Regulation of Porcine Oviduct Epithelium Functions via Progesterone and Estradiol Is Influenced by Cortisol.

Autor:	Du S; Institute of Reproductive Biology, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf 18196, Germany.; Institute of Genome Biology, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf 18196, Germany.; Department of Reproduction Biology, Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Berlin 10315, Germany., Trakooljul N; Institute of Genome Biology, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf 18196, Germany., Palma-Vera SE; Institute of Reproductive Biology, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf 18196, Germany.; Department of Reproduction Biology, Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Berlin 10315, Germany., Murani E; Institute of Genome Biology, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf 18196, Germany., Schuler G; Veterinary Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen 35392, Germany., Schoen J; Institute of Reproductive Biology, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf 18196, Germany.; Department of Reproduction Biology, Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Berlin 10315, Germany.; Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin 13355, Germany., Chen S; Institute of Reproductive Biology, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf 18196, Germany.; Department of Reproduction Biology, Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Berlin 10315, Germany.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Endocrinology [Endocrinology] 2022 Nov 14; Vol. 164 (1).
DOI:	10.1210/endocr/bqac176
Abstrakt:	Preimplantation maternal stress, characterized by elevated glucocorticoids (GCs), has been linked to reproductive failures caused by impaired oviduct functionality, which is known to be predominantly regulated by the sex steroids, progesterone (P4) and (17)estradiol (E2). Although steroid receptors share analogous structures and binding preferences, the interaction between GCs and E2/P4 in the oviduct has attracted little attention. Using an air-liquid interface culture model, porcine oviduct epithelial cells were stimulated with single (cortisol, E2, P4) or hormone mixtures (cortisol/E2, cortisol/P4) for 12 hours and 72 hours. Cultures were subsequently assessed for epithelial morphometry, bioelectrical properties, and gene expression responses (steroid hormone signaling, oviductal function, immune response, and apoptosis). Results confirmed the suppressive role of P4 in regulating oviduct epithelium characteristics, which was partially opposed by E2. Besides increasing the ratio of ciliated cells, cortisol antagonized the effect of P4 on epithelial polarity and modified sex steroid-induced changes in transepithelial electrical properties. Both sex steroids affected the glucocorticoid receptor expression, while cortisol downregulated the expression of progesterone receptor. The overall gene expression pattern suggests that sex steroid dominates the cotreatment, but cortisol contributes by altering the gene responses to sex steroids. We conclude that besides its individual action, maternal cortisol interplays with sex steroids at phenotypic and molecular levels in the oviduct epithelium, thereby influencing the microenvironment of gametes and early embryos. (© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Endocrine Society. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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