Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1-induced human endometrial stromal cell decidualization through extracellular signal-regulated kinase and Smad activation in vitro: peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma acts as a negative regulator of TGF-β1
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Objective To investigate the effect of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 on the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and Smad pathway and the role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-gamma in cultured human endometrial stromal cells.Design Experimental study.Setting Infertility center of a tertiary university hospital. MATERIAL(S): Human endometrial tissues obtained by hysterectomy from patients with conditions other than endometrial diseases.Intervention(s) Endometrial stromal cells were cultured under normal laboratory conditions. TGF-beta1, rosiglitazone (PPARgamma agonist), and PD98059 (ERK inhibitor) were added to endometrial stromal cell culture according to experimental purposes.Main outcome measure(s) Cell count, PRL expression, Smad and ERK phosphorylation, cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 expression, and prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) release.Result(s) TGF-beta1 inhibited cellular proliferation and induced the expressions of COX-2, PGE(2), and PRL of cultured human endometrial stromal cells. These effects may be mediated by Smad and ERK phosphorylation. Treatment with rosiglitazone, a PPARgamma agonist, reversed the TGF-beta1 effect by antagonizing the activation of ERK and Smad that was induced by TGF-beta1.Conclusion(s) PPARgamma plays a negative role by directly acting on Smad and ERK phosphorylation in human endometrial cell decidualization that is induced by TGF-beta1 in vitro.
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- Authors
- Chang, H. J., Lee, J. H., Hwang, K. J., Kim, M. R., Chang, K. H., Park, D. W., & Min, C. K.
- Affiliations
- Ajou University (KR)
- Corresponding author
- Hwang, Kyung Joo
- Venue
- Fertility and Sterility
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-10
- Volume
- 90
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1357-1365
- ISSN
- 0015-0282 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2139672772
- Cited by
- 33
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- 33
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- FWCI
- 0.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Fertility and Sterility (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- AJOU Open Repository (Ajou University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Reproductive System and Pregnancy
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › TGF-β signaling in diseases
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
- Keywords
- TGF-β1, endometrial stromal cells, decidualization, ERK signaling, Smad signaling, PPARγ, rosiglitazone, PD98059, prostaglandin E2, cyclooxygenase-2, prolactin, cell proliferation, infertility
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Cells, Cultured, Endometrium, Female, Humans, Signal Transduction, Down-Regulation, Stromal Cells, PPAR gamma, Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases, Smad Proteins, Transforming Growth Factor beta1
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