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Wang L, Wang Y, Li B, Zhang Y, Song S, Ding W, Xu D, Zhao Z. BMP6 regulates AMH expression via SMAD1/5/8 in goat ovarian granulosa cells. Theriogenology 2023; 197:167-176. [PMID: 36525856 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2022.11.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is produced by ovarian granulosa cells (GCs)and plays a major role in inhibiting the recruitment of primordial follicles and reducing the sensitivity of growing follicles to follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). Bone morphogenetic protein 6 (BMP6) has similar spatiotemporal expression to AMH during follicular development, suggesting that BMP6 may regulate AMH expression. However, the specific mechanism by which BMP6 regulates AMH expression remains unclear. The objectives of this study were to examine the molecular pathway by which BMP6 regulates AMH expression. The results showed that BMP6 promoted the secretion and expression of AMH in goat ovarian GCs. Mechanistically, BMP6 upregulated the expression of sex-determining region Y-box 9 (SOX9) and GATA-binding factor 4 (GATA4), which was associated with the transcriptional initiation of AMH. AMH expression was significantly decreased by GATA4 knockdown. Moreover, BMP6 treatment promoted the phosphorylation of SMAD1/5/8, whereas inhibiting the SMAD1/5/8 signaling pathway significantly abolished BMP6-induced upregulation of AMH and GATA4 expression. Interestingly, the activation of SMAD1/5/8 alone did not affect the expression of AMH or GATA4. The results suggested that BMP6 upregulated GATA4 through the SMAD1/5/8 signaling pathway, which in turn promoted AMH expression.
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- Lei Wang
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University,Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University,Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University,Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University,Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University,Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University,Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University,Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, PR China.
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University,Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, PR China.
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Yawer A, Sychrová E, Raška J, Babica P, Sovadinová I. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals affect sertoli TM4 cell functionality through dysregulation of gap junctional intercellular communication in vitro. Food Chem Toxicol 2022; 164:113004. [PMID: 35413382 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2022.113004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Revised: 03/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The frequencies of adverse outcomes associated with male reproductive health, including infertility and testicular cancer, are increasing. These adverse trends are partially attributed to increased exposure to environmental agents such as endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs). This study addresses effects on EDCs on adjacent prepubertal Sertoli TM4 cells, specifically on 1) testicular gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC), one of the hallmarks of non-genotoxic carcinogenicity, 2) GJIC building blocks connexins (Cx), and 3) mitogen-activated protein kinases MAPKs. We selected eight representatives of EDCs: bisphenol A and organochlorine chemicals such as pesticides dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, lindane, methoxychlor, and vinclozolin, industrial chemical 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl, and components of personal care products, triclocarban and triclosan. EDCs rapidly dysregulated GJIC in Sertoli TM4 cells mainly via MAPK p38 and/or Erk1/2/pathways by the intermediate hyper- or de-phosphorylation of Cx43 (Ser368, Ser282) and translocalization of Cx43 from the plasma membrane, suggesting disturbed intracellular trafficking of Cx43 protein. Surprisingly, EDCs did not rapidly activate MAPK Erk1/2 or p38; on the contrary, TCC and TCS decreased their activity (phosphorylation). Our results indicate that EDCs might disrupt testicular homeostasis and development via testicular GJIC, junctional and non-junctional functions of Cx43 and MAPK-signalling pathways in Sertoli cells.
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- Affiefa Yawer
- RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, Brno, Czech Republic.
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di Clemente N, Racine C, Pierre A, Taieb J. Anti-Müllerian Hormone in Female Reproduction. Endocr Rev 2021; 42:753-782. [PMID: 33851994 DOI: 10.1210/endrev/bnab012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), also called Müllerian inhibiting substance, was shown to be synthesized by the ovary in the 1980s. This article reviews the main findings of the past 20 years on the regulation of the expression of AMH and its specific receptor AMHR2 by granulosa cells, the mechanism of action of AMH, the different roles it plays in the reproductive organs, its clinical utility, and its involvement in the principal pathological conditions affecting women. The findings in respect of regulation tell us that AMH and AMHR2 expression is mainly regulated by bone morphogenetic proteins, gonadotropins, and estrogens. It has now been established that AMH regulates the different steps of folliculogenesis and that it has neuroendocrine effects. On the other hand, the importance of serum AMH as a reliable marker of ovarian reserve and as a useful tool in the prediction of the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and primary ovarian failure has also been acknowledged. Last but not least, a large body of evidence points to the involvement of AMH in the pathogenesis of PCOS.
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- Nathalie di Clemente
- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), Paris, France.,Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire ICAN, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), Paris, France.,Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire ICAN, Paris, France.,Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris-Diderot Université, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris-Diderot, CNRS, INSERM, Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative UMR 8251, Physiologie de l'Axe Gonadotrope U1133, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris-Diderot, CNRS, INSERM, Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative UMR 8251, Physiologie de l'Axe Gonadotrope U1133, Paris, France
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Saleh AC, Sabry R, Mastromonaco GF, Favetta LA. BPA and BPS affect the expression of anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) and its receptor during bovine oocyte maturation and early embryo development. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2021; 19:119. [PMID: 34344364 PMCID: PMC8330045 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-021-00773-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, such as Bisphenol A (BPA) and Bisphenol S (BPS), is widespread and has negative implications on embryonic development. Preliminary evidence revealed that in women undergoing IVF treatment, urinary BPA levels were associated with low serum anti-Mullerian hormone, however a definitive relationship between the two has not yet been characterized. METHODS This study aimed to evaluate BPA and BPS effects on in vitro oocyte maturation and early preimplantation embryo development through i) analysis of anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) and anti-Mullerian hormone receptor II (AMHRII), ii) investigation of developmental parameters, such as cleavage, blastocyst rates and developmental arrest, iii) detection of apoptosis and iv) assessment of possible sex ratio skew. An in vitro bovine model was used as a translational model for human early embryonic development. We first assessed AMH and AMHRII levels after bisphenol exposure during oocyte maturation. Zygotes were also analyzed during cleavage and blastocysts stages. Techniques used include in vitro fertilization, quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), western blotting, TUNEL and immunofluorescence. RESULTS Our findings show that BPA significantly decreased cleavage (p < 0.001), blastocyst (p < 0.005) and overall developmental rates as well as significantly increased embryonic arrest at the 2-4 cell stage (p < 0.05). Additionally, both BPA and BPS significantly increased DNA fragmentation in 2-4 cells, 8-16 cells and blastocyst embryos (p < 0.05). Furthermore, BPA and BPS alter AMH and AMHRII at the mRNA and protein level in both oocytes and blastocysts. BPA, but not BPS, also significantly skews sex ratios towards female blastocysts (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION This study shows that BPA affects AMH and AMHRII expression during oocyte maturation and that BPS exerts its effects to a greater extent after fertilization and therefore may not be a safer alternative to BPA. Our data lay the foundation for future functional studies, such as receptor kinetics, downstream effectors, and promoter activation/inhibition to prove a functional relationship between bisphenols and the AMH signalling system.
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- Angela Christina Saleh
- grid.34429.380000 0004 1936 8198Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Canada
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- grid.34429.380000 0004 1936 8198Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Canada
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- grid.34429.380000 0004 1936 8198Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Canada
- grid.507770.20000 0001 0698 6008Reproductive Physiology, Toronto Zoo, Scarborough, Ontario Canada
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- grid.34429.380000 0004 1936 8198Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Canada
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Chauvin M, Garambois V, Choblet S, Colombo PE, Chentouf M, Gros L, De Brauwere DP, Duonor-Cerutti M, Dumas K, Robert B, Jarlier M, Martineau P, Navarro-Teulon I, Pépin D, Chardès T, Pèlegrin A. Anti-Müllerian hormone concentration regulates activin receptor-like kinase-2/3 expression levels with opposing effects on ovarian cancer cell survival. Int J Oncol 2021; 59:43. [PMID: 34013359 PMCID: PMC8131086 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2021.5223] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Anti‑Müllerian hormone (AMH) type II receptor (AMHRII) and the AMH/AMHRII signaling pathway are potential therapeutic targets in ovarian carcinoma. Conversely, the role of the three AMH type I receptors (AMHRIs), namely activin receptor‑like kinase (ALK)2, ALK3 and ALK6, in ovarian cancer remains to be clarified. To determine the respective roles of these three AMHRIs, the present study used four ovarian cancer cell lines (COV434‑AMHRII, SKOV3‑AMHRII, OVCAR8, KGN) and primary cells isolated from tumor ascites from patients with ovarian cancer. The results demonstrated that ALK2 and ALK3 may be the two main AMHRIs involved in AMH signaling at physiological endogenous and supraphysiological exogenous AMH concentrations, respectively. Supraphysiological AMH concentrations (25 nM recombinant AMH) were associated with apoptosis in all four cell lines and decreased clonogenic survival in COV434‑AMHRII and SKOV3‑AMHRII cells. These biological effects were induced via ALK3 recruitment by AMHRII, as ALK3‑AMHRII dimerization was favored at increasing AMH concentrations. By contrast, ALK2 was associated with AMHRII at physiological endogenous concentrations of AMH (10 pM). Based on these results, tetravalent IgG1‑like bispecific antibodies (BsAbs) against AMHRII and ALK2, and against AMHRII and ALK3 were designed and evaluated. In vivo, COV434‑AMHRII tumor cell xenograft growth was significantly reduced in all BsAb‑treated groups compared with that in the vehicle group (P=0.018 for BsAb 12G4‑3D7; P=0.001 for all other BsAbs). However, the growth of COV434‑AMHRII tumor cell xenografts was slower in mice treated with the anti‑AMRII‑ALK2 BsAb 12G4‑2F9 compared with that in animals that received a control BsAb that targeted AMHRII and CD5 (P=0.048). These results provide new insights into type I receptor specificity in AMH signaling pathways and may lead to an innovative therapeutic approach to modulate AMH signaling using anti‑AMHRII/anti‑AMHRI BsAbs.
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- Maëva Chauvin
- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, INSERM U1194, Université de Montpellier, Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, F-34298 Montpellier, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, INSERM U1194, Université de Montpellier, Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, F-34298 Montpellier, France
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- CNRS UPS3044 Baculovirus et Thérapie, F-30380 Saint-Christol-Lèz Alès, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, INSERM U1194, Université de Montpellier, Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, F-34298 Montpellier, France
- Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, F-34298 Montpellier, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, INSERM U1194, Université de Montpellier, Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, F-34298 Montpellier, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, INSERM U1194, Université de Montpellier, Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, F-34298 Montpellier, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, INSERM U1194, Université de Montpellier, Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, F-34298 Montpellier, France
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- Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, F-34298 Montpellier, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, INSERM U1194, Université de Montpellier, Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, F-34298 Montpellier, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, INSERM U1194, Université de Montpellier, Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, F-34298 Montpellier, France
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- Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, INSERM U1194, Université de Montpellier, Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, F-34298 Montpellier, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, INSERM U1194, Université de Montpellier, Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, F-34298 Montpellier, France
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Persistent Mullerian duct syndrome and bilateral cryptorchidism. JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY CASE REPORTS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.epsc.2021.101846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The Expression of Anti-Müllerian Hormone Type II Receptor (AMHRII) in Non-Gynecological Solid Tumors Offers Potential for Broad Therapeutic Intervention in Cancer. BIOLOGY 2021; 10:biology10040305. [PMID: 33917111 PMCID: PMC8067808 DOI: 10.3390/biology10040305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Revised: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Simple Summary Until now, only a few studies have examined the AMHRII expression in tumors. Here, with more than 1000 tumor samples and using several complementary techniques we confirmed AMHRII expression in gynecological cancer and demonstrated AMHRII expression in certain non-gynecological cancers such as colorectal cancers. These findings open the way for new therapeutic approaches targeting AMHRII and emphasize the need to better understand the role of AMH/AMHRII in cancer. Abstract The anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) belongs to the TGF-β family and plays a key role during fetal sexual development. Various reports have described the expression of AMH type II receptor (AMHRII) in human gynecological cancers including ovarian tumors. According to qRT-PCR results confirmed by specific In-Situ Hybridization (ISH) experiments, AMHRII mRNA is expressed in an extremely restricted number of normal tissues. By performing ISH on tissue microarray of solid tumor samples AMHRII mRNA was unexpectedly detected in several non-gynecological primary cancers including lung, breast, head and neck, and colorectal cancers. AMHRII protein expression, evaluated by immunohistochemistry (IHC) was detected in approximately 70% of epithelial ovarian cancers. Using the same IHC protocol on more than 900 frozen samples covering 18 different cancer types we detected AMHRII expression in more than 50% of hepato-carcinomas, colorectal, lung, and renal cancer samples. AMHRII expression was not observed in neuroendocrine lung tumor samples nor in non-Hodgkin lymphoma samples. Complementary analyses by immunofluorescence and flow cytometry confirmed the detection of AMHRII on a panel of ovarian and colorectal cancers displaying comparable expression levels with mean values of 39,000 and 50,000 AMHRII receptors per cell, respectively. Overall, our results suggest that this embryonic receptor could be a suitable target for treating AMHRII-expressing tumors with an anti-AMHRII selective agent such as murlentamab, also named 3C23K or GM102. This potential therapeutic intervention was confirmed in vivo by showing antitumor activity of murlentamab against AMHRII-expressing colorectal cancer and hepatocarcinoma Patient-Derived tumor Xenografts (PDX) models.
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Racine C, Genêt C, Bourgneuf C, Dupont C, Plisson-Petit F, Sarry J, Hennequet-Antier C, Vigouroux C, Mathieu d'Argent E, Pierre A, Monniaux D, Fabre S, di Clemente N. New Anti-Müllerian Hormone Target Genes Involved in Granulosa Cell Survival in Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2021; 106:e1271-e1289. [PMID: 33247926 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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PURPOSE A protective effect of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) on follicle atresia was recently demonstrated using long-term treatments, but this effect has never been supported by mechanistic studies. This work aimed to gain an insight into the mechanism of action of AMH on follicle atresia and on how this could account for the increased follicle pool observed in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). METHODS In vivo and in vitro experiments were performed to study the effects of AMH on follicle atresia and on the proliferation and apoptosis of granulosa cells (GCs). RNA-sequencing was carried out to identify new AMH target genes in GCs. The expression of some of these genes in GCs from control and PCOS women was compared using microfluidic real time quantitative RT-PCR. RESULTS A short-term AMH treatment prevented follicle atresia in prepubertal mice. Consistent with this result, AMH inhibited apoptosis and promoted proliferation of different models of GCs. Moreover, integrative biology analyses of 965 AMH target genes identified in 1 of these GC models, confirmed that AMH had initiated a gene expression program favoring cell survival and proliferation. Finally, on 43 genes selected among the most up- and down-regulated AMH targets, 8 were up-regulated in GCs isolated from PCOS women, of which 5 are involved in cell survival. MAIN CONCLUSIONS Our results provide for the first time cellular and molecular evidence that AMH protects follicles from atresia by controlling GC survival and suggest that AMH could participate in the increased follicle pool of PCOS patients.
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- Chrystèle Racine
- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), Paris, France
- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire ICAN, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris-Diderot Université, Paris, France
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- GenPhySE, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, INP, ENVT, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), Paris, France
- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire ICAN, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), Paris, France
- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire ICAN, Paris, France
- Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
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- GenPhySE, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, INP, ENVT, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, INRAE, CNRS, IFCE, Université de Tours, Nouzilly, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), Paris, France
- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire ICAN, Paris, France
- Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), Paris, France
- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire ICAN, Paris, France
- Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris-Diderot, CNRS, INSERM, Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative UMR 8251, Physiologie de l'Axe Gonadotrope U1133, Paris, France
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- Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, INRAE, CNRS, IFCE, Université de Tours, Nouzilly, France
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- GenPhySE, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, INP, ENVT, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), Paris, France
- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire ICAN, Paris, France
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Rak AY, Trofimov AV, Ischenko AM, Sokolov AV. [The study of interaction of different forms of human recombinant anti-mullerian hormone with a chimeric analogue of the AMH type II]. BIOMEDIT︠S︡INSKAI︠A︡ KHIMII︠A︡ 2021; 67:66-73. [PMID: 33645523 DOI: 10.18097/pbmc20216701066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The homodimeric glycoprotein, anti-mullerian hormone (AMH), described over 70 years ago by A. Jost, is the least studied member of the transforming growth factor beta superfamily. Despite the antitumor activity of AMH discovered at the end of the last century, the creation of effective drugs based on AMH is hindered primarily by the lack of information on the mechanism of various AMH forms interaction with a specific type II receptor (MISRII). Previously, we have shown that not only the full-length activated hormone but also its C-terminal fragment (C-rAMH) could bind to MISRII. In this work, using the surface plasmon resonance technique, we compared the interaction of three forms of recombinant AMH (rAMH) with the MISRII analogue - the chimeric protein MISRII-Fc containing AMH type II receptor and a Fc-fragment of the human IgG1 heavy chain. Comparison of the binding of MISRII-Fc, immobilized on a chip with group specificity for human immunoglobulins, to C-rAMH, to intact rAMH (pro-rAMH), and to rAMH containing one uncleaved monomer (hc-rAMH), showed that the KD of the complexes increased: 1.7 nM, 88 nM and 110 nM, respectively. Thus, we have shown that C-terminal fragment of AMH has the maximum affinity for the recombinant MISRII analogue, which indicates the prospects for the development of drugs based on this hormone derivative.
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- A Ya Rak
- State Research Institute for Highly Pure Biopreparations, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- State Research Institute for Highly Pure Biopreparations, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- State Research Institute for Highly Pure Biopreparations, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Experimental Medicine, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Jalaeefar A, Moini A, Eslami B, Alipour S, Shirkhoda M, Aryan A, Mahmoodzadeh H, Omranipour R. Abnormal anti-Müllerian hormone level may be a trigger for breast cancer in young women: A case-control study. Int J Reprod Biomed 2021; 19:181-190. [PMID: 33718762 PMCID: PMC7922299 DOI: 10.18502/ijrm.v19i2.8476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2020] [Revised: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is a known sensitive biomarker for fertility and ovarian reserve. The results of in vivo and human studies showed inconsistency with respect to the relation between AMH and breast cancer. Objective To compare the AMH level of young Iranian women with early breast cancer who have not received any treatment compared to that of healthy women. Materials and Methods In this case-control study, 58 breast cancer cases were recruited from the breast oncology clinic of two university hospitals. They were diagnosed with an in situ or invasive breast cancer before any anticancer treatment between August 2018 and April 2019. Healthy controls (n = 58) were selected from women referred to a gynecologic outpatient clinic without any symptoms of cancer or infertility. AMH was measured by the AMH enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kits in one laboratory. Results Final analysis showed that the AMH means of case and control were not statistically significant (3.36 ± 2.95 vs 3.13 ± 1.79). However, the lower and higher AMH level categories are more prevalent in breast cancer compared to the control. Pearson's correlation test showed that the AMH level was negatively correlated with age (r = -0.44, p< 0.001). The results of logistic regression analysis considering confounding factors showed the positive association between breast cancer and lower (Odds Ratio [OR] = 5.98, p = 0.02) and higher quartile of AMH level (OR = 4.95, p = 0.01). Conclusion Our results suggest that abnormal AMH level is more frequent in young breast cancer patients. Further investigation considering AMH determinants is required.
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- Amirmohsen Jalaeefar
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Breast Disease Research Center (BDRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Arash Women's Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Endocrinology and Female Infertility at Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Breast Disease Research Center (BDRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Breast Disease Research Center (BDRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Surgery, Arash Women's Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Radiology, Advanced Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Research Center (ADIR), Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Breast Disease Research Center (BDRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Breast Disease Research Center (BDRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Does large endometrioma per se increase AMH level? Reprod Biomed Online 2021; 42:691-693. [PMID: 33583699 DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2021.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Women with endometriosis, especially those with endometrioma, present a considerable challenge for ovarian reserve appraisal. This diagnostic difficulty arises from several fundamental questions inherently linked to patient management: the potential influence of endometrioma on ovarian reserve; the adverse effect of ovarian surgery on ovarian reserve; and the adequacy of the established ovarian reserve biomarkers, anti-Müllerian hormone and antral follicle count, to appraise ovarian reserve accurately in these women. Until recently, a key argument was that the development and growth of endometriomas is associated with a progressive damage to normal ovarian tissue, resulting in a concomitant reduction in serum AMH levels. Contrary to this widely accepted position; recent studies have reported that, in women with no previous history of ovarian surgery, AMH levels were increased in women with large endometriomas. These findings are surprising and, if replicated, would have substantial clinical implications. In this commentary, we would, however, urge caution before these reports lead to systematic changes in clinical practice, and recommend urgent replication as the finding linking large endometrioma to high serum AMH levels seems to be biologically implausible, and contradicts the existing extensive body of research.
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Chauvin M, Garambois V, Colombo PE, Chentouf M, Gros L, Brouillet JP, Robert B, Jarlier M, Dumas K, Martineau P, Navarro-Teulon I, Pépin D, Chardès T, Pèlegrin A. Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) autocrine signaling promotes survival and proliferation of ovarian cancer cells. Sci Rep 2021; 11:2231. [PMID: 33500516 PMCID: PMC7838181 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-81819-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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In ovarian carcinoma, anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) type II receptor (AMHRII) and the AMH/AMHRII signaling pathway are potential therapeutic targets. Here, AMH dose-dependent effect on signaling and proliferation was analyzed in four ovarian cancer cell lines, including sex cord stromal/granulosa cell tumors and high grade serous adenocarcinomas (COV434-AMHRII, SKOV3-AMHRII, OVCAR8 and KGN). As previously shown, incubation with exogenous AMH at concentrations above the physiological range (12.5-25 nM) decreased cell viability. Conversely, physiological concentrations of endogenous AMH improved cancer cell viability. Partial AMH depletion by siRNAs was sufficient to reduce cell viability in all four cell lines, by 20% (OVCAR8 cells) to 40% (COV434-AMHRII cells). In the presence of AMH concentrations within the physiological range (5 to 15 pM), the newly developed anti-AMH B10 antibody decreased by 25% (OVCAR8) to 50% (KGN) cell viability at concentrations ranging between 3 and 333 nM. At 70 nM, B10 reduced clonogenic survival by 57.5%, 57.1%, 64.7% and 37.5% in COV434-AMHRII, SKOV3-AMHRII, OVCAR8 and KGN cells, respectively. In the four cell lines, B10 reduced AKT phosphorylation, and increased PARP and caspase 3 cleavage. These results were confirmed in ovarian cancer cells isolated from patients' ascites, demonstrating the translational potential of these results. Furthermore, B10 reduced COV434-MISRII tumor growth in vivo and significantly enhanced the median survival time compared with vehicle (69 vs 60 days; p = 0.0173). Our data provide evidence for a novel pro-survival autocrine role of AMH in the context of ovarian cancer, which was targeted therapeutically using an anti-AMH antibody to successfully repress tumor growth.
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- Maëva Chauvin
- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Campus Val d'Aurelle, 34298, Montpellier Cedex, France
- INSERM, U1194, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Université de Montpellier, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Campus Val d'Aurelle, 34298, Montpellier Cedex, France
- INSERM, U1194, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Université de Montpellier, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, 34298, Montpellier, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Campus Val d'Aurelle, 34298, Montpellier Cedex, France
- INSERM, U1194, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Université de Montpellier, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, 34298, Montpellier, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Campus Val d'Aurelle, 34298, Montpellier Cedex, France
- INSERM, U1194, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Université de Montpellier, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, 34298, Montpellier, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Campus Val d'Aurelle, 34298, Montpellier Cedex, France
- INSERM, U1194, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Université de Montpellier, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, 34298, Montpellier, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Campus Val d'Aurelle, 34298, Montpellier Cedex, France
- INSERM, U1194, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Université de Montpellier, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Département de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, CHU de Nîmes, Nîmes, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Campus Val d'Aurelle, 34298, Montpellier Cedex, France
- INSERM, U1194, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Université de Montpellier, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, 34298, Montpellier, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Campus Val d'Aurelle, 34298, Montpellier Cedex, France
- INSERM, U1194, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Université de Montpellier, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, 34298, Montpellier, France
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- SurgiMAb, 10 Parc Club du Millénaire, 1025 Avenue Henri Becquerel, 34000, Montpellier, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Campus Val d'Aurelle, 34298, Montpellier Cedex, France
- INSERM, U1194, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Université de Montpellier, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, 34298, Montpellier, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Campus Val d'Aurelle, 34298, Montpellier Cedex, France
- INSERM, U1194, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Université de Montpellier, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, 34298, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Campus Val d'Aurelle, 34298, Montpellier Cedex, France
- INSERM, U1194, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Université de Montpellier, 34298, Montpellier, France
- Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, 34298, Montpellier, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Campus Val d'Aurelle, 34298, Montpellier Cedex, France.
- INSERM, U1194, 34298, Montpellier, France.
- Université de Montpellier, 34298, Montpellier, France.
- Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, 34298, Montpellier, France.
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Al Harbi R, McNeish IA, El-Bahrawy M. Ovarian sex cord-stromal tumors: an update on clinical features, molecular changes, and management. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2021; 31:161-168. [PMID: 33414107 DOI: 10.1136/ijgc-2020-002018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Sex cord stromal-tumors are rare tumors of the ovary that include numerous tumor subtypes of variable histological features and biological behavior. Surgery is the main therapeutic modality for the management of these tumors, while chemotherapy and hormonal therapy may be used in some patients with progressive and recurrent tumors. Several studies investigated molecular changes in the different tumor types. Understanding molecular changes underlying the development and progression of sex cord-stromal tumors provides valuable information for diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets for these tumors. In this review, we provide an update on the clinical presentation, molecular changes, and management of sex cord-stromal tumors.
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- Rehab Al Harbi
- Department of Metabolism, Digestion, and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Metabolism, Digestion, and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, UK .,Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt
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Kitajima M, Matsumoto K, Murakami N, Kajimura I, Harada A, Kitajima Y, Masuzaki H, Miura K. AMH Concentrations in Peritoneal Fluids of Women With and Without Endometriosis. Front Surg 2020; 7:600202. [PMID: 33263001 PMCID: PMC7686136 DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2020.600202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background: As its name indicates, anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is primarily found as an inhibitor of the Müllerian duct in male fetus. On the other hand, AMH may act as a mediator of Müllerian duct-derived female tissue, such as endometrium in normal and pathological conditions. However, the role of AMH in the functional regulations of endometriosis is not well understood. It can be hypothesized that AMH in peritoneal fluids may affect the activity of peritoneal endometriosis. In this study, we investigated the levels of AMH in peritoneal fluids (PF) in women with and without endometriosis. Methods: PF were collected during laparoscopy from 90 women diagnosed as having advanced endometriosis (rASRM stage III, n = 30; stage IV, n = 60), and 32 women without endometriosis were served as control. Paired serum samples were also collected before the surgery. AMH in PF and serum were measured by ELISA. Individual clinical information was collected. AMH levels were compared according to the presence of endometriosis. The expression of AMHR2 in peritoneal endometriotic lesions obtained during laparoscopy was examined by immunohistochemistry. Results: AMH levels in PF were positively and significantly correlated with serum AMH levels in both women with and without endometriosis (R2 = 0.17, P < 0.0001; R2 = 0.30, P = 0.001, respectively). Serum AMH levels were inversely and significantly correlated with age in women with endometriosis (R2 = 0.092, P = 0.004) and in control women without statistical significance (R2 = 0.078, P = 0.12). AMH levels in PF were also inversely but not significantly correlated with age in women with and without endometriosis (R2 = 0.029, P = 0.11 and R2 = 0.027, P = 0.37, respectively). Mean age and serum AMH levels were not significantly different between two groups. On the other hand, AMH levels in PF were significantly lower in women with endometriosis compared to those of control women [2.15 ± 2.13 (mean ± SD) vs. 4.40 ± 4.77 ng/mL, P = 0.0001]. AMHR2 are localized at glandular epithelium and stromal cells in the ectopic endometrium of peritoneal endometriosis. Conclusions: Women with endometriosis may present lower PF AMH levels even if they retain serum levels similar to women without disease. As peritoneal endometriosis expresses a specific receptor for AMH, lower AMH levels in PF of women with advanced endometriosis may be involved in the pathophysiology of peritoneal endometriosis.
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- Michio Kitajima
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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Gowkielewicz M, Lipka A, Majewska M, Piotrowska A, Szadurska-Noga M, Nowakowski JJ, Wiszpolska M, Dzięgiel P, Wasniewski T, Majewski MK, Jozwik M. Anti-Müllerian Hormone Type II Receptor Expression in Endometrial Cancer Tissue. Cells 2020; 9:E2312. [PMID: 33080800 PMCID: PMC7603004 DOI: 10.3390/cells9102312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is responsible for the Müllerian ducts' regression in male fetuses. In cells of cancers with AMH receptors (AMHRII), AMH induces cell cycle arrest or apoptosis. As AMH occurs naturally and does not exhibit significant side effects while reducing neoplastic cell colonies, it can be considered as a potential therapeutic agent for cancer treatment. The purpose of this study was to assess the AMHRII expression in endometrial cancer (EC) in correlation to various demographic data and clinical conditions. Immunohistochemical analysis was used to assess AMHRII expression in EC tissue samples retrieved from 230 women with pre-cancerous state of endometrium (PCS) and EC. AMHRII was detected in 100% of samples. No statistical difference was observed for AMHRII expression depending on the histopathological type of EC, cancer staging, body mass index, and age, as well as the number of years of menstruation, births and miscarriages, and average and total breastfeeding time. Diabetes mellitus type 2 is the only factor that has an impact on AMHRII expression in EC tissue. Thus, this study supports the idea of theoretical use of AMH in EC treatment because all histopathological types of EC at all stages of advancement present receptors for AMH.
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- Marek Gowkielewicz
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-082 Olsztyn, Poland; (A.L.); (T.W.); (M.J.)
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-082 Olsztyn, Poland; (A.L.); (T.W.); (M.J.)
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- Department of Human Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-082 Olsztyn, Poland; (M.M.); (M.W.); (M.K.M.)
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- Division of Histology and Embryology, Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-368Wroclaw, Poland; (A.P.); (P.D.)
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- Department of Pathomorphology, School of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-561 Olsztyn, Poland;
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- Department of Ecology & Environmental Protection, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-727 Olsztyn, Poland;
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- Department of Human Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-082 Olsztyn, Poland; (M.M.); (M.W.); (M.K.M.)
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- Division of Histology and Embryology, Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-368Wroclaw, Poland; (A.P.); (P.D.)
- Department of Physiotherapy, Wroclaw University School of Physical Education, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-082 Olsztyn, Poland; (A.L.); (T.W.); (M.J.)
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- Department of Human Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-082 Olsztyn, Poland; (M.M.); (M.W.); (M.K.M.)
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-082 Olsztyn, Poland; (A.L.); (T.W.); (M.J.)
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Anti-Müllerian hormone levels and risk of cancer: A systematic review. Maturitas 2020; 135:53-67. [DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2020.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Revised: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Tuohy VK, Johnson JM, Mazumder S. Primary immunoprevention of adult onset cancers by vaccinating against retired tissue-specific self-proteins. Semin Immunol 2020; 47:101392. [PMID: 31926646 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2020.101392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Despite the enormous success of childhood prophylactic vaccination against diseases caused by pathogens, there is currently no similar preventive vaccine program against diseases confronted with age like breast cancer and ovarian cancer. With the exception of the annual influenza vaccine, current recommendations for adult vaccination are for either primary vaccines not received during childhood or for booster vaccinations to maintain the immunity against pathogens already induced during childhood. Here we describe a strategy to provide prophylactic pre-emptive immunity against the development of adult onset cancers not associated with any definitive etiopathogenic agent. We propose that safe and effective pre-emptive immunity may be induced in cancer-free subjects by vaccination against immunodominant tissue-specific self-proteins that are 'retired' from expression in normal tissues as part of the normal aging process but are expressed in tumors that emerge with age. Primary immunoprevention of adult onset cancers like breast cancer and ovarian cancer represents a great challenge and an even greater unmet need for our current healthcare.
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- Vincent K Tuohy
- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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CAR T Cells Targeting MISIIR for the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer and Other Gynecologic Malignancies. Mol Ther 2019; 28:548-560. [PMID: 31870622 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2019.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2019] [Revised: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The prognosis of patients diagnosed with advanced ovarian or endometrial cancer remains poor, and effective therapeutic strategies are limited. The Müllerian inhibiting substance type 2 receptor (MISIIR) is a transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) receptor family member, overexpressed by most ovarian and endometrial cancers while absent in most normal tissues. Restricted tissue expression, coupled with an understanding that MISIIR ligation transmits apoptotic signals to cancer cells, makes MISIIR an attractive target for tumor-directed therapeutics. However, the development of clinical MISIIR-targeted agents has been challenging. Prompted by the responses achieved in patients with blood malignancies using chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, we hypothesized that MISIIR targeting may be achieved using a CAR T cell approach. Herein, we describe the development and evaluation of a CAR that targets MISIIR. T cells expressing the MISIIR-specific CAR demonstrated antigen-specific reactivity in vitro and eliminated MISIIR-overexpressing tumors in vivo. MISIIR CAR T cells also recognized a panel of human ovarian and endometrial cancer cell lines, and they lysed a battery of patient-derived tumor specimens in vitro, without mediating cytotoxicity of a panel of normal primary human cells. In conclusion, these results indicate that MISIIR targeting for the treatment of ovarian cancer and other gynecologic malignancies is achievable using CAR technology.
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Bilandzic M, Rainczuk A, Green E, Fairweather N, Jobling TW, Plebanski M, Stephens AN. Keratin-14 (KRT14) Positive Leader Cells Mediate Mesothelial Clearance and Invasion by Ovarian Cancer Cells. Cancers (Basel) 2019; 11:cancers11091228. [PMID: 31443478 PMCID: PMC6769856 DOI: 10.3390/cancers11091228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Revised: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Epithelial ovarian cancer metastasis is driven by spheroids, which are heterogeneous cancer cell aggregates released from the primary tumour mass that passively disseminate throughout the peritoneal cavity to promote tumour spread, disease recurrence, and acquired chemoresistance. Despite their clinical importance, the molecular events that control spheroid attachment and invasion into underlying healthy tissues remain poorly understood. We examined a novel in vitro invasion model using imaging mass spectrometry to establish a “snapshot” of the spheroid/mesothelial interface. Amongst numerous adhesion-related proteins, we identified a sub-population of highly motile, invasive cells that expressed the basal epithelial marker KRT14 as an absolute determinant of invasive potential. The loss of KRT14 completely abrogated the invasive capacity, but had no impact on cell viability or proliferation, suggesting an invasion-specific role. Our data demonstrate KRT14 cells as an ovarian cancer “leader cell” phenotype underlying tumor invasion, and suggest their importance as a clinically relevant target in directed anti-tumour therapies.
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- Maree Bilandzic
- Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton 3168, Australia
- Department of Molecular and Translational Sciences, Monash University, Clayton 3168, Australia
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- Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton 3168, Australia
- Department of Molecular and Translational Sciences, Monash University, Clayton 3168, Australia
- Bruker Biosciences Pty Ltd., Preston 3078, Australia
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- Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton 3168, Australia
- Department of Molecular and Translational Sciences, Monash University, Clayton 3168, Australia
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- Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton 3168, Australia
- Department of Gynaecology Oncology Monash Health, Monash Medical Centre, Moorabbin 3189, Australia
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- Department of Gynaecology Oncology Monash Health, Monash Medical Centre, Moorabbin 3189, Australia
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- School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora 3083, Australia
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- Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton 3168, Australia.
- Department of Molecular and Translational Sciences, Monash University, Clayton 3168, Australia.
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Rak AY, Trofimov AV, Ischenko AM. Anti-mullerian hormone receptor type II as a Potential Target for Antineoplastic Therapy. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW), SUPPLEMENT SERIES B: BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s1990750819030053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Rak AY, Trofimov AV, Ischenko AM. [Mullerian inhibiting substance type II receptor as a potential target for antineoplastic therapy]. BIOMEDIT︠S︡INSKAI︠A︡ KHIMII︠A︡ 2019; 65:202-213. [PMID: 31258143 DOI: 10.18097/pbmc20196503202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
The review considers properties of the type II anti-Mullerian hormone receptor (mullerian inhibiting substance receptor type II, MISRII), a transmembrane sensor with its own serine/threonine protein kinase activity, triggering apoptosis of the Mullerian ducts in mammalian embryogenesis and providing formation of the male type reproductive system. According to recent data, MISRII overexpression in the postnatal period is found in cells of a number of ovarian, mammary gland, and prostate tumors, and anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) has a pro-apoptotic effect on MISRII-positive tumor cells. This fact makes MISRII a potential target for targeted anti-cancer therapy. Treatment based on targeting MISRII seems to be a much more effective alternative to the traditional one and will significantly reduce the drug dose. However, the mechanism of MISRII-AMH interaction is still poorly understood, so the development of new anticancer drugs is complicated. The review analyzes MISRII molecular structure and expression levels in various tissues and cell lines, as well as current understanding of the AMH binding mechanisms and data on the possibility of using MISRII as a target for the action of AMH-based antineoplastic drugs.
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- A Ya Rak
- State Research Institute of Highly Pure Biopreparations, Saint-Petersburg, Russia; Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- State Research Institute of Highly Pure Biopreparations, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- State Research Institute of Highly Pure Biopreparations, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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Sonigo C, Beau I, Binart N, Grynberg M. Anti-Müllerian Hormone in Fertility Preservation: Clinical and Therapeutic Applications. CLINICAL MEDICINE INSIGHTS. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH 2019; 13:1179558119854755. [PMID: 31258345 PMCID: PMC6585130 DOI: 10.1177/1179558119854755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is a member of the transforming growth factor
(TGF)-beta family and a key regulator of sexual differentiation and
folliculogenesis. While the serum AMH level has been used in reproductive
medicine as a biomarker of quantitative ovarian reserve for more than 20 years,
new potential therapeutic applications of recombinant AMH are emerging, notably
in the field of oncofertility. Indeed, it is well known that chemotherapy, used
to treat cancer, induces ovarian follicular depletion and subsequent
infertility. Animal models have been used widely to understand the effects of
different cytotoxic agents on ovarian function, and several hypotheses regarding
chemotherapy gonadotoxicity have been proposed, that is, it might have a direct
detrimental effect on the primordial follicles constituting the ovarian reserve
and/or on the pool of growing follicles secreting AMH. Recently, a new mechanism
of chemotherapy-induced follicular depletion, called the “burn-out effect,” has
been proposed. According to this theory, chemotherapeutic agents may lead to a
massive growth of dormant follicles which are then destroyed. As AMH is one of
the factors regulating the recruitment of primordial follicles from the ovarian
reserve, recombinant AMH administration concomitant with chemotherapy might
limit follicular depletion, therefore representing a promising option for
preserving fertility in women suffering from cancer. This review reports on the
potential usefulness of AMH measurement as well as AMH’s role as a therapeutic
agent in the field of female fertility preservation.
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- Charlotte Sonigo
- Department of Reproductive Medicine and Fertility Preservation, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Sud, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Clamart, France.,Inserm U1185, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris Saclay, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
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- Inserm U1185, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris Saclay, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
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- Inserm U1185, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris Saclay, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine and Fertility Preservation, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Sud, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Clamart, France.,Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris Saclay, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France.,Inserm U1133, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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Gowkielewicz M, Lipka A, Piotrowska A, Szadurska-Noga M, Nowakowski JJ, Dzięgiel P, Majewski MK, Jozwik M, Majewska M. Anti-Müllerian Hormone Expression in Endometrial Cancer Tissue. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20061325. [PMID: 30884769 PMCID: PMC6471522 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20061325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is a commonly known factor secreted by Sertoli cells, responsible for regression of the Müllerian ducts in male fetuses. AMH has also other functions in humans. In vivo and in vitro studies have shown that AMH inhibits cell cycle and induces apoptosis in cancers with AMH receptors. The aim of the study was to assess whether the tissue of pre-cancerous states of endometrium (PCS) and various histopathologic types of endometrial cancer (EC) exhibit the presence of AMH. We aimed to investigate whether the potential presence of the protein concerns menopausal women or those regularly menstruating, and whether is related to cancers with a good or a bad prognosis, as well as what other factors may influence AMH expression. The undertaken analysis was carried out on tissues retrieved from 232 women who underwent surgical treatment for PCS and EC. Tissues were prepared for immunohistochemical assessment with the use of a tissue microarrays method. AMH expression was confirmed in 23 patients with well differentiated endometrioid adenocarcinoma (G1), moderately differentiated endometrioid adenocarcinoma (G2), clear cell carcinoma (CCA) and nonatypical hyperplasia. AMH was not found in EC tissues in regularly menstruating women. An appropriately long mean period of breastfeeding in line with a prolonged period of hormonal activity had a positive effect on AMH expression. Our results may suggest that AMH is a factor which protects the organism against cancer, and should be further investigated as a potential prognosis marker and a therapeutic agent.
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- Marek Gowkielewicz
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-045 Olsztyn, Poland.
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-045 Olsztyn, Poland.
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- Division of Histology and Embryology, Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Department of Pathomorphology, School of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-561 Olsztyn, Poland.
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- Department of Ecology & Environmental Protection, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10⁻727 Olsztyn, Poland.
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- Division of Histology and Embryology, Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland.
- Department of Physiotherapy, Wroclaw University School of Physical Education, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Department of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-082 Olsztyn, Poland.
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-045 Olsztyn, Poland.
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- Department of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-082 Olsztyn, Poland.
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Hormone Replacement Therapy: Would it be Possible to Replicate a Functional Ovary? Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19103160. [PMID: 30322209 PMCID: PMC6214095 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19103160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Revised: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Background: Throughout history, menopause has been regarded as a transition in a woman’s life. With the increase in life expectancy, women now spend more than a third of their lives in menopause. During these years, women may experience intolerable symptoms both physically and mentally, leading them to seek clinical advice. It is imperative for healthcare providers to improve the quality of life by reducing bothersome menopausal symptoms and preventing disorders such as osteoporosis and atherosclerosis. The current treatment in the form of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is sometimes inadequate with several limitations and adverse effects. Objective and rationale: The current review aims to discuss the need, efficacy, and limitations of current HRT; the role of other ovarian hormones, and where we stand in comparison with ovary-in situ; and finally, explore towards the preparation of an HRT model by regeneration of ovaries tissues through stem cells which can replicate a functional ovary. Search methods: Four electronic databases (MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science and CINAHL) were searched from database inception until 26 April 2018, using a combination of relevant controlled vocabulary terms and free-text terms related to ‘menopause’, ‘hormone replacement therapy’, ‘ovary regeneration’, ‘stem cells’ and ‘ovarian transplantation’. Outcomes: We present a synthesis of the existing data on the efficacy and limitations of HRT. HRT is far from adequate in postmenopausal women with symptoms of hormone deprivation as it fails to deliver all hormones secreted by naïve ovarian tissue. Moreover, the pharmacokinetics of synthetic hormones makes them substantially different from natural ones. Not only does the number and type of hormones given in HRT matter, but the route of delivering and their release in circulation are also imperative. The hormones are delivered either orally or topically in a non-physiological uniform manner, which brings along with it several side effects. These identify the need for a hormone delivery system which replicates, integrates and reacts as per the requirement of the female body. Wider implications: The review outlines the strengths and weaknesses of HRT and highlights the potential areas for future research. There is a tremendous potential for research in this field to understand the collective roles of the various ovarian hormones and to devise an auto-regulated hormone delivery system which replicates the normal physiology. Its clinical applications can prove to be transformative for postmenopausal women helping them to lead a healthy and productive life.
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Ge W, Clendenen TV, Afanasyeva Y, Koenig KL, Agnoli C, Brinton LA, Dorgan JF, Eliassen AH, Falk RT, Hallmans G, Hankinson SE, Hoffman-Bolton J, Key TJ, Krogh V, Nichols HB, Sandler DP, Schoemaker MJ, Sluss PM, Sund M, Swerdlow AJ, Visvanathan K, Liu M, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A. Circulating anti-Müllerian hormone and breast cancer risk: A study in ten prospective cohorts. Int J Cancer 2018; 142:2215-2226. [PMID: 29315564 PMCID: PMC5922424 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.31249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2017] [Revised: 11/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
A strong positive association has been observed between circulating anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), a biomarker of ovarian reserve, and breast cancer risk in three prospective studies. Confirming this association is important because of the paucity of biomarkers of breast cancer risk in premenopausal women. We conducted a consortium study including ten prospective cohorts that had collected blood from premenopausal women. A nested case-control design was implemented within each cohort. A total of 2,835 invasive (80%) and in situ (20%) breast cancer cases were individually matched to controls (n = 3,122) on age at blood donation. AMH was measured using a high sensitivity enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay. Conditional logistic regression was applied to the aggregated dataset. There was a statistically significant trend of increasing breast cancer risk with increasing AMH concentration (ptrend across quartiles <0.0001) after adjusting for breast cancer risk factors. The odds ratio (OR) for breast cancer in the top vs. bottom quartile of AMH was 1.60 (95% CI = 1.31-1.94). Though the test for interaction was not statistically significant (pinteraction = 0.15), the trend was statistically significant only for tumors positive for both estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR): ER+/PR+: ORQ4-Q1 = 1.96, 95% CI = 1.46-2.64, ptrend <0.0001; ER+/PR-: ORQ4-Q1 = 0.82, 95% CI = 0.40-1.68, ptrend = 0.51; ER-/PR+: ORQ4-Q1 = 3.23, 95% CI = 0.48-21.9, ptrend = 0.26; ER-/PR-: ORQ4-Q1 = 1.15, 95% CI = 0.63-2.09, ptrend = 0.60. The association was observed for both pre- (ORQ4-Q1 = 1.35, 95% CI = 1.05-1.73) and post-menopausal (ORQ4-Q1 = 1.61, 95% CI = 1.03-2.53) breast cancer (pinteraction = 0.34). In this large consortium study, we confirmed that AMH is associated with breast cancer risk, with a 60% increase in risk for women in the top vs. bottom quartile of AMH.
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- Wenzhen Ge
- Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Fondazione IRCCS - Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Department of Biobank Research, Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Fondazione IRCCS - Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Surgery, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
- Division of Breast Cancer Research, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
- Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
- Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
- Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
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Vectored gene delivery for lifetime animal contraception: Overview and hurdles to implementation. Theriogenology 2018; 112:63-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2017.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2017] [Revised: 10/25/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Estupina P, Fontayne A, Barret JM, Kersual N, Dubreuil O, Le Blay M, Pichard A, Jarlier M, Pugnière M, Chauvin M, Chardès T, Pouget JP, Deshayes E, Rossignol A, Abache T, de Romeuf C, Terrier A, Verhaeghe L, Gaucher C, Prost JF, Pèlegrin A, Navarro-Teulon I. The anti-tumor efficacy of 3C23K, a glyco-engineered humanized anti-MISRII antibody, in an ovarian cancer model is mainly mediated by engagement of immune effector cells. Oncotarget 2018; 8:37061-37079. [PMID: 28427157 PMCID: PMC5513714 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.15715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 02/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death in women with gynecological cancers and despite recent advances, new and more efficient therapies are crucially needed. Müllerian Inhibiting Substance type II Receptor (MISRII, also named AMHRII) is expressed in most ovarian cancer subtypes and is a novel potential target for ovarian cancer immunotherapy. We previously developed and tested 12G4, the first murine monoclonal antibody (MAb) against human MISRII. Here, we report the humanization, affinity maturation and glyco-engineering steps of 12G4 to generate the Fc-optimized 3C23K MAb, and the evaluation of its in vivo anti-tumor activity. The epitopes of 3C23K and 12G4 were strictly identical and 3C23K affinity for MISRII was enhanced by a factor of about 14 (KD = 5.5 × 10−11 M vs 7.9 × 10−10 M), while the use of the EMABling® platform allowed the production of a low-fucosylated 3C23K antibody with a 30-fold KD improvement of its affinity to FcγRIIIa. In COV434-MISRII tumor-bearing mice, 3C23K reduced tumor growth more efficiently than 12G4 and its combination with carboplatin was more efficient than each monotherapy with a mean tumor size of 500, 1100 and 100 mm3 at the end of treatment with 3C23K (10 mg/kg, Q3-4D12), carboplatin (60 mg/kg, Q7D4) and 3C23K+carboplatin, respectively. Conversely, 3C23K-FcKO, a 3C23K form without affinity for the FcγRIIIa receptor, did not display any anti-tumor effect in vivo. These results strongly suggested that 3C23K mechanisms of action are mainly Fc-related. In vitro, antibody-dependent cytotoxicity (ADCC) and antibody-dependent cell phagocytosis (ADCP) were induced by 3C23K, as demonstrated with human effector cells. Using human NK cells, 50% of the maximal lysis was obtained with a 46-fold lower concentration of low-fucosylated 3C23K (2.9 ng/ml) than of 3C23K expressed in CHO cells (133.35 ng/ml). As 3C23K induced strong ADCC with human PBMC but almost none with murine PBMC, antibody-dependent cell phagocytosis (ADCP) was then investigated. 3C23K-dependent (100 ng/ml) ADCP was more active with murine than human macrophages (only 10% of living target cells vs. about 25%). These in vitro results suggest that the reduced ADCC with murine effectors could be partially balanced by ADCP activity in in vivo experiments. Taken together, these preclinical data indicate that 3C23K is a new promising therapeutic candidate for ovarian cancer immunotherapy and justify its recent introduction in a phase I clinical trial.
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- Pauline Estupina
- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,INSERM, U896, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,Université Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, Montpellier, F-34298, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,INSERM, U896, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,Université Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, Montpellier, F-34298, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,INSERM, U896, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,Université Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, Montpellier, F-34298, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,INSERM, U896, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,Université Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, Montpellier, F-34298, France
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- Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, Montpellier, F-34298, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,INSERM, U896, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,Université Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, Montpellier, F-34298, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,INSERM, U896, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,Université Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, Montpellier, F-34298, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,INSERM, U896, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,Université Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, Montpellier, F-34298, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,INSERM, U896, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,Université Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, Montpellier, F-34298, France
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- Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, Montpellier, F-34298, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,INSERM, U896, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,Université Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, Montpellier, F-34298, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,INSERM, U896, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,Université Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.,Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, ICM, Montpellier, F-34298, France
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Al Harbi TZ, Azzam KA, Azzam A, Amin T, Bakshi N. Incidentally Discovered Persistent Müllerian Duct Syndrome in a 45-year-old male presenting with germ cell tumor and bilateral cryptorchidism: A rare case report and review of the literature. Int J Surg Case Rep 2018; 43:41-44. [PMID: 29453163 PMCID: PMC5849814 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Revised: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 02/03/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Persistent Müllerian Duct Syndrome (PMDS) is a rare sexual disease. It is characterized by the presence of female reproductive structures such as uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes and upper part of vagina in a normal genotypically and phenotypically male. The diagnosis is usually incidental since the patients will present with normal external genitalia and secondary sexual characteristics. Imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) scan, or ultrasound (US) could help in the diagnosis. CASE PRESENTATION A 45-year-old male presented with bilateral undescended testes since birth and 2 months history abdominal mass. CT scan showed a 13 × 17 × 20 cm solid pelvi-abdominal mass. The diagnosis of mixed germ cell tumor of the undescended testes was made based on the CT scan. During resection of the tumor, patient was found to have a uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries. DISCUSSION Pathological investigation showed endometrial tissues with portion of lower uterine segment and cervix with remnant of testes with marked atrophy. No Ovarian tissues were found nor fallopian tube as well. The diagnosis of PMDS was made based on the pathological report. CONCLUSION PMDS is a challenging condition to diagnose. Radiological investigation can miss the presence of the Müllerian duct structures as in our case because of the unusual presentation of this condition. Early diagnosis and management is important as the malignant transformation is high due to the undescended testes.
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- Turki Z Al Harbi
- College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, P.O. Box 50927, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia.
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- Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC), P.O. Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia; Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, P.O. Box 21526, Egypt.
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC), P.O. Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC), P.O. Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia.
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Jung S, Allen N, Arslan AA, Baglietto L, Barricarte A, Brinton LA, Egleston BL, Falk RT, Fortner RT, Helzlsouer KJ, Gao Y, Idahl A, Kaaks R, Krogh V, Merritt MA, Lundin E, Onland-Moret NC, Rinaldi S, Schock H, Shu XO, Sluss PM, Staats PN, Sacerdote C, Travis RC, Tjønneland A, Trichopoulou A, Tworoger SS, Visvanathan K, Weiderpass E, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Dorgan JF. Anti-Müllerian hormone and risk of ovarian cancer in nine cohorts. Int J Cancer 2018; 142:262-270. [PMID: 28921520 PMCID: PMC5749630 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.31058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Revised: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Animal and experimental data suggest that anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) serves as a marker of ovarian reserve and inhibits the growth of ovarian tumors. However, few epidemiologic studies have examined the association between AMH and ovarian cancer risk. We conducted a nested case-control study of 302 ovarian cancer cases and 336 matched controls from nine cohorts. Prediagnostic blood samples of premenopausal women were assayed for AMH using a picoAMH enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using multivariable-adjusted conditional logistic regression. AMH concentration was not associated with overall ovarian cancer risk. The multivariable-adjusted OR (95% CI), comparing the highest to the lowest quartile of AMH, was 0.99 (0.59-1.67) (Ptrend : 0.91). The association did not differ by age at blood draw or oral contraceptive use (all Pheterogeneity : ≥0.26). There also was no evidence for heterogeneity of risk for tumors defined by histologic developmental pathway, stage, and grade, and by age at diagnosis and time between blood draw and diagnosis (all Pheterogeneity : ≥0.39). In conclusion, this analysis of mostly late premenopausal women from nine cohorts does not support the hypothesized inverse association between prediagnostic circulating levels of AMH and risk of ovarian cancer.
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- Seungyoun Jung
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, UK
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York University School of Medicine, NY, USA
- Departments of Population Health and Environmental Medicine and Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Navarra Public Health Institute, Pamplona, Spain
- Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA) Pamplona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health CIBERESP, Spain
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, MD, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, MD, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Cancer, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, MD, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Cancer, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medical Biosciences, Pathology, and Public Health and Clinical Medicine: Nutritional Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Cancer, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, Città della Salute e della Scienza University-Hospital and Center for Cancer Prevention (CPO), Turin, Italy
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford United Kingdom
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- Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens, Greece
- WHO Collaborating Center for Nutrition and Health, Unit of Nutritional Epidemiology and Nutrition in Public Health, Dept. of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Athens Medical School, Greece
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Bringham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Department of Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, Institute of Population-Based Cancer Research, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Genetic Epidemiology Group, Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
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- Departments of Population Health and Environmental Medicine and Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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The expression of Müllerian inhibiting substance/anti-Müllerian hormone type II receptor in myoma and adenomyosis. Obstet Gynecol Sci 2017; 61:127-134. [PMID: 29372159 PMCID: PMC5780307 DOI: 10.5468/ogs.2018.61.1.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Revised: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 08/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Objective We compared the expression levels of Müllerian inhibiting substance (MIS)/anti-Müllerian hormone type II receptor (AMHRII) in uterine myoma and adenomyosis to evaluate the possibility of using MIS/anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) as a biological regulator or therapeutic agent in patients with uterine leiomyoma and adenomyosis. Methods We studied normal uterine myometrium, leiomyoma, endometrial tissue, and adenomyosis from 57 patients who underwent hysterectomy for uterine leiomyoma (22 cases) or adenomyosis (28 cases) and myomectomy for uterine myoma (7 cases). Immunohistochemical staining was used to confirm the MIS/AMHRII protein expression level in each tissue. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction was performed to quantify MIS/AMHRII mRNA expression. Results The MIS/AMHRII protein was more strongly expressed in uterine myoma (frequency of MIS/AMHRII expressing cells: 51.95%±13.96%) and adenomyosis (64.65%±4.85%) tissues than that in the normal uterine myometrium (3.15%±1.69%) and endometrium (31.10%±7.19%). In the quantitative analysis of MIS/AMHRII mRNA expression, MIS/AMHRII mRNA expression levels in uterine myoma (mean density: 4.51±0.26) and adenomyosis (6.84±0.20) tissues were higher than that in normal uterine myometrial tissue (0.08±0.09) and endometrial tissue (1.63±0.06). Conclusion This study demonstrated that MIS/AMHRII was highly and strongly expressed on uterine myoma and adenomyosis. Our data suggest that MIS/AMH may be evaluated as a biological modulator or therapeutic agent on MIS/AMHRII expressing uterine myoma and adenomyosis.
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Rehman ZU, Worku T, Davis JS, Talpur HS, Bhattarai D, Kadariya I, Hua G, Cao J, Dad R, Hussain T, Yang L. Role and mechanism of AMH in the regulation of Sertoli cells in mice. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2017; 174:133-140. [PMID: 28851672 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2017.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Revised: 08/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Sertoli cells produce anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), a glycoprotein belonging to the transforming growth factor-beta family. AMH mediates the regression of Müllerian ducts in the developing male fetus. However, the role of AMH in the regulation of primary Sertoli cells remains unclear. The present study was designed to investigate the effect of AMH on the viability and proliferation of Sertoli cells, with an additional focus on stem cell factor (SCF). Treatment of Sertoli cells with increasing concentrations of rh-AMH (0, 10, 50, 100, and 800ng/ml) for two days revealed that AMH, at high concentrations, increased apoptosis. These results were confirmed by a significant increase in Caspase-3 and Bax and a decrease in Bcl-2 protein and mRNA expression (P<0.01). Paradoxically, treatment with a low concentration of rh-AMH (10ng/ml), but not higher concentrations (50-800ng/ml), promoted Sertoli cell proliferation, which was verified by an increase in PCNA mRNA (P<0.05). Furthermore, only low concentrations of rh-AMH activated the non-canonical ERK signaling pathway. Similarly, low concentrations of rh-AMH (10-50ng/ml) significantly increased (P<0.05) SCF mRNA and SCF protein levels. These findings indicate that AMH differentially regulates the fate of Sertoli cells in vitro by promoting proliferation at low concentrations and apoptosis at high concentrations. In addition, AMH increased the expression of SCF, an important regulator of Sertoli cell development. Therefore, AMH may play a role in Sertoli cell development.
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- Zia Ur Rehman
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Olson Center for Women's Health, Omaha VA Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA; Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Lab of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese of Academy of Science, Changsha, Hunan, 410125, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China.
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Fortner RT, Schock H, Jung S, Allen NE, Arslan AA, Brinton LA, Egleston BL, Falk RT, Gunter MJ, Helzlsouer KJ, Idahl A, Johnson TS, Kaaks R, Krogh V, Lundin E, Merritt MA, Navarro C, Onland-Moret NC, Palli D, Shu XO, Sluss PM, Staats PN, Trichopoulou A, Weiderpass E, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Zheng W, Dorgan JF. Anti-Mullerian hormone and endometrial cancer: a multi-cohort study. Br J Cancer 2017; 117:1412-1418. [PMID: 28873086 PMCID: PMC5672934 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2017.299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Revised: 06/30/2017] [Accepted: 08/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The Mullerian ducts are the embryological precursors of the female reproductive tract, including the uterus; anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) has a key role in the regulation of foetal sexual differentiation. Anti-Mullerian hormone inhibits endometrial tumour growth in experimental models by stimulating apoptosis and cell cycle arrest. To date, there are no prospective epidemiologic data on circulating AMH and endometrial cancer risk. METHODS We investigated this association among women premenopausal at blood collection in a multicohort study including participants from eight studies located in the United States, Europe, and China. We identified 329 endometrial cancer cases and 339 matched controls. Anti-Mullerian hormone concentrations in blood were quantified using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Conditional logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) across tertiles and for a doubling of AMH concentrations (ORlog2). Subgroup analyses were performed by ages at blood donation and diagnosis, oral contraceptive use, and tumour characteristics. RESULTS Anti-Mullerian hormone was not associated with the risk of endometrial cancer overall (ORlog2: 1.07 (0.99-1.17)), or with any of the examined subgroups. CONCLUSIONS Although experimental models implicate AMH in endometrial cancer growth inhibition, our findings do not support a role for circulating AMH in the aetiology of endometrial cancer.
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- Renée T Fortner
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Cancer, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Cancer, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Departments of Population Health and Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York University Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Section, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Cancer, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Cancer, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biosciences and Pathology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, Regional Health Council, IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Health and Social Sciences, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Cancer Risk Factors and Life-Style Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute – ISPO, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens, Greece
- WHO Collaborating Center for Nutrition and Health, Unit of Nutritional Epidemiology and Nutrition in Public Health, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Research, Group of Etiological Cancer Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, Institute of Population-Based Cancer Research, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Genetic Epidemiology Group, Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Community Medicine, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Population Health and Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Kushnir VA, Seifer DB, Barad DH, Sen A, Gleicher N. Potential therapeutic applications of human anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) analogues in reproductive medicine. J Assist Reprod Genet 2017; 34:1105-1113. [PMID: 28643088 PMCID: PMC5581791 DOI: 10.1007/s10815-017-0977-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Members of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily are key regulators of various physiological processes. Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) which is also commonly known as Müllerian-inhibiting substance (MIS) is a member of the TGF-beta superfamily and an important regulator of reproductive organ differentiation and ovarian follicular development. While AMH has been used for diagnostic purposes as a biomarker for over 15 years, new potential therapeutic applications of recombinant human AMH analogues are now emerging as pharmacologic agents in reproductive medicine. Therapeutic uses of AMH in gonadal tissue may provide a unique opportunity to address a broad range of reproductive themes, like contraception, ovulation induction, onset of menopause, and fertility preservation, as well as specific disease conditions, such as polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and cancers of the reproductive tract. This review explores the most promising therapeutic applications for a novel class of drugs known as AMH analogues with agonist and antagonist functions.
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- Vitaly A Kushnir
- Center for Human Reproduction, 21 East 69th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
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- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, United States
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- Center for Human Reproduction, 21 East 69th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
- Foundation for Reproductive Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Human Reproduction, 21 East 69th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
- Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Center for Human Reproduction, 21 East 69th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
- Foundation for Reproductive Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Vienna School of Medicine, Vienna, Austria
- The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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Beck TN, Korobeynikov VA, Kudinov AE, Georgopoulos R, Solanki NR, Andrews-Hoke M, Kistner TM, Pépin D, Donahoe PK, Nicolas E, Einarson MB, Zhou Y, Boumber Y, Proia DA, Serebriiskii IG, Golemis EA. Anti-Müllerian Hormone Signaling Regulates Epithelial Plasticity and Chemoresistance in Lung Cancer. Cell Rep 2016; 16:657-71. [PMID: 27396341 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.06.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2015] [Revised: 05/19/2016] [Accepted: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) and its type II receptor AMHR2, both previously thought to primarily function in gonadal tissue, were unexpectedly identified as potent regulators of transforming growth factor (TGF-β)/bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in lung cancer. AMH is a TGF-β/BMP superfamily member, and AMHR2 heterodimerizes with type I receptors (ALK2, ALK3) also used by the type II receptor for BMP (BMPR2). AMH signaling regulates expression of BMPR2, ALK2, and ALK3, supports protein kinase B-nuclear factor κB (AKT-NF-κB) and SMAD survival signaling, and influences BMP-dependent signaling in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). AMH and AMHR2 are selectively expressed in epithelial versus mesenchymal cells, and loss of AMH/AMHR2 induces EMT. Independent induction of EMT reduces expression of AMH and AMHR2. Importantly, EMT associated with depletion of AMH or AMHR2 results in chemoresistance but sensitizes cells to the heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) inhibitor ganetespib. Recognition of this AMH/AMHR2 axis helps to further elucidate TGF-β/BMP resistance-associated signaling and suggests new strategies for therapeutic targeting of EMT.
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- Tim N Beck
- Program in Molecular Therapeutics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA; Program in Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA
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- Program in Molecular Therapeutics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA; Medical Department, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Program in Molecular Therapeutics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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- Immune Cell Development and Host Defense Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA; Program in Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA
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- Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Program in Molecular Therapeutics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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- Program in Molecular Therapeutics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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- Program in Molecular Therapeutics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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- Program in Molecular Therapeutics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA; Kazan Federal University, 420000 Kazan, Russian Federation
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- Program in Molecular Therapeutics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA; Program in Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA.
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Liu S, de Boeck M, van Dam H, ten Dijke P. Regulation of the TGF-β pathway by deubiquitinases in cancer. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2016; 76:135-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2016.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Revised: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 05/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hipp H, Loucks TL, Nezhat C, Sidell N, Session DR. Anti-Müllerian Hormone in Peritoneal Fluid and Plasma From Women With and Without Endometriosis. Reprod Sci 2015; 22:1129-33. [PMID: 25824010 DOI: 10.1177/1933719115578927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) has potential local effects on ovarian function and endometrial tissue, including endometriosis, but its presence in peritoneal fluid is not fully understood. This is a cross-sectional study evaluating AMH in peritoneal fluid and plasma from women with endometriosis (N = 61) and from control women without endometriosis (N = 36). There was a significant correlation between AMH in plasma and peritoneal fluid from both patients with endometriosis (r(2) = .767 [P < .001]) and control participants (r(2) = .647 [P < .001]) less than 45 years of age. Anti-Müllerian hormone declined with women's increasing age in both plasma and peritoneal fluid in women with and without endometriosis. There were no differences in the plasma or peritoneal fluid AMH in women with endometriosis versus control women. The strong relationship between plasma and peritoneal fluid may allow plasma AMH to be a marker for peritoneal AMH in studies evaluating the local effects of AMH.
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Kim HS, Choi HY, Lee M, Suh DH, Kim K, No JH, Chung HH, Kim YB, Song YS. Systemic Inflammatory Response Markers and CA-125 Levels in Ovarian Clear Cell Carcinoma: A Two Center Cohort Study. Cancer Res Treat 2015; 48:250-8. [PMID: 25761476 PMCID: PMC4720074 DOI: 10.4143/crt.2014.324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2014] [Accepted: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE We compared the predictive and prognostic values of leukocyte differential counts, systemic inflammatory (SIR) markers and cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) levels, and identified the most useful marker in patients with ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC). MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included 109 patients with OCCC who did not have any inflammatory conditions except endometriosis, and underwent primary debulking surgery between 1997 and 2012. Leukocyte differential counts (neutrophil, lymphocyte, monocyte, eosinophil, basophil, and platelet), SIR markers including neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), monocyte to lymphocyte ratio (MLR), and platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and CA-125 levels were estimated to select potential markers for clinical outcomes. RESULTS Among potential markers (neutrophil, monocyte, platelet, NLR, MLR, PLR, and CA-125 levels) selected by stepwise comparison, CA-125 levels were best at predicting advanced stage disease, suboptimal debulking and platinum-resistance (cut-off values, ≥ 46.5, ≥ 11.45, and ≥ 66.4 U/mL; accuracies, 69.4%, 78.7%, and 68.5%) while PLR ≥ 205.4 predicted non-complete response (CR; accuracy, 71.6%) most accurately. Moreover, PLR < 205.4 was an independent factor for the reduced risk of non-CR (adjusted odds ratio, 0.17; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.04 to 0.69), and NLR < 2.8 was a favorable factor for improved progression-free survival (PFS; adjusted hazard ratio, 0.49; 95% CI, 0.25 to 0.99) despite lack of a marker for overall survival among the potential markers. CONCLUSION CA-125 levels may be the most useful marker for predicting advanced-stage disease. Suboptimal debulking and platinum-resistance, and PLR and NLR may be most effective to predict non-CR and PFS in patients with OCCC.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hee Seung Kim
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea ; Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoungnam, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoungnam, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoungnam, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoungnam, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea ; Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea ; Major in Biomodulation, World Class University, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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