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Wei S, Li Z, Xia H, Wang Z, Deng J, Li L, Huang R, Ye T, Huang Y, Yang Y. An endometrial biomimetic extracellular matrix (ECM) for enhanced endometrial regeneration using hyaluronic acid hydrogel containing recombinant human type III collagen. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 268:131723. [PMID: 38649072 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2024] [Revised: 04/13/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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Endometrial injury poses a significant challenge in tissue regeneration, with type III collagen (COL III) playing a pivotal role in maintaining endometrial integrity and facilitating repair. Our study explored the utility of recombinant human type III collagen (RHC) as an intervention for endometrial damage. To address the challenges associated with the inherent instability and rapid degradation of COL III in vivo, we developed an RHC-HA hydrogel by conjugating RHC with hyaluronic acid (HA), thus ensuring a more stable and sustained delivery. Our findings suggested that the RHC-HA hydrogel significantly promoted endometrial regeneration and restored fertility. The hydrogel facilitated prolonged retention of RHC in the uterus, leading to a substantial improvement in the repair process. The synergistic interaction between RHC and HA greatly enhances cell proliferation and adhesion, surpassing the efficacy of HA or RHC alone. Additionally, the RHC-HA hydrogel demonstrated notable anti-fibrotic effects, which are crucial for preventing abnormalities during endometrial healing. These findings suggested that the RHC-HA hydrogel presented a therapeutic strategy in the treatment of uterine endometrial injuries, which may improve female reproductive health.
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- Siying Wei
- Department of Cell Biology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Bioengineering Medicine, Guangzhou 510632, China; National Engineering Research Center of Genetic Medicine, Guangzhou 510632, China.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Bioengineering Medicine, Guangzhou 510632, China; National Engineering Research Center of Genetic Medicine, Guangzhou 510632, China.
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Fu X, Zhang F, Zhen F, Duan L, Zhou J, Ma J. A chemiluminescence immunoassay for type IV collagen as a promising marker for liver fibrosis and cirrhosis. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2024; 16:2248-2255. [PMID: 38568684 DOI: 10.1039/d3ay02240d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Herein, a magnetic bead-based chemiluminescence assay is reported to detect type IV collagen (col-IV) in serum samples. Magnetic beads (MBs) exhibit biocompatibility. Taking advantage of this property, they were conjugated with the col-IV antibody. For the determination of col-IV, the interaction of the col-IV sample, anti-(col-IV)-alkaline phosphatase (anti-(col-IV)-ALP) and anti-col-IV-magnetic beads (anti-(col-IV)-MBs) was performed to generate chemiluminescence. Under the optimized conditions, the developed method displayed good linearity in the concentration range of 20-2000 ng mL-1 with the limit of 0.79 ng mL-1. The repeatability coefficient of variation (CV) for col-IV detection ranged from 3.16% to 7.50%. The col-IV level in samples collected from a hospital was assessed by the chemiluminescence assay. Satisfactory recoveries were obtained ranging from 93.30% to 100.14%. In conclusion, the magnetic bead-based chemiluminescence assay may be used as a routine and efficient tool to detect type IV collagen in clinical diagnosis.
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- Xiaoling Fu
- The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Dalian Public Health Clinical Center, Dalian 116031, China
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- The Fourth People's Hospital of Shenyang, Shenyang 110000, China
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- The Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100026, China
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- Yulin Testing and Research Institute, Yulin 537000, China
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- Shuyang Zhongxing Hospital, Jiangsu 223600, China.
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Kapper C, Oppelt P, Ganhör C, Gyunesh AA, Arbeithuber B, Stelzl P, Rezk-Füreder M. Minerals and the Menstrual Cycle: Impacts on Ovulation and Endometrial Health. Nutrients 2024; 16:1008. [PMID: 38613041 PMCID: PMC11013220 DOI: 10.3390/nu16071008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2024] [Revised: 03/27/2024] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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The role of minerals in female fertility, particularly in relation to the menstrual cycle, presents a complex area of study that underscores the interplay between nutrition and reproductive health. This narrative review aims to elucidate the impacts of minerals on key aspects of the reproductive system: hormonal regulation, ovarian function and ovulation, endometrial health, and oxidative stress. Despite the attention given to specific micronutrients in relation to reproductive disorders, there is a noticeable absence of a comprehensive review focusing on the impact of minerals throughout the menstrual cycle on female fertility. This narrative review aims to address this gap by examining the influence of minerals on reproductive health. Each mineral's contribution is explored in detail to provide a clearer picture of its importance in supporting female fertility. This comprehensive analysis not only enhances our knowledge of reproductive health but also offers clinicians valuable insights into potential therapeutic strategies and the recommended intake of minerals to promote female reproductive well-being, considering the menstrual cycle. This review stands as the first to offer such a detailed examination of minerals in the context of the menstrual cycle, aiming to elevate the understanding of their critical role in female fertility and reproductive health.
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- Celine Kapper
- Experimental Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Gynaecological Endocrinology, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenberger Strasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria; (C.K.); (P.O.); (B.A.)
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- Experimental Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Gynaecological Endocrinology, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenberger Strasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria; (C.K.); (P.O.); (B.A.)
- Department for Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Gynaecological Endocrinology, Kepler University Hospital, Johannes Kepler University Linz, 4020 Linz, Austria
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- Division of Pathophysiology, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty, Johannes Kepler University Linz, 4020 Linz, Austria
- Clinical Research Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Medical Faculty, Johannes Kepler University Linz, 4020 Linz, Austria
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- Experimental Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Gynaecological Endocrinology, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenberger Strasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria; (C.K.); (P.O.); (B.A.)
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- Experimental Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Gynaecological Endocrinology, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenberger Strasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria; (C.K.); (P.O.); (B.A.)
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- Department for Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Gynaecological Endocrinology, Kepler University Hospital, Johannes Kepler University Linz, 4020 Linz, Austria
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- Experimental Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Gynaecological Endocrinology, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenberger Strasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria; (C.K.); (P.O.); (B.A.)
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Underhill LA, Mennella JM, Tollefson GA, Uzun A, Lechner BE. Transcriptomic analysis delineates preterm prelabor rupture of membranes from preterm labor in preterm fetal membranes. BMC Med Genomics 2024; 17:72. [PMID: 38443884 PMCID: PMC10916314 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-024-01841-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Globally, preterm birth remains the leading cause of death in children younger than 5 years old. Spontaneous preterm birth is comprised of two events that may or may not occur simultaneously: preterm labor and preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (PPROM). To further explore the concept that spontaneous preterm birth can result from the initializing of two separate but overlapping pathological events, we compared fetal membrane tissue from preterm labor deliveries to fetal tissue from preterm labor with PPROM deliveries. We hypothesized that the fetal membrane tissue from preterm labor with PPROM cases will have an RNA-seq profile divergent from the fetal membrane tissue from preterm labor controls. METHODS Chorioamnion, separated into amnion and chorion, was collected from eight gestationally age-matched cases and controls within 15 min of birth, and analyzed using RNA sequencing. Pathway enrichment analyses and functional annotations of differentially expressed genes were performed using KEGG and Gene Ontogeny Pathway enrichment analyses. RESULTS A total of 1466 genes were differentially expressed in the amnion, and 484 genes were differentially expressed in the chorion (log2 fold change > 1, FDR < 0.05) in cases (preterm labor with PPROM), versus controls (preterm labor only). In the amnion, the most significantly enriched (FDR < 0.01) KEGG pathway among down-regulated genes was the extracellular matrix receptor interaction pathway. Seven of the most significantly enriched pathways were comprised of multiple genes from the COL family, including COL1A, COL3A1, COL4A4, and COL4A6. In the chorion, the most significantly enriched KEGG pathways in up-regulated genes were chemokine, NOD receptor, Toll-like receptor, and cytokine-cytokine receptor signaling pathways. Similarly, KEGG pathway enrichment analysis for up-regulated genes in the amnion included three inflammatory pathways: cytokine-cytokine interaction, TNF signaling and the CXCL family. Six genes were significantly up regulated in chorionic tissue discriminated between cases (preterm labor with PPROM) and controls (preterm labor only) including GBP5, CXCL9, ALPL, S100A8, CASP5 and MMP25. CONCLUSIONS In our study, transcriptome analysis of preterm fetal membranes revealed distinct differentially expressed genes for PPROM, separate from preterm labor. This study is the first to report transcriptome data that reflects the individual pathophysiology of amnion and chorion tissue from PPROM deliveries.
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- Lori A Underhill
- Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
- Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, USA.
- Women and Infants Hospital, 101 Dudley St, 02905, Providence, RI, USA.
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- Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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- Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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- Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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Shibata S, Endo S, Nagai LAE, H. Kobayashi E, Oike A, Kobayashi N, Kitamura A, Hori T, Nashimoto Y, Nakato R, Hamada H, Kaji H, Kikutake C, Suyama M, Saito M, Yaegashi N, Okae H, Arima T. Modeling embryo-endometrial interface recapitulating human embryo implantation. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadi4819. [PMID: 38394208 PMCID: PMC10889356 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi4819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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The initiation of human pregnancy is marked by the implantation of an embryo into the uterine environment; however, the underlying mechanisms remain largely elusive. To address this knowledge gap, we developed hormone-responsive endometrial organoids (EMO), termed apical-out (AO)-EMO, which emulate the in vivo architecture of endometrial tissue. The AO-EMO comprise an exposed apical epithelium surface, dense stromal cells, and a self-formed endothelial network. When cocultured with human embryonic stem cell-derived blastoids, the three-dimensional feto-maternal assembloid system recapitulates critical implantation stages, including apposition, adhesion, and invasion. Endometrial epithelial cells were subsequently disrupted by syncytial cells, which invade and fuse with endometrial stromal cells. We validated this fusion of syncytiotrophoblasts and stromal cells using human blastocysts. Our model provides a foundation for investigating embryo implantation and feto-maternal interactions, offering valuable insights for advancing reproductive medicine.
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- Shun Shibata
- Department of Informative Genetics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
- Research and Development Division, Rohto Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Osaka 544-8666, Japan
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- Department of Informative Genetics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Laboratory of Computational Genomics, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Department of Informative Genetics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Informative Genetics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
- Department of Trophoblast Research, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan
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- Department of Informative Genetics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Informative Genetics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Systems Engineering, Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Systems Engineering, Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan
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- Laboratory of Computational Genomics, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Systems Engineering, Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan
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- Division of Bioinformatics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Division of Bioinformatics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Informative Genetics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
- Department of Trophoblast Research, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan
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- Department of Informative Genetics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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Sordillo JE, White F, Majid S, Aguet F, Ardlie KG, Karumanchi SA, Florez JC, Powe CE, Edlow AG, Bouchard L, Jacques PE, Hivert MF. Higher Maternal Body Mass Index Is Associated With Lower Placental Expression of EPYC: A Genome-Wide Transcriptomic Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2024; 109:e1159-e1166. [PMID: 37864851 PMCID: PMC10876411 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgad619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/23/2023]
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CONTEXT Elevated body mass index (BMI) in pregnancy is associated with adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. The placental transcriptome may elucidate molecular mechanisms underlying these associations. OBJECTIVE We examined the association of first-trimester maternal BMI with the placental transcriptome in the Gen3G prospective cohort. METHODS We enrolled participants at 5 to 16 weeks of gestation and measured height and weight. We collected placenta samples at delivery. We performed whole-genome RNA sequencing using Illumina HiSeq 4000 and aligned RNA sequences based on the GTEx v8 pipeline. We conducted differential gene expression analysis of over 15 000 genes from 450 placental samples and reported the change in normalized gene expression per 1-unit increase in log2 BMI (kg/m2) as a continuous variable using Limma Voom. We adjusted models for maternal age, fetal sex, gestational age at delivery, gravidity, and surrogate variables accounting for technical variability. We compared participants with BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 mg/kg2 (N = 257) vs those with obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m2, N = 82) in secondary analyses. RESULTS Participants' mean ± SD age was 28.2 ± 4.4 years and BMI was 25.4 ± 5.5 kg/m2 in early pregnancy. Higher maternal BMI was associated with lower placental expression of EPYC (slope = -1.94, false discovery rate [FDR]-adjusted P = 7.3 × 10-6 for continuous BMI; log2 fold change = -1.35, FDR-adjusted P = 3.4 × 10-3 for BMI ≥30 vs BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m2) and with higher placental expression of IGFBP6, CHRDL1, and CXCL13 after adjustment for covariates and accounting for multiple testing (FDR < 0.05). CONCLUSION Our genome-wide transcriptomic study revealed novel genes potentially implicated in placental biologic response to higher maternal BMI in early pregnancy.
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- Joanne E Sordillo
- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
- Diabetes Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Functional Genomics, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5N4, Canada
- Department of Medical Biology, CIUSSS of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Saguenay, QC G7H 7K9, Canada
- Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CRCHUS), Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5N3, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada
- Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CRCHUS), Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5N3, Canada
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- Diabetes Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CRCHUS), Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5N3, Canada
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Shuai Q, Liang Y, Xu X, Halbiyat Z, Wang X, Cheng J, Liu J, Huang T, Peng Z, Wang L, He S, Zhao H, Liu Z, Xu J, Xie J. Sodium alginate hydrogel integrated with type III collagen and mesenchymal stem cell to promote endometrium regeneration and fertility restoration. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 253:127314. [PMID: 37827397 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.127314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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A thinner endometrium has been linked to implantation failure, and various therapeutic strategies have been attempted to improve endometrial regeneration, including the use of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). However, low survival and retention rates of transplanted stem cells are main obstacles to efficient stem cell therapy in thin endometrium. Collagen type III is a key component of the extracellular matrix, plays a crucial role in promoting cell proliferation and differentiation, and has been identified as the major collagen expressed at the implantation site. Herein, composite alginate hydrogel containing recombinant type III collagen (rCo III) and umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells are developed. rCo III serves as favorable bioactive molecule, displaying that rCo III administration promotes MSCs proliferation, stemness maintenance and migration. Moreover, rCo III administration enhances cell viability and migration of mouse endometrial stromal cells (ESCs). In a mouse model of thin endometrium, the Alg-rCo III hydrogel loaded with MSCs (MSC/Alg-rCo III) significantly induces endometrial regeneration and fertility enhancement in vivo. Further studies demonstrate that the MSC/Alg-rCo III hydrogel promoted endometrial function recovery partly by regulating mesenchymal-epithelial transition of ESCs. Taken together, the combination of Alg-rCo III hydrogel and MSCs has shown promising results in promoting endometrium regeneration and fertility restoration, and may provide new therapeutic options for endometrial disease.
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- Qizhi Shuai
- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Birth Defect and Cell Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Coal Environmental Pathogenicity and Prevention (Ministry of Education), Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Birth Defect and Cell Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Coal Environmental Pathogenicity and Prevention (Ministry of Education), Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China; Shanxi Key Laboratory of Human Disease and Animal Models, Experimental Animal Center of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Birth Defect and Cell Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Coal Environmental Pathogenicity and Prevention (Ministry of Education), Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China; Laboratory of Ethnopharmacology, Tissue-Orientated Property of Chinese Medicine Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China School of Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Birth Defect and Cell Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Coal Environmental Pathogenicity and Prevention (Ministry of Education), Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Birth Defect and Cell Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Coal Environmental Pathogenicity and Prevention (Ministry of Education), Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Birth Defect and Cell Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Coal Environmental Pathogenicity and Prevention (Ministry of Education), Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Birth Defect and Cell Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Coal Environmental Pathogenicity and Prevention (Ministry of Education), Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Birth Defect and Cell Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Coal Environmental Pathogenicity and Prevention (Ministry of Education), Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Birth Defect and Cell Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Coal Environmental Pathogenicity and Prevention (Ministry of Education), Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Birth Defect and Cell Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Coal Environmental Pathogenicity and Prevention (Ministry of Education), Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi, China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Birth Defect and Cell Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Coal Environmental Pathogenicity and Prevention (Ministry of Education), Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Birth Defect and Cell Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Coal Environmental Pathogenicity and Prevention (Ministry of Education), Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi, China.
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Birth Defect and Cell Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Coal Environmental Pathogenicity and Prevention (Ministry of Education), Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China.
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Jedynak P, Broséus L, Tost J, Busato F, Gabet S, Thomsen C, Sakhi AK, Pin I, Slama R, Lepeule J, Philippat C. Prenatal exposure to triclosan assessed in multiple urine samples and placental DNA methylation. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 335:122197. [PMID: 37481027 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/24/2023]
Abstract
A previous study reported positive associations of maternal urinary concentrations of triclosan, a synthetic phenol with widespread exposure in the general population, with placental DNA methylation of male fetuses. Given the high number of comparisons performed in -omic research, further studies were needed to validate and extend on these findings. Using a cohort of male and female fetuses with repeated maternal urine samples to assess exposure, we studied the associations between triclosan and placental DNA methylation. We assessed triclosan concentrations in two pools of 21 urine samples collected among 395 women from the SEPAGES cohort. We used Infinium Methylation EPIC arrays to measure DNA methylation in placental biopsies collected at delivery. We performed a candidate study restricted to a set of candidate CpGs (n = 500) identified in a previous work as well as an exploratory epigenome-wide association study to investigate the associations between triclosan and differentially methylated probes and regions. Analyses were conducted on the whole population and stratified by child's sex. Mediation analysis was performed to test whether heterogeneity of placental tissue may mediate the observed associations. In the candidate approach, we confirmed 18 triclosan-associated genes when both sexes were considered. After stratification for child's sex, triclosan was associated with 72 genes in females and three in males. Most of the associations were positive and several CpGs mapped to imprinted genes: FBRSL1, KCNQ1, RHOBTB3, and SMOC1. A mediation effect by placental tissue heterogeneity was identified for most of the observed associations. In the exploratory analysis, we identified a few isolated associations in the sex-stratified analysis. In line with a previous study on male placentas, our approach revealed several positive associations between triclosan exposure and placental DNA methylation. Several identified loci mapped to imprinted genes.
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- Paulina Jedynak
- University Grenoble Alpes, Inserm U 1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Team of Environmental Epidemiology applied to Development and Respiratory Health, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Grenoble, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Inserm U 1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Team of Environmental Epidemiology applied to Development and Respiratory Health, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratory for Epigenetics and Environment, Centre National de Recherche en Génomique Humaine, CEA - Institut de Biologie François Jacob, University Paris Saclay, Evry, France
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- Laboratory for Epigenetics and Environment, Centre National de Recherche en Génomique Humaine, CEA - Institut de Biologie François Jacob, University Paris Saclay, Evry, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Inserm U 1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Team of Environmental Epidemiology applied to Development and Respiratory Health, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Grenoble, France; University Lille, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, ULR 4483-IMPacts de L'Environnement Chimique sur La Santé (IMPECS), Lille, France
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- Division of Climate and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Climate and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Inserm U 1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Team of Environmental Epidemiology applied to Development and Respiratory Health, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Grenoble, France; Pediatric Department, Grenoble Alpes University Hospital, La Tronche, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Inserm U 1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Team of Environmental Epidemiology applied to Development and Respiratory Health, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Grenoble, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Inserm U 1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Team of Environmental Epidemiology applied to Development and Respiratory Health, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Grenoble, France.
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Inserm U 1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Team of Environmental Epidemiology applied to Development and Respiratory Health, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Grenoble, France
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Reshi QUA, Godakumara K, Ord J, Dissanayake K, Hasan MM, Andronowska A, Heath P, Fazeli A. Spermatozoa, acts as an external cue and alters the cargo and production of the extracellular vesicles derived from oviductal epithelial cells in vitro. J Cell Commun Signal 2023; 17:737-755. [PMID: 36469292 PMCID: PMC10409707 DOI: 10.1007/s12079-022-00715-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/09/2022] Open
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The oviduct provides optimum physiological and biochemical milieu essential for successful fertilization, early embryo development and facilitates functional maturation of spermatozoa. A study has revealed that spermatozoa alters the gene expression in bovine oviductal epithelial cells (BOECs) remotely via bio-active particles, thus acting as a cue to the oviduct prior to their arrival. However, very little attention has been paid to the question of whether spermatozoa could alter the cargo of extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from BOECs. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the alterations in small non-coding RNAs in EVs cargo derived from BOECs when incubated with spermatozoa in contact and non-contact co-culture models. After 4 h of incubation the EVs were isolated from the conditioned media, followed by small non-coding sequencing of the BOEC derived EVs. Our results revealed that EVs from both co-culture models contained distinct cargo in form of miRNA, fragmented mRNA versus control. The pathway enrichment analysis revealed that EV miRNA from direct co-culture were involved in the biological processes associated with phagocytosis, macroautophagy, placenta development, cellular responses to TNF and FGF. The mRNA fragments also varied within the different groups and mapped to the exonic regions of the transcriptome providing vital insights regarding the changes in cellular transcriptome on the arrival of spermatozoa. The findings of this study suggest that spermatozoa, in contact as well as remotely, alter the EV cargo of female reproductive tract epithelial cells which might be playing an essential role in pre and post-fertilization events.
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- Qurat Ul Ain Reshi
- Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 62, 51006, Tartu, Estonia
- Department of Pathophysiology, Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, University of Tartu, Ravila St. 19, 50411, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 62, 51006, Tartu, Estonia
- Department of Pathophysiology, Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, University of Tartu, Ravila St. 19, 50411, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health, University of Bern, Längassstrasse 122, 3012, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 62, 51006, Tartu, Estonia
- Department of Pathophysiology, Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, University of Tartu, Ravila St. 19, 50411, Tartu, Estonia
- Institute for Women's Health, Maternal and Fetal Medicine Department, University College London, 86-96 Chenies Mews, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
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- Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Tuwima St. 10, 10-748, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience SITraN, University of Sheffield, 385a Glossop Rd, Sheffield, S10 2HQ, UK
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 62, 51006, Tartu, Estonia.
- Department of Pathophysiology, Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, University of Tartu, Ravila St. 19, 50411, Tartu, Estonia.
- Academic Unit of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine, Department of Oncology and Metabolism, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2SF, UK.
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Wu S, Xie H, Su Y, Jia X, Mi Y, Jia Y, Ying H. The landscape of implantation and placentation: deciphering the function of dynamic RNA methylation at the maternal-fetal interface. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1205408. [PMID: 37720526 PMCID: PMC10499623 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1205408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
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The maternal-fetal interface is defined as the interface between maternal tissue and sections of the fetus in close contact. RNA methylation modifications are the most frequent kind of RNA alterations. It is effective throughout both normal and pathological implantation and placentation during pregnancy. By influencing early embryo development, embryo implantation, endometrium receptivity, immune microenvironment, as well as some implantation and placentation-related disorders like miscarriage and preeclampsia, it is essential for the establishment of the maternal-fetal interface. Our review focuses on the role of dynamic RNA methylation at the maternal-fetal interface, which has received little attention thus far. It has given the mechanistic underpinnings for both normal and abnormal implantation and placentation and could eventually provide an entirely novel approach to treating related complications.
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- Shengyu Wu
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Department of Obstetrics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Gynecologic Oncology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Gynecologic Oncology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Department of Obstetrics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Gynecologic Oncology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Department of Obstetrics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Gynecologic Oncology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Department of Obstetrics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Gynecologic Oncology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Gynecologic Oncology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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Synan L, Ghazvini S, Uthaman S, Cutshaw G, Lee CY, Waite J, Wen X, Sarkar S, Lin E, Santillan M, Santillan D, Bardhan R. First Trimester Prediction of Preterm Birth in Patient Plasma with Machine-Learning-Guided Raman Spectroscopy and Metabolomics. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:38185-38200. [PMID: 37549133 PMCID: PMC10625673 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c04260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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Preterm birth (PTB) is the leading cause of infant deaths globally. Current clinical measures often fail to identify women who may deliver preterm. Therefore, accurate screening tools are imperative for early prediction of PTB. Here, we show that Raman spectroscopy is a promising tool for studying biological interfaces, and we examine differences in the maternal metabolome of the first trimester plasma of PTB patients and those that delivered at term (healthy). We identified fifteen statistically significant metabolites that are predictive of the onset of PTB. Mass spectrometry metabolomics validates the Raman findings identifying key metabolic pathways that are enriched in PTB. We also show that patient clinical information alone and protein quantification of standard inflammatory cytokines both fail to identify PTB patients. We show for the first time that synergistic integration of Raman and clinical data guided with machine learning results in an unprecedented 85.1% accuracy of risk stratification of PTB in the first trimester that is currently not possible clinically. Correlations between metabolites and clinical features highlight the body mass index and maternal age as contributors of metabolic rewiring. Our findings show that Raman spectral screening may complement current prenatal care for early prediction of PTB, and our approach can be translated to other patient-specific biological interfaces.
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- Lilly Synan
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50012, USA
- Nanovaccine Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50012, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50012, USA
- Nanovaccine Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50012, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50012, USA
- Nanovaccine Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50012, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50012, USA
- Nanovaccine Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50012, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi 62106, Taiwan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa state University, Ames, IA 50012, USA
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- Nanovaccine Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50012, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa state University, Ames, IA 50012, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi 62106, Taiwan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50012, USA
- Nanovaccine Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50012, USA
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Gomez Ribot D, Diaz E, Fazio MV, Gómez HL, Careaga V, Maier M, Macchi SB, Gresta CA, Capobianco E, Jawerbaum A. Metabolic and molecular effects of dietary extra virgin olive oil in blood and placenta of women with GDM. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1219276. [PMID: 37654560 PMCID: PMC10465367 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1219276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
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Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) increases the risks of maternal, placental, and neonatal complications. Previously, we found that a diet enriched in extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) prevents increased maternal triglyceridemia and placental proinflammatory markers in a cohort of GDM patients. The aim of this work was to evaluate maternal circulating markers of insulin resistance, placental collagen, glycogen and lipid levels, and placental levels of proteins, mRNAs, and a microRNA involved in the endocytic pathway in the same cohort of control women and women with GDM who received or did not receive a diet enriched in EVOO (36 g/day) from weeks 24 to 28 of pregnancy until term. Results At term, the TG/HDL cholesterol ratio, fatty acid binding protein 4 circulating levels, and maternal BMI were increased in the GDM patients, alterations prevented by the maternal diet enriched in EVOO. Although there were no changes in placental lipid levels and lipid profile, GDM placentas were thicker than controls and showed increased glycogen and collagen content, alterations prevented by the EVOO enriched diet. GDM placentas showed increases in megalin levels, in the expression of several genes involved in the endocytic pathway, and in miR-199, which targets these genes, alterations prevented by the maternal diet enriched in EVOO. Conclusions We identified novel beneficial effects of an EVOO-enriched diet in GDM women, a diet capable of regulating maternal insulin resistance, the structure and metabolism of the placenta, and the placental endocytic pathway, suggesting effects that may be beneficial for fetal development.
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- Dalmiro Gomez Ribot
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) – Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Laboratory of Reproduction and Metabolism, Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos (CEFYBO), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Department of Obstetrics, Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Ignacio Pirovano, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Obstetrics, Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Ignacio Pirovano, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Obstetrics, Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Ignacio Pirovano, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Obstetrics, Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Ignacio Pirovano, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Unidad de Microanálisis y Métodos Físicos Aplicados a Química Orgánica (UMYMFOR) [Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)-Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)], Department of Organic Chemistry, School of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Unidad de Microanálisis y Métodos Físicos Aplicados a Química Orgánica (UMYMFOR) [Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)-Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)], Department of Organic Chemistry, School of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Obstetrics, Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Ignacio Pirovano, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Obstetrics, Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Ignacio Pirovano, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) – Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Laboratory of Reproduction and Metabolism, Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos (CEFYBO), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) – Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Laboratory of Reproduction and Metabolism, Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos (CEFYBO), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Long C, Li Z, Liang S, Yao S, Zhu S, Lu L, Cao R, Chen Y, Huang Y, Ma Y, Lei W, Liang X. Resveratrol reliefs DEHP-induced defects during human decidualization. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2023; 258:114931. [PMID: 37121080 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.114931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Di-(2-Ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is widely used as an additive in many plastic products. Studies have revealed that DEHP persistent exposure can affect embryonic development and lead to adverse female reproductive disorders. The establishment of pregnancy involves extensive changes in the endometrial tissue, including massive extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling. Decidualization of the endometrium provides a suitable environment for subsequent growth by causing changes in the morphology of the uterine stromal cells, is a key process in human pregnancy. Resveratrol (RSV) is a natural polyphenolic plant antitoxin with a wide range of pharmacological effects. Growing evidence indicates that RSV has therapeutic effects on certain female reproductive disorders. In this study, the effect of DEHP on cell viability was investigated by cell proliferation assay. Cell decidualization was induced in vitro, and the downregulation of molecules associated with decidualization was confirmed through quantitative real-time PCR and western blot analysis. Immunofluorescence analysis revealed alteration in cell morphology, and found that administration of DEHP sufficiently induced ERα entry into the nucleus. The effect of DEHP on cells was fully verified by RNA-seq analysis. Interestingly, an upregulation of decidual molecules was observed after rescue with RSV, which was confirmed by RNA-seq transcriptome analysis and quantitative real-time PCR assay. Additionally, the expression of ECM remodeling-related genes was significantly restored by RSV administration. The study revealed the potential mechanisms of DEHP-induced decidualization defects and the functional relieving roles of RSV while providing a perspective therapeutic candidate for alleviating the DEHP-induced deficiencies in decidualization.
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- Chenghong Long
- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital & Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou 215000, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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Godakumara K, Heath PR, Fazeli A. Rhythm of the First Language: Dynamics of Extracellular Vesicle-Based Embryo-Maternal Communication in the Pre-Implantation Microenvironment. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24076811. [PMID: 37047784 PMCID: PMC10095160 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24076811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
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One of the most critical steps in mammalian reproduction is implantation. Embryos with an impaired capacity for embryo-maternal crosstalk are thought to have a reduced potential for implantation. One agent of embryo-maternal communication is extracellular vesicles (EV). EVs are lipid bilayer-bound biological nanoparticles implicated in intercellular communication between many of the known cell types. In the current study, we isolated EVs from trophoblast analogue JAr spheroids and supplemented the EVs with receptive endometrium analogue RL95-2 cells to simulate pre-implantation embryo-maternal dialogue. The transcriptome of the endometrial cells was examined at 30 min, 4 h and 48 h intervals using Oxford Nanopore® technology. At the time points, 30 min, 4 h and 48 h, the endometrial cells showed a significantly altered transcriptome. It seems trophoblast EVs induce a swift and drastic effect on the endometrial transcriptome. The effect peaks at around 4 h of EV supplementation, indicating a generalized effect on cell physiology. Alterations are especially apparent in biological pathways critical to embryonic implantation, such as extracellular matrix-receptor interactions and cytokine-receptor interactions. These observations can be helpful in elucidating the dynamics of embryo-maternal communication in the pre-implantation period.
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- Kasun Godakumara
- Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITRAN), University of Sheffield, 385a Glossop Rd., Broomhall, Sheffield S10 2HQ, UK
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
- Department of Pathophysiology, Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, 14B Ravila, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
- Academic Unit of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine, Department of Oncology and Metabolism, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2RX, UK
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Ferdousy RN, Suong NT, Kadokawa H. Specific locations and amounts of denatured collagen and collagen-specific chaperone HSP47 in the uterine cervices of old cows compared with those of heifers. Theriogenology 2023; 196:10-17. [PMID: 36375211 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2022.11.005] [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: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Collagen, the most abundant extra-cellular matrix in the reproductive tract, performs a critical role in pregnancy. Although detecting damaged collagen in tissues is challenging, we recently developed a new in situ detection method using a denatured collagen detection reagent in bovine oviducts and uteri. Utilizing this method, we evaluated the hypothesis that the locations and amounts of denatured collagen in the uterine cervices of old cows are different from those in young heifers as a result of repeated pregnancies and deliveries. We compared damaged collagen in the uterine cervix at the mid-luteal phase between post-pubertal growing nulliparous heifers (22.1 ± 1.0 months old; n = 5) and old multiparous cows (143.1 ± 15.6 months old; 9 ± 1 parities; sacrificed at least 3 months after the last parturition by vaginal delivery; n = 5). Picrosirius red staining showed collagen in almost all parts of the cervices. Expectedly, the amount of damaged collagen was increased in the cervices of old cows. Additionally, we combined in situ detection and fluorescence immunohistochemistry of the collagen-specific molecular chaperone, the 47 kDa heat shock protein (HSP47). Increased HSP47 amounts were observed in the cervices from the old cows, but damaged collagen and HSP47 were not located in the same areas. The age differences were confirmed by western blotting using the anti-HSP47 antibody. These findings revealed the specific location and amounts of denatured collagen in the uterine cervices of old cows compared with those of heifers.
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- Raihana Nasrin Ferdousy
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi-ken, 1677-1, Japan
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi-ken, 1677-1, Japan
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi-ken, 1677-1, Japan.
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Zhu Y, Liu X, Xu Y, Lin Y. Hyperglycemia disturbs trophoblast functions and subsequently leads to failure of uterine spiral artery remodeling. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1060253. [PMID: 37091848 PMCID: PMC10113679 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1060253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023] Open
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Uterine spiral artery remodeling is necessary for fetal growth and development as well as pregnancy outcomes. During remodeling, trophoblasts invade the arteries, replace the endothelium and disrupt the vascular smooth muscle, and are strictly regulated by the local microenvironment. Elevated glucose levels at the fetal-maternal interface are associated with disorganized placental villi and poor placental blood flow. Hyperglycemia disturbs trophoblast proliferation and invasion via inhibiting the epithelial-mesenchymal transition, altering the protein expression of related proteases (MMP9, MMP2, and uPA) and angiogenic factors (VEGF, PIGF). Besides, hyperglycemia influences the cellular crosstalk between immune cells, trophoblast, and vascular cells, leading to the failure of spiral artery remodeling. This review provides insight into molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways of hyperglycemia that influence trophoblast functions and uterine spiral artery remodeling.
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- Yueyue Zhu
- Reproductive Medicine Center, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- The International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China
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- The International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China
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- The International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Yi Lin,
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Wang L, Qu Y, Li W, Wang K, Qin S. Effects and metabolism of fish collagen sponge in repairing acute wounds of rat skin. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2023; 11:1087139. [PMID: 36911203 PMCID: PMC9992718 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1087139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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Objective: Study the repair effect of tilapia collagen on acute wounds, and the effect on the expression level of related genes and its metabolic direction in the repair process. Materials and methods: After the full-thickness skin defect model was constructed in standard deviation rats, the wound healing effect was observed and evaluated by means of characterization, histology, and immunohistochemistry. RT-PCR, fluorescence tracer, frozen section and other techniques were used to observe the effect of fish collagen on the expression of related genes and its metabolic direction in the process of wound repair. Results: After implantation, there was no immune rejection reaction, fish collagen fused with new collagen fibers in the early stage of wound repair, and was gradually degraded and replaced by new collagen in the later stage. It has excellent performance in inducing vascular growth, promoting collagen deposition and maturation, and re-epithelialization. The results of fluorescent tracer showed that fish collagen was decomposed, and the decomposition products were involved in the wound repair process and remained at the wound site as a part of the new tissue. RT-PCR results showed that, without affecting collagen deposition, the expression level of collagen-related genes was down-regulated due to the implantation of fish collagen. Conclusion: Fish collagen has good biocompatibility and wound repair ability. It is decomposed and utilized in the process of wound repair to form new tissues.
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- Lei Wang
- The Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Bioresource Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, China
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Bioresource Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Bioresource Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, China
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Lu L, Chen Y, Yang Z, Liang S, Zhu S, Liang X. Expression and Regulation of a Novel Decidual Cells-Derived Estrogen Target during Decidualization. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 24:ijms24010302. [PMID: 36613747 PMCID: PMC9820648 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24010302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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During decidualization in rodents, uterine stromal cells undergo extensive reprogramming to differentiate into distinct cell types, forming primary decidual zones (PDZs), secondary decidual zones (SDZs), and layers of undifferentiated stromal cells. The formation of secondary decidual zones is accompanied by extensive angiogenesis. During early pregnancy, besides ovarian estrogen, de novo synthesis of estrogen in the uterus is essential for the progress of decidualization. However, the molecular mechanisms are not fully understood. Studies have shown that Cystatin B (Cstb) is highly expressed in the decidual tissue of the uterus, but the regulation and mechanism of Cstb in the process of decidualization have not been reported. Our results showed that Cstb was highly expressed in mouse decidua and artificially induced deciduoma via in situ hybridization and immunofluorescence. Estrogen stimulates the expression of Cstb through the Estrogen receptor (ER)α. Moreover, in situ synthesis of estrogen in the uterus during decidualization regulates the expression of Cstb. Silencing the expression of Cstb affects the migration ability of stromal cells. Knockdown Cstb by siRNA significantly inhibits the expression of Dtprp, a marker for mouse decidualization. Our study identifies a novel estrogen target, Cstb, during decidualization and reveals that Cstb may play a pivotal role in angiogenesis during mouse decidualization via the Angptl7.
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Mice Placental ECM Components May Provide A Three-Dimensional Placental Microenvironment. BIOENGINEERING (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 10:bioengineering10010016. [PMID: 36671588 PMCID: PMC9855196 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering10010016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Revised: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Bioethical limitations impair deeper studies in human placental physiology, then most studies use human term placentas or murine models. To overcome these challenges, new models have been proposed to mimetize the placental three-dimensional microenvironment. The placental extracellular matrix plays an essential role in several processes, being a part of the establishment of materno-fetal interaction. Regarding these aspects, this study aimed to investigate term mice placental ECM components, highlighting its collagenous and non-collagenous content, and proposing a potential three-dimensional model to mimetize the placental microenvironment. For that, 18.5-day-old mice placenta, both control and decellularized (n = 3 per group) were analyzed on Orbitrap Fusion Lumos spectrometer (ThermoScientific) and LFQ intensity generated on MaxQuant software. Proteomic analysis identified 2317 proteins. Using ECM and cell junction-related ontologies, 118 (5.1%) proteins were filtered. Control and decellularized conditions had no significant differential expression on 76 (64.4%) ECM and cell junction-related proteins. Enriched ontologies in the cellular component domain were related to cell junction, collagen and lipoprotein particles, biological process domain, cell adhesion, vasculature, proteolysis, ECM organization, and molecular function. Enriched pathways were clustered in cell adhesion and invasion, and labyrinthine vasculature regulation. These preserved ECM proteins are responsible for tissue stiffness and could support cell anchoring, modeling a three-dimensional structure that may allow placental microenvironment reconstruction.
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Pittari D, Dalla Torre M, Borini E, Hummel B, Sawarkar R, Semino C, van Anken E, Panina-Bordignon P, Sitia R, Anelli T. CREB3L1 and CREB3L2 control Golgi remodelling during decidualization of endometrial stromal cells. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:986997. [PMID: 36313580 PMCID: PMC9608648 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.986997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Upon progesterone stimulation, Endometrial Stromal Cells (EnSCs) undergo a differentiation program into secretory cells (decidualization) to release in abundance factors crucial for embryo implantation. We previously demonstrated that decidualization requires massive reshaping of the secretory pathway and, in particular, of the Golgi complex. To decipher the underlying mechanisms, we performed a time-course transcriptomic analysis of in vitro decidualizing EnSC. Pathway analysis shows that Gene Ontology terms associated with vesicular trafficking and early secretory pathway compartments are the most represented among those enriched for upregulated genes. Among these, we identified a cluster of co-regulated genes that share CREB3L1 and CREB3L2 binding elements in their promoter regions. Indeed, both CREB3L1 and CREB3L2 transcription factors are up-regulated during decidualization. Simultaneous downregulation of CREB3L1 and CREB3L2 impairs Golgi enlargement, and causes dramatic changes in decidualizing EnSC, including Golgi fragmentation, collagen accumulation in dilated Endoplasmic Reticulum cisternae, and overall decreased protein secretion. Thus, both CREB3L1 and CREB3L2 are required for Golgi reshaping and efficient protein secretion, and, as such, for successful decidualization.
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- Daniele Pittari
- Faculty of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany
- Medical Research Council (MRC), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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Vyas M, Peigney D, Demehri S. Extracellular matrix-natural killer cell interactome: an uncharted territory in health and disease. Curr Opin Immunol 2022; 78:102246. [PMID: 36174410 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2022.102246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Extracellular matrix (ECM) constantly undergoes remodeling to maintain the tissue homeostasis and an impaired ECM remodeling is a hallmark of many diseases, including cancer, infections, and inflammatory disorders. ECM has recently become recognized to regulate the immune response in peripheral tissues. Most immune cells express a diverse array of ECM receptors that, upon engagement by their cognate ECM ligands, can regulate their movement and effector functions. Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphocytes capable of mounting a swift cytotoxic immunity against cancer and virally infected cells using germline-encoded activating and inhibitory receptors. Regulation of NK cell effector function by ECM proteins in peripheral tissues is an emerging field with major implications for maintaining tolerance in normal tissues and controlling solid cancers, viral infections, and inflammatory diseases. The development of novel therapeutics targeting ECM-NK cell interplay represents a promising strategy to promote health and combat many diseases affecting solid organs.
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- Maulik Vyas
- Center for Cancer Immunology and Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Department of Dermatology and Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Center for Cancer Immunology and Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Department of Dermatology and Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Center for Cancer Immunology and Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Department of Dermatology and Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
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Naheda A, Aqeel S, Khan K, Khan W, Khan T. Immunohistopathological changes in the placenta of malaria-infected women in unstable transmission setting of Aligarh. Placenta 2022; 127:52-61. [PMID: 35970103 DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2022.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2022] [Revised: 07/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/24/2022] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Pregnant women are more susceptible to malaria due to a combination of physiological and immunological changes. The infection may even affect the growth and survival of the foetus, which mainly occur when parasite enters the placenta. The sequestration of infected erythrocytes may trigger the host response, leading to placental inflammation and altered development, affecting the structure and nutrient transport of placenta. These factors collectively impair placental functions and affect foetal growth. METHODS Pregnant women with peripheral parasitaemia for P. falciparum and P. vivax (20 each) were included in the present study, along with 15 age-matched uninfected healthy pregnant women. Placentae were analysed for the presence of local parasitaemia along with pathological lesions caused due to the parasite. Immunohistochemical staining for CD20, CD45 and CD68 cells was performed for examining the specific leucocytes in the intervillous space of the placenta. RESULTS Of the 20 individuals with P. falciparum, only seven placentae showed parasitaemia, whereas individuals with P. vivax showed no placental infection. The pathological changes observed in the P. falciparum-infected placenta include syncytial knotting, excess fibrinoid deposition, syncytiotrophoblast necrosis, syncytial rupture, thickening of trophoblast basement membrane and increased collagen deposition. Immunohistochemical staining showed a significant increase in B cells (CD20), leucocytes (CD45) and monocytes and macrophages (CD68) in the P. falciparum-infected placenta (p < 0.0001). DISCUSSION The result implies that P. falciparum is responsible for pathological alterations in placenta, affecting the nutrient transport across placenta and foetal growth. The immune cells also migrate to the placenta and accumulate in the intervillous space to show humoral and cell-mediated immunity against the parasite.
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- Ansari Naheda
- Section of Parasitology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India.
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- Section of Parasitology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India
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- Section of Parasitology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India
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- Section of Parasitology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India.
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College & Hospital, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India
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Sağsöz H, Liman N, Akbalık ME, Alan E, Saruhan BG, Ketani MA, Erdoğan S. Expression of cadherins and some connective tissue components in cow uterus and placenta during pregnancy. Res Vet Sci 2022; 151:64-79. [PMID: 35870371 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2022.07.006] [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: 05/19/2022] [Revised: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The implantation and placental development processes are regulated with cell adhesion molecules and remodeling of the maternal endometrium's extracellular matrices (ECM) and fetal chorion. This study aimed to investigate the distribution and localization of some classical cadherins (E-, N-, and P-cadherins) and extracellular matrix components collagen type 5α1, fibronectin, and laminin in the cow placentomes during pregnancy using immunohistochemical and Western blotting analyses. The study results confirmed the expression of E- and P-cadherins, collagen type Vα1 (COLVα1), fibronectin, and laminin in the cow placentomes, but not N-cadherin. Throughout the pregnancy, E- and P- cadherins, COLVα1, and laminin were localized in the luminal and glandular epithelium of the inter-caruncular endometrium, caruncular epithelium, and the uninucleate (UNCs) and binucleate trophoblast giant cells (BNCs/TGCs). E- cadherin immunoreactivity in the first pregnancy period was strong in the UNCs while moderate in the BNCs/TGCs. However, it was weak in both trophoblast in the second and third pregnancy periods. In the fetal trophoblasts, P- cadherin and laminin immunostainings were more intense in the BNCs/TGCs than UNCs. The fetal and maternal stromal cells were also positive for P- cadherin, COLVα1, fibronectin, and laminin. The immunostaining intensity of COLVα1 and fibronectin in the stromal extracellular matrix of the placentomes decreased as the pregnancy progressed. The endothelia of fetal and maternal vessels were positive for all proteins. The presence and distinct localization of cadherins and ECM proteins in the cow placentome components support the role of these molecules in regulating placental cell growth, migration, and matrix production during pregnancy.
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- Hakan Sağsöz
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Dicle, 21280 Diyarbakır, Turkey.
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Erciyes, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey.
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Dicle, 21280 Diyarbakır, Turkey
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Erciyes, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Dicle, 21280 Diyarbakır, Turkey
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Dicle, 21280 Diyarbakır, Turkey
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, 59000, Tekirdağ, Turkey
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Ferdousy RN, Kadokawa H. Specific locations and amounts of denatured collagen and collagen-specific chaperone HSP47 in the oviducts and uteri of old cows as compared with those of heifers. Reprod Fertil Dev 2022; 34:619-632. [PMID: 35296375 DOI: 10.1071/rd21130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Collagen, the most abundant extra-cellular matrix in oviducts and uteri, performs critical roles in pregnancies. We hypothesised that the locations and amounts of both denatured collagen and the collagen-specific molecular chaperone 47-kDa heat shock protein (HSP47) in the oviducts and uteri of old cows are different compared with those of young heifers because of repeated pregnancies. Since detecting damaged collagen in tissues is challenging, we developed a new method that uses a denatured collagen detection reagent. Then, we compared damaged collagen in the oviducts and uteri between post-pubertal growing nulliparous heifers (22.1±1.0months old) and old multiparous cows (143.1±15.6months old). Further, we evaluated the relationship between denatured collagen and HSP47 by combining this method with fluorescence immunohistochemistry. Picro-sirius red staining showed collagen in almost all parts of the oviducts and uteri. Expectedly, damaged collagen was increased in the oviducts and uteri of old cows. However, damaged collagen and HSP47 were not located in the same area in old cows. The number of fibroblasts increased, suggesting the presence of fibrosis in the oviducts and uteri of old cows. These organs of old cows showed higher HSP47 protein amounts than those of heifers. However, the uteri, but not oviducts, of old cows had lower HSP47 mRNA amounts than those of heifers. These findings revealed the specific location and amounts of denatured collagen and HSP47 in the oviducts and uteri of old cows compared with those of heifers.
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- Raihana Nasrin Ferdousy
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 1677-1, Japan
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 1677-1, Japan
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Liu R, Dai M, Gong G, Chen M, Cao C, Wang T, Hou Z, Shi Y, Guo J, Zhang Y, Xia X. The role of extracellular matrix on unfavorable maternal–fetal interface: focusing on the function of collagen in human fertility. JOURNAL OF LEATHER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2022. [DOI: 10.1186/s42825-022-00087-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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AbstractExtracellular matrix (ECM) is characterized as widespread, abundant, and pluripotent. Among ECM members, collagen is widely accepted as one of the most prominent components for its essential structural property that can provide a scaffold for other components of ECM and the rich biological functions, which has been extensively used in tissue engineering. Emerging evidence has shown that the balance of ECM degradation and remodeling is vital to regulations of maternal–fetal interface including menstrual cycling, decidualization, embryo implantation and pregnancy maintenance. Moreover, disorders in these events may eventually lead to failure of pregnancy. Although the improvement of assisted conception and embryo culture technologies bring hope to many infertile couples, some unfavorable outcomes, such as recurrent implantation failure (RIF), recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) or recurrent miscarriage (RM), keep troubling the clinicians and patients. Recently, in vitro three-dimensional (3D) model mimicking the microenvironment of the maternal–fetal interface is developed to investigate the physiological and pathological conditions of conception and pregnancy. The progress of this technology is based on clarifying the role of ECM in the endometrium and the interaction between endometrium and conceptus. Focusing on collagen, the present review summarized the degradation and regulation of ECM and its role in normal menstruation, endometrium receptivity and unsatisfying events occurring in infertility treatments, as well as the application in therapeutic approaches to improve pregnancy outcomes. More investigations about ECM focusing on the maternal–fetal interface interaction with mesenchymal stem cells or local immunoregulation may inspire new thoughts and advancements in the clinical application of infertility treatments.
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Trophectoderm Transcriptome Analysis in LIN28 Knockdown Ovine Conceptuses Suggests Diverse Roles of the LIN28-let-7 Axis in Placental and Fetal Development. Cells 2022; 11:cells11071234. [PMID: 35406798 PMCID: PMC8997724 DOI: 10.3390/cells11071234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Revised: 03/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The proper conceptus elongation in ruminants is critical for the successful placentation and establishment of pregnancy. We have previously shown that the trophectoderm-specific knockdown of LIN28A/B in day 9 ovine blastocysts resulted in increased let-7 miRNAs and reduced conceptus elongation at day 16 of gestation. In this current study, by transcriptome analysis of LIN28A knockdown (AKD) or LIN28B knockdown (BKD) trophectoderm (TE), we explored the downstream target genes of the LIN28-let-7 axis and their roles in the placental and fetal development. We identified 449 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in AKD TE and 1214 DEGs in BKD TE compared to non-targeting control (NTC). Our analysis further revealed that 210 downregulated genes in AKD TE and 562 downregulated genes in BKD TE were the potential targets of let-7 miRNAs. Moreover, 16 downregulated genes in AKD TE and 57 downregulated and 7 upregulated genes in BKD TE were transcription factors. The DEGs in AKD and BKD TE showed enrichment in the biological processes and pathways critical for placental development and function, and fetal development and growth. The results of this study suggest the potential roles of the LIN28-let-7 axis in placental and fetal development beyond its involvement in trophoblast proliferation and conceptus elongation.
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The Molecular Interaction of Collagen with Cell Receptors for Biological Function. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14050876. [PMID: 35267698 PMCID: PMC8912536 DOI: 10.3390/polym14050876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Collagen, an extracellular protein, covers the entire human body and has several important biological functions in normal physiology. Recently, collagen from non-human sources has attracted attention for therapeutic management and biomedical applications. In this regard, both land-based animals such as cow, pig, chicken, camel, and sheep, and marine-based resources such as fish, octopus, starfish, sea-cucumber, and jellyfish are widely used for collagen extraction. The extracted collagen is transformed into collagen peptides, hydrolysates, films, hydrogels, scaffolds, sponges and 3D matrix for food and biomedical applications. In addition, many strategic ideas are continuously emerging to develop innovative advanced collagen biomaterials. For this purpose, it is important to understand the fundamental perception of how collagen communicates with receptors of biological cells to trigger cell signaling pathways. Therefore, this review discloses the molecular interaction of collagen with cell receptor molecules to carry out cellular signaling in biological pathways. By understanding the actual mechanism, this review opens up several new concepts to carry out next level research in collagen biomaterials.
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Ferdousy RN, Kadokawa H. Anti-Müllerian hormone stimulates expression of the collagen-specific chaperone 47-kDa heat shock protein in bovine uterine epithelial cells. Anim Sci J 2022; 93:e13787. [PMID: 36507591 DOI: 10.1111/asj.13787] [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: 08/26/2022] [Revised: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Uterine collagen is the most abundant component of the uterine extracellular matrix and plays a critical role in pregnancy. The 47-kDa heat shock protein (HSP47) is the sole collagen-specific molecular chaperone. We investigated the mechanisms regulating the expression of HSP47 in the uterus by assessing the effect of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) stimulation on HSP47 expression in cultured bovine uterine epithelial cells. AMH receptor type 2 (AMHR2), AMH, and HSP47 expression was assessed by fluorescence immunocytochemistry in uterine epithelial layers of the uteri of Japanese Black cows. The effect of AMH on HSP47 expression was assessed in cultured epithelial cells. The effect of MEK/ERK inhibitor on AMH-induced HSP47 expression was also assessed. We confirmed the expression of AMHR2, AMH, and HSP47 in the uterine epithelial layers. We confirmed the expression of AMHR2, AMH, HSP47, and type IV collagen in cultured uterine epithelial cells. AMH treatment at 10 or 100 ng/ml promoted significant HSP47 expression (p < 0.05). MEK/ERK inhibitor U0126 pretreatment suppressed such AMH stimulation on HSP47. These findings indicate that AMH induced HSP47 protein expression through the ERK pathway in bovine uterine epithelial cells.
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- Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Rasmussen M, Reddy M, Nolan R, Camunas-Soler J, Khodursky A, Scheller NM, Cantonwine DE, Engelbrechtsen L, Mi JD, Dutta A, Brundage T, Siddiqui F, Thao M, Gee EPS, La J, Baruch-Gravett C, Santillan MK, Deb S, Ame SM, Ali SM, Adkins M, DePristo MA, Lee M, Namsaraev E, Gybel-Brask DJ, Skibsted L, Litch JA, Santillan DA, Sazawal S, Tribe RM, Roberts JM, Jain M, Høgdall E, Holzman C, Quake SR, Elovitz MA, McElrath TF. RNA profiles reveal signatures of future health and disease in pregnancy. Nature 2022; 601:422-427. [PMID: 34987224 PMCID: PMC8770117 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04249-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Maternal morbidity and mortality continue to rise, and pre-eclampsia is a major driver of this burden1. Yet the ability to assess underlying pathophysiology before clinical presentation to enable identification of pregnancies at risk remains elusive. Here we demonstrate the ability of plasma cell-free RNA (cfRNA) to reveal patterns of normal pregnancy progression and determine the risk of developing pre-eclampsia months before clinical presentation. Our results centre on comprehensive transcriptome data from eight independent prospectively collected cohorts comprising 1,840 racially diverse pregnancies and retrospective analysis of 2,539 banked plasma samples. The pre-eclampsia data include 524 samples (72 cases and 452 non-cases) from two diverse independent cohorts collected 14.5 weeks (s.d., 4.5 weeks) before delivery. We show that cfRNA signatures from a single blood draw can track pregnancy progression at the placental, maternal and fetal levels and can robustly predict pre-eclampsia, with a sensitivity of 75% and a positive predictive value of 32.3% (s.d., 3%), which is superior to the state-of-the-art method2. cfRNA signatures of normal pregnancy progression and pre-eclampsia are independent of clinical factors, such as maternal age, body mass index and race, which cumulatively account for less than 1% of model variance. Further, the cfRNA signature for pre-eclampsia contains gene features linked to biological processes implicated in the underlying pathophysiology of pre-eclampsia.
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- Mirvie, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Women and Children's Health, School of Life Course Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, St Thomas' Hospital Campus, London, UK
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- Center for Public Health Kinetics, New Delhi, India
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- Mirvie, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Center for Public Health Kinetics, New Delhi, India
- Public Health Laboratory-Idc, Pemba, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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- Public Health Laboratory-Idc, Pemba, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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- Public Health Laboratory-Idc, Pemba, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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- Department of Obstetrics, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
- Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Obstetrics, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS), Lynnwood, WA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Women and Children's Health, School of Life Course Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, St Thomas' Hospital Campus, London, UK
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- Magee-Womens Research Institute, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Epidemiology and Clinical and Translational Research University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Mirvie, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Maternal and Child Health Research Program, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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OUP accepted manuscript. Mol Hum Reprod 2022; 28:6583214. [DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gaac014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Yang ZS, Pan HY, Shi WW, Chen ST, Wang Y, Li MY, Zhang HY, Yang C, Liu AX, Yang ZM. Regulation and Function of Laminin A5 during Mouse and Human Decidualization. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 23:199. [PMID: 35008625 PMCID: PMC8745792 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23010199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Decidualization is essential to the establishment of pregnancy in rodents and primates. Laminin A5 (encoding by Laminin α5) is a member of the laminin family, which is mainly expressed in the basement membranes. Although laminins regulate cellular phenotype maintenance, adhesion, migration, growth, and differentiation, the expression, function, and regulation of laminin A5 during early pregnancy are still unknown. Therefore, we investigated the expression and role of laminin A5 during mouse and human decidualization. Laminin A5 is highly expressed in mouse decidua and artificially induced deciduoma. Laminin A5 is significantly increased under in vitro decidualization. Laminin A5 knockdown significantly inhibits the expression of Prl8a2, a marker for mouse decidualization. Progesterone stimulates the expression of laminin A5 in ovariectomized mouse uterus and cultured mouse stromal cells. We also show that progesterone regulates laminin A5 through the PKA-CREB-C/EBPβ pathway. Laminin A5 is also highly expressed in human pregnant decidua and cultured human endometrial stromal cells during in vitro decidualization. Laminin A5 knockdown by siRNA inhibits human in vitro decidualization. Collectively, our study reveals that laminin A5 may play a pivotal role during mouse and human decidualization via the PKA-CREB-C/EBPβ pathway.
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- Zhen-Shan Yang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (Z.-S.Y.); (H.-Y.P.); (W.-W.S.); (S.-T.C.); (Y.W.); (M.-Y.L.); (H.-Y.Z.); (C.Y.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (Z.-S.Y.); (H.-Y.P.); (W.-W.S.); (S.-T.C.); (Y.W.); (M.-Y.L.); (H.-Y.Z.); (C.Y.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (Z.-S.Y.); (H.-Y.P.); (W.-W.S.); (S.-T.C.); (Y.W.); (M.-Y.L.); (H.-Y.Z.); (C.Y.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (Z.-S.Y.); (H.-Y.P.); (W.-W.S.); (S.-T.C.); (Y.W.); (M.-Y.L.); (H.-Y.Z.); (C.Y.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (Z.-S.Y.); (H.-Y.P.); (W.-W.S.); (S.-T.C.); (Y.W.); (M.-Y.L.); (H.-Y.Z.); (C.Y.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (Z.-S.Y.); (H.-Y.P.); (W.-W.S.); (S.-T.C.); (Y.W.); (M.-Y.L.); (H.-Y.Z.); (C.Y.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (Z.-S.Y.); (H.-Y.P.); (W.-W.S.); (S.-T.C.); (Y.W.); (M.-Y.L.); (H.-Y.Z.); (C.Y.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (Z.-S.Y.); (H.-Y.P.); (W.-W.S.); (S.-T.C.); (Y.W.); (M.-Y.L.); (H.-Y.Z.); (C.Y.)
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- Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Xueshi Road, Hangzhou 310006, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (Z.-S.Y.); (H.-Y.P.); (W.-W.S.); (S.-T.C.); (Y.W.); (M.-Y.L.); (H.-Y.Z.); (C.Y.)
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Dijmărescu AL, Boldeanu L, Radu M, Rotaru I, Siminel MA, Manolea MM, Vrabie SC, Novac MB, Boldeanu MV, Tănase F. The potential value of diagnostic and predictive serum biomarkers for preeclampsia. ROMANIAN JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY AND EMBRYOLOGY = REVUE ROUMAINE DE MORPHOLOGIE ET EMBRYOLOGIE 2021; 62:981-989. [PMID: 35673817 PMCID: PMC9289696 DOI: 10.47162/rjme.62.4.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Preeclampsia (PE), one of the classes of hypertensive pregnancy disorders, is one of the three causes of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. The angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors are useful markers in predicting and diagnosing PE. AIM This study aims to detect and measure the serum level of some biomarkers [hypoxia-inducible factor-1 subunit alpha (HIF-1A), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), interferon-gamma-inducible protein of 10 kDa (IP-10), matrix metalloproteinase-13 (MMP-13)] in patients with PE and their correlation with the severity of the disease, to find a good predictor for PE. PATIENTS, MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective study aims to monitor 48 pregnant women who address obstetric consultation and who present risk factors for PE, and a control group with characteristics similar to the study group. Patients were divided into three groups: Group I (n=15) including normal pregnant (NP) women with blood pressure <140∕90 mmHg, without proteinuria, Group II (n=18) including patients with mild PE (MildPE), Group III (n=15) including patients with severe PE (SeverePE). The analysis of serum biomarkers was based on a quantitative sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), according to the manufacturer's instructions. RESULTS In our study, we found that all biomarkers investigated have higher concentrations in the serum of patients with SeverePE and MildPE than those in the control subjects (Group I, NP), the concentrations were increasing along with the disease activity. The means concentrations of HIF-1A, VEGF, IP-10, MMP-13, better correlated with indices in SeverePE group than in MildPE group. We found that VEGF was the biomarker that best correlates with indices that assess the severity of PE. The best separation of patients with SeverePE from those with MildPE can be done with the help of MMP-13 (82% accuracy), followed by VEGF (80.40% accuracy) and the least good detection being done by dosing IP-10. CONCLUSIONS We can say that, due to high specificity diagnostic accuracy, determination of serum concentrations of MMP-13 and VEGF, could be useful in the diagnosis and distinguishing of patients with SeverePE and may prove useful in the monitoring of the disease course.
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- Anda Lorena Dijmărescu
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania
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- Department of Emergency Medicine and First Aid, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania
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- Department of Hematology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania
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- Department of Immunology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania
- Medico Science SRL – Stem Cell Bank Unit, Craiova, Romania
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania
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