Bai Rulan, Latifi Zeinab, Kusama Kazuya, Nakamura Keigo, Shimada Masayuki, Imakawa Kazuhiko
Animal Resource Science Center, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo, Kasama, Ibaraki 319-2606, Japan.
Department of Applied Animal Science, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2018 Jan 1;495(1):1094-1101. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.11.100. Epub 2017 Nov 17.
Seminal plasma (SP) is considered as a vehicle to carry sperm into female reproductive tract, of which functions have not been completely understood. This study aimed to identify the function of seminal exosomes on porcine endometrium. Exosomes were isolated from the sperm-rich fraction of boar semen and were confirmed by the expression of exosome marker HSP70 and size distribution using nano-sight tracking analysis. Porcine endometrial epithelial cells (EECs) were then treated with seminal exosomes, and RNA extracted were subjected to global expression analysis. Transcripts related to "immune response", "inflammatory response" and their associated signaling pathways were up-regulated in EECs treated with seminal exosome, whereas those associated with "steroid biosynthesis", "metabolic pathways" and "T cell differentiation" were down-regulated. The decrease in PMVK, SC5D, INSIG1, HSD17B7, NSDHL, HMGCR, SQLE and FDFT1, and increase in CCL20, TNFSF15, AMCFII, CXCL2 and CXCL8 were also found in the endometrium from the naturally mated pigs. Moreover, changes in exosome-induced CYP24A1, EBP, CCL20, AMCFII and IL1A expression were not regulated by the exosome removed SP. These observations indicated that exosomes present in SP are involved in the immune-related gene regulation in the uterus, which could pave the passage for sperm and possibly fertilized eggs.
精浆(SP)被认为是将精子输送到雌性生殖道的载体,但其功能尚未完全明确。本研究旨在确定精液外泌体对猪子宫内膜的作用。从公猪精液富含精子的部分中分离出外泌体,并通过外泌体标志物HSP70的表达及纳米可视跟踪分析的尺寸分布进行确认。然后用精液外泌体处理猪子宫内膜上皮细胞(EECs),并对提取的RNA进行整体表达分析。在用精液外泌体处理的EECs中,与“免疫反应”、“炎症反应”及其相关信号通路相关的转录本上调,而与“类固醇生物合成”、“代谢途径”和“T细胞分化”相关的转录本下调。在自然交配猪的子宫内膜中也发现了PMVK、SC5D、INSIG1、HSD17B7、NSDHL、HMGCR、SQLE和FDFT1的减少以及CCL20、TNFSF15、AMCFII、CXCL2和CXCL8的增加。此外,外泌体诱导的CYP24A1、EBP、CCL20、AMCFII和IL1A表达的变化不受去除SP的外泌体的调节。这些观察结果表明,SP中存在的外泌体参与子宫中与免疫相关的基因调控,这可能为精子和可能的受精卵铺平道路。