Progesterone increases metabolism via the pentose phosphate pathway in bovine uterine epithelial cells
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ABSTRACT: During early pregnancy, glucose is essential for the uterine epithelium and the developing embryo. In cows, studies have shown that progesterone increases the secretion of glucose into the uterine lumen. Nevertheless, how progesterone affects glucose metabolism in the uterine epithelium has been sparsely investigated. Therefore, our objective was to investigate how progesterone influences glucose metabolism in immortalized bovine uterine epithelial (BUTE) cells. Progesterone treatment (10 μM) increased glucose consumption. To gain a more global picture of the effects of progesterone, RNAseq was performed after BUTE cells were treated with vehicle (DMSO) or 10 μM for 24 hours. KEGG analysis indicated that progesterone altered genes associated with metabolic pathways and glutathione metabolism. Manually examining genes unique to specific glucose metabolic pathways identified an increase in the rate-limiting enzyme in the pentose phosphate pathway—glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. Functionally, a major product of the pentose phosphate pathway is NADPH, and progesterone treatment increased NADPH concentrations in BUTE cells. In cows, immunohistochemistry confirmed that glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase levels were higher in the uterine epithelium in the luteal phase when progesterone concentrations are high. In conclusion, progesterone increased glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase expression and metabolism via the pentose phosphate pathway in the bovine uterine epithelium. This metabolism could provide substrates for cell proliferation, molecules to be secreted into the uterine lumen that supports embryonic development, or maintain reduction/oxidation balance in the uterine epithelium.
ORGANISM(S): Bos taurus
PROVIDER: GSE269076 | GEO | 2024/10/09
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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