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Mare endometrium : physiological and pathological involvement of hormones and neutrophil extracellular traps
| Resumo: | Two reproductive topics in mares were addressed in this thesis. The aims of the studies were to evaluate: (i) the effect of chronic oxytocin administration to mid-luteal phase mares on luteal maintenance and its cellular and molecular mechanisms at endometrial level; (ii) the capacity of equine neutrophils to produce neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in vitro when stimulated with bacteria obtained from mares with endometritis, and to determine if NETs release also occurred in vivo in mares with endometritis; (iii) the in vitro effects of some NETs components on mare endometrial fibrogenic capacity and to determine if they could depend on endometrial inflammatory lesions or estrous cycle phases; and (iv) the involvement of PGF2α and PGE2 pathways in collagen deposition on mare endometrium, challenged with NETs proteases. In the first study, luteal maintenance occurred in 67% of oxytocin treated mares, which may be related to oxytocin and progesterone (PGR) receptors spatial expression in endometrium. Reduction of endometrial estrogen receptor 2 (ESR2) may be responsible for the maintenance of PGR in luminal and glandular epithelium and may attenuate ESR1 endometrial transcriptional activity. Equine neutrophils were able to release NETs in the presence of bacteria that cause mare endometritis, and might be a complementary mechanism to fight endometritis. By in vitro studies with NETs proteases, increased collagen type I (COL1) production characteristic of fibrosis was observed, although endometrial response to each NETs protease depended on estrous cycle and/or endometrial category. Also, NETs proteases were linked to fibrogenesis, by increased synthesis of PGF2a and/or PGF2a receptor transcripts and impaired PGE2 or PGE2 receptor 2 transcripts associated to increased COL1. These effects were influenced by endometrium type and estrous cycle phases. Injury induced-changes on PG mediators by NETs components may instigate PGF2α or PGE2 vias, as additional pathways in mare endometrial fibrogenesis. |
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| Autores principais: | Crisóstomo, Maria Rosa Rebordão Cordeiro Simões |
| Assunto: | Oxytocin neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) mare endometrial fibrosis prostaglandins Oxitocina redes extracelulares dos neutrófilos (NETs) égua fibrose do endométrio prostaglandinas |
| Ano: | 2018 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | tese de doutoramento |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Resumo: | Two reproductive topics in mares were addressed in this thesis. The aims of the studies were to evaluate: (i) the effect of chronic oxytocin administration to mid-luteal phase mares on luteal maintenance and its cellular and molecular mechanisms at endometrial level; (ii) the capacity of equine neutrophils to produce neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in vitro when stimulated with bacteria obtained from mares with endometritis, and to determine if NETs release also occurred in vivo in mares with endometritis; (iii) the in vitro effects of some NETs components on mare endometrial fibrogenic capacity and to determine if they could depend on endometrial inflammatory lesions or estrous cycle phases; and (iv) the involvement of PGF2α and PGE2 pathways in collagen deposition on mare endometrium, challenged with NETs proteases. In the first study, luteal maintenance occurred in 67% of oxytocin treated mares, which may be related to oxytocin and progesterone (PGR) receptors spatial expression in endometrium. Reduction of endometrial estrogen receptor 2 (ESR2) may be responsible for the maintenance of PGR in luminal and glandular epithelium and may attenuate ESR1 endometrial transcriptional activity. Equine neutrophils were able to release NETs in the presence of bacteria that cause mare endometritis, and might be a complementary mechanism to fight endometritis. By in vitro studies with NETs proteases, increased collagen type I (COL1) production characteristic of fibrosis was observed, although endometrial response to each NETs protease depended on estrous cycle and/or endometrial category. Also, NETs proteases were linked to fibrogenesis, by increased synthesis of PGF2a and/or PGF2a receptor transcripts and impaired PGE2 or PGE2 receptor 2 transcripts associated to increased COL1. These effects were influenced by endometrium type and estrous cycle phases. Injury induced-changes on PG mediators by NETs components may instigate PGF2α or PGE2 vias, as additional pathways in mare endometrial fibrogenesis. |
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