Department of Morphology and Function, CIISA- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; Department of Animal Sciences, Coimbra College of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Department of Morphology and Function, CIISA- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
Domest Anim Endocrinol. 2019 Apr;67:1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2018.10.004. Epub 2018 Nov 3.
Prostaglandin E (PGE) has contradictory effects in many organs. It may have proinflammatory, anti-inflammatory, or anti-fibrotic roles, depending on the type of receptors to which it binds. By signaling through its receptors EP2 and EP4, PGE mediates anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic actions. In spite of chronic endometrial fibrosis (endometrosis) being a major cause of mare infertility, its pathogenesis is not fully understood. We have shown that contact of mare endometrium in vitro with neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) proteases favors endometrial collagen type I production. Therefore, we investigated the involvement of the PGE pathway in collagen deposition in mare endometrium, challenged in vitro with proteases present in NETs. Mare endometria (Kenney and Doig categories I/IIA and IIB/III), obtained in the follicular phase (FLP) and mid-luteal phase (MLP), were incubated for 24 h with components found in NETs (elastase, cathepsin-G, and myeloperoxidase). Secretion of PGE and transcripts for specific PGE synthase (PGES) and PGE receptors (EP2 and EP4) were evaluated. Impaired PGE production and low EP2 transcript abundance depended on the endometrial category and estrous cycle phase. Impairment of PGE and/or EP2 might play a role in FLP (category IIB/III) and MLP (I/IIA) endometrial fibrogenesis because of the reduction in its antifibrotic capacity. In conclusion, priming of the endometrium with endogenous ovarian steroids might inhibit the antifibrotic PGE pathway either in healthy or pathologic tissues with collagen formation after NETs proteases action.
前列腺素 E (PGE) 在许多器官中具有矛盾的作用。它可能具有促炎、抗炎或抗纤维化作用,具体取决于它结合的受体类型。通过其受体 EP2 和 EP4 信号传导,PGE 介导抗炎和抗纤维化作用。尽管慢性子宫内膜纤维化(子宫内膜异位症)是母马不孕的主要原因,但它的发病机制尚不完全清楚。我们已经表明,体外培养的母马子宫内膜与中性粒细胞胞外陷阱 (NETs) 蛋白酶接触有利于子宫内膜 I 型胶原的产生。因此,我们研究了 PGE 途径在母马子宫内膜胶原沉积中的参与,该子宫内膜在体外受到 NETs 中存在的蛋白酶的挑战。在卵泡期 (FLP) 和黄体中期 (MLP) 获得的肯尼和多伊格分类 I/IIA 和 IIB/III 的母马子宫内膜,与 NETs 中的成分(弹性蛋白酶、组织蛋白酶 G 和髓过氧化物酶)孵育 24 小时。评估 PGE 的分泌和特定 PGE 合酶 (PGES) 和 PGE 受体 (EP2 和 EP4) 的转录本。PGE 产生受损和 EP2 转录本丰度低取决于子宫内膜分类和发情周期阶段。PGE 和/或 EP2 的损伤可能在 FLP(IIB/III 类)和 MLP(I/IIA)子宫内膜纤维化中发挥作用,因为其抗纤维化能力降低。总之,内源性卵巢类固醇对子宫内膜的预激活可能会抑制抗纤维化的 PGE 途径,无论是在 NETs 蛋白酶作用后形成胶原的健康组织还是病理组织中。