Bacterial endometritis-induced changes in the endometrial proteome in mares: Potential uterine biomarker for bacterial endometritis.

Autor: Da Silva E; Laboratory of Equine Reproduction and Equine Spermatology, Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain., Martín-Cano FE; Laboratory of Equine Reproduction and Equine Spermatology, Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain., Gómez-Arrones V; CENSYRA, Centro de Selección y Reproducción Animal de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain., Gaitskell-Phillips G; Laboratory of Equine Reproduction and Equine Spermatology, Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain., Alonso JM; Unit of Infectious Diseases, University of Extremadura, Caceres, Spain., Rey J; Unit of Infectious Diseases, University of Extremadura, Caceres, Spain., Becerro L; Laboratory of Equine Reproduction and Equine Spermatology, Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain., Gil MC; Laboratory of Equine Reproduction and Equine Spermatology, Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain., Peña FJ; Laboratory of Equine Reproduction and Equine Spermatology, Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain., Ortega-Ferrusola C; Laboratory of Equine Reproduction and Equine Spermatology, Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain. Electronic address: cristinaof@unex.es.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Theriogenology [Theriogenology] 2024 Sep 15; Vol. 226, pp. 202-212. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 13.
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2024.06.009
Abstrakt: Equine endometritis is one of the main causes of subfertility in the mare. Unraveling the molecular mechanisms involved in this condition and pinpointing proteins with biomarker potential could be crucial in both diagnosing and treating this condition. This study aimed to identify the endometritis-induced changes in the endometrial proteome in mares and to elucidate potential biological processes in which these proteins may be involved. Secondly, biomarkers related to bacterial endometritis (BE) in mares were identified. Uterine lavage fluid samples were collected from 28 mares (14 healthy: negative cytology and culture, and no clinical signs and 14 mares with endometritis: positive cytology and culture, in addition to clinical signs). Proteomic analysis was performed with a UHPLC-MS/MS system and bioinformatic analysis was carried out using Qlucore Omics Explorer. Gene Ontology enrichment and pathway analysis (PANTHER and KEGG) of the uterine proteome were performed to identify active biological pathways in enriched proteins from each group. Quantitative analysis revealed 38 proteins differentially abundant in endometritis mares when compared to healthy mares (fold changes >4.25, and q-value = 0.002). The proteins upregulated in the secretome of mares with BE were involved in biological processes related to the generation of energy and REDOX regulation and to the defense response to bacterium. A total of 24 biomarkers for BE were identified using the biomarker workbench algorithm. Some of the proteins identified were related to the innate immune system such as isoforms of histones H2A and H2B involvement in neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation, complement C3a, or gelsolin and profilin, two actin-binding proteins which are essential for dynamic remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton during cell migration. The other group of biomarkers were three known antimicrobial peptides (lysosome, equine cathelicidin 2 and myeloperoxidase (MPO)) and two uncharacterized proteins with a high homology with cathelicidin families. Findings in this study provide the first evidence that innate immune cells in the equine endometrium undergo reprogramming of metabolic pathways similar to the Warburg effect during activation. In addition, biomarkers of BE in uterine fluid of mares including the new proteins identified, as well as other antimicrobial peptides already known, offer future lines of research for alternative treatments to antibiotics.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest None of the authors have any conflict of interest to declare.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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