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The cytosolic phosphoprotein stathmin is upregulated at the site of embryo implantation in the rodents. However, stathmin expression in the human uterus has not yet been investigated. The distribution of uterine and placental stathmin was analyzed by immunohistochemistry, while stathmin mRNA expression was detected in endometrial tissues by the reverse transcriptase-PCR. Cultured endometrial stromal cells were used to investigate whether stathmin plays a role in decidualization. Stathmin is expressed specifically in the glandular epithelium and the stromal cells of human endometrial tissue. It is also expressed by cytotrophoblasts and extravillous trophoblasts, but not by syncytiotrophoblasts or decidual tissues during the first trimester of pregnancy. When stromal cells isolated from normal endometrial tissues were cultured and stimulated to decidualize by progesterone (P4) plus estrogen or dibutyryl cyclic 3′,5′-AMP, their total and phosphorylated stathmin levels decreased. Knocking down stathmin expression in the cultured stromal cells using small interfering RNA, before the cells were exposed to the decidualizing agents, significantly suppressed decidualization, as indicated by the decreased expression of IGF-binding protein-1 and prolactin. Stathmin is differently expressed in human endometrial and placental cells and may participate in the decidualization of endometrial stromal cells.
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In brief
In this study, we examined the relationship between BMAL1 expression and the genes regulating steroid biosynthesis in human luteinized granulosa cells. BMAL1 function is crucial for steroid production and proper ovarian function, highlighting the importance of circadian clock regulation in female reproductive health.
Abstract
Human luteinized granulosa cells were collected to analyze circadian clock gene expression and its effect on the genes regulating steroid biosynthesis. We used siRNA to knock down the expression of BMAL1 in KGN cells. We measured the expression levels of genes regulating steroid biosynthesis and circadian clock RT-qPCR. We demonstrated that BMAL1 expression positively correlates with genes regulating steroid biosynthesis (CYP11A1, CYP19A1, STAR, and ESR2). The knockdown of BMAL1 in KGN cells revealed a significant decrease in steroid synthase expression. In contrast, when BMAL1 was overexpressed in KGN and HGL5 cells, we observed a significant increase in the expression of steroid synthases, such as CYP11A1 and CYP19A1. These results indicated that BMAL1 positively controls 17β-estradiol (E2) secretion in granulosa cells. We also demonstrated that dexamethasone synchronization in KGN cells enhanced the rhythmic alterations in circadian clock genes. Our study suggests that BMAL1 plays a critical role in steroid biosynthesis in human luteinized granulosa cells, thereby emphasizing the importance of BMAL1 in the regulation of reproductive physiology.
