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Fürbass R, Michaelis M, Schuler G. Unhatched bovine blastocysts express all transcripts of the estrogen biosynthetic pathway, but steroid hormone synthesis could not yet be demonstrated. Domest Anim Endocrinol 2023; 82:106770. [PMID: 36279747 DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2022.106770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Revised: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Early embryos of rodent species and rabbits but also farm animals such as pigs, horses and cattle produce estrogens, which are considered important regulators of the implantation process. In cattle, the exact stage at which embryonic estrogen synthesis commences is yet unknown. However, this information is regarded as important to consider a possible role of embryonic estrogens in preimplantation development. Therefore, in this study, we first used quantitative reverse transcription PCR to examine the mRNA expression of the enzymes required for the conversion of cholesterol into free and sulfonated estrogens (CYP11A1, CYP17A1, HSD3B, CYP19A1, and SULT1E1), the cholesterol carrier protein STAR, and the estrogen receptors ESR1 and ESR2 in in vitro produced morulae and unhatched blastocysts (d 6-9). Only in the blastocysts, were the mRNAs of the entire estrogen biosynthesis chain and of both estrogen receptors clearly present, whereas mRNA specific to ESRs was already detectable in the morulae. We also examined the expression of the corresponding enzymes in blastocysts at the protein level. None of the enzymes were detectable by capillary-based western analysis. Immunofluorescence methods were established for the detection of CYP17A1, CYP19A1, and SULT1E1. CYP17A1 was observed in the inner cell mass and trophectoderm, whereas CYP19A1 and SULT1E1 were present only in trophectoderm. An attempt to detect estrogen sulfotransferase activity was unsuccessful. Despite clear evidence that some elements of the estrogen biosynthetic pathway are also present at the protein level, it remains to be clarified whether the enzyme cascade underlying estrogen production is already functional in unhatched blastocysts.
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- R Fürbass
- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany.
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- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Veterinary Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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Moradi M, Zhandi M, Sharafi M, Akbari A, Atrabi MJ, Totonchi M. Gene expression profile of placentomes and clinical parameters in the cows with retained placenta. BMC Genomics 2022; 23:760. [PMID: 36411408 PMCID: PMC9677913 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08989-5] [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: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Retained placenta (RP) is a prevalent disorder in cattle with many health-related and economic costs for the farm owners. Its etiology has not been clarified yet and there is no definite therapy for this disorder. In this study we conducted RNA-seq, hematologic and histologic experiments to survey the causes of RP development. METHODS Blood samples were collected from 4 RP and 3 healthy cows during periparturtion period for hematological assessments followed by placentome sampling within 30 min after parturition. Cows were grouped as RP and control in case the placenta was retained or otherwise expelled, respectively. Total RNA was extracted from placentome samples followed by RNA-sequencing. RESULTS We showed 240 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between the RP and control groups. Enrichment analyzes indicated immune system and lipid metabolism as prominent over- and under-represented pathways in RP cows, respectively. Hormonal assessments showed that estradiol-17β (E2) was lower and cortisol tended to be higher in RP cows compared to controls at the day of parturition. Furthermore, histologic experiment showed that villi-crypt junctions remain tighter in RP cows compared to controls and the crypts layer seemed thicker in the placentome of RP cows. Complete blood cell (CBC) parameters were not significantly different between the two groups. CONCLUSION Overall, DEGs derived from expression profiling and these genes contributed to enrichment of immune and lipid metabolism pathways. We suggested that E2 could be involved in development of RP and the concentrations of P4 and CBC counts periparturition might not be a determining factor.
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- Mehdi Moradi
- grid.46072.370000 0004 0612 7950Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- grid.46072.370000 0004 0612 7950Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- grid.412266.50000 0001 1781 3962Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran ,grid.419336.a0000 0004 0612 4397Department of Embryology, Reproduction Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACER, Tehran, Iran
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- grid.417689.5Department of Genetics, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- grid.411984.10000 0001 0482 5331Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany
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- grid.417689.5Department of Genetics, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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Jamioł M, Sozoniuk M, Wawrzykowski J, Kankofer M. Effect of Sex Steroids and PGF 2α on the Expression of Their Receptors and Decorin in Bovine Caruncular Epithelial Cells in Early-Mid Pregnancy. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27217420. [PMID: 36364246 PMCID: PMC9653824 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27217420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 10/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Changes in the expression of various genes, including pregnancy-associated hormone receptors and extracellular matrix proteins, have been suggested to play a significant role in bovine placental development. This study aimed to examine the influence of sex steroids and PGF2α on decorin (DCN) expression in the epithelial cells of bovine caruncle in early−mid pregnancy in cows. The expression patterns of DCN, PTGFR, PGR and ESR1 were analyzed by RT-qPCR and Western blotting in primary caruncular epithelial cell cultures (PCECC) and placental tissue homogenates derived from the 2nd and 4th months of pregnancy. PCECC were found to express DCN, PTGFR, PGR and ESR1. The intensity of PGR staining was higher in cells derived from the 4th month of pregnancy (p < 0.05). The 17β-estradiol, progesterone and PGF2α have not been shown to affect DCN expression. PGF2α decreased PTGFR expression in cells derived from the 4th month of gestation (p < 0.05). In conclusion, the results of the present preliminary study showed that the expression of the PTGFR, ESR1, PGR and DCN in PCECC does not vary throughout early−mid pregnancy. Further studies should be carried out to observe the relationship between hormonal status and cellular adhesion to determine their importance for properly developing placentation and pregnancy in cows.
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- Monika Jamioł
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka Street 12, 20-033 Lublin, Poland
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka Street 15, 20-950 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka Street 12, 20-033 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka Street 12, 20-033 Lublin, Poland
- Correspondence: ; Tel./Fax: +48-445-66-08
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Schuler G. Steroid sulfates in domestic mammals and laboratory rodents. Domest Anim Endocrinol 2021; 76:106622. [PMID: 33765496 DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2021.106622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Historically steroid sulfates have been considered predominantly as inactive metabolites. It was later discovered that by cleavage of the sulfate residue by steroid sulfatase (STS), they can be (re-)converted into active forms or into precursors for the local production of active steroids. This sulfatase pathway is now a very active field of research, which has gained considerable interest particularly in connection with the steroid metabolism of human steroid hormone-dependent cancer tissue. In comparison, there is much less information available on the occurrence of the sulfatase pathway in physiological settings, where the targeted uptake of steroid sulfates by specific transporters and their hydrolysis could serve to limit steroid effects to a subgroup of potentially steroid responsive cells. In humans, steroid sulfates of adrenal origin circulate in intriguingly high concentrations throughout most of life. Thus, ample substrate is available for the sulfatase pathway regardless of sex. However, the abundant adrenal output of steroid sulfates is a specific feature of select primates. Compared to humans, in our domestic mammals (dogs, cats, domestic ungulates) and laboratory rodents (mouse, rat) research into the biology of steroid sulfates is still in its infancy and information on the subject has so far been largely limited to punctual observations, which indicate considerable species-specific peculiarities. The aim of this overview is to provide a summary of the relevant information available in the above-mentioned species, predominantly taking into account data on concentrations of steroid sulfates in blood as well as the expression patterns and activities of relevant sulfotransferases and STS.
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- G Schuler
- Veterinary Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
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Oral cholecalciferol supplementation alleviates lipopolysaccharide-induced preterm delivery partially through regulating placental steroid hormones and prostaglandins in mice. Int Immunopharmacol 2019; 69:235-244. [DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2019.01.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2019] [Revised: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Attupuram NM, Kumaresan A, Narayanan K, Kumar H. Cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in placental separation in the bovine: A review. Mol Reprod Dev 2016; 83:287-97. [PMID: 26970238 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Retention of fetal membranes (RFM), where the fetal placenta is not expelled within 8-12 hr after calving, lowers bovine productivity and fertility, resulting in significant economic loss to the dairy industry. Several risk factors that predispose an individual to RFM are known, but a unifying pathogenesis remains elusive due to its multifactorial etiology. Fetal membrane separation and expulsion after parturition involves structural and immunological changes of the bovine placentome that are governed predominantly by steroid hormones and the prostaglandin milieu of late pregnancy and parturition. Maturation of the placentome, a gradual and concerted event of late gestation, is likely initiated by the up-regulation of fetal major histocompatibility complex class I in the interplacentomal region-which increases the apoptosis of binucleate and other trophoblastic cells, the degradation of collagen in the extracellular matrix by matrix metalloproteinases, and an influx of phagocytic leukocytes. Shear force further distorts the crypt architecture of the mature placentomes when they are forced against the fetus during the second stage of labor. Cotyledon dehiscence from the caruncular crypts is completed following fetal expulsion as a result of acute shrinkage of the cotelydonary villi as well as reduced perfusion to the caruncle; the secundinae is expelled by uterine contractions. A better understanding of placentomal maturation, intra-partum, and immediate postpartum changes of the placentome should help develop strategies for the treatment and prevention of RFM. The present review proposes a model of placentome maturation and separation of fetal membranes in the dairy cow.
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- N M Attupuram
- Theriogenology Lab, Animal Reproduction, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India
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- Theriogenology Lab, Animal Reproduction, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India
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- Division of Animal Reproduction, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Division of Animal Reproduction, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Klein C. Pregnancy Recognition and Implantation of the Conceptus in the Mare. ADVANCES IN ANATOMY, EMBRYOLOGY, AND CELL BIOLOGY 2015; 216:165-88. [PMID: 26450499 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15856-3_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Few, if any, biological processes are as diverse among domestic species as establishment of early pregnancy, in particular maternal recognition of pregnancy. Following fertilization and initial development in the mare oviduct, selective transport of the embryo through the uterotubal junction driven by embryo-derived PGE2 occurs. Upon arrival in the uterus, an acellular glycoprotein capsule is formed that covers the embryo, blastocyst, and conceptus (embryo and associated extraembryonic membranes) between the second and third weeks of pregnancy. Between Days 9 and 15/16 of pregnancy, the conceptus undergoes an extended phase of mobility. Conceptus mobility is driven by conceptus-derived PGF2α and PGE2 that stimulate uterine contractions which in turn propel migration of the conceptus within the uterine lumen. Cessation of conceptus mobility is referred to as fixation and appears to be attributable to increasing size of the conceptus, preferential thickening of the endometrium near the mesometrial attachment referred to as encroachment, and a reduction in sialic acid content of the capsule. During maternal recognition of pregnancy, endometrial PGF2α release is attenuated, a consequence of reduced expression of key enzymes involved in prostaglandin production. Oxytocin responsiveness is altered during early pregnancy, and reduced expression of the oxytocin receptor appears to be regulated at the posttranscriptional level rather than the transcriptional level. Prostaglandin release is attenuated temporarily only during early pregnancy; during the third week of pregnancy, the endometrium resumes the ability to secrete PGF2α. The equine conceptus initiates steroidogenesis as early as Day 6 and synthesizes estrogens, androgens, and progesterone. Estrogens are metabolized locally, presumably regulating their bioavailability and actions. Results of experiments attempting to prove that conceptus-derived estrogens are responsible for extension of corpus luteum function have been inconclusive. By the fourth week of pregnancy, the chorionic girdle becomes visible on the trophoblast. Subsequent invasion of chorionic girdle cells leads to formation of endometrial cups which secrete equine chorionic gonadotropin. Equine chorionic gonadotropin has luteinizing hormone functions in the mare, causing luteinization of follicles resulting in the formation of secondary corpora lutea essential to production of progesterone and maintenance of pregnancy.
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- Claudia Klein
- Veterinary and Clinical Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Dr NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada.
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Polei M, Viergutz T, Tomek W, Schuler G, Fürbass R. Estrogen-Specific Sulfotransferase (SULT1E1) in Bovine Placentomes: Inverse Levels of mRNA and Protein in Uninucleated Trophoblast Cells and Trophoblast Giant Cells1. Biol Reprod 2014; 91:48. [DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.118760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Rantala MH, Mutikainen M, Schuler G, Katila T, Taponen J. Endometrial expression of progesterone, estrogen, and oxytocin receptors and of 20α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and cyclooxygenase II 2 and 5 days after ovulation in induced short and normal estrous cycles in dairy cows. Theriogenology 2014; 81:1181-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2014.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2013] [Revised: 12/30/2013] [Accepted: 01/16/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Hartmann D, Honnens Ä, Piechotta M, Lüttgenau J, Niemann H, Rath D, Bollwein H. Effects of a protracted induction of parturition on the incidence of retained placenta and assessment of uterine artery blood flow as a measure of placental maturation in cattle. Theriogenology 2013; 80:176-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2013.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2012] [Revised: 01/31/2013] [Accepted: 02/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Khatri P, Hoffmann B, Schuler G. Androgen receptor is widely expressed in bovine placentomes and up-regulated during differentiation of bovine trophoblast giant cells. Placenta 2013; 34:416-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2013.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2012] [Revised: 01/28/2013] [Accepted: 01/30/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Palm F, Walter I, Nowotny N, Budik S, Helmreich M, Aurich C. Progestin treatment does not affect expression of cytokines, steroid receptors, oxytocin receptor, and cyclooxygenase 2 in fetal membranes and endometrium from pony mares at parturition. Theriogenology 2013; 79:59-68. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2012] [Revised: 09/17/2012] [Accepted: 09/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Nguyen PT, Conley AJ, Soboleva TK, Lee RS. Multilevel regulation of steroid synthesis and metabolism in the bovine placenta. Mol Reprod Dev 2012; 79:239-54. [DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2011] [Accepted: 12/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Streyl D, Kenngott R, Herbach N, Wanke R, Blum H, Sinowatz F, Wolf E, Zerbe H, Bauersachs S. Gene expression profiling of bovine peripartal placentomes: detection of molecular pathways potentially involved in the release of foetal membranes. Reproduction 2012; 143:85-105. [DOI: 10.1530/rep-11-0204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The mechanisms underlying detachment of foetal membranes after birth in cows are still unclear. To address this problem in a systematic manner, we performed the first holistic transcriptome study of bovine placentomes antepartum (AP;n=4 cows) and intrapartum (IP;n=4 cows) using Affymetrix GeneChip Bovine Genome Arrays. Three placentomes were extracted from each cow, and tissue samples from the contact zones of the placentomes (foeto-maternal units) were recovered by systematic random sampling and processed for RNA extraction and for stereological quantification of cellular composition. Statistical analysis of microarray data (false discovery rate 1%) revealed 759 mRNAs with at least twofold higher levels in the samples of the AP group, whereas 514 mRNAs showed higher levels in the IP group. The differentially expressed genes were classified according to biological processes and molecular functions using the Functional Annotation Clustering tool of the DAVID Bioinformatics Resources. Genes with higher mRNA levels in the AP group were nearly completely related to mitotic cell cycle and tissue differentiation. During parturition, a complete shift occurred because the genes with higher mRNA levels in IP were nearly all related to three different physiological processes/complexes: i) apoptosis, ii) degradation of extra cellular matrix and iii) innate immune response, which play a fundamental role in placental detachment. These results are an excellent basis for future studies investigating the molecular basis of retained foetal membranes.
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Wilsher S, Gower S, Allen W. Immunohistochemical localisation of progesterone and oestrogen receptors at the placental interface in mares during early pregnancy. Anim Reprod Sci 2011; 129:200-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2011.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2011] [Revised: 11/06/2011] [Accepted: 11/14/2011] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Kohan-Ghadr H, Fecteau G, Smith L, Murphy B, Lefebvre R. Endocrine profiles of somatic nuclear transfer-derived pregnancies in dairy cattle. Theriogenology 2011; 76:911-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2010] [Revised: 03/16/2011] [Accepted: 04/22/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Khatri P, Frenette G, Sullivan R, Hoffmann B, Schuler G. Expression of SULT1E1 protein in bovine placentomes: Evidence for localization in uninucleated trophoblast cells. Placenta 2011; 32:431-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2011.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2010] [Revised: 03/04/2011] [Accepted: 03/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ghai S, Monga R, Mohanty TK, Chauhan MS, Singh D. Tissue-specific promoter methylation coincides with Cyp19 gene expression in buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) placenta of different stages of gestation. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2010; 169:182-9. [PMID: 20691690 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2010] [Revised: 07/20/2010] [Accepted: 07/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Aromatase is the key enzyme for estrogen biosynthesis and is encoded by Cyp19 gene. Placental cotyledons are the main site of Cyp19 gene expression during pregnancy. The present study was aimed to investigate if DNA methylation and thus epigenetic mechanisms play a potential role in stage-specific regulation of Cyp19 expression in placental cotyledons of pregnant water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis). Significantly higher expression of Cyp19 gene (p<0.05) in placental cotyledons of early gestation period and post parturition period was found in comparison to mid-gestation placenta. Tissue-specific promoter driven transcript analyses showed that the change in expression was mainly due to change in the relative abundance of transcripts from exon I.1 while the transcripts from exon II showed comparatively less variation. Methylation analysis of 5 CpG dinucleotides of placenta-specific promoter I.1 and proximal promoter, PII showed hypo-methylation of PI.1 in early and term placenta while hyper-methylation in mid-placenta. However, PII was found to be hypomethylated in all the three tissues. In conclusion, result of the present study demonstrated that stage-specific methylation status of PI.1, the major promoter responsible for aromatase expression in buffalo placental cotyledons, coincides with the change in expression of Cyp19 gene in different stages of pregnancy.
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- Sandeep Ghai
- Animal Biochemistry Division, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India
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McNaughton AP, Murray RD. Structure and function of the bovine fetomaternal unit in relation to the causes of retained fetal membranes. Vet Rec 2009; 165:615-22. [DOI: 10.1136/vr.165.21.615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- A. P. McNaughton
- Veterinary Teaching Hospital; School of Veterinary Clinical Science; University of Liverpool, Leahurst; Chester High Road Neston Cheshire CH64 7TE
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- Veterinary Teaching Hospital; School of Veterinary Clinical Science; University of Liverpool, Leahurst; Chester High Road Neston Cheshire CH64 7TE
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Abd-Elnaeim MMM, Derar IR, Wilsher S, Allen WR, Leiser R, Schuler G. Immunohistochemical Localization of Oestrogen Receptors α and β, Progesterone Receptor and Aromatase in the Equine Placenta. Reprod Domest Anim 2009; 44:312-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01073.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Feuermann Y, Mabjeesh SJ, Shamay A. Mammary Fat Can Adjust Prolactin Effect on Mammary Epithelial Cells via Leptin and Estrogen. Int J Endocrinol 2009; 2009:427260. [PMID: 20049155 PMCID: PMC2798110 DOI: 10.1155/2009/427260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2009] [Revised: 08/13/2009] [Accepted: 08/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Leptin, like estrogen, is one of the endo/paracrine factors, which are synthesized in and secreted from mature adipocytes. The roles of the mammary fat pad and mammary adipocytes in the initiation of lactation are not clear. In this study, we showed that combination of prolactin, leptin and estrogen elevated the expression of the milk protein beta-lactoglobulin. We also showed that after prolactin stimulate the secretion of leptin from the mammary fat, leptin upregulated the expression of estrogen receptor alpha in the mammary epithelial cells. Also, prolactin affected aromatase mRNA expression in the bovine mammary fat and we demonstrated that leptin and prolactin can affect cholesterol secretion from explants in culture to the medium. Therefore, we suggest that prolactin initiates estrogen expression (as represented by aromatase mRNA) in the mammary fat pad, whereas leptin stimulates estrogen receptor alpha expression in the mammary epithelial cells. We hypothesize that leptin and estrogen, secreted from the mammary fat regulate lactation after stimulation of prolactin.
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- Yonatan Feuermann
- Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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Greven H, Kowalewski MP, Hoffmann B, Geyer J, Rex-Haffner M, Ugele B, Schuler G. Bovine Placental Steroid Sulphatase: Molecular Cloning and Expression Pattern in Placentomes during Gestation and at Parturition. Placenta 2007; 28:889-97. [PMID: 17350090 DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2006] [Revised: 01/08/2007] [Accepted: 01/12/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Apart from during the prepartal period, the main oestrogen produced by the bovine trophoblast is oestrone sulphate (E1S) which does not bind to nuclear oestrogen receptors (ER). High steroid sulphatase (StS) activities previously detected in the maternal part of bovine placentomes (caruncles) suggest the local activation of E1S ("sulphatase pathway"). Consequently, the expression pattern of StS in bovine placentomes was investigated by immunohistochemistry using an antiserum against human placental StS. Cross-reactivity for bovine StS was confirmed by Western blot yielding a single band of 62 kDa in both bovine and human placenta. Immunostaining for StS was detected in caruncular epithelial cells (CEC), which was clearly related to gestational age. In animals pregnant between 100 and 284 days (n=17), signals were restricted to CEC adjacent to the chorionic plate and basal primary and secondary chorionic villi. After the onset of prepartal luteolysis (days 273-282; n=3) and during active labour (n=5) overall staining intensity had increased substantially and signals occurred ubiquitously in the flattened and partially dismantled caruncular epithelium. A 2204 bp full-length mRNA transcript of the bovine StS exhibiting 74% and 77% sequence identity to human StS on the mRNA and protein levels, respectively, was cloned by RACE-PCR. Real-time RT-PCR detected a 2.5-fold increase of StS-mRNA in prepartal placentomes, which, however, was not statistically significant. The co-localisation of ERalpha and StS in CEC is consistent with a role of placental oestrogens as regulators of caruncular growth and differentiation, and the up-regulation of carunclar StS may be involved in the marked prepartal increase of free oestrogens.
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- H Greven
- Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology of Large and Small Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Frankfurter Strasse 106, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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Kohler C, Riesenbeck A, Hoffmann B. Age-dependent Expression and Localization of the Progesterone Receptor in the Boar Testis. Reprod Domest Anim 2007; 42:1-5. [PMID: 17214764 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2006.00661.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Expression of the progesterone receptor (PR) was monitored in testes of groups of five boars aged 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 days. The primary monoclonal antibody used for immunohistochemistry (IHC) was raised against a peptide mapping the amino acids 922-933 of the carboxy-terminus of the human PR, negative controls were set up using an irrelevant monoclonal isotype-specific antibody, porcine endometrium served as positive control tissue. In parallel, qualitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction was applied. Based on the developmental status of spermatogenesis the 50- and 100-day-old boars were considered as immature, the boars aged 200 and 250 days as mature. Positive and negative controls confirmed specificity of IHC. In the 50-day-old boars 85.1% of the prespermatogonia that had reached the basal lamina and 18.2% of the centrally located prespermatogonia stained positive, while it was 92.1% respectively 2.1% in the 100-day-old boars. The effect of time and location was highly significant (p < 0.005 resp. 0.0001). In mature boars between 77 and 80% of the A and B spermatogonia stained positive, there was no effect of boar age and stage of spermatogenesis. In both groups also few peritubular myoid cells stained positive. It is hypothesized that Leydig cell-derived progesterone plays a functional role in spermatogoniogenesis in a synergistic manner with Leydig cell-derived oestrogens.
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- C Kohler
- Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Andrology of Large and Small Animals, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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Fürbass R, Selimyan R, Vanselow J. DNA methylation and chromatin accessibility of the proximalCyp19 promoter region 1.5/2 correlate with expression levels in sheep placentomes. Mol Reprod Dev 2007; 75:1-7. [PMID: 17492761 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Placental oestrogens play an important role as local regulators of placental growth and differentiation during gestation, and toward term they are also involved in the preparation of parturition. They are synthesized within the fetal cotyledons of placentomes by aromatase cytochrome P450 (P450arom; EC 1.14.14.1), the product of the Cyp 19 gene. The first step of regulation of P450arom expression, and hence enzyme activity and oestrogen production, takes place at the level of Cyp 19 transcription, which is driven by a proximal promoter region, P1.5/2, in the sheep placenta. The aim of the present study was to find out if different Cyp 19 expression levels, which previously had been observed in ovine placentome tissues, correlate with the tissue-specific chromatin structure of the promoter. To this end, we investigated the chromatin structure across the P1.5/2 region in caruncles and cotyledons from 100 and 125 days pregnant ewes, and in term placentae, respectively, by analyzing the DNA methylation and the accessibility to restriction digestion. Our data show that: (1) cotyledonal DNA was significantly lower methylated than caruncular DNA; (2) methylation of cotyledonal DNA was low at 100 and 125 days of pregnancy, and increased to a significant higher level in term placentae; and (3) concurrently, cotyledonal chromatin became inaccessible to restriction digestion at term of gestation. The results imply that DNA methylation and chromatin accessibility of the P1.5/2 promoter region correlate with expression levels of the Cyp 19 gene.
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- Rainer Fürbass
- Research Unit Molecular Biology, Research Institute for the Biology of Farm Animals, Dummerstorf, Germany.
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Schäubli M, Ritter N, Hässig M, Zerbe H, Bleul U, Boos A. Progesterone receptors, oestrogen receptor alpha and glucocorticoid receptors in the bovine intercaruncular uterine wall around parturition. Anim Reprod Sci 2006; 103:215-27. [PMID: 17223288 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2006.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2006] [Revised: 12/06/2006] [Accepted: 12/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The bovine intercaruncular uterine wall expresses steroid hormone receptors throughout pregnancy. Concentrations of specific hormones undergo massive changes during the peripartal period and modulate the synthesis of their own receptors. This is well documented for the placentome, but respective data concerning the intercaruncular uterine wall are completely lacking. Thus, intercaruncular uterine wall segments from cows (I) being 8 and 9 months pregnant (slaughtered cows) and (II) cows undergoing a premature caesarean section 269-282 days after artificial insemination (AI) with (IIa, b) or without (IIc) induction of birth with PGF(2alpha) agonist or (III) receiving a caesarean section during severe dystocia (n=6, 5, 5, 5, 6 and 4 animals, respectively) were studied. In four naturally calving cows (IV) endometrial biopsies were obtained within 30 min after the expulsion of the calf. All tissue probes were fixed for 24h in 4% formaldehyde, routinely embedded in paraffin, and cut at 4 microm. Progesterone receptors (PR), estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) and glucocorticoid receptors (GR) were assessed using specific antibodies and staining intensities were documented employing an immunoreactive score (IRS). PR, ERalpha and GR exhibited cell type- and location-specific distribution patterns. IRS for PR and ERalpha did not differ between groups. GR-IRS of endometrial stromal cells, however, were higher in animals undergoing premature caesarean section after induction of birth compared to animals slaughtered during month 8 or 9 of pregnancy or animals receiving caesarean section following dystocia. Results of the present study indicate that steroid hormone receptor amounts within the intercaruncular uterine wall do not (PR, ERalpha) - or in a tissue-specific manner (GR) only - change during the peripartal period, although respective hormones undergo massive changes during this period. This is in strict contrast to the placentome. Comparatively lower local tissue estrogen concentrations around term may be one cause for this difference.
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- M Schäubli
- Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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Schuler G, Ozalp GR, Hoffmann B, Harada N, Browne P, Conley AJ. Reciprocal expression of 17α-hydroxylase-C17,20-lyase and aromatase cytochrome P450 during bovine trophoblast differentiation: a two-cell system drives placental oestrogen synthesis. Reproduction 2006; 131:669-79. [PMID: 16595718 DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.01033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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No definitive information is yet available on the steroidogenic capacity of the two morphologically distinct cell types forming the bovine trophoblast, the uninucleated trophoblast cells (UTCs) and the trophoblast giant cells (TGCs). Hence, in order to localise 17α-hydroxylase-C17,20-lyase (P450c17) on a cellular level and to monitor its expression as a function of gestational age, placentomes from pregnant (days 80–284;n= 19), prepartal (days 273–282; 24–36 h prior to the onset of labour;n= 3) and parturient cows (n= 5) were immunostained for P450c17 using an antiserum against the recombinant bovine enzyme. At all stages investigated, P450c17 was exclusively found in the UTCs of chorionic villi (CV), where staining was ubiquitous between days 80 and 160, but was largely restricted to primary CV and the branching sites of secondary CV between days 160 and 240. Thereafter, a distinct ubiquitous staining reoccurred in the UTCs of all CV in late pregnant, prepartal and parturient animals. Using an antiserum against human aromatase cytochrome P450 (P450arom), specific cytoplasmic staining was observed in TGCs. In placentomes from pregnant cows, staining intensity was higher in mature compared with immature TGCs and was more pronounced in the trophoblast covering big stem villi compared with the trophoblast at other sites of the villous tree. In placentomes of a parturient cow, specific staining was only found in mature TGCs that survived the normal, but substantial, prepartal decline in TGC numbers. These results clearly showed that bovine UTCs and TGCs exhibit different steroidogenic capacities, constituting a ‘two-cell’ organisation for oestrogen synthesis. P450c17 expression appears to be quickly down-regulated and P450arom is up-regulated when UTCs enter the TGC differentiation pathway.
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- G Schuler
- Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology of Large and Small Animals, Justus-Liebig-University, Frankfurter Strasse 106, D-35392 Giessen, Germany.
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Al-Bader MD. Estrogen receptors alpha and beta in rat placenta: detection by RT-PCR, real time PCR and Western blotting. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2006; 4:13. [PMID: 16569236 PMCID: PMC1450289 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-4-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2006] [Accepted: 03/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND High levels of estrogens during pregnancy not only retard placental and fetal growth but can lead to reproductive tract abnormalities in male progeny. Estrogens act through estrogen receptors (ER) to modulate the transcription of target genes. These ER exist in two isoforms, ER alpha and ER beta and recently several variants of these isoforms have been identified. METHODS The expressions of ER isoforms and variants have been studied in rat placenta at 16, 19 and 21 days gestation (dg). Gene expression was assessed using RT-PCR and real time PCR while protein expression was studied using Western blotting followed by immunodetection. Placental homogenates were probed with: a monoclonal antibody raised against the steroid binding domain of the ER alpha (ER alpha -S), a monoclonal antibody raised against the hinge region of ER alpha (ER alpha -H) and a polyclonal antibody raised against the amino terminus of ER beta. RESULTS ER alpha and ER beta mRNA and protein were detected from as early as 16 dg. Two PCR products were detected for ER alpha, one for the wild type ER alpha, and a smaller variant. Real time PCR results suggested the presence of a single product for ER beta. The antibodies used for detection of ER alpha protein both identified a single 67 kDa isoform; however a second 54 kDa band, which may be an ER alpha variant, was identified when using the ER alpha -H antibody. The abundance of both ER alpha bands decreased significantly between 16 and 19 dg. As for ER beta, four bands (76, 59, 54 and 41 kDa) were detected. The abundance of the 59 and 54 kDa bands decreased significantly between 16 and 19 dg. CONCLUSION This study shows that both ER protein isoforms and their variants are present in rat placenta. The decrease in their expression near parturition suggests that the placenta may be relatively unresponsive to estrogens at this stage.
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- Maie D Al-Bader
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Zip Code 13110, Kuwait.
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Boos A, Kohtes J, Janssen V, Mülling C, Stelljes A, Zerbe H, Hässig M, Thole HH. Pregnancy effects on distribution of progesterone receptors, oestrogen receptor α, glucocorticoid receptors, Ki-67 antigen and apoptosis in the bovine interplacentomal uterine wall and foetal membranes. Anim Reprod Sci 2006; 91:55-76. [PMID: 15885934 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2005.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2004] [Revised: 02/25/2005] [Accepted: 03/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Until recently, studies dealing with the uterus of the pregnant cow focus primarily on the placentome or on early and late pregnancy. Thus, there is a paucity of information about many aspects of the interplacentomal uterine wall including adherent foetal membranes. Corresponding tissue specimens were collected at the slaughterhouse and in animals undergoing premature caesarean section. Two specimens per month of pregnancy were assessed immunohistochemically for progesterone receptors, oestrogen receptor alpha and glucocorticoid receptors, Ki-67 protein and TUNEL procedure was performed. The latter two methods were employed in three animals each per months 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 7 and 8 and in six animals undergoing caesarean section at days 274 and 275 post insemination or during spontaneous labour. Results indicate that proliferation and apoptosis are of minor importance for tissue homeostasis since both can histochemically be detected only sporadically. Thus, at the sites investigated here, cellular hypertrophy plays an important role for tissue growth during pregnancy. Progesterone receptors, oestrogen receptor alpha and glucocorticoid receptors, however, exhibit cell type and pregnancy stage specific distribution patterns within the tissues assessed. Progesterone receptor immunoreactive scores remained fairly unchanged during pregnancy. Oestrogen receptor alpha scores, however, generally decreased and glucocorticoid receptors increased with ongoing gestation. Progesterone receptors and oestrogen receptor alpha were present in endometrial stroma and in myometrial smooth muscle cells during whole pregnancy. Oestrogen receptor alpha was detectable during whole pregnancy also in uterine glands. Progesterone receptors were, however, present at a very low level at the latter site only during months 1-3 and 6-9. Oestrogen receptor alpha and glucocorticoid receptors may also mediate uterine blood flow since they were present in the tunica media of uterine blood vessels. Results of the present study indicate, that progesterone and its receptor play an important role during whole gestation, mainly for uterine quiescence. Glucocorticoids and their receptors - possibly in cooperation with oestrogens and decreasing amounts of the oestrogen receptor alpha - should trigger processes initiating parturition, such as endometrial prostaglandin production. Further studies - including the periparturient period - should help to understand the exact role of the extraplacental compartment of the uterine wall for the initiation and progress of parturition.
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- A Boos
- Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Mutembei HM, Pesch S, Schuler G, Hoffmann B. Expression of Oestrogen Receptors alpha and beta and of Aromatase in the Testis of Immature and Mature Boars. Reprod Domest Anim 2005; 40:228-36. [PMID: 15943697 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2005.00586.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The boar testis secretes high amounts of oestrogens. In order to test for a likely local significance, we investigated the expression of oestrogen receptors (ER) in immature and mature boar testes using immunohistochemistry (IHC), in vitro and in situ reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Samples were from 25 boars castrated at ages of 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 days. Mouse monoclonal primary antibodies against porcine ERalpha (clone HT227), human ERbeta1 (clone PPG5/10) and human P450 aromatase (clone SM1671P) were used. Expression of the mRNA was tested utilizing primers specific for the respective porcine mRNA sequences. ER immunoreactivity was exclusively localized to the nuclei. In immature boars, 90.6 +/- 1.2% of prespermatogonia and 71.0 +/- 2.6% of the Leydig cells showed a strong staining for ERalpha; 95.5 +/- 3.5% of the prespermatogonia but none of the Leydig and Sertoli cells were ERbeta-positive. In mature boars a strong staining for the ERbeta was observed in virtually all Sertoli, Leydig and germ cells, except for the elongating/ed spermatids, which were clearly negative; for the ERalpha, strong immunoreaction signals were restricted to spermatogonia and primary spermatocytes with 93.6 +/- 2.7% of these cells being positive; distinctly less intensive signals were observed in 51.4 +/- 0.27% of the secondary spermatocytes, round spermatids and Leydig cells. In vitro RT-PCR was positive for both receptors and results of in situ RT-PCR matched those obtained by IHC. P450 aromatase immunoreaction was restricted to the cytoplasm of Leydig cells. These findings suggest that testicular ER may be important factors contributing to onset and maintenance of spermatogenesis in the boar.
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- H M Mutembei
- Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Andrology of Large and Small Animals, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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Pérez-Martínez C, Durán-Navarrete AJ, García-Fernández RA, Espinosa-Alvarez J, Escudero Diez A, García-Iglesias MJ. Biological characterization of ovarian granulosa cell tumours of slaughtered cattle: assessment of cell proliferation and oestrogen receptors. J Comp Pathol 2004; 130:117-23. [PMID: 15003468 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2003.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2002] [Accepted: 09/25/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Of 1489 slaughtered cattle, 11 had ovarian granulosa cell tumours (GCTs). These GCTs were examined immunohistochemically for proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and oestrogen receptor (ER) in relation to histopathological features (growth pattern, nuclear atypia and mitotic count). On the basis of nuclear atypia and mitotic count, the prognosis for GCTs with a diffuse growth pattern appeared less favourable than that for GCTs with a follicular or trabecular pattern. Increased PCNA expression was significantly associated with nuclear atypia but not with histological growth pattern or mitotic count. A novel finding was the presence of ERbeta but not ERalpha in bovine ovarian GCTs. However, ERbeta expression did not appear to be related to the histopathological features examined. The results indicate that PCNA expression may be of value in establishing the biological behaviour of bovine GCTs. However, a larger series of bovine GCTs should be examinated to assess the prognostic significance of ERbeta.
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- C Pérez-Martínez
- Histology and Pathological Anatomy Section, Department of Animal Pathology: Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of León, 24071 León, Spain
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Kimmins S, Russell GL, Lim HC, Hall BK, MacLaren LA. The effects of estrogen, its antagonist ICI 182, 780, and interferon-tau on the expression of estrogen receptors and integrin alphaV beta 3 on cycle day 16 in bovine endometrium. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2003; 1:38. [PMID: 12756058 PMCID: PMC155788 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-1-38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2003] [Accepted: 04/24/2003] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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We have shown previously that downregulation of intercaruncular stromal integrin alphavbeta3 in bovine endometrium on day 16 of the estrous cycle coincided with the antibody recognition of estrogen receptors (ER) in the luminal epithelium. In pregnancy, these changes were not observed. Our hypothesis was that on day 16 of the estrous cycle, estrogen from the dominant follicle causes a reduction in integrin alphavbeta3 and affects ERalpha in the luminal epithelium. The pregnancy recognition protein, interferon-tau (IFN-tau), may prevent downregulation of integrin alphavbeta3 and suppress ERalpha expression in the luminal epithelium. On days 14 to 16, heifers received uterine infusions of the anti-estrogen ICI 182, 780, estradiol 17beta, IFN-tau or the saline control. On day 16, reproductive tracts were collected for analysis of integrin alphavbeta3 and ERalpha. Estrogen receptor alpha immunoreactivity was largely restricted to the luminal epithelium in control animals. Using anti-ERalpha recognizing the amino terminus, estrogen-treated animals showed reactivity in the stroma, shallow and deep glands and myometrium as is typical of estrus, whereas ICI 182, 870 treated heifers showed little or no reactivity. In contrast, carboxyl terminus-directed antibodies showed a widespread distribution of ERalpha with reactivity detected in the uterine epithelium, stroma and myometrium of both estrogen and ICI 182, 780 treated animals. Heifers treated with IFN-tau had low ERalpha reactivity overall. Control and IFN-tau treated heifers had lower intercaruncular stromal expression of integrin alphavbeta3 in comparison to estrogen and ICI 182, 780 treatments. Overall, the results suggest that on day 16 of the estrous cycle, estrogen effects on integrin alphavbeta3 are indirect and do not directly involve ERalpha in the luminal epithelium. During pregnancy, interferon-tau may block ERalpha in the luminal epithelium but likely does not rescue integrin alphavbeta3 expression.
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- Sarah Kimmins
- Department of Plant and Animal Sciences, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Plant and Animal Sciences, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Plant and Animal Sciences, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Plant and Animal Sciences, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
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