Xu Hao-Ran, Yang Long, Gu Yan, Shi Yan, Yang Shu-Han, Gan Jie, Gu Wen-Wen, Zhang Xuan, Wang Jian
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, NHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation, Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies, Shanghai, China.
The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Biomol Biomed. 2025 Apr 26;25(6):1259-1279. doi: 10.17305/bb.2024.11158.
Recurrent miscarriage (RM) is currently difficult to prevent and treat due to a lack of comprehensive understanding of its molecular mechanisms. The aim of this study was to identify genes potentially involved in the pathogenesis of RM and to observe their expression in the decidual tissues of RM patients. A total of 1823 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and 148 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) in decidual tissues between RM and control groups were identified. Subsequently, DCN, DPT, LUM, MFAP4, and ISG15 were identified from the DEGs/DEPs as RM-related hub genes through systematic bioinformatics analysis. Bioinformatics analysis of the single-cell dataset GSE214607 revealed that the expression of these five hub genes in the decidual stromal cells (DSCs) of RM patients appeared to be upregulated, while the RT-qPCR assay showed that their decidual expression levels were significantly increased in RM patients. Uterine Isg15 expression was significantly increased, whereas the uterine expression of Dcn, Dpt, Lum, and Mfap4 was decreased in LPS-induced early pregnancy loss (EPL) mice. MiR-16-5p, -21-3p, -27a-3p, and -941 were identified as potentially involved in the regulation of these five hub genes, and their decidual expression levels were significantly decreased in RM patients. The abnormally increased ISG15 expression in the decidual tissues of RM patients and uterine tissues of LPS-induced mice was validated by WB analysis. ISG15 expression was significantly reduced during the in vitro decidualization of human endometrial stromal cells (hESCs). Collectively, DCN, DPT, LUM, MFAP4, and ISG15 were identified as RM-related hub genes, and their expression in the decidual tissues of RM patients was significantly increased. The decidualization of hESCs was accompanied by reduced ISG15 expression, suggesting that increased decidual ISG15 expression might lead to EPL by disrupting the decidualization process.
由于对复发性流产(RM)分子机制缺乏全面了解,目前其预防和治疗存在困难。本研究旨在鉴定可能参与RM发病机制的基因,并观察它们在RM患者蜕膜组织中的表达。在RM组和对照组的蜕膜组织中,共鉴定出1823个差异表达基因(DEGs)和148个差异表达蛋白(DEPs)。随后,通过系统的生物信息学分析,从DEGs/DEPs中鉴定出DCN、DPT、LUM、MFAP4和ISG15作为与RM相关的枢纽基因。对单细胞数据集GSE214607的生物信息学分析显示,RM患者蜕膜基质细胞(DSCs)中这五个枢纽基因的表达似乎上调,而RT-qPCR检测表明,它们在RM患者蜕膜中的表达水平显著增加。在脂多糖(LPS)诱导的早期妊娠丢失(EPL)小鼠中,子宫Isg15表达显著增加,而Dcn、Dpt、Lum和Mfap4的子宫表达则降低。MiR-16-5p、-21-3p、-27a-3p和-941被鉴定为可能参与这五个枢纽基因的调控,并且它们在RM患者蜕膜中的表达水平显著降低。通过蛋白质免疫印迹(WB)分析验证了RM患者蜕膜组织和LPS诱导小鼠子宫组织中ISG15表达异常增加。在人子宫内膜基质细胞(hESCs)体外蜕膜化过程中,ISG15表达显著降低。综上所述,DCN、DPT、LUM、MFAP4和ISG15被鉴定为与RM相关的枢纽基因,并且它们在RM患者蜕膜组织中的表达显著增加。hESCs的蜕膜化伴随着ISG15表达降低,这表明蜕膜中ISG15表达增加可能通过破坏蜕膜化过程导致EPL。
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