Porcine uterine luminal fluid-derived extracellular vesicles improve conceptus-endometrial interaction during implantation
| Autor: | Xupeng Zang, Zicong Li, Dewu Liu, Junsong Shi, Ting Gu, Zhenfang Wu, Gengyuan Cai, Yue Ding, Linjun Hong, Qun Hu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Swine
Uterus Biology Endometrium Extracellular Vesicles Mice Food Animals Western blot Pregnancy microRNA medicine Animals Conceptus Bicinchoninic acid assay Embryo Implantation Small Animals Estrous cycle medicine.diagnostic_test Equine Trophoblast Embryo Embryo Mammalian Cell biology medicine.anatomical_structure Female Animal Science and Zoology |
| Zdroj: | Theriogenology. 178:8-17 |
| ISSN: | 0093-691X |
| Popis: | Successful implantation of porcine conceptus requires synergistic interaction with various signal molecules in the maternal uterus. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) in uterine luminal fluid (ULF) of mice play important roles in conceptus development. However, studies have not explored the roles of extracellular vesicles (EV) in ULF of pigs. The aim of this study was to identify characteristics, origin, and roles of ULF-derived EVs on day 9 of the estrous cycle and on day 9,12 and 15 of pregnancy in pigs. Western blot, BCA assay and HE staining analysis showed increase in EVs concentration in ULF began from day 12 of pregnancy. Immunofluorescence staining and transmission electron microscopy analysis showed that EVs were mainly derived from endometrial epithelial cells. Fluorescent labeling, CCK-8 and transwell migration assays showed that these EVs were delivered to the trophoblast or parthenogenetic activation embryos to regulate proliferation and migration of trophoblast cells. A total of 305 miRNAs were identified using small RNA sequencing analysis. Functional enrichment analysis showed that miRNAs in these EVs potentially play vital regulatory functions in EV transportation or conceptus implantation. QRT-PCR analysis was used to further verify the RNA-seq data. The findings of this study provide information on the functions of porcine ULF-derived EVs and provide a reference dataset for future translational studies on porcine ULF-derived EVs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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