, the MVs reduced the proliferation but increased the migration of trophoblasts with no changes to their viability. Incubation of trophoblast cells in the presence of MVs resulted in the activation of STAT3 via pSTAT3(Ser727) but not via pSTAT3(Tyr705). The treatment of trophoblasts with MVs did not result in the phosphorylation of STAT1 and ERK1/2. The obtained data indicate that NK cell-derived MVs influence the function of trophoblast cells, which is accompanied by the activation of STAT3 signaling.
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Chen P, Yang M, Chen R, Chen P, Chen L, Fang C, Li T. Endometrial microbial alterations disrupt endometrial immune homeostasis by overactivation of Eicosapentaenoic acid biosynthesis leading to altered endometrial receptivity. J Reprod Immunol 2023; 155:103787. [PMID: 36603465 DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2022.103787] [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: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 11/26/2022] [Accepted: 12/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Embryo implantation is a key step in human reproduction, and the endometrium plays a key role in this process. Changes in the receptive state of the endometrium are one of the main reasons for embryo implantation failure. However, the mechanism underlying the altered endometrial receptivity remains unclear. In this study, we recruited 140 women undergoing assisted reproductive technology and divided them into a shifting group and a normal group based on their embryo implantation window results. Endometrial transcriptome data suggested that changes in the remodeling process of decidual spiral arterioles and changes in the immune environment might be important mechanisms of implantation window shift. The functional enrichment analysis results also suggested that the changes in microbiota had an important role in the changes in endometrial status. The endometrial functionally active microbial profiles were obtained based on previously validated metatranscriptomic analysis pipelines. Combining host gene expression information, immune cell abundance information and functionally active microbial abundance and activity information, we found that Treponema succinifaciens, Fusobacterium sp. oral taxon 203 and other potentially harmful species may over-activate Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) biosynthesis Thus, the balance of the immune environment of the endometrium is disrupted, resulting in the shift of the implantation window and the failure of embryo implantation.
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- Peigen Chen
- Reproductive Medicine Center, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, China.
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, China.
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Liu Z, He J, Jin P, Ran Y, Yin N, Qi H. CCL21/CCR7 Axis Contributes to Trophoblastic Cell Migration and Invasion in Preeclampsia by Affecting the Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition via the ERK1/2 Signaling Pathway. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:biology12020150. [PMID: 36829431 PMCID: PMC9952405 DOI: 10.3390/biology12020150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Preeclampsia (PE) is a pregnancy-related disorder that is a leading cause of maternal death. The failure of spiral artery remodeling due to insufficient trophoblast migration and invasion is critical in the pathogenesis of PE. Recently, the CC motif chemokine ligand 21 (CCL21) has been widely linked to cancer cell invasion and migration. However, their potential mechanisms are still unknown. In this study, we found that CCL21 expression was significantly lower in the PE group than that in the control group. In vitro experiments revealed that recombinant CCL21 could promote trophoblast cell epithelial-to-mesenchymal transitions (EMTs) and improve migration and invasion. Furthermore, an inhibitor of the ERK1/2 signaling pathway inhibited the CCL21-induced EMT process. Finally, a PE mouse model was established using the NOS inhibitor L-NAME, and we obtained similar results, with downregulated CCL21 and EMT biomarkers and upregulated CCR7. Taken together, these findings suggest that the CCL21/CCR7 axis influences EMT by activating the ERK1/2 signaling pathway, thereby affecting trophoblast cell migration and invasion, which may play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of PE.
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- Zheng Liu
- Department of Obstetrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Women and Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401147, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
- Department of Center for Reproductive Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
- Correspondence: (N.Y.); (H.Q.)
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- Department of Obstetrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
- Department of Obstetrics, Women and Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401147, China
- Correspondence: (N.Y.); (H.Q.)
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Menzies FM. Immunology of Pregnancy and Systemic Consequences. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2023; 441:253-280. [PMID: 37695432 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-35139-6_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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Pregnancy is an immunological paradox, with renowned Nobel Prize winning transplantation biologist Sir Peter Brian Medawar being the first to introduce this concept back in 1953. This concept considers how the maternal immune system can tolerate the developing fetus, which is 50% antigenically foreign to the uterus. There have been significant advances in our understanding of the immune system in regulating fertility, pregnancy and in complications of these, and what was once considered a paradox can be seen as a highly evolved system. Indeed, the complexity of the maternal-fetal interface along with our ever-advancing knowledge of immune cells and mediators means that we have a better understanding of these interactions, with gaps still present. This chapter will summarise the key aspects of the role of the immune system at each stage of pregnancy and highlight the recent advances in our knowledge.
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- Fiona M Menzies
- School of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Lanarkshire, UK.
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Sang Y, Li Y, Xu L, Chen J, Li D, Du M. Dysfunction of CCR1 + decidual macrophages is a potential risk factor in the occurrence of unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss. Front Immunol 2022; 13:1045532. [PMID: 36532057 PMCID: PMC9755158 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1045532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) puzzles 1-3% of women of childbearing age worldwide. Immunological factors account for more than 60% of cases of unexplained RPL (URPL); however, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Here, using single-cell sequencing data and functional experiments with clinical samples, we identified a distinct population of CCR1+ decidual macrophages (dMφ) that were preferentially enriched in the decidua from normal early pregnancies but were substantially decreased in patients with URPL. Specific gene signatures endowed CCR1+ dMφ with immunosuppressive and migration-regulatory properties, which were attenuated in URPL. Additionally, CCR1+ dMφ promoted epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) to promote trophoblast migration and invasion by activating the ERK1/2 signaling pathway. Decidual stromal cell (DSC)-derived CCL8 was the key regulator of CCR1+ dMφ as CCL8 recruited peripheral CCR1+ monocytes, induced a CCR1+ dMφ-like phenotype, and reinforced the CCR1+ dMφ-exerted modulation of trophoblasts. In patients with URPL, CCL8 expression in DSCs was decreased and trophoblast EMT was defective. Our findings revealed that CCR1+ dMφ play an important role in immune tolerance and trophoblast functions at the maternal-fetal interface. Additionally, decreased quantity and dysregulated function of CCR1+ dMφ result in URPL. In conclusion, we provide insights into the crosstalk between CCR1+ dMφ, trophoblasts, and DSCs at the maternal-fetal interface and macrophage-targeted interventions of URPL.
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- Yifei Sang
- National Health Council (NHC) Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Endocrine Related Diseases, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China
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- National Health Council (NHC) Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Endocrine Related Diseases, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China
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- National Health Council (NHC) Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Endocrine Related Diseases, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China
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- National Health Council (NHC) Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Endocrine Related Diseases, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China
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- National Health Council (NHC) Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Endocrine Related Diseases, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China,*Correspondence: Meirong Du, ; Dajin Li,
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- National Health Council (NHC) Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Endocrine Related Diseases, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shanghai Fourth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China,State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and School of Pharmacy, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, Macau SAR, China,*Correspondence: Meirong Du, ; Dajin Li,
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Kumar N, Vyas A, Agnihotri SK, Chattopadhyay N, Sachdev M. Small secretory proteins of immune cells can modulate gynecological cancers. Semin Cancer Biol 2022; 86:513-531. [PMID: 35150864 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2022.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Revised: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
Small secretory proteins of immune cells are mostly Cytokines, which include chemokines, interleukins, interferons, lymphokines and tumor necrosis factors but not hormones or growth factors. These secretory proteins are the molecular messengers and primarily involved in autocrine, paracrine and endocrine signaling as immunomodulating agents. Hence, these proteins actually regulate the cells of immune system to communicate with one another to produce a synchronized, robust, still self-regulated response to a specific antigen. Chemokines are smaller secreted proteins that control overall immune cell movement and location; these chemokines are divided into 4 subgroups, namely, CXC, CC, CX3C and C according to the position of 4 conserved cysteine residues. Complete characterization of cytokines and chemokines can exploit their vast signaling networks to develop cancer treatments. These secretory proteins like IL-6, IL-10, IL-12, TNFα, CCL2, CXCL4 & CXCL8 are predominantly expressed in most of the gynecological cancers, which directly stimulate immune effector cells and stromal cells at the tumor site and augment tumor cell recognition by cytotoxic T-cells. Hence; these secretory proteins are the major regulators, which can actually modulate all kinds of gynecological cancers. Furthermore, advancements in adoptive T-cell treatment have relied on the use of multiple cytokines/chemokines to establish a highly regulated environment for anti-tumor T cell growth. A number of in vitro studies as well as animal models and clinical subjects have also shown that cytokines/chemokines have broad antitumor activity, which has been translated into a number of cancer therapy approaches. This review will focus on the foremost cytokines & chemokines involved in the majority of the gynecological malignancies and discuss their basic biology as well as clinical applications.
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- Niranjan Kumar
- Division of Endocrinology, CSIR- Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226 031, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Sector 19, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, 201 002, India
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- Division of Endocrinology, CSIR- Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226 031, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Sector 19, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, 201 002, India
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- Division of Endocrinology, CSIR- Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226 031, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Sector 19, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, 201 002, India.
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- Division of Endocrinology, CSIR- Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226 031, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Sector 19, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, 201 002, India.
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Ortega MA, Gómez-Lahoz AM, Sánchez-Trujillo L, Fraile-Martinez O, García-Montero C, Guijarro LG, Bravo C, De Leon-Luis JA, Saz JV, Bujan J, García-Honduvilla N, Monserrat J, Alvarez-Mon M. Chronic Venous Disease during Pregnancy Causes a Systematic Increase in Maternal and Fetal Proinflammatory Markers. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23168976. [PMID: 36012236 PMCID: PMC9409364 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23168976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Chronic venous disease (CVD) is a common vascular disorder characterized by increased venous hypertension and insufficient venous return from the lower limbs. Pregnancy is a high-risk situation for developing CVD. Approximately a third of the women will develop this condition during pregnancy, and similarly to arterial hypertensive disorders, previous evidence has described a plethora of alterations in placental structure and function in women with pregnancy-induced CVD. It is widely known that arterial-induced placenta dysfunction is accompanied by an important immune system alteration along with increased inflammatory markers, which may provide detrimental consequences for the women and their offspring. However, to our knowledge, there are still no data collected regarding cytokine profiling in women with pregnancy-induced CVD. Thus, the aim of the present work was to examine cytokine signatures in the serum of pregnant women (PW) with CVD and their newborns (NB). This study was conducted through a multiplex technique in 62 PW with pregnancy-induced CVD in comparison to 52 PW without CVD (HC) as well as their NB. Our results show significant alterations in a broad spectrum of inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, IL-12, TNF-α, IL-10, IL-13, IL-2, IL-7, IFN-γ, IL-4, IL-5, IL-21, IL-23, GM-CSF, chemokines (fractalkine), MIP-3α, and MIP-1β). Overall, we demonstrate that pregnancy-induced CVD is associated with a proinflammatory environment, therefore highlighting the potentially alarming consequences of this condition for maternal and fetal wellbeing.
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- Miguel A. Ortega
- Department of Medicine and Medical Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
- Ramón y Cajal Institute of Sanitary Research (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Medicine and Medical Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
- Ramón y Cajal Institute of Sanitary Research (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medicine and Medical Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
- Service of Pediatric, Hospital Universitario Principe de Asturias, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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- Department of Medicine and Medical Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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- Department of Medicine and Medical Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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- Ramón y Cajal Institute of Sanitary Research (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
- Department of Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (Networking Research Center on for Liver and Digestive Diseases (CIBEREHD)), University of Alcalá, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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- Department of Public and Maternal and Child Health, School of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Gregorio Marañón, 28009 Madrid, Spain
- Health Research Institute Gregorio Marañón, 28009 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Public and Maternal and Child Health, School of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Gregorio Marañón, 28009 Madrid, Spain
- Health Research Institute Gregorio Marañón, 28009 Madrid, Spain
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- Health Research Institute Gregorio Marañón, 28009 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medicine and Medical Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
- Ramón y Cajal Institute of Sanitary Research (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medicine and Medical Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
- Ramón y Cajal Institute of Sanitary Research (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medicine and Medical Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
- Ramón y Cajal Institute of Sanitary Research (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medicine and Medical Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
- Ramón y Cajal Institute of Sanitary Research (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
- Department of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
- Immune System Diseases-Rheumatology and Internal Medicine Service, University Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, CIBEREHD, 28806 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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Kaur G, Porter CBM, Ashenberg O, Lee J, Riesenfeld SJ, Hofree M, Aggelakopoulou M, Subramanian A, Kuttikkatte SB, Attfield KE, Desel CAE, Davies JL, Evans HG, Avraham-Davidi I, Nguyen LT, Dionne DA, Neumann AE, Jensen LT, Barber TR, Soilleux E, Carrington M, McVean G, Rozenblatt-Rosen O, Regev A, Fugger L. Mouse fetal growth restriction through parental and fetal immune gene variation and intercellular communications cascade. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4398. [PMID: 35906236 PMCID: PMC9338297 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32171-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Abstract
Fetal growth restriction (FGR) affects 5-10% of pregnancies, and can have serious consequences for both mother and child. Prevention and treatment are limited because FGR pathogenesis is poorly understood. Genetic studies implicate KIR and HLA genes in FGR, however, linkage disequilibrium, genetic influence from both parents, and challenges with investigating human pregnancies make the risk alleles and their functional effects difficult to map. Here, we demonstrate that the interaction between the maternal KIR2DL1, expressed on uterine natural killer (NK) cells, and the paternally inherited HLA-C*0501, expressed on fetal trophoblast cells, leads to FGR in a humanized mouse model. We show that the KIR2DL1 and C*0501 interaction leads to pathogenic uterine arterial remodeling and modulation of uterine NK cell function. This initial effect cascades to altered transcriptional expression and intercellular communication at the maternal-fetal interface. These findings provide mechanistic insight into specific FGR risk alleles, and provide avenues of prevention and treatment.
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- Gurman Kaur
- MRC Human Immunology Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Oxford Centre for Neuroinflammation, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- MRC Human Immunology Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Centre for Neuroinflammation, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Centre for Neuroinflammation, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- University Department of Neurology, University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Oxford Centre for Neuroinflammation, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Centre for Neuroinflammation, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- MRC Human Immunology Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Rd, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
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- Basic Science Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research in the Laboratory of Integrative Cancer Immunology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Genentech, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.
- Genentech, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- MRC Human Immunology Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- Oxford Centre for Neuroinflammation, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Kojima J, Ono M, Kuji N, Nishi H. Human Chorionic Villous Differentiation and Placental Development. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:8003. [PMID: 35887349 PMCID: PMC9325306 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23148003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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In humans, the placenta provides the only fetomaternal connection and is essential for establishing a pregnancy as well as fetal well-being. Additionally, it allows maternal physiological adaptation and embryonic immunological acceptance, support, and nutrition. The placenta is derived from extra-embryonic tissues that develop rapidly and dynamically in the first weeks of pregnancy. It is primarily composed of trophoblasts that differentiate into villi, stromal cells, macrophages, and fetal endothelial cells (FEC). Placental differentiation may be closely related to perinatal diseases, including fetal growth retardation (FGR) and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), and miscarriage. There are limited findings regarding human chorionic villous differentiation and placental development because conducting in vivo studies is extremely difficult. Placental tissue varies widely among species. Thus, experimental animal findings are difficult to apply to humans. Early villous differentiation is difficult to study due to the small tissue size; however, a detailed analysis can potentially elucidate perinatal disease causes or help develop novel therapies. Artificial induction of early villous differentiation using human embryonic stem (ES) cells/induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells was attempted, producing normally differentiated villi that can be used for interventional/invasive research. Here, we summarized and correlated early villous differentiation findings and discussed clinical diseases.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan; (J.K.); (N.K.); (H.N.)
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Sologova SS, Zavadskiy SP, Mokhosoev IM, Moldogazieva NT. Short Linear Motifs Orchestrate Functioning of Human Proteins during Embryonic Development, Redox Regulation, and Cancer. Metabolites 2022; 12:metabo12050464. [PMID: 35629968 PMCID: PMC9144484 DOI: 10.3390/metabo12050464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Short linear motifs (SLiMs) are evolutionarily conserved functional modules of proteins that represent amino acid stretches composed of 3 to 10 residues. The biological activities of two short peptide segments of human alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), a major embryo-specific and cancer-related protein, have been confirmed experimentally. This is a heptapeptide segment LDSYQCT in domain I designated as AFP14–20 and a nonapeptide segment EMTPVNPGV in domain III designated as GIP-9. In our work, we searched the UniprotKB database for human proteins that contain SLiMs with sequence similarity to the both segments of human AFP and undertook gene ontology (GO)-based functional categorization of retrieved proteins. Gene set enrichment analysis included GO terms for biological process, molecular function, metabolic pathway, KEGG pathway, and protein–protein interaction (PPI) categories. We identified the SLiMs of interest in a variety of non-homologous proteins involved in multiple cellular processes underlying embryonic development, cancer progression, and, unexpectedly, the regulation of redox homeostasis. These included transcription factors, cell adhesion proteins, ubiquitin-activating and conjugating enzymes, cell signaling proteins, and oxidoreductase enzymes. They function by regulating cell proliferation and differentiation, cell cycle, DNA replication/repair/recombination, metabolism, immune/inflammatory response, and apoptosis. In addition to the retrieved genes, new interacting genes were identified. Our data support the hypothesis that conserved SLiMs are incorporated into non-homologous proteins to serve as functional blocks for their orchestrated functioning.
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- Susanna S. Sologova
- Nelyubin Institute of Pharmacy, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, (Sechenov University), 119991 Moscow, Russia; (S.S.S.); (S.P.Z.)
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- Nelyubin Institute of Pharmacy, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, (Sechenov University), 119991 Moscow, Russia; (S.S.S.); (S.P.Z.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, 117997 Moscow, Russia;
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- Nelyubin Institute of Pharmacy, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, (Sechenov University), 119991 Moscow, Russia; (S.S.S.); (S.P.Z.)
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The role of extracellular vesicles in endometrial receptivity and their potential in reproductive therapeutics and diagnosis. Reprod Biol 2022; 22:100645. [PMID: 35594727 DOI: 10.1016/j.repbio.2022.100645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small, nanometre sized, membrane-enclosed structures released by cells and are thought to be crucial in cellular communication. The cargo of these vesicles includes lipids, proteins, RNAs and DNA, and control various biological processes in their target tissues depending on the parental and receiver cell's origin and phenotype. Recently data has accumulated in the role of EVs in embryo implantation and pregnancy, with EVs identified in the uterine cavity of women, sheep, cows, horses, and mice, in which they aid blastocyst and endometrial preparation for implantation. Herein is a critical review to decipher the role of extracellular vesicles in endometrial receptivity and their potential in reproductive therapies and diagnosis. The current knowledge of the function of embryo and endometrial derived EVs and their cargoes, with regards to their effect on implantation and receptivity are summarized and evaluated. The findings of the below review highlight that the combined knowledge on EVs deriving from the endometrium and embryo have the potential to be translated to various clinical applications including treatment, a diagnostic biomarker for diseases and a drug delivery tool to ultimately improve pregnancy rates.
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Muralidhara P, Sood V, Vinayak Ashok V, Bansal K. Pregnancy and Tumour: The Parallels and Differences in Regulatory T Cells. Front Immunol 2022; 13:866937. [PMID: 35493450 PMCID: PMC9043683 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.866937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Immunological tolerance plays a critical role during pregnancy as semi-allogeneic fetus must be protected from immune responses during the gestational period. Regulatory T cells (Tregs), a subpopulation of CD4+ T cells that express transcription factor Foxp3, are central to the maintenance of immunological tolerance and prevention of autoimmunity. Tregs are also known to accumulate at placenta in uterus during pregnancy, and they confer immunological tolerance at maternal-fetal interface by controlling the immune responses against alloantigens. Thus, uterine Tregs help in maintaining an environment conducive for survival of the fetus during gestation, and low frequency or dysfunction of Tregs is associated with recurrent spontaneous abortions and other pregnancy-related complications such as preeclampsia. Interestingly, there are many parallels in the development of placenta and solid tumours, and the tumour microenvironment is considered to be somewhat similar to that at maternal-fetal interface. Moreover, Tregs play a largely similar role in tumour immunity as they do at placenta- they create a tolerogenic system and suppress the immune responses against the cells within tumour and at maternal-fetal interface. In this review, we discuss the role of Tregs in supporting the proper growth of the embryo during pregnancy. We also highlight the similarities and differences between Tregs at maternal-fetal interface and tumour Tregs, in an attempt to draw a comparison between their roles in these two physiologic and pathologic states.
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit (MBGU), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, India
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Davis-Poynter N, Farrell HE. Constitutive Signaling by the Human Cytomegalovirus G Protein Coupled Receptor Homologs US28 and UL33 Enables Trophoblast Migration In Vitro. Viruses 2022; 14:v14020391. [PMID: 35215985 PMCID: PMC8879092 DOI: 10.3390/v14020391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Revised: 02/06/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) encodes four homologs of G protein coupled receptors (vGPCRs), of which two, designated UL33 and US28, signal constitutively. UL33 and US28 are also conserved with chemokine receptors: US28 binds numerous chemokine classes, including the membrane bound chemokine, fractalkine; whereas UL33 remains an orphan receptor. There is emerging data that UL33 and US28 each contribute to HCMV associated disease, although no studies to date have reported their potential contribution to aberrant placental physiology that has been detected with HCMV congenital infection. We investigated the signaling repertoire of UL33 and US28 and their potential to enable trophoblast mobilization in vitro. Results demonstrate the constitutive activation of CREB by each vGPCR in ACIM-88 and HTR-8SVneo trophoblasts; constitutive NF-kB activation was detected for US28 only. Constitutive signaling by each vGPCR enabled trophoblast migration. For US28, fractalkine exhibited inverse agonist activity and dampened trophoblast migration. UL33 stimulated expression of both p38 mitogen activated (MAP) and Jun N-terminal (JNK) kinases; while p38 MAP kinase stimulated CREB, JNK was inhibitory, suggesting that UL33 dependent CREB activation was regulated by p38/JNK crosstalk. Given that chemokines and their receptors are important for placental development, these data point to the potential of HCMV UL33 and US28 to interfere with trophoblast responses which are important for normal placental development.
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- Nicholas Davis-Poynter
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia 4072, Australia;
- Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4000, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia 4072, Australia;
- Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4000, Australia
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Du X, Zhu H, Jiao D, Nian Z, Zhang J, Zhou Y, Zheng X, Tong X, Wei H, Fu B. Human-Induced CD49a+ NK Cells Promote Fetal Growth. Front Immunol 2022; 13:821542. [PMID: 35185911 PMCID: PMC8854499 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.821542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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CD49a+ natural killer (NK) cells play a critical role in promoting fetal development and maintaining immune tolerance at the maternal-fetal interface during the early stages of pregnancy. However, given their residency in human tissue, thorough studies and clinical applications are difficult to perform. It is still unclear as to how functional human CD49a+ NK cells can be induced to benefit pregnancy outcomes. In this study, we established three no-feeder cell induction systems to induce human CD49a+ NK cells from umbilical cord blood hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), bone marrow HSCs, and peripheral blood NK cells in vitro. These induced NK cells (iNKs) from three cell induction systems display high levels of CD49a, CD9, CD39, CD151 expression, low levels of CD16 expression, and no obvious cytotoxic capability. They are phenotypically and functionally similar to decidual NK cells. Furthermore, these iNKs display a high expression of growth-promoting factors and proangiogenic factors and can promote fetal growth and improve uterine artery blood flow in a murine pregnancy model in vivo. This research demonstrates the ability of human-induced CD49a+ NK cells to promote fetal growth via three cell induction systems, which could eventually be used to treat patients experiencing adverse pregnancy outcomes.
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- Xianghui Du
- The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- The CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- Institute of Immunology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- The Section of Experimental Hematology, First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- *Correspondence: Huaiping Zhu, ; Haiming Wei, ; Binqing Fu,
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- The CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- Institute of Immunology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- The CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- Institute of Immunology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- The CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- Institute of Immunology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- The CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- Institute of Immunology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- The CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- Institute of Immunology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- The CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- Institute of Immunology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- *Correspondence: Huaiping Zhu, ; Haiming Wei, ; Binqing Fu,
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- The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- The CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- Institute of Immunology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- *Correspondence: Huaiping Zhu, ; Haiming Wei, ; Binqing Fu,
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Fraser R, Zenclussen AC. Killer Timing: The Temporal Uterine Natural Killer Cell Differentiation Pathway and Implications for Female Reproductive Health. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022; 13:904744. [PMID: 35832424 PMCID: PMC9271944 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.904744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cells are the predominant maternal uterine immune cell component, and they densely populate uterine mucosa to promote key changes in the post-ovulatory endometrium and in early pregnancy. It is broadly accepted that (a) immature, inactive endometrial NK (eNK) cells in the pre-ovulatory endometrium become activated and transition into decidual NK (dNK) cells in the secretory stage, peri-implantation endometrium, and continue to mature into early pregnancy; and (b) that secretory-stage and early pregnancy dNK cells promote uterine vascular growth and mediate trophoblast invasion, but do not exert their killing function. However, this may be an overly simplistic view. Evidence of specific dNK functional killer roles, as well as opposing effects of dNK cells on the uterine vasculature before and after conception, indicates the presence of a transitory secretory-stage dNK cell (s-dNK) phenotype with a unique angiodevelopmental profile during the peri-implantation period, that is that is functionally distinct from the angiomodulatory dNK cells that promote vessel destabilisation and vascular cell apoptosis to facilitate uterine vascular changes in early pregnancy. It is possible that abnormal activation and differentiation into the proposed transitory s-dNK phenotype may have implications in uterine pathologies ranging from infertility to cancer, as well as downstream effects on dNK cell differentiation in early pregnancy. Further, dysregulated transition into the angiomodulatory dNK phenotype in early pregnancy will likely have potential repercussions for adverse pregnancy outcomes, since impaired dNK function is associated with several obstetric complications. A comprehensive understanding of the uterine NK cell temporal differentiation pathway may therefore have important translational potential due to likely NK phenotypic functional implications in a range of reproductive, obstetric, and gynaecological pathologies.
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- Rupsha Fraser
- Centre for Reproductive Health, Queen’s Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- *Correspondence: Rupsha Fraser,
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Leipzig, Germany
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Insight on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Endometrial Receptivity. Biomolecules 2021; 12:biom12010036. [PMID: 35053184 PMCID: PMC8773570 DOI: 10.3390/biom12010036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Endometrial receptivity plays a crucial role in fertilization as well as pregnancy outcome in patients faced with fertility challenges. The optimization of endometrial receptivity may help with normal implantation of the embryo, and endometrial receptivity may be affected by numerous factors. Recently, the role of lipids in pregnancy has been increasingly recognized. Fatty acids and their metabolites may be involved in all stages of pregnancy and play a role in supporting cell proliferation and development, participating in cell signaling and regulating cell function. Polyunsaturated fatty acids, in particular, are essential fatty acids for the human body that can affect the receptivity of the endometrium through in a variety of methods, such as producing prostaglandins, estrogen and progesterone, among others. Additionally, polyunsaturated fatty acids are also involved in immunity and the regulation of endometrial decidualization. Fatty acids are essential for fetal placental growth and development. The interrelationship of polyunsaturated fatty acids with these substances and how they may affect endometrial receptivity will be reviewed in this article.
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Vazquez J, Chavarria M, Chasman DA, Schwartz RW, Tyler CT, Lopez G, Fisher RC, Ong IM, Stanic AK. Multiomic analysis reveals decidual-specific transcriptional programing of MAIT cells. Am J Reprod Immunol 2021; 86:e13495. [PMID: 34411378 PMCID: PMC8720468 DOI: 10.1111/aji.13495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2021] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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PROBLEM Mucosal-Associated Invariant T (MAIT) cells have been recently identified at the maternal-fetal interface. However, transcriptional programming of decidual MAIT cells in pregnancy remains poorly understood. METHOD OF STUDY We employed a multiomic approach to address this question. Mononuclear cells from the decidua basalis and parietalis, and control PBMCs, were analyzed via flow cytometry to investigate MAIT cells in the decidua and assess their transcription factor expression. In a separate study, both decidual and matched peripheral MAIT cells were analyzed using Cellular Indexing of Transcriptomes and Epitopes by Sequencing (CITE-seq) coupled with gene expression analysis. Lastly, decidual MAIT cells were stimulated with E.coli and expression of MR1 by antigen presenting cells was measured to evaluate decidual MAIT cell function. RESULTS First, we identified MAIT cells in both the decidua basalis and parietalis. CITE-seq, coupled with scRNA-seq gene expression analysis, highlighted transcriptional programming differences between decidual and matched peripheral MAIT cells at a single cell resolution. Transcription factor expression analysis further highlighted transcriptional differences between decidual MAIT cells and non-matched peripheral MAIT cells. Functionally, MAIT cells are skewed towards IFNγ and TNFα production upon stimulation, with E.coli leading to IFNγ production. Lastly, we demonstrate that MR1, the antigen presenting molecule restricting MAIT cells, is expressed by decidual APCs. CONCLUSION MAIT cells are present in the decidua basalis and obtain a unique gene expression profile. The presence of MR1 on APCs coupled with in vitro activation by E.coli suggests that MAIT cells might be involved in tissue-repair mechanisms at the maternal-fetal interface.
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- Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
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- Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
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- Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
- University of Wisconsin Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
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Zhang S, Ding J, Wang J, Yin T, Zhang Y, Yang J. CXCL5 Downregulation in Villous Tissue Is Correlated With Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion. Front Immunol 2021; 12:717483. [PMID: 34603292 PMCID: PMC8486294 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.717483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) affects 5% of childbearing-age women worldwide. Inadequate trophoblast invasion is one of the main reasons for the development of RSA; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms for RSA have not been fully understood, and further explanation is urgently needed. C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 5 (CXCL5) is reported to contribute to the invasion of cancer cells, and its aberrant expression is associated with the cellular process of tumor pathology. Considering the high behavioral similarity between trophoblast cells and cancer cells, we hypothesized that CXCL5 may influence trophoblast invasion, and its expression levels in villous tissue may be correlated with RSA. In this study, we firstly investigated the CXCL5 expression in placental villous tissues of 15 RSA patients and 13 control patients, and the results showed that CXCL5 levels were significantly lower in villous tissue from RSA patients than those of the controls. Further in vitro experiments presented that recombinant human CXCL5 can enhance trophoblast migration, invasion, and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) process. We also demonstrated that CXCL5 exerted these effects on trophoblast cells through PI3K/AKT/ERK1/2 signaling pathway. In conclusion, these data indicate that CXCL5 downregulation in human villous tissue is correlated with RSA. Additionally, we found that estrogen, progesterone, human chorionic gonadotropin, and decidual stromal cells can regulate CXCL5 and chemokine receptor 2 (CXCR2) expression of trophoblast in a cell manner.
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- Sainan Zhang
- Reproductive Medical Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University & Hubei Clinic Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Embryonic Development, Wuhan, China
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- Reproductive Medical Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University & Hubei Clinic Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Embryonic Development, Wuhan, China
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- Reproductive Medical Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University & Hubei Clinic Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Embryonic Development, Wuhan, China
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- Reproductive Medical Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University & Hubei Clinic Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Embryonic Development, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Reproductive Medical Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University & Hubei Clinic Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Embryonic Development, Wuhan, China
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Bhagirath AY, Medapati MR, de Jesus VC, Yadav S, Hinton M, Dakshinamurti S, Atukorallaya D. Role of Maternal Infections and Inflammatory Responses on Craniofacial Development. FRONTIERS IN ORAL HEALTH 2021; 2:735634. [PMID: 35048051 PMCID: PMC8757860 DOI: 10.3389/froh.2021.735634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Pregnancy is a tightly regulated immunological state. Mild environmental perturbations can affect the developing fetus significantly. Infections can elicit severe immunological cascades in the mother's body as well as the developing fetus. Maternal infections and resulting inflammatory responses can mediate epigenetic changes in the fetal genome, depending on the developmental stage. The craniofacial development begins at the early stages of embryogenesis. In this review, we will discuss the immunology of pregnancy and its responsive mechanisms on maternal infections. Further, we will also discuss the epigenetic effects of pathogens, their metabolites and resulting inflammatory responses on the fetus with a special focus on craniofacial development. Understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms of infections and dysregulated inflammatory responses during prenatal development could provide better insights into the origins of craniofacial birth defects.
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- Anjali Y. Bhagirath
- Department of Pediatrics and Physiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- Biology of Breathing, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM), Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- Department of Oral Biology, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Biology of Breathing, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM), Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- Department of Oral Biology, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Biology of Breathing, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM), Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- Department of Oral Biology, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, India
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- Department of Pediatrics and Physiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- Biology of Breathing, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM), Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics and Physiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- Biology of Breathing, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM), Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Biology of Breathing, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM), Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- Department of Oral Biology, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Park W, Park S, Lim W, Song G. Bifenthrin reduces pregnancy potential via induction of oxidative stress in porcine trophectoderm and uterine luminal epithelial cells. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 784:147143. [PMID: 33901951 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2021] [Revised: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Exposure to pesticides has become a serious concern for the environment and human health. Bifenthrin, a synthetic pyrethroid pesticide, is one of the most frequently used pesticides worldwide. Despite the toxic potential of bifenthrin, no studies have elucidated the cytotoxic response of bifenthrin in maternal and fetal cells that are involved in the implantation process. In this study, the cytotoxic effect of bifenthrin was investigated using porcine trophectoderm (pTr) and uterine luminal epithelial (pLE) cells. The results showed that bifenthrin suppressed cell proliferation and viability in pTr and pLE cells. In particular, bifenthrin induced cell cycle arrest, resulting in apoptosis in both cell lines. We found that bifenthrin damaged the mitochondria and induced the production of reactive oxygen species, causing endoplasmic reticulum stress and calcium dysregulation in pTr and pLE cells. Finally, bifenthrin altered the MAPK/PI3K signaling pathway and pregnancy-related gene expression. Collectively, our results suggest that bifenthrin reduces the implantation potential of embryos and may help elucidate the mechanisms underlying toxin-derived cytotoxicity in maternal and fetal cells.
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- Wonhyoung Park
- Institute of Animal Molecular Biotechnology and Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Animal Molecular Biotechnology and Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, Kookmin University, Seoul 02707, Republic of Korea.
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- Institute of Animal Molecular Biotechnology and Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
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Jiang Y, Li J, Li G, Liu S, Lin X, He Y, Lu J, Zhang Y, Wu J, Yang Z, Jiang Y, Wang H, Kong S, Shi G. Osteoprotegerin interacts with syndecan-1 to promote human endometrial stromal decidualization by decreasing Akt phosphorylation. Hum Reprod 2021; 35:2439-2453. [PMID: 33047116 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deaa233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Revised: 07/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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STUDY QUESTION Does osteoprotegerin (OPG) promote human endometrial stromal decidualization? SUMMARY ANSWER OPG is essential for human endometrial stromal decidualization through its interaction with syndecan-1 to decrease Akt phosphorylation. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY OPG (a cytokine receptor) levels are significantly increased in the circulation of pregnant women. However, the role and mechanism of OPG in human endometrial stromal cell (ESC) decidualization remain elusive. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION We analyzed the endometrial expression of OPG in endometrial tissue samples collected from women with regular menstrual cycles (ranging from 25 to 35 days), and decidual tissue samples collected from woman with normal early pregnancy or recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) who visited the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at a tertiary care center from January to October 2018. None of the subjects had hormonal treatment for at least 3 months prior to the procedure. In total, 16 women with normal early pregnancy and 15 with RPL were selected as subjects for this study. The function of OPG in decidualization was explored in a human endometrial stromal cell (HESC) line and primary cultures of HESCs. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS We collected endometrial tissues (by biopsy) from the subjects during their menstrual cycle and decidual tissues from subjects with a normal early pregnancy and those with RPL at the time of dilation and curettage. The control group comprised randomly selected women who underwent termination of an apparently normal early pregnancy. The endometrial OPG expression was analyzed using immunohistochemical staining and quantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR). Immunofluorescence staining and western blot, and qRT-PCR were used to explore the mRNA and protein expression, respectively, of OPG in an immortalized HESC line and in primary cultures of HESC during proliferation and decidualization. siRNA-mediated knockdown experiments were performed to examine the function of OPG in HESC proliferation and decidualization. Flow cytometry and the cell proliferation MTS assay were performed to further examine the role of OPG in HESC proliferation. We also analyzed decidual marker gene expression by qRT-PCR to assess the consequences of OPG loss for HESC decidualization. A co-immunoprecipitation (IP) assay was used to determine the potential interaction between the OPG and Syndecan-1. Western blot analysis of the rescue experiments performed using the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) signaling-specific inhibitor LY294002 was used to investigate the downstream signaling pathways through which OPG could mediate HESC decidualization. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE OPG was expressed in both the human endometrium and in vitro decidualized ESCs. Knockdown experiments revealed that OPG loss impaired the expression of IGF-binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) (P < 0.05) and prolactin (PRL) (P < 0.05), two specific markers of decidualization, in HESC undergoing decidualization. We also uncovered that OPG knockdown induced the aberrant activation of Akt (protein kinase B) during HESC decidualization (P < 0.05). The inhibition of Akt activation could rescue the impaired expression of the decidual markers PRL (P < 0.05) and IGFBP-1 (P < 0.05) in response to OPG knockdown. Syndecan-1 was considered a potential receptor candidate, as it was expressed in both the endometrium and in vitro cultured stromal cells. Subsequent co-IP experiments demonstrated the interaction between OPG and Syndecan-1 during decidualization. In addition, Syndecan-1 knockdown not only clearly attenuated the decidualization markers PRL (P < 0.05) and IGFBP-1 (P < 0.05) but also induced the aberrant enhancement of Akt phosphorylation in decidualized cells, consistent with the phenotype of OPG knockdown cells. Finally, we revealed that the transcript and protein expression of both OPG and Syndecan-1 was significantly lower in the decidual samples of women with RPL than in those of women with normal pregnancy (P < 0.05). LARGE SCALE DATA N/A. LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION In this study, based on a number of approaches, it was demonstrated that OPG mediated the repression of Akt that occurs during human stromal cell decidualization, however, the molecular link between OPG and Akt signaling was not determined, and still requires further exploration. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS OPG is required for decidualization, and a decrease in OPG levels is associated with RPL. These findings provide a new candidate molecule for the diagnosis and potential treatment of RPL. STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTEREST(S) This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China U1605223 (to G.S.), 81701457 (to Y.J.) and 81601349 (to Y.J.). The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
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- Yufei Jiang
- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.,Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health Research, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.,Xiamen Key Laboratory of Reproduction and Genetics, Reproductive Medical Center, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Xiamen, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health Research, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health Research, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health Research, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health Research, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health Research, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health Research, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health Research, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medical Center, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health Research, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medical Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health Research, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medical Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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Pandur E, Pap R, Montskó G, Jánosa G, Sipos K, Kovács GL. Fractalkine enhances endometrial receptivity and activates iron transport towards trophoblast cells in an in vitro co-culture system of HEC-1A and JEG-3 cells. Exp Cell Res 2021; 403:112583. [PMID: 33811904 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2021.112583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Revised: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/28/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Endometrium receptivity and successful implantation require a complex network of regulatory factors whom production is strictly controlled especially at the implantation window. Many regulators like steroid hormones, prostaglandins, cytokines, extracellular matrix proteins and downstream cell signalling pathways are involved in the process of embryo-endometrium interaction. Our work reveals the effect of fractalkine (FKN), a unique chemokine on progesterone receptor, SOX-17 and NRF2 expressions in HEC-1A endometrial cell line. FKN activates fractalkine receptor signalling and the expression of SOX-17 through progesterone receptor in HEC-1A endometrial cells, and as a consequence it increases endometrial receptivity. Fractalkine also activates the NRF2-Keap-1 signal transduction pathway regulating the IL-6 and IL-1β cytokine productions, which increase endometrial receptivity, as well. The NRF2 transcription factor increases the expression of the iron exporter ferroportin in HEC-1A cells activating iron release towards JEG-3 trophoblast cells. The iron measurements show that iron content of endometrial cells decreases while heme concentration increases at FKN treatment. At the same time, the trophoblast cells show increased iron uptake and total iron content. Based on our results it seems that FKN enhances the establishment of endometrial receptivity and meanwhile it regulates the iron homeostasis of endometrium contributing to the iron availability of the trophoblast cells and the embryo.
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- Edina Pandur
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Pécs, H-7624, Rókus U. 2., Pécs, Hungary.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Pécs, H-7624, Rókus U. 2., Pécs, Hungary.
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- Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, H-7624, Ifjúság út 20., Pécs, Hungary; MTA-PTE Human Reproduction Research Group, University of Pécs, H-7624, Ifjúság út 20., Pécs, Hungary.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Pécs, H-7624, Rókus U. 2., Pécs, Hungary.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Pécs, H-7624, Rókus U. 2., Pécs, Hungary.
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- Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, H-7624, Ifjúság út 20., Pécs, Hungary; MTA-PTE Human Reproduction Research Group, University of Pécs, H-7624, Ifjúság út 20., Pécs, Hungary; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, H-7624, Ifjúság út 13., Pécs, Hungary.
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Pankiewicz K, Fijałkowska A, Issat T, Maciejewski TM. Insight into the Key Points of Preeclampsia Pathophysiology: Uterine Artery Remodeling and the Role of MicroRNAs. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:3132. [PMID: 33808559 PMCID: PMC8003365 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22063132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Preeclampsia affects about 3-8% of all pregnancies. It represents a complex and multifaceted syndrome with at least several potential pathways leading to the development of disease. The main dogma in preeclampsia is the two-stage model of disease. Stage 1 (placental stage) takes place in early pregnancy and is thought to be impaired placentation due to inadequate trophoblastic invasion of the maternal spiral arteries that leads to reduced placental perfusion and release of numerous biological factors causing endothelial damage and development of acute maternal syndrome with systemic multiorgan failure (stage 2-the onset of maternal clinical symptoms, maternal stage). Recently, in the light of the vast body of evidence, two-stage model of preeclampsia has been updated with a few novel pathways leading to clinical manifestation in the second part of pregnancy. This paper reviews current state of knowledge about pathophysiology of preeclampsia and places particular focus on the recent advances in understanding of uterine artery remodeling alterations, as well as the role of microRNAs in preeclampsia.
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- Katarzyna Pankiewicz
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Mother and Child in Warsaw, Kasprzaka 17a, 01-211 Warsaw, Poland; (T.I.); (T.M.M.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Institute of Mother and Child in Warsaw, Kasprzaka 17a, 01-211 Warsaw, Poland;
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Mother and Child in Warsaw, Kasprzaka 17a, 01-211 Warsaw, Poland; (T.I.); (T.M.M.)
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Mother and Child in Warsaw, Kasprzaka 17a, 01-211 Warsaw, Poland; (T.I.); (T.M.M.)
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Lala PK, Nandi P, Hadi A, Halari C. A crossroad between placental and tumor biology: What have we learnt? Placenta 2021; 116:12-30. [PMID: 33958236 DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2021.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2021] [Revised: 02/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Placenta in certain species including the human has evolved as a highly invasive tumor-like organ invading the uterus aned its vasculature to derive oxygen and nutrients for the fetus and exchange waste products. While several excellent reviews have been written comparing hemochorial placentation with tumors, no comprehensive review is available dealing with mechanistic insights into what makes them different, and what tumor biologists can learn from placental biologists, and vice versa. In this review, we analyze the structure-function relationship of the human placenta, emphasizing the functional need of the spatio-temporally orchestrated trophoblast invasiveness for fetal development and growth, and pathological consequences of aberrant invasiveness for fetal and maternal health. We then analyze similarities and differences between the placenta and invasive tumors in terms of hallmarks of cancer, some key molecules regulating their invasive functions, and how placental cancers (choriocarcinomas) or other cancers become refractory or even addicted to these invasion-restraining molecules. We cite in vitro models of human trophoblast and choriocarcinoma cell lines utilized to study mechanisms in normal placental development as well as those responsible for tumor progression. We discuss the pathobiology of hyper-invasive placentas and show thattrophoblastic neoplasias are a unique and heterogeneous class of tumors. We delve into the questions as to why metastasis from other organs rarely occurs at the placental site and whether pregnancy makes the mother more or less vulnerable to cancer-related morbidity/mortality. We attempt to compare trophoblast stem cells and cancer stem cells. Finally, we leave the readers with some thoughts as foods of future investigations.
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- Peeyush K Lala
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Westernat Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A5C1, Canada; Associate Scientist, Children's Health Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6C2V5.
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Westernat Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A5C1, Canada.
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Westernat Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A5C1, Canada.
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Westernat Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A5C1, Canada.
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de Alwis N, Beard S, Binder NK, Pritchard N, Kaitu'u-Lino TJ, Walker SP, Stock O, Groom K, Petersen S, Henry A, Said JM, Seeho S, Kane SC, Hui L, Tong S, Hannan NJ. DAAM2 is elevated in the circulation and placenta in pregnancies complicated by fetal growth restriction and is regulated by hypoxia. Sci Rep 2021; 11:5540. [PMID: 33692394 PMCID: PMC7946951 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-84785-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Previously, we identified increased maternal circulating DAAM2 mRNA in pregnancies complicated by preterm fetal growth restriction (FGR). Here, we assessed whether circulating DAAM2 mRNA could detect FGR, and whether the DAAM2 gene, known to play roles in the Wnt signalling pathway is expressed in human placenta and associated with dysfunction and FGR. We performed linear regression analysis to calculate area under the ROC curve (AUC) for DAAM2 mRNA expression in the maternal circulation of pregnancies complicated by preterm FGR. DAAM2 mRNA expression was assessed across gestation by qPCR. DAAM2 protein and mRNA expression was assessed in preterm FGR placenta using western blot and qPCR. DAAM2 expression was assessed in term cytotrophoblasts and placental explant tissue cultured under hypoxic and normoxic conditions by qPCR. Small interfering RNAs were used to silence DAAM2 in term primary cytotrophoblasts. Expression of growth, apoptosis and oxidative stress genes were assessed by qPCR. Circulating DAAM2 mRNA was elevated in pregnancies complicated by preterm FGR [p < 0.0001, AUC = 0.83 (0.78–0.89)]. Placental DAAM2 mRNA was detectable across gestation, with highest expression at term. DAAM2 protein was increased in preterm FGR placentas but demonstrated no change in mRNA expression. DAAM2 mRNA expression was increased in cytotrophoblasts and placental explants under hypoxia. Silencing DAAM2 under hypoxia decreased expression of pro-survival gene, BCL2 and oxidative stress marker, NOX4, whilst increasing expression of antioxidant enzyme, HMOX-1. The increased DAAM2 associated with FGR and hypoxia implicates a potential role in placental dysfunction. Decreasing DAAM2 may have cytoprotective effects, but further research is required to elucidate its role in healthy and dysfunctional placentas.
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- Natasha de Alwis
- Therapeutics Discovery and Vascular Function in Pregnancy Group, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.,Translational Obstetrics Group, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.,Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.,Northern Health, Epping, VIC, 3076, Australia.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Therapeutics Discovery and Vascular Function in Pregnancy Group, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.,Translational Obstetrics Group, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.,Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.,Northern Health, Epping, VIC, 3076, Australia.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Therapeutics Discovery and Vascular Function in Pregnancy Group, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.,Translational Obstetrics Group, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.,Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Translational Obstetrics Group, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.,Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Translational Obstetrics Group, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.,Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Translational Obstetrics Group, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, 1023, New Zealand
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- Centre for Maternal Fetal Medicine, Mater Mothers' Hospital, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia
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- School of Women's and Children's Health, UNSW Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Maternal Fetal Medicine, Joan Kirner Women's & Children's Sunshine Hospital, St Albans, VIC, 3021, Australia
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- The University of Sydney Northern Clinical School, Women and Babies Research, St Leonards, NSW, 2065, Australia
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- Translational Obstetrics Group, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.,Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.,Northern Health, Epping, VIC, 3076, Australia.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Translational Obstetrics Group, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.,Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Therapeutics Discovery and Vascular Function in Pregnancy Group, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia. .,Translational Obstetrics Group, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia. .,Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia. .,Northern Health, Epping, VIC, 3076, Australia. .,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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Pritchard N, Kaitu’u-Lino T, Harris L, Tong S, Hannan N. Nanoparticles in pregnancy: the next frontier in reproductive therapeutics. Hum Reprod Update 2021; 27:280-304. [PMID: 33279994 PMCID: PMC9034208 DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmaa049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2020] [Revised: 09/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Nanotechnology involves the engineering of structures on a molecular level. Nanomedicine and nano-delivery systems have been designed to deliver therapeutic agents to a target site or organ in a controlled manner, maximizing efficacy while minimizing off-target effects of the therapeutic agent administered. In both reproductive medicine and obstetrics, developing innovative therapeutics is often tempered by fears of damage to the gamete, embryo or developing foetus or of negatively impacting a woman's reproductive potential. Thus, nanomedicine delivery systems may provide alternative targeted intervention strategies, treating the source of the disease and minimizing long-term consequences for the mother and/or her foetus. OBJECTIVE AND RATIONALE This review summarizes the current state of nanomedicine technology in reproductive medicine and obstetrics, including safety, potential applications, future directions and the hurdles for translation. SEARCH METHODS A comprehensive electronic literature search of PubMed and Web of Science databases was performed to identify studies published in English up until February 2020. Relevant keywords were used to obtain information regarding use of nanoparticle technology in fertility and gene therapy, early pregnancy complications (ectopic pregnancy and gestational trophoblastic disease) and obstetric complications (preeclampsia, foetal growth restriction, preterm birth and gestational diabetes) and for selective treatment of the mother or foetus. Safety of specific nanoparticles to the gamete, embryo and foetus was also investigated. OUTCOMES Pre-clinical research in the development of nanoparticle therapeutic delivery is being undertaken in many fields of reproductive medicine. Non-hormonal-targeted nanoparticle therapy for fibroids and endometriosis may provide fertility-sparing medical management. Delivery of interventions via nanotechnology provides opportunities for gene manipulation and delivery in mammalian gametes. Targeting cytotoxic treatments to early pregnancy tissue provides an alternative approach to manage ectopic pregnancies and gestational trophoblastic disease. In pregnancy, nanotherapeutic delivery offers options to stably deliver silencing RNA and microRNA inhibitors to the placenta to regulate gene expression, opening doors to novel genetic treatments for preeclampsia and foetal growth restriction. Restricting delivery of teratogenic drugs to the maternal compartment (such as warfarin) may reduce risks to the foetus. Alternatively, targeted delivery of drugs to the foetus (such as those to treat foetal arrythmias) may minimize side effects for the mother. WIDER IMPLICATIONS We expect that further development of targeted therapies using nanoparticles in a reproductive setting has promise to eventually allow safe and directed treatments for conditions impacting the health and reproductive capacity of women and for the management of pregnancy and serious pregnancy complications.
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- Natasha Pritchard
- Translational Obstetrics Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mercy Hospital for Women, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
- Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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- Translational Obstetrics Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mercy Hospital for Women, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
- Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Diagnostics Discovery and Reverse Translation, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester, UK
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- Translational Obstetrics Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mercy Hospital for Women, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
- Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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- Translational Obstetrics Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mercy Hospital for Women, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
- Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
- Therapeutics Discovery and Vascular Function Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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Szewczyk G, Pyzlak M, Pankiewicz K, Szczerba E, Stangret A, Szukiewicz D, Skoda M, Bierła J, Cukrowska B, Fijałkowska A. The potential association between a new angiogenic marker fractalkine and a placental vascularization in preeclampsia. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2021; 304:365-376. [PMID: 33496844 PMCID: PMC8277623 DOI: 10.1007/s00404-021-05966-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Purpose Impaired angiogenesis is one of the most common findings in preeclamptic placentas. A new angiogenetic role of fractalkine (CX3CL1) is recently recognized apart from inflammatory activity. In this study, a link between CX3CL1 and the development of placental vasculature in preeclampsia was examined. Methods The study comprised 52 women allocated to Group 1 (normotensive, n = 23) and Group 2 (preeclampsia, n = 29). In each group Doppler parameters, serum levels of CX3CL1, soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1), and placental growth factor (PlGF) were assessed between 30 and 32 week of pregnancy. After the delivery, placental samples were taken and the vascularization and expression of CX3CR1 receptor were assessed after immunostaining. Results CX3CL1 and sFlt-1 serum levels were significantly higher levels in Group 2 vs Group 1, while PlGF serum levels was significantly lower in Group 2. Lower cerebroplacental ratio (CPR) was observed in Group 2. The vascular/extravascular tissue index (V/EVTI) was significantly lower in Group 2, while compared to Group 1, with the lowest value in the fetus growth restriction (FGR) subgroup (0.18 ± 0.02; 0.24 ± 0.03; 0.16 ± 0.02, respectively). The expression of examined CX3CR1 was higher in Group 2, while compared to Group 1, reaching the highest values in FGR subgroup. There was a moderate negative correlation between birth weight, V/EVTI and CX3CL1 serum level and CX3CR1 placental expression in the group of pregnancies complicated with preeclampsia. Conclusion The significant underdevelopment of placental vascular network in preeclampsia is associated with the change in the CX3CL1/CX3CR1 system, especially in FGR complicated pregnancies.
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- Grzegorz Szewczyk
- Department of General and Experimental Pathology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. .,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Pathology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute-Oncology Center, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Cardiology, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of General and Experimental Pathology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of General and Experimental Pathology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of General and Experimental Pathology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Pathology, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Pathology, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Cardiology, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland
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Dunk CE, van Dijk M, Choudhury R, Wright TJ, Cox B, Leavey K, Harris LK, Jones RL, Lye SJ. Functional Evaluation of STOX1 (STORKHEAD-BOX PROTEIN 1) in Placentation, Preeclampsia, and Preterm Birth. Hypertension 2020; 77:475-490. [PMID: 33356399 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.120.15619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Revaluation of the association of the STOX1 (STORKHEAD_BOX1 PROTEIN 1) transcription factor mutation (Y153H, C allele) with the early utero-vascular origins of placental pathology is warranted. To investigate if placental STOX1 Y153H genotype affects utero-vascular remodeling-compromised in both preterm birth and preeclampsia-we utilized extravillous trophoblast (EVT) explant and placental decidual coculture models, transfection of STOX1 wild-type and mutant plasmids into EVT-like trophoblast cell lines, and a cohort of 75 placentas from obstetric pathologies. Primary EVT and HTR8/SVneo cells carrying STOX1 Y153H secreted lower levels of IL (interleukin) 6, and IL-8, and higher CXCL16 (chemokine [C-X-C motif] ligand 16) and TRAIL (tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand) than wild-type EVT and Swan71 cells. Media from wild-type EVT or Swan71 cells transfected with wild-type STOX1 stimulated: endothelial chemokine expression, angiogenesis, and decidual natural killer cell and monocyte migration. In contrast, Y153H EVT conditioned medium, Swan71 transfected with the Y153H plasmid, or HTR8/SVneo media had no effect. Genotyping of placental decidual cocultures demonstrated association of the placental STOX1 CC allele with failed vascular remodeling. Decidual GG NODAL R165H increased in failed cocultures carrying the placental CC alleles of STOX1. Multivariate analysis of the placental cohort showed that the STOX1 C allele correlated with premature birth, with or without severe early-onset preeclampsia, and small for gestational age babies. In conclusion, placental STOX1 Y153H is a precipitating factor in preterm birth and placental preeclampsia due to defects in early utero-placental development.
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- Caroline E Dunk
- From the Research Centre for Women's and Infants' Health, Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Canada (C.E.D., S.J.L.)
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- Reproductive Biology Laboratory, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands (M.V.D.)
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- Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health (R.C., L.K.H., R.L.J.), University of Manchester, United Kingdom.,Academic Health Science Centre, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom (R.C., L.K.H., R.L.J.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kensington Eye Institute (T.J.W.), University of Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine (B.C., K.L., S.J.L.), University of Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine (B.C., K.L., S.J.L.), University of Toronto, Canada
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- Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health (R.C., L.K.H., R.L.J.), University of Manchester, United Kingdom.,Division of Pharmacy and Optometry (L.K.H.), University of Manchester, United Kingdom.,Academic Health Science Centre, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom (R.C., L.K.H., R.L.J.)
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- Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health (R.C., L.K.H., R.L.J.), University of Manchester, United Kingdom.,Academic Health Science Centre, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom (R.C., L.K.H., R.L.J.)
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- From the Research Centre for Women's and Infants' Health, Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Canada (C.E.D., S.J.L.).,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine (B.C., K.L., S.J.L.), University of Toronto, Canada.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine (S.J.L.), University of Toronto, Canada
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Ma Y, Yu X, Zhang L, Liu J, Shao X, Li YX, Wang YL. Uterine decidual niche modulates the progressive dedifferentiation of spiral artery vascular smooth muscle cells during human pregnancy†. Biol Reprod 2020; 104:624-637. [PMID: 33336235 DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioaa208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Uterine spiral artery (SPA) remodeling is a crucial event during pregnancy to provide enough blood supply to maternal-fetal interface and meet the demands of the growing fetus. Along this process, the dynamic change and the fate of spiral artery vascular smooth muscle cells (SPA-VSMCs) have long been debatable. In the present study, we analyzed the cell features of SPA-VSMCs at different stages of vascular remodeling in human early pregnancy, and we demonstrated the progressively morphological change of SPA-VSMCs at un-remodeled (Un-Rem), remodeling, and fully remodeled (Fully-Rem) stages, indicating the extravillous trophoblast (EVT)-independent and EVT-dependent phases of SPA-VSMC dedifferentiation. In vitro experiments in VSMC cell line revealed the efficient roles of decidual stromal cells, decidual natural killer cells (dNK), decidual macrophages, and EVTs in inducing VSMCs dedifferentiation. Importantly, the potential transformation of VSMC toward CD56+ dNKs was displayed by immunofluorescence-DNA in-situ hybridization-proximity ligation and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays for H3K4dime modification in the myosin heavy chain 11 (MYH11) promoter region. The findings clearly illustrate a cascade regulation of the progressive dedifferentiation of SPA-VSMCs by multiple cell types in uterine decidual niche and provide new evidences to reveal the destination of SPA-VSMCs during vascular remodeling.
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- Yeling Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The 306 Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Recuero S, Sánchez JM, Mateo-Otero Y, Bagés-Arnal S, McDonald M, Behura SK, Spencer TE, Kenny DA, Yeste M, Lonergan P, Fernandez-Fuertes B. Mating to Intact, but Not Vasectomized, Males Elicits Changes in the Endometrial Transcriptome: Insights From the Bovine Model. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:547. [PMID: 32766237 PMCID: PMC7381276 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00547] [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: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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An appropriate female reproductive environment is essential for pregnancy success. In several species, including mice, pigs and horses, seminal plasma (SP) components have been shown to modulate this environment, leading to increased embryo viability and implantation. Due to the characteristics of mating in the aforementioned species, SP comes into direct contact with the uterus. However, it is questionable whether any SP reaches the uterus in species that ejaculate inside the vagina, such as humans and cattle. Hence, we hypothesized that sperm, perhaps acting as a vehicle for SP factors, play a more important role in the modulation of the maternal uterine environment in these species. In addition, changes elicited by SP and/or sperm may originate in the vagina and propagate to more distal regions of the female reproductive tract. To test these hypotheses, a bovine model in which heifers were mated to intact or vasectomized bulls or were left unmated was used. RNA-sequencing of endometrial samples collected 24 h after mating with a vasectomized bull did not reveal any differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in comparison with control samples. However, the endometrium of heifers mated with intact bulls exhibited 24 DEGs when compared to heifers mated with vasectomized bulls, and 22 DEGs when compared to unmated control heifers. The expression of a set of cytokines (IL6, IL1A, IL8, and TNFA) and candidate genes identified in the endometrial RNA-sequencing (PLA2G10, CX3CL1, C4BPA, PRSS2, BLA-DQB, and CEBPD) were assessed by RT-qPCR in the vagina and oviductal ampulla. No differences in expression of these genes were observed between treatments in any region. However, mating to both intact and vasectomized bulls induced an increase in IL1A and TNFA expression in the vagina compared to the oviduct. These data indicate that sperm, but not secretions from the accessory glands alone, induce modest changes in endometrial gene expression after natural mating in cattle. However, it is not clear whether this effect is triggered by inherent sperm proteins or SP proteins bound to sperm surface at the time of ejaculation.
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- Sandra Recuero
- Biotechnology of Animal and Human Reproduction (TechnoSperm), Department of Biology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
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- School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Biotechnology of Animal and Human Reproduction (TechnoSperm), Department of Biology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
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- School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Animal and Bioscience Research Centre, Teagasc Grange, Meath, Ireland
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- Biotechnology of Animal and Human Reproduction (TechnoSperm), Department of Biology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
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- School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Biotechnology of Animal and Human Reproduction (TechnoSperm), Department of Biology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
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Fractalkine Regulates HEC-1A/JEG-3 Interaction by Influencing the Expression of Implantation-Related Genes in an In Vitro Co-Culture Model. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21093175. [PMID: 32365902 PMCID: PMC7246682 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21093175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Embryo implantation is a complex process regulated by a network of biological molecules. Recently, it has been described that fractalkine (CX3CL1, FKN) might have an important role in the feto-maternal interaction during gestation since the trophoblast cells express fractalkine receptor (CX3CR1) and the endometrium cells secrete fractalkine. CX3CR1 controls three major signalling pathways, PLC-PKC pathway, PI3K/AKT/NFκB pathway and Ras-mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) pathways regulating proliferation, growth, migration and apoptosis. In this study, we focused on the molecular mechanisms of FKN treatment influencing the expression of implantation-related genes in trophoblast cells (JEG-3) both in mono-and in co-culture models. Our results reveal that FKN acted in a concentration and time dependent manner on JEG-3 cells. FKN seemed to operate as a positive regulator of implantation via changing the action of progesterone receptor (PR), activin receptor and bone morphogenetic protein receptor (BMPR). FKN modified also the expression of matrix metalloproteinase 2 and 9 controlling invasion. The presence of HEC-1A endometrial cells in the co-culture contributed to the effect of fractalkine on JEG-3 cells regulating implantation. The results suggest that FKN may contribute to the successful attachment and implantation of embryo.
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Lekva T, Sugulle M, Moe K, Redman C, Dechend R, Staff AC. Multiplex Analysis of Circulating Maternal Cardiovascular Biomarkers Comparing Preeclampsia Subtypes. Hypertension 2020; 75:1513-1522. [PMID: 32336238 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.119.14580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Preeclampsia, a hypertensive pregnancy disorder, links to increased long-term maternal cardiovascular disease (CVD). The risk is further increased with early-onset preeclampsia (EPE) and delivery of a growth-restricted child. We hypothesized that circulating biomarkers associated with CVD risk differed between preeclampsia subtypes and controls. We compared EPE; n=37, delivery <week 34, late-onset preeclampsia (LPE); n=29, delivery ≥week 34, and normotensive controls (n=49) using Olink Proseek multiplex CVD I assay (targeting 92 biomarkers). We stratified analysis to uteroplacental spiral artery acute atherosis presence in preeclampsia patients, sharing morphological similarities with atherosclerosis. We found 47 CVD-related biomarkers differing between the groups, 42 markers between normotensive controls and EPE, 28 markers between normotensive controls and LPE, and 9 markers between EPE and LPE. Among these 9 markers, ST2 (ST2 protein), MMP (matrix metalloproteinase) 1, MMP3, and fractalkine (CX3CL1) were uniquely dysregulated in EPE. Principal component (PC) analysis of the differing markers identified 4 clusters (named PC1-PC4) that largely separated the preeclampsia and control groups as well as pregnancies with low and high circulating PlGF (placental growth factor). The combination of the single markers PlGF, ST2, MMP1, MMP3, and CX3CL1 had a high discriminatory property to differentiate between EPE and LPE. Preeclampsia with acute atherosis or with fetal growth restriction could be differentiated by Olink biomarkers as compared with preeclampsia without these features. We identified specific CVD-related biomarkers in pregnancy depending on preeclampsia subtypes and uteroplacental acute atherosis. Assessment of these pregnancy measured biomarkers' relation to long-term cardiovascular dysfunction and hard end points is warranted.
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- Tove Lekva
- From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Norway (T.L., M.S., K.M., A.C.S.).,Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Norway (T.L.)
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- From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Norway (T.L., M.S., K.M., A.C.S.).,Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway (M.S., K.M., A.C.S.)
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- From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Norway (T.L., M.S., K.M., A.C.S.).,Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway (M.S., K.M., A.C.S.).,Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Bærum Hospital, Vestre Viken HF, Norway (K.M.)
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- Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a cooperation of Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Max-Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany (R.D.).,Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, HELIOS-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany (R.D.)
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- From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Norway (T.L., M.S., K.M., A.C.S.).,Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway (M.S., K.M., A.C.S.)
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Yang JH, Chen CD, Chou CH, Wen WF, Tsao PN, Lee H, Chen SU. Intentional endometrial injury increases embryo implantation potentials through enhanced endometrial angiogenesis†. Biol Reprod 2020; 100:381-389. [PMID: 30247509 DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioy205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Revised: 08/03/2018] [Accepted: 09/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Embryo implantation rates have been found to be enhanced by precedent endometrial injuries, but the underlying mechanism is not fully investigated. Endometrial inflammation occurs both at peri-implantation period and after endometrial injury, in which vascular reaction is a distinctive feature of inflammation. In this study, intentional endometrial injury was done with a 0.7-mm-diameter brush inserted into the left uterine horn of female ICR mice, then turned around 720° (group 2), and the right uterine horn served as the controls without endometrial injuries (group 1). Intraperitoneal equine chorionic gonadotropin 2.5 IU was injected, followed by human chorionic gonadotropin 10 IU injection, and the uterus was dissected 5 days later, roughly at the peri-implantation period. The peri-implantation endometrium was obtained, and angiogenesis protein array revealed that matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1 (IGFBP-1), and IL-1α were more strongly expressed in injured endometrium (group 2) than in the controls (group 1). Immunohistochemical CD34 staining was more prominently expressed in group 2 uterus, and the treatment with LY294002, a phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor, significantly decreased CD34 immunopositive cells. The capabilities of permeability, proliferation, tube formation, and migration of mouse endometrial endothelial cells were significantly enhanced in group 2 than in group 1. Our results demonstrate that enhanced endometrial angiogenesis is a possible mechanism accounting for the increased endometrial receptivity after endometrial injury.
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- Jehn-Hsiahn Yang
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Shi JW, Yang HL, Fan DX, Yang SL, Qiu XM, Wang Y, Lai ZZ, Ha SY, Ruan LY, Shen HH, Zhou WJ, Li MQ. The role of CXC chemokine ligand 16 in physiological and pathological pregnancies. Am J Reprod Immunol 2020; 83:e13223. [PMID: 31972050 DOI: 10.1111/aji.13223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 01/12/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The survival and development of a semi-allogeneic fetus during pregnancy require the involvement of a series of cytokines and immune cells. Chemokines are a type of special cytokine those were originally described as having a role in leukocyte trafficking. CXC chemokine ligand (CXCL) 16 is a member of the chemokine family, and CXC chemokine receptor (CXCR) 6 is its sole receptor. Emerging evidence has shown that CXCL16/CXCR6 is expressed at the maternal-fetal interface, by cell types that include trophoblast cells, decidual stroma cells, and decidual immune cells (eg, monocytes, γδT cells, and natural killer T (NKT) cells). The regulation of expression of CXCL16 is quite complex, and this process involves a multitude of factors. CXCL16 exerts a critical role in the establishment of a successful pregnancy through a series of molecular interactions at the maternal-fetal interface. However, an abnormal expression of CXCL16 is associated with certain pathological states associated with pregnancy, including recurrent miscarriage, pre-eclampsia, and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). In the present review, the expression and pleiotropic roles of CXCL16 under conditions of physiological and pathological pregnancy are systematically discussed.
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- Jia-Wei Shi
- NHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Institute of Obstetrics and 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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- Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Institute of Obstetrics and 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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- Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Institute of Obstetrics and 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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- Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Center of Reproductive Medicine of Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 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, China.,Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Institute of Obstetrics and 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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Exosomes from dairy cows of divergent fertility; Action on endometrial cells. J Reprod Immunol 2020; 137:102624. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2019.102624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Revised: 05/26/2019] [Accepted: 10/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The phenotype of decidual CD56+ lymphocytes is influenced by secreted factors from decidual stromal cells but not macrophages in the first trimester of pregnancy. J Reprod Immunol 2020; 138:103082. [PMID: 31982613 DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2020.103082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2019] [Revised: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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During the first trimester of pregnancy the decidua is comprised of decidual stromal cells (DSC), invading fetal trophoblast cells and maternal leukocytes, including decidual natural killer (dNK) cells and macrophages. dNK cells are distinct from peripheral blood NK cells and have a role in regulating trophoblast invasion and spiral artery remodelling. The unique phenotype of dNK cells results from the decidual environment in which they reside, however the interaction and influence of other cells in the decidua on dNK phenotype is unknown. We isolated first trimester DSC and decidual macrophages and investigated the effect that DSC and decidual macrophage secreted factors have on CD56+ decidual lymphocyte receptor expression and cytokine secretion (including dNK cells). We report that DSC secreted factors induce the secretion of the cytokines IL-8 and IL-6 from first trimester CD56+ cells. However, neither DSC nor decidual macrophage secreted factors changed CD56+ cell receptor expression. These results suggest that secreted factors from DSC influence CD56+ decidual lymphocytes during the first trimester of pregnancy and therefore may play a role in regulating the unique phenotype and function of dNK cells during placentation.
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Tagoma A, Haller‐Kikkatalo K, Roos K, Oras A, Kirss A, Ilonen J, Uibo R. Interleukin‐7, T helper 1, and regulatory T‐cell activity‐related cytokines are increased during the second trimester of healthy pregnancy compared to non‐pregnant women. Am J Reprod Immunol 2019; 82:e13188. [DOI: 10.1111/aji.13188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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- Aili Tagoma
- Department of Immunology Faculty of Medicine Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine University of Tartu Tartu Estonia
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- Department of Immunology Faculty of Medicine Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine University of Tartu Tartu Estonia
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- Department of Immunology Faculty of Medicine Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine University of Tartu Tartu Estonia
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- Department of Immunology Faculty of Medicine Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine University of Tartu Tartu Estonia
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- Women's Clinic Tartu University Hospital Tartu Estonia
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory Institute of Biomedicine University of Turku Turku Finland
- Clinical Microbiology Turku University Hospital Turku Finland
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- Department of Immunology Faculty of Medicine Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine University of Tartu Tartu Estonia
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Chemokines as the modulators of endometrial epithelial cells remodelling. Sci Rep 2019; 9:12968. [PMID: 31506569 PMCID: PMC6736846 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-49502-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Previous studies highlighted chemokines as potential factors regulating changes in the endometrium during early pregnancy. The current study aimed to screen the effects of a broad range of chemokines and indicate those that are involved in porcine luminal epithelial (LE) cell remodelling. Messenger RNA expression of chemokines (CCL2, CCL4, CCL5, CCL8, CXCL2, CXCL8, CXCL10 and CXCL12) and both the mRNA and protein expression of their receptors (CCR1, CCR2, CCR3, CCR5, CXCR2, CXCR3, CXCR4) were detected in LE cells. Exogenous CCL8 enhanced the proliferative and migration potential of LE cells and their motility in the environment with its stable concentration. The adhesive properties of LE cells were negatively affected by CCL8. However, CXCL12 positively affected the proliferation, motility and adhesion of LE cells as well as caused a decrease in MUC1 mRNA expression. To conclude, our studies determined that exogenous chemokines affected critical endometrial epithelial cell functions in the context of embryo implantation. We suggest that of all the examined factors, chemokine CCL8 participates in the establishment of a proper environment for embryo implantation, whereas CXCL12, apart from participation in endometrial receptivity, promotes embryo attachment.
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Huang SJ, Chen CP, Buchwalder L, Yu YC, Piao L, Huang CY, Schatz F, Lockwood CJ. Regulation of CX3CL1 Expression in Human First-Trimester Decidual Cells: Implications for Preeclampsia. Reprod Sci 2019; 26:1256-1265. [PMID: 30606080 PMCID: PMC6949968 DOI: 10.1177/1933719118815592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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C-X3-C motif ligand 1 (CX3CL1) mediates migration, survival, and adhesion of natural killer (NK) cells, monocytes, and T-cells to endothelial/epithelial cells. Aberrant numbers and/or activation of these decidual immune cells elicit preeclampsia development. Decidual macrophages and NK cells are critical for implantation, while macrophage-derived tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-1 β (IL-1β), and NK cell-derived interferon-γ (IFN-γ) are associated with preeclampsia development. Thus, serum and decidual levels of CX3CL1 from first-trimester pregnancy and preeclampsia-complicated term pregnancy were examined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunohistochemistry, respectively. The effects of incubating primary human first-trimester decidual cells (FTDCs) with estradiol + medroxyprogesterone acetate + either IL-1β or TNF-α and/or IFN-γ on CX3CL1 expression were also assessed by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and ELISA. The inhibition of each signaling pathway with each kinase and nuclear factor κB (NFκB) inhibitors was evaluated by ELISA. Chemotaxis of CD56brightCD16- NK cells by various concentrations of CX3CL1 was evaluated. C-X3-C motif ligand 1 is expressed by both cytotrophoblasts and decidual cells in first-trimester decidua. C-X3-C motif ligand 1 expression is increased in term decidua but unchanged in first-trimester and term serum of patients with preeclampsia. Interferon-gamma and either IL-1β or TNF-α synergistically upregulated CX3CL1 expression in FTDCs. Coincubation with IL-1β or TNF-α or IFN-γ, mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1 and 2 (MEK1/2), c-JUN N-terminal kinase (JNK), and NFκB inhibitors suppressed CX3CL1 production. C-X3-C motif ligand 1 elicited concentration-dependent enhancement of CD56brightCD16- NK cell migration. In conclusion, the current study suggests that decidual cell-secreted CX3CL1 is involved in the later development of preeclampsia, whereas circulating CX3CL1 levels do not predict preeclampsia. Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1 and 2, JNK, and NFκB signaling mediate IL-1β-, TNF-α-, and IFN-γ-induced CX3CL1 production by FTDCs.
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- S. Joseph Huang
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Clinical Research Support Lab, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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Saghian R, Bogle G, James JL, Clark AR. Establishment of maternal blood supply to the placenta: insights into plugging, unplugging and trophoblast behaviour from an agent-based model. Interface Focus 2019; 9:20190019. [PMID: 31485310 DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2019.0019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The ability of the baby to receive nutrients and oxygen in utero depends on the healthy development of the placenta. For maternal blood to adequately perfuse the placenta, it dramatically alters the arteries in the uterus that supply it with nutrient-rich blood right from the start of pregnancy. Placental cells (trophoblasts) invade both into the tissue of the uterus and into the maternal blood vessels nearest to the site of implantation (the spiral arteries (SAs)) and transform these allowing a relatively high and steady flow of nutrient-rich blood to perfuse the placenta. Trophoblasts also form plugs that occlude SAs, preventing maternal blood flow to the placenta until the late first trimester, at which point these plugs dislodge or disintegrate. Here we present an agent-based model of trophoblast migration within plugged SAs to tease apart the impact of chemical signals and mechanical factors on trophoblast behaviour. The model supports our previous in vitro hypothesis that plugging of the maternal arteries in early pregnancy can act to promote trophoblast invasion by providing a 'low flow' environment and extends our understanding by suggesting 'weak spots' in plug structure can lead to plug degeneration, allowing increased blood flow through the materno-fetal circulation.
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- Rojan Saghian
- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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