Uterine-conceptus interactions and reproductive failure in cattle
Uterine-conceptus interactions and reproductive failure in cattle
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DOI:
10.1016/s0093-691x(01)00645-8
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发表时间:
2001-12-01
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2.8
通讯作者:
Pru, JK
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作者:
Thatcher, WW;Guzeloglu, A;Pru, JK
The dialogue between trophectoderm cells of the conceptus and epithelial cells of the endometrium. is critical to CL maintenance and embryo survival. The signal transduction mechanisms by which bovine interferon (IFN)-tau regulates cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 expression and secretion of prostaglandin F-2 alpha (PGF(2 alpha)) in bovine endometrial (BEND) cells is examined. Stimulation of Protein Kinase C with a phorbol ester (phorbol 12, 13 dibutyrate [PDBu]) activates COX-2 gene expression and PGF(2 alpha) secretion via the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway. Interferon-tau attenuates PDBu activation of PGF(2 alpha), secretion, but this inhibitory effect appears to be independent of the MAPK pathway. Embryonic IFN-tau, acting through a Type I IFN receptor, activates the Janus kinase (JAK)-signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) pathway resulting in activation or repression of interferon-stimulated genes. Experimental evidence is provided that IFN-tau regulation of STATs regulates gene expression of COX-2 in a manner that decreases secretion of PGF(2 alpha), Maternal regulation of the antiluteolytic pathway is discussed relative to the ability of the polyunsaturated fatty acid, eicosapentaenoic (EPA), to decrease endometrial secretion of PGF(2 alpha), and progesterone to increase both conceptus development and IFN-tau secretion. (C) 2001 by Elsevier Science Inc.