期刊
DOMESTIC ANIMAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
卷 53, 期 -, 页码 60-69出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2015.05.003
关键词
Sex steroid receptor; Placenta; Early pregnancy; Assisted reproductive technology; Sheep
资金
- National Research Initiative of the U.S. Department of Agriculture [2007-01215]
- National Institutes of Health [HL64141]
- North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station
Sex steroids are important regulators of angiogenesis and growth in reproductive tissues, including the placenta. In experiment (exp.) 1, to examine the expression of a suite of sex steroid receptors throughout early pregnancy, maternal (caruncular [CAR]) and fetal (fetal membranes [FM]) placental tissues were collected on days 14 to 30 after mating and on day 10 after estrus (nonpregnant controls). In exp. 2, to examine the hypothesis that assisted reproductive technology would affect the expression of the same suite of sex steroid receptors, pregnancies were achieved through natural mating (NAT) or transfer of embryos from natural mating (NAT-ET), in vitro fertilization (IVF), or in vitro activation (IVA), and CAR and FM were collected on day 22. In exp. 1, for CAR messenger RNA (mRNA) expression of estrogen receptors (ESR) 1 and 2, nuclear (n) progesterone receptors (PGR) and membrane (m) PGR alpha, beta, and gamma were affected (P < 0.02) by pregnancy stage, as were ESR1, nPGR, and mPGR alpha, beta, and gamma for FM (P < 0.03). In exp. 2, for CAR, mRNA expression of ESRI and nPGR was decreased (P < 0.001) in NAT-ET, IVF, and IVA groups compared with NAT. For FM, mRNA expression of ESRI tended to be greater (P = 0.10) in the IVA group compared with NAT and NAT-ET, and GPER1 was greater (P < 0.05) in NAT-ET and IVF compared with NAT. These data establish the normal pattern of sex steroid receptor mRNA expression in maternal and fetal placenta during early pregnancy in sheep, and in addition, suggest that altered expression of placental sex steroid receptors may be an early event leading to poor placental vascularization and growth after assisted reproductive technology. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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