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Pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (PAGs) are abundantly expressed products of the placenta of species within the Cetartiodactyla order (even-toed ungulates). They are restricted to this order and they are particularly numerous in the Bovidae. The PAGs exhibit a range of temporal and spatial expression patterns by the placental trophoblasts and probably represent a group of related proteins that perform a range of distinct functions in the epitheliochorial and synepitheliochorial placental forms. This review presents an overview of the origins of the PAGs, a summary of PAG expression patterns, and their use as markers of pregnancy status. Speculations about their putative role(s) in pregnancy are also presented.
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Cattle are classified as having synepitheliochorial placentation in which the majority of the uterine luminal epithelial cells remain intact with some luminal epithelial cells fusing with binucleate trophoblast cells to form syncytial trinucleate cells. This study suggests the possibility that, for a limited and as yet undefined period of gestation, the majority of luminal epithelial cells are eliminated and replaced by trophoblast cells that express pregnancy-associated glycoproteins.
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What we understand about the early stages of placentation in cattle is based on an elegant series of electron microscopic images that provide exquisite detail but limited appreciation for the microanatomy across the uteroplacental interface. In order to achieve a global perspective on the histology of bovine placentation during critical early stages of gestation, i.e., days 21, 31, 40, and 67, we performed immunohistochemistry to detect cell-specific expression of pregnancy-associated glycoprotein (PAG), cytokeratin, epithelial (E)-cadherin, and serine hydroxymethyltransferase 2 (SHMT2) at the intact uteroplacental interface. Key findings from the immunohistochemical analyses are that there are: (i) PAG-positive cells with a single nucleus within the uterine luminal epithelial (LE) cells; (ii) PAG-positive cells with two nuclei in the LE; (iii) PAG-positive syncytial cells with more than three nuclei in the LE; (iv) LE cells that are dissociated from one another and from the basement membrane in regions of syncytialization within the LE layer; (v) replacement of the mononuclear LE with a multilayer thick population of PAG-positive cells invading into the uterine stroma of caruncles but not into the stroma of intercaruncular endometrium; and (vi) PAG-, E-cadherin-, and SHMT2-positive mononuclear cells at the leading edge of developing cotyledonary villi that eventually represent the majority of the epithelial surface separating caruncular stroma from cotyledonary stroma. Finally, the uteroplacental interface of ruminants is not always uniform across a single cross section of a site of placentation, which allows different conclusions to be made depending on the part of the uteroplacental interface being examined.
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The trophectoderm of the elongating conceptuses of cattle, sheep, and pigs secrete high amounts of interferons that increase or induce the expression of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) in the endometrium. Research concerning ISGs, performed from 1995 through 2023, is reviewed in this manuscript.
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Expression of the classical interferon (IFN) stimulated genes (ISGs) increases in the endometrial stroma and glandular epithelium (GE) through activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) signaling in response to the secretion of IFN tau (IFNT) and IFN gamma (IFNG) by the conceptuses of ruminants, including cattle and sheep, and pigs, respectively. The first of the classical ISGs to be characterized was ISG15 in cattle. Classical ISGs are not expressed by the endometrial luminal epithelium (LE) due to the expression of interferon regulatory factor 2 (IRF2) in the LE that prevents the expression of ISGs in the LE. Classical ISG expression in the endometrium serves as a reliable indicator of conceptus health and elongation in cattle. There are also nonclassical ISGs that are upregulated in endometrial LE in response to progesterone (P4) that are further stimulated by IFNT in sheep, the intracellular signaling pathway responsible for IFN effects on expression is unknown. ISGs are also upregulated in extrauterine tissues including CL and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). The expression of ISGs by the PBMCs of cattle serves as an early prognosticator of pregnancy. The physiological roles of ISGs remain obscure, but evidence suggests that they are at least in part involved in modifying the immune system to support endometrial remodeling necessary for the successful implantation of the conceptus. Our understanding of these ISGs is primarily the result of work from the laboratories of Drs Fuller Bazer, Thomas (Tod) Hansen, Gregory Johnson, Hakhyun Ka, Patrick Lonergan, Troy Ott, and Thomas Spencer.
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Oakland University-William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, Michigan, USA
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The concentration of progesterone through the estrous cycle modulates uterine function to affect the luminal metabolome. This paper reports that the dynamic changes in the bovine uterine luminal metabolome during diestrus are independent of the concentration of progesterone in the previous cycle.
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In cattle, the concentration of sex steroids modulates uterine function, which is reflected in the composition of the luminal metabolome. Ultimately, the uterine luminal metabolome influences embryonic growth and development. Our objectives were (i) to compare the luminal metabolome 4, 7, and 14 days after estrus of cows that were exposed to greater (HP4; n = 16) vs lower (LP4; n = 24) concentrations of progesterone before displaying estrus and ovulating spontaneously and (ii) to identify changes in the luminal concentration of metabolites across these time points. Luminal epithelial cells and fluid were collected using a cytology brush, and gene expression and metabolite concentrations were assessed by RNAseq and targeted mass spectrometry, respectively. Metabolome profile was similar between treatments within each of days 4, 7, and 14 (false discovery rate (FDR): ≥ 0.1). Concentrations of 53 metabolites changed, independent of treatment, across the diestrus. Metabolites were mostly lipids (40 out 53) and the greatest concentrations were at day 14 (FDR: ≤ 0.1). On day 7, the concentration of putrescine and the gene expression of ODC1, PAOX, SLC3A2, and SAT1 increased (P ≤ 0.05). On day 14, the concentration of 3 ceramides, 4 glucosylceramides, and 12 sphingomyelins and the expression of SGMS2 were increased, in addition to the concentration of choline and 20 phosphatidylcholines. Collectively, the post-estrus concentration of luminal metabolites changed dynamically, independent of the concentration of sex steroids on the previous cycle, and the greatest magnitude changes were on day 14 when lipid metabolism was the most enriched pathway.
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Paternal high-gain diet reduces blastocyst development following in vitro fertilization and embryo culture but does not affect gene expression or cellular allocation of resultant blastocysts.
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Bulls used in cattle production are often overfed to induce rapid growth, early puberty, and increase sale price. While the negative consequences of undernutrition on bull sperm quality are known, it is unclear how a high-gain diet influences embryo development. We hypothesized that semen collected from bulls fed a high-gain diet would have a reduced capacity to produce blastocysts following in vitro fertilization. Eight mature bulls were stratified by body weight and fed the same diet for 67 days at either a maintenance level (0.5% body weight per day; n = 4) or a high-gain rate (1.25% body weight per day; n = 4). Semen was collected by electroejaculation at the end of the feeding regimen and subjected to sperm analysis, frozen, and used for in vitro fertilization. The high-gain diet increased body weight, average daily gain, and subcutaneous fat thickness compared to the maintenance diet. Sperm of high-gain bulls tended to have increased early necrosis and had increased post-thaw acrosome damage compared with maintenance bulls, but diet did not affect sperm motility or morphology. Semen of high-gain bulls reduced the percentage of cleaved oocytes that developed to blastocyst stage embryos. Paternal diet had no effect on the number of total or CDX2-positive cells of blastocysts, or blastocysts gene expression for markers associated with developmental capacity. Feeding bulls a high-gain diet did not affect sperm morphology or motility, but increased adiposity and reduced the ability of sperm to generate blastocyst-stage embryos.
