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ONCOTARGET
Volume 7, Issue 45, Pages 72475-72485Publisher
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.11987
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Toll-Like 4 receptor; NF kappa B; inflammatory; miR-146a; assisted reproductive technology; preterm birth; Pathology Section
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81500354]
- Guangzhou Science Technology and Innovation Grants [2014Y2-00053]
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Assisted reproductive technology (ART) is widely used for the women with infertility conditions to achieve pregnancy. However, the adverse effects of ART may lead to poor perinatal and neonatal outcomes, e.g., preterm birth and low body weight. In this study, we investigated the inflammatory molecular factors and microRNA that might be involved in ART related preterm birth. We found the elevation of Toll-like 4 receptor (TLR4), activation of NF kappa B pathway and down-regulation of microRNA-146a (miR-146a), a negative regulator of NF kappa B, in the placenta of preterm birth and ART, indicating preterm birth and ART were associated with inflammation signaling activation. In vitro experiments demonstrated that miR-146a suppressed NF kappa B pathway and shifted the balance of cytokines in the cord blood toward a repertoire of pro-inflammatory outcomes by down-regulating IRAK1 and TRAF6. The pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6, IFN gamma and TNF alpha in the cord blood were highly expressed in the preterm and ART, while anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 was the lower in the preterm and ART. In summary, we firstly uncovered that TLR4/NF kappa B mediated inflammation signaling and miR-146a participated in ART-related preterm birth patients, which suggests that importance of TLR4/NF kappa B/miR-146a signaling in clinical interventions and biomarkers of ART-related perinatal or neonatal outcomes.
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