Project description:To screen differentially expression circRNAs between tissues of normal endometrium (control) and intrauterine adhesion (IUA) in human.
Project description:Intrauterine adhesion (IUA) is characterized by endometrial fibrosis with partial or complete uterine cavity obliteration. IUA patients often undergo amenorrhea/ hypomenorrhea, abdominal pain, infertility, early pregnancy loss or severe placental complications. In this work, endometria samples were collected from severe IUA and control patients. RNA-seq was performed to identify differences between IUA and normal control and investigate the mechanisms of IUA development.
Project description:Purpose: The fundamental cause of intrauterine adhesions (IUAs) is the destruction and reduction of stem cells in endometrial basal layer, resulting in endometrial reconstruction very difficult. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects and underlying mechanism of human umbilical cord blood derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUCB-MSC) on the endometrial reconstruction after transplantation. Methods: hUCB-MSCs were isolated and identified successfully. The rabbit IUA models were established and set five groups (control, 14/28th day after surgery, estrogen and hUCB-MSCs treatment).The number of endometrial glands and the fibrosis rate were evaluated using HE and Masson staining, respectively. Endometrial proliferation, angiogenesis and inflammation was evaluated by immunohistochemical staining of ER, Ki-67and TGF-β1, respectively. Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) was applied to explore the cell differentiation trajectory after hUCB-MSCs transplanted into IUA endometrium. Finally, molecular mechanism of hUCB-MSCs repairing damaged endometrium was investigated by RNA sequencing. Results: After transplantation of the hUCB-MSCs, the increase of endometrial gland number, estrogen receptor(ER) and Ki-67expression,and the decrease of fibrosis rate and TGF-β expression(P<0.05), suggested the endometrial repair, angiogenesis and inflammatory suppression. The therapeutic effect of hUCB-MSCs was significantly improved compared with 28th day after surgery and estrogen group. ScRNA-seq demonstrated that the transplanted hUCB-MSCs can trans-differentiate into endometrial cells: epithelial, fibroblast, and macrophage. RNA Sequencing of six IUA samples further revealed that hUCB-MSCs may regulate Th17/Treg balance through NF-B signaling, thus inhibiting the immune response of damaged endometrium. Conclusions: Our study demonstrated that hUCB-MSCs can repair damaged endometrium through trans-differentiation, immunomodulatory capacities, and NF-κB signaling, suggesting the treatment value of hUCB-MSCs in IUA.
Project description:Purpose: The fundamental cause of intrauterine adhesions (IUAs) is the destruction and reduction of stem cells in endometrial basal layer, resulting in endometrial reconstruction very difficult. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects and underlying mechanism of human umbilical cord blood derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUCB-MSC) on the endometrial reconstruction after transplantation. Methods: hUCB-MSCs were isolated and identified successfully. The rabbit IUA models were established and set five groups (control, 14/28th day after surgery, estrogen and hUCB-MSCs treatment).The number of endometrial glands and the fibrosis rate were evaluated using HE and Masson staining, respectively. Endometrial proliferation, angiogenesis and inflammation was evaluated by immunohistochemical staining of ER, Ki-67and TGF-β1, respectively. Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) was applied to explore the cell differentiation trajectory after hUCB-MSCs transplanted into IUA endometrium. Finally, molecular mechanism of hUCB-MSCs repairing damaged endometrium was investigated by RNA sequencing. Results: After transplantation of the hUCB-MSCs, the increase of endometrial gland number, estrogen receptor(ER) and Ki-67expression,and the decrease of fibrosis rate and TGF-β expression(P<0.05), suggested the endometrial repair, angiogenesis and inflammatory suppression. The therapeutic effect of hUCB-MSCs was significantly improved compared with 28th day after surgery and estrogen group. ScRNA-seq demonstrated that the transplanted hUCB-MSCs can trans-differentiate into endometrial cells: epithelial, fibroblast, and macrophage. RNA Sequencing of six IUA samples further revealed that hUCB-MSCs may regulate Th17/Treg balance through NF-B signaling, thus inhibiting the immune response of damaged endometrium. Conclusions: Our study demonstrated that hUCB-MSCs can repair damaged endometrium through trans-differentiation, immunomodulatory capacities, and NF-κB signaling, suggesting the treatment value of hUCB-MSCs in IUA.
Project description:To clarify the effect of intrauterine methylglyoxal (MGO) administration on the endometrium, mRNA expression profiles of bovine endometrium were investigated. Hierarchical cluster analysis with the expression levels of all genes was divided these cows into two clusters. First cluster was composed of control cows, second cluster contained MGO (5 mM) treated cows.
Project description:The contraceptive effectiveness of intrauterine devices has been attributed in part to effects of a foreign body reaction on the endometrium. We performed this study to identify compare the effects on the endometrial transcriptome of intrauterine devices and combined oral contraceptives, to better understand their mechanisms of action. We collected endometrial and cervical biopsies from women using the levonorgestrel-intrauterine device, copper intrauterine device or levonorgestrel-containing combined oral contraceptives, and from women not using contraceptives (control group). Transcriptional profiling was performed with Affymetrix arrays, Principal Component Analysis and the bioconductor package limma. Pathway analysis was performed using EnrichR and Reactome 2016. In endometrial samples from copper intrauterine device users (n=13), there were no genes with statistically significant differential expression compared to controls (n=11), whereas in levonorgestrel-intrauterine device users (n=11), 2509 genes were significantly dysregulated and mapped onto several immune and inflammatory pathways. In combined oral contraceptive users (n=12), 133 genes were significantly dysregulated and mapped predominantly onto pathways involving regulation of metal ions. Both levonorgestrel-intrauterine device and combined oral contraceptive use were associated with significant downregulation of members of the metallothionein gene family. In cervical samples, none of the groups showed statistically significant differential gene expression compared to controls. In conclusion, hormonal and copper intrauterine devices differ significantly in their effects on the endometrial transcriptome, with endometrium from copper intrauterine device users being indistinguishable from luteal phase endometrium. These results suggest that the contraceptive mechanisms of intrauterine devices are unlikely to rely on a common pathway involving a foreign body reaction in the endometrium.
Project description:Intrauterine adhesion (IUA), characterized by endometrial fibrosis, is a common cause of female reproductive disorders. IUA-like mice model was created with curettage plus LPS stimulation to mimic endometrial fibrosis in IUA patients. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) based therapy is applied to some refractory immune diseases to control inflammation and their immunomodulatory function can be enhanced via pre-treatment with inflammatory cytokines. In this work, we examined the effect of untreated and cytokines primed MSCs therapy on macrophage in IUA-like mice model. The uteri samples were collected from sham, IUA modeling, IUA+control MSCs treatment and IUA+primed MSCs treatment groups of mice. Endometrial macrophages were sorted through F4/80 magnetic beads and performed RNA-seq.
Project description:Brief description of the experiment: The objective of this experiment was to use DNA microarrays to identify differentially expressed genes in eutopic uterine endometrium compared to ectopic endometrium. 174 of the 53,000 genes on the whole human DNA microarrays were changed by 5-fold or greater in ectopic vs. eutopic endometrium. Families of genes that were differentially expressed include immune system and inflammatory pathway genes, genes whose cognate proteins code for cell adhesion, junctional proteins, the extracellular matrix and its remodeling, and cytoskeletal proteins, and ligands, receptors, and components of specific signal transduction pathways. The altered immune environment may allow survival of endometriotic cells that enter the peritoneal cavity. Alterations of cell adhesion-associated genes may contribute to the adhesive and invasive properties of ectopic endometrium, and changes in signal transduction pathways support a change in the communication among cells of the endometrial explant compared to eutopic endometrium. These families of differentially expressed genes provide multiple opportunities for the development and testing of new hypotheses regarding endometriosis. Keywords: disease state analysis, endometriosis
Project description:Intrauterine adhesion is a common disease in women of childbearing age. In recent years, due to the increasing number of uterine operations, the incidence has been increasing, resulting in rising rate of secondary infertility in women. At present, the mechanism of intrauterine adhesion is still unclear, and there are few reports on proteomics.