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The cell surface mucin MUC1 is expressed by endometrial epithelial cells with increased abundance in the secretory phase of the menstrual cycle, when it is found both at the apical cell surface and in secretions. This suggests the presence of a maternal cell surface glycoprotein barrier to embryo implantation, arising from the anti-adhesive property of MUC1. In previous work, we demonstrated alternatively spliced MUC1 variant forms in tumour cells. The variant MUC1/SEC lacks the transmembrane and cytoplasmic sequences found in the full-length variant. We now show that MUC1/SEC mRNA is present in endometrial carcinoma cell lines, endometrial tissue and primary cultured endometrial epithelial cells. The protein can be detected using isoform-specific antibodies in uterine flushings, suggesting release from endometrium in vivo. However, on the basis of immunolocalisation studies, MUC1/SEC also remains associated with the apical epithelial surface both in tissue and in cultured cells. Transmembrane MUC1 and MUC1/SEC are both strikingly localised to the apical surface of tubal epithelium. Thus MUC1 may contribute to the anti-adhesive character of the tubal surface, inhibiting ectopic implantation. The mechanism by which this barrier is overcome in endometrium at implantation is the subject of ongoing investigation.  相似文献   

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Sialyl-Lewis X (SLex) is a sialylated glycan antigen expressed on the cell surface during malignant cell transformation and is associated with cancer progression and poor prognosis. The increased expression of sialylated glycans is associated with alterations in the expression of sialyltransferases (STs). In this study we determined the capacity of ST3GAL3 and ST3GAL4 sialyltransferases to synthesize the SLex antigen in MKN45 gastric carcinoma cells and evaluated the effect of SLex overexpression in cancer cell behavior both in vitro and in vivo using the chicken chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) model. The activation of tyrosine kinase receptors and their downstream molecular targets was also addressed. Our results showed that the expression of ST3GAL4 in MKN45 gastric cancer cells leads to the synthesis of SLex antigens and to an increased invasive phenotype both in vitro and in the in vivo CAM model. Analysis of phosphorylation of tyrosine kinase receptors showed a specific increase in c-Met activation. The characterization of downstream molecular targets of c-Met activation, involved in the invasive phenotype, revealed increased phosphorylation of FAK and Src proteins and activation of Cdc42, Rac1 and RhoA GTPases. Inhibition of c-Met and Src activation abolished the observed increased cell invasive phenotype. In conclusion, the expression of ST3GAL4 leads to SLex antigen expression in gastric cancer cells which in turn induces an increased invasive phenotype through the activation of c-Met, in association with Src, FAK and Cdc42, Rac1 and RhoA GTPases activation.  相似文献   

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Sialosyl-Lex (SLex) and its positional isomer sialosyl-Lea are the epitopes recognized by the lectin domain of E- and P-selectins. Expression of SLex in polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) plays an important role in recruitment of these cells at sites of inflammation through activation of selectins. We studied expression of SLex in PMN of seven mammalian species in comparison with that in humans. Only PMN of humans (no other species) expressed SLex or other lacto-series epitopes such as Lex or Ley. The observed absence of these epitopes in rat PMN seems inconsistent with recent reports that the lung inflammation process in a rat model is inhibited by perfusion of SLex oligosaccharide (Mulligan MS,et al. (1993a)Nature 364:149; (1993b)J Exp Med 178:623). Rat selectins may be able to recognize SLex, even though this epitope is absent in rat PMN.Abbreviations FITC fluorescein isothiocyanate - mAb monoclonal antibody - PMN polymorphonuclear leukocytes - SLea sialosyl-Lea antigen - SLex sialosyl-Lex antigen  相似文献   

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The sialyl-Lewis X (SLex) determinant is important in leukocyte extravasation, metastasis and bacterial adhesion. The role of the protein, N-glycan and O-glycan core structures for the biosynthesis of SLex in vivo by fucosyltransferases (FucTs) is not known. Immunoglobulin G (IgG) Fc fusion proteins of α1-acid glycoprotein (AGP), P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSGL-1) or CD43 were used to probe the specificity of FucT-III-VII expressed alone in 293T and COS cells or together with O-glycan core enzymes in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO)-K1 cells. Western blotting with the monoclonal antibodies CSLEX and KM93 showed that FucT-III and V-VII produced SLex on core 2 in CHO cells. Only FucT-V, -VI and, with low activity, -VII worked on core 3 on CD43/IgG, but no SLex was detected with CSLEX on PSGL-1/IgG with core 3. KM93 stained SLex on core 2, but was not reactive with SLex on core 3. FucT-III, V-VII made SLex on N-glycans of AGP/IgG in CHO, but not in COS and 293T cells, even though the same FucTs could make SLex on CD43/IgG and PSGL-1/IgG in these cells. Our results define the specificities of FucT-III-VII in SLex biosynthesis on O-glycans with different core structures and the fine specificity of the widely used anti-SLex monoclonal antibody, KM93.  相似文献   

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Summary and conclusion Lex (13 fucosylated type 2 chain) functions as an adhesion molecule capable of Ca2+-mediated homotypic binding. Cells with high surface expression of Lex therefore exhibit strong self-aggregation (based on Lex-Lex interaction) in the presence of Ca2+. In this review, I have summarized several lines of supporting data for this concept, and the role of Lex-Lex interaction in the process of embryo compaction and autoaggregation of F9 teratocarcinoma cells. In general, cell adhesion events based on Lex-Lex interaction may be followed and reinforced by integrin- or Ig receptor-based adhesion systems.SLex, the 23 sialosyl derivative of Lex, and its positional isomer SLea, have been identified as the target molecules for selectin-dependent cell adhesion. Adhesion of leukocytes or tumour cells to ECs or platelets, which express E-selectin and P-selectin respectively, is initiated by this process. The target epitopes SLex and SLea are presented mainly on transmembrane glycoproteins having many clusters of O-linked carbohydrate chains. Therefore, inhibition of O-glycosylation may be effective for blocking selectin-mediated cell adhesion. The abundant presence of Lex epitope in the central nervous system, and the physiological changes of Lex expression as described in this monograph, reflect the adhesive properties of this molecule and its sialyosylated and/or fucosylated derivatives.  相似文献   

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Uterine endometrial glands and their secretory products are critical for the implantation and survival of the peri‐implantation embryo, and for the establishment of uterine receptivity. We previously reported that insulin‐like growth factor binding protein 7 (IGFBP7) is abundantly expressed in uterine glandular epithelial cells during the secretory phase of the menstrual cycle. In the present study, we used a cultured glandular epithelial cell line of human (EM1) to investigate the significance of IGFBP7 in the function of endometrial glands. EM1 cells formed a mesh‐like structure on Matrigel, which was accompanied by elevated levels of intracellular cyclic AMP. However, these morphological changes were blocked by treatment with protein kinase A (PKA) inhibitor (H89). IGFBP7 knockdown using specific short interference RNA (siRNA) inhibited the formation of the mesh‐like structure on Matrigel. Cyclic AMP analogs, dibutyryl‐cAMP, and N6‐phenyl‐cAMP induced the expression of leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) which is essential for the onset of implantation. Enhanced LIF expression was suppressed by IGFBP7 siRNA treatment. Western blot analysis revealed that IGFBP7 knockdown results in the aberrant, constitutive expression of the MAPK signaling pathway. These results suggest that IGFBP7 regulates morphological changes of glandular cells by interfering with the normal PKA and MAPK signaling pathways that are associated with the transformation and/or differentiation of endometrial glands. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 77: 265–272, 2010. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.  相似文献   

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Changes in the surface epithelium of the endometrium, characterized in part by alterations in cell-surface molecules, sex steroid receptors and the appearance of pinopodes, coincide with the window of endometrial receptivity in the menstrual cycle. This study was performed to evaluate the usefulness of hematoxylin and eosin staining, scanning and transmission microscopy, and MUC1 glycoform, sex steroid receptor, and interleukin receptor (type 1) expression as biomarkers of endometrial receptivity using carefully characterized clinical fertile and infertile groups of women. Using a combination of immunohistochemistry and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) called scanning immunoelectron microscopy (SIM), we confirmed that MUC1 mucin was not associated with the endometrial pinopodes, which have been linked with embryo adhesion. We also showed that failure of embryo implantation was associated with an abnormal endometrial expression of MUC1 mucin, and retention of nuclear progesterone receptor (PR) particularly in epithelial cells. Hematoxylin and eosin staining, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), SEM in isolation and immunohistochemistry for interleukin receptor were not shown to be useful markers. Progesterone-dependent regulation of MUC1 appears to be an important factor in determining endometrial receptivity.  相似文献   

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Forskolin (FSK) is known as an up-regulator of intracellular cAMP and inhibitor of cancer growth and metastasis. The effects of FSK on the metastasis potential and its mechanisms were studied using a human hepatocarcinoma cell line, H7721. It was found that FSK stimulated cell growth, increased cAMP in the cells, and enhanced the metastasis-related phenotypes, including adhesion to laminin (Ln) and human umbilical vein epithelial cells (HUVEC), chemotactic migration and invasion. These effects were supposed to result from the increase of the SLex expression induced by FSK, since only the monoclonal antibody of SLex showed a significant attenuation of the enhanced metastasis-associated phenotypes. Using H7721 cells transfected with the sense or antisense cDNA of protein kinase B (PKB) and some inhibitors of signal transduction, it was discovered that FSK up-regulated the expression of SLex via PKB, but it was independent of phosphotidylinositide-3-kinase (PI-3K). A subtype of atypical protein kinase C (-PKC) might also participate in the up-regulation of SLex expression by FSK, and cAMP/PKA pathway is a negative regulator of SLex expression on H7721 cells. It can be concluded that FSK shows a metastasis-promoting effect ex vivo.  相似文献   

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In preparation for blastocyst implantation, uterine luminal epithelial cells express new cell adhesion molecules on their apical plasma membrane. Since one mechanism epithelial cells employ to regulate membrane polarity is the establishment of specific membrane-cytoskeletal interactions, this study was undertaken to determine if new cytokeratin (CK) intermediate filament assemblies are expressed in endometrial epithelial cells during developmental stages related to blastocyst implantation. Type-specific CK antibodies were used for immunocytochemical and immunoblot analyses of 1) intermediate filament networks of the endometrial epithelium during embryo implantation in rabbits and 2) proliferative and secretory phases of the human menstrual cycle. CK18, a type I CK found in most simple epithelia, was expressed in all luminal and glandular epithelial cells of both the human and rabbit endometrium at all developmental stages analyzed; it was also strongly expressed in trophectoderm of the implanting rabbit blastocyst. In contrast, CK13, another type I cytokeratin, exhibited a regulated expression pattern in luminal, but not glandular, epithelial cells of secretory phase human and peri-implantation stage rabbit endometrium. Furthermore, in the rabbit implantation chambers, CK13 was predominantly localized at the cell apex of luminal epithelial cells, where it assembled into a dense filamentous network. These data suggest that the stage-specific expression of CK13 and a reorganization of the apical intermediate filament cytoskeleton of uterine luminal epithelial cells may play important functions in preparation for the implantation process.  相似文献   

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MUC1 clearance from the uterine epithelial cell surface is a prerequisite for the creation of an environment conducive to embryo implantation. In some species, reduced mRNA levels along with metabolic turnover account for loss of MUC1 during the receptive phase throughout the uterine epithelium. In other species, MUC1 is rapidly lost solely at the site of blastocyst attachment, suggesting the action of a protease. Correlative studies also indicate the presence of soluble forms of MUC1 in cell culture supernatants in vitro and in bodily fluids in vivo. To characterize the proteolytic activity mediating MUC1 release, shedding of MUC1 was analyzed in a human uterine epithelial cell line (HES) that abundantly expresses and readily sheds MUC1. MUC1 release was stimulated by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and was markedly inhibited by the synthetic peptide hydroxamate metalloprotease inhibitor, tumor necrosis factor-alpha protease inhibitor (TAPI), as well as by an endogenous inhibitor of matrix metalloproteases, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteases (TIMP)-3. These characteristics along with studies conducted with cell lines genetically deficient in various ADAMs (for a disintegrin and metalloprotease) identified tumor necrosis factor-alpha converting enzyme (TACE)/ADAM 17 as a MUC1 sheddase. Furthermore, both TACE and MUC1 were expressed in human uterine epithelia during the receptive phase, and co-immunoprecipitation experiments revealed a physical interaction between TACE and MUC1 in HES cells. These studies establish a proteolytic mechanism for MUC1 clearance from a human uterine epithelial cell line and identify TACE as a MUC1 sheddase.  相似文献   

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Sialyl-Lewis X (sLeX) is a tetrasaccharide that serves as a ligand for the set of cell adhesion proteins known as selectins. This interaction enables adhesion of leukocytes and cancer cells to endothelial cells within capillaries, resulting in their extravasation into tissues. The last step in sLeX biosynthesis is the α1,3-fucosyltrasferase (FUT)-catalyzed transfer of an L-fucose residue to carbohydrate acceptors. Impairing FUT activity compromises leukocyte homing to sites of inflammation and renders cancer cells less malignant. Inhibition of FUTs is, consequently, of great interest, but efforts to generate glycosyltransferase inhibitors, including FUT inhibitors, has proven challenging. Here we describe a metabolic engineering strategy to inhibit the biosynthesis of sLeX in cancer cells using peracetylated 5-thio-L-fucose (5T-Fuc). We show that 5T-Fuc is taken up by cancer cells and then converted into a sugar nucleotide analog, GDP-5T-Fuc, that blocks FUT activity and limits sLeX presentation on HepG2 cells with an EC50 in the low micromolar range. GDP-5T-Fuc itself does not get transferred by either FUT3 or FUT7 at a measurable rate. We further demonstrate that treatment of cells with 5T-Fuc impaired their adhesive properties to immobilized adhesion molecules and human endothelial cells. 5T-Fuc, therefore, is a useful probe that can be used to modulate sLeX levels in cells to evaluate the consequences of inhibiting FUT-mediated sLeX formation. These data also reveal the utility of using sugar analogues that lead to formation of donor substrate analogues within cells as a general approach to blocking glycosyltransferases in cells.  相似文献   

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Twelve established human melanoma lines were screened for surface expression of the carbohydrate antigens Lewisa (Lea), sialyl Lewisa (SLea), dimeric sialyl Lewisa (diSLea), sialyl LewisX (SLeX) and dimeric sialyl LewisX (diSLeX). None of the lines expressed SLeX, but 11/12 were positive for diSLeX and 7/12 were positive for SLea. Although both diSLeX and SLea have been reported to bind to E-selectin, none of the melanoma lines exhibited E-selectin-dependent adhesion to activated human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Three melanoma lines infected with a retroviral vector carrying the cDNA for the human Lewis fucosyltransferase (FucT-III) subsequently expressed SLeX at their cell surface and exhibited E-selectin-dependent adhesion to activated HUVECs. Treatment of these transduced cells with inhibitors of O-linked or N-linked protein glycosylation significantly inhibited E-selectin-meiiated adhesion, though fluorescence-activated cell sorter analysis indicated no decrease in cell surface expression of SLeX, SLea or diSLeX. This suggests that the majority of SLeX/SLea-type glycans endogenously procuded by human melanoma cells are not protein-associated and do not mediate E-selectin-dependent adhesion. These results support the hypothesis that E-selectin-dependent adhesion requires presentation of SLeX-type moieties on appropriate glycoproteins.  相似文献   

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Intratumoral phenotypic diversity is well documented with regard to tumor associated carbohydrate antigens (TACA). The factors which control the expression of these cell-surface oligosaccharides on different cells of the same tumor are not understood. We investigated the expression of a panel of mucin associated oligosaccharides in cell lines growing at different surface densities (number of cells per cm2 of growth flask). Results show that the apparent expression of extended Lea-Lex, Lea and Lex, sialyl Lea, Tn and sialyl Tn varies with density of growth by an invasive human squamous cell lung carcinoma cell line (NU6-1), a benign variant (NE-18) and the human lung epithelial cell line BEAS-2B. The results indicate that one of the factors influencing the apparent expression of mucin-associated oligosaccharides is cell-cell interactions.Abbreviations Mab monoclonal antibody - FIT fluorescein isothiocyanate - TACA tumor associated carbohydrate antigen  相似文献   

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Exosomes are nanoparticles (∼100 nm diameter) released from cells, which can transfer small RNAs and mRNA via the extracellular environment to cells at distant sites. We hypothesised that exosomes or the slightly larger microvesicles (100–300 nm) are released from the endometrial epithelium into the uterine cavity, and that these contain specific micro (mi)RNA that could be transferred to either the trophectodermal cells of the blastocyst or to endometrial epithelial cells, to promote implantation. The aim of this study was to specifically identify and characterise exosomes/microvesicles (mv) released from endometrial epithelial cells and to determine whether exosomes/mv are present in uterine fluid. Immunostaining demonstrated that the tetraspanins, CD9 and CD63 used as cell surface markers of exosomes are present on the apical surfaces of endometrial epithelial cells in tissue sections taken across the menstrual cycle: CD63 showed cyclical regulation. Exosome/mv pellets were prepared from culture medium of endometrial epithelial cell (ECC1 cells) and from uterine fluid and its associated mucus by sequential ultracentifugation. Exosomes/mv were positively identified in all preparations by FACS and immunofluorescence staining following exosome binding to beads. Size particle analysis confirmed the predominance of particles of 50–150 nm in each of these fluids. MiRNA analysis of the ECC1 cells and their exosomes/mv demonstrated sorting of miRNA into exosomes/mv: 13 of the 227 miRNA were specific to exosomes/mv, while a further 5 were not present in these. The most abundant miRNA in exosomes/mv were hsa-miR-200c, hsa-miR-17 and hsa-miR-106a. Bioinformatic analysis showed that the exosome/mv-specific miRNAs have potential targets in biological pathways highly relevant for embryo implantation. Thus exosomes/mv containing specific miRNA are present in the microenvironment in which embryo implantation occurs and may contribute to the endometrial-embryo cross talk essential for this process.  相似文献   

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Maintenance of calcium balance in the uterus is essential for many of its functions, including embryo implantation. The plasma membrane Ca2+‐pumping ATPase proteins are encoded by four genes designated PMCA1‐4, and PMCA1 is expressed in the uterus of rats during the estrous cycle. Although transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V, member 6 (TRPV6), has been detected in the human placenta, pancreas and the prostate gland, expression patterns of uterine TRPV6 and PMCA1 and their potential roles in the human endometrium remain to be elucidated. In the present study, the expression patterns of TRPV6 and PMCA1 were examined to predict their potential roles in the human endometrium during the menstrual cycle. Human classified endometrial tissues (total n = 40) were separated into three groups according to menstrual cycle phase: menstrual, proliferative (early‐, mid‐, late), and secretory phase (early‐, mid‐, late). The expression of TRPV6 and PMCA1 mRNA and protein in the uterine endometrium during the menstrual cycle increased by 1.5‐ to 1.8‐fold at the proliferative phase (early‐, mid‐, and late‐) in comparison to the other phases. Estrogen treatment caused a significant increase in TRPV6 and PMCA1 mRNA expression. Immunohistochemical analysis of the distribution of TRPV6 and PMCA1 in the uterus revealed that both proteins are abundantly expressed in the cytoplasm of endometrial and glandular epithelial cells during menstrual phases. Taken together, these results suggest that uterine expression of TRPV6 and PMCA1 may be involved in human reproductive function. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 78:274–282, 2011. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.  相似文献   

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Xu  Haiyan  Li  Jingyi  Jin  Luyang  Zhang  Dan  Chen  Bin  Liu  Xinmei  Lin  Xianhua  Huang  Yiting  Ke  Zhanghong  Liu  Juan  Gao  Lin  Sheng  Jianzhong  Huang  Hefeng 《中国科学:生命科学英文版》2022,65(8):1578-1589

Diabetes is a complex metabolic disorder which can adversely affect reproductive function. SGK1 is found to be up-regulated in multiple tissues of diabetic patients. However, the effects of diabetes on endometrial SGK1 expression and endometrial receptivity remain unknown. In this study, we established a streptozotocin-induced diabetic mouse model and observed reduced implantation sites, retarded development of pinopodes, increased SGK1, and aberrant expression of LIF and MUC1 in the endometrial epithelium. We injected the uterine lumen of normal mice with high-glucose solution and cultured endometrial cells in high-glucose medium to mimic intrauterine hyperglycemia. Both studies provided compelling evidence that hyperglycemia could lead to diminished embryo implantation and dysregulated SGK1, LIF and MUC1. Additionally, through over-expression of SGK1 in vivo and in vitro, we found that enhanced SGK1 also decreased LIF expression, increased MUC1 expression, and attenuated embryo implantation rate. We further identified that hyperglycemia-activated SMAD2/3 might be responsible for the enhancement of SGK1 and verified directly the interaction between SMAD3 and corresponding SMAD binding elements within SGK1 promoter. Taken together, our study confirmed the association between diabetes-related hyperglycemia and endometrial receptivity defects. Hyperglycemia-induced SGK1 has a tremendous role in this pathological process, rendering it as an attractive therapeutic target for diabetes-related reproductive disorders.

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Endometrial cancer cell lines have provided a valuable model to study endometrial epithelial cells in vitro. Since the first development of HEC1B over 35 yr ago, many different cell lines have been isolated and described. One valuable cell line that maintains hormone responsiveness and unique stability over time is the ECC-1 cell line, developed originally by the late P.G. Satyaswaroop. In this study, we investigated some of the properties of these cells and present their salient characteristics. Like Ishikawa cells, ECC-1 cells maintain both estrogen receptors (ESR1 [ER alpha] and ESR2 [ER beta]), progesterone receptors (PR A and B; PGRs), and androgen receptors (ARs), along with the p160 steroid receptor coactivators NCOA1 (formerly SRC1), NCOA2 (formerly TIF2), and NCOA3 (formerly AIB1). The karyotype of these cells is abnormal, with multiple structural rearrangements in all cells analyzed. Unlike Ishikawa cells that express glandular epithelial antigens, ECC-1 cells maintain a luminal phenotype, with expression of KRT13 (cytokeratin 13) and KRT18 (cytokeratin 18). Apparent differences in the regulation of ESR2 also were evident in ECC-1 cells compared to Ishikawa cells. Like other endometrial cell lines, ECC-1 cells express the steroid receptor coactivators and exhibit epidermal growth factor-stimulated expression of known luminal proteins thought to be involved in implantation, including the hyaluronate receptor CD44 and SPP1 (formerly osteopontin) and CD55 (decay-accelerating factor). These characteristics appear to be stable and persistent over multiple cell passages, making this well-differentiated cell line an excellent choice to study endocrine and paracrine regulation of endometrial epithelium in vitro.  相似文献   

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