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VETERINARY RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
卷 47, 期 2, 页码 885-900出版社
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DOI: 10.1007/s11259-022-10052-3
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Extracellular vesicles; Bovine uterine fluid; Oestrous cycle; Proteomics; Fluorescence NTA
A comparison was made between the follicular and luteal phases of the oestrous cycle in bovine uterine fluid (UF), revealing differences in the concentration and protein profile of extracellular vesicles (EV). These findings suggest that EV modulate the uterine microenvironment throughout the oestrous cycle.
Extracellular vesicles (EV) have been identified in uterine fluid (UF), however the bovine UF-EV profile during different phases of the oestrous cycle has not yet been established. Therefore, we compared the UF-EV, and their protein profile at follicular and luteal phases of the oestrous cycle. UF samples were collected from healthy uteri of six live and six slaughtered cows at follicular or luteal phases. Isolation of EV was performed using tangential flow filtration followed by size exclusion chromatography. EV were characterized by nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA), fluorescence NTA, zeta potential, and transmission electron microscopy. Mass-spectrometry was used to evaluate EV protein profile from live cows. Particle concentrations (mean +/- SD) were higher (P < 0.05) at follicular than at luteal phase in both live (1.01 x 10(8) +/- 1.66 x 10(7) vs 7.56 x 10(7) ???????+/- 1.80 x 10(7), respectively) and slaughtered cows (1.17 x 10(8) ???????+/- 2.34 x 10(7) vs 9.12 x 10(7) ???????+/- 9.77 x 10(6), respectively). The proportion of fluorescently labelled EV varied significantly between follicular and luteal phases across live (28.9 ???????+/- 1.9% vs 19.3 ???????+/- 2.8%, respectively) and slaughtered cows (26.5 ???????+/- 6.3% vs 27.3 ???????+/- 2 .7%, respectively). In total, 41 EV proteins were differentially expressed between the phases. Some of the proteins were involved in reproductive processes, cell adhesion and proliferation, and cellular metabolic processes. The results indicated differences in bovine UF-EV concentration and protein profile at follicular and luteal phases, which would suggest that EV modulate uterine microenvironment across the oestrous cycle. Further research is needed to understand the effect of EV changes throughout the oestrous cycle.
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