Project description:Profiles of genome-wide DNA methylation were investigated in isolated endometrial stromal cells from eutopic and ectopic endometrium. DNA methylation profiles were quite different between eutopic ESC and ectopic ESC, whereas no clear dfference were recognized between eutpic ESC with and without endometriosis. Bisulphite converted DNA from three cultured endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) from eutopic endometria without endometriosis, three ESCs with endometriosis and three ESCs from chocolate cysts were hybridised to the Illumina infinium HumanMethylation27 BeadChip.
Project description:Profiles of genome-wide DNA methylation were investigated in isolated endometrial stromal cells from eutopic and ectopic endometrium. DNA methylation profiles were quite different between eutopic ESC and ectopic ESC, whereas no clear dfference were recognized between eutpic ESC with and without endometriosis.
Project description:Transcriptome profiles were investigated in isolated endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) from eutopic and ectopic endometrium. The profiles were quite different between eutopic ESC and ectopic ESC, whereas no clear dfference was recognized between eutopic ESC with and without endometriosis. Total RNA from three cultured endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) from eutopic endometria without endometriosis, three ESCs with endometriosis and three ESCs from chocolate cysts were hybridised to the Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST Array.
Project description:Endometriosis is a prevalent health condition in women of reproductive age characterized by ectopic growth of endometrial tissue in the extrauterine environment. Thorough understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the disease are still lacking and incomplete. We dissect eutopic and ectopic endometrial primary stromal cell proteomes to a depth of nearly 6900 proteins using quantitative mass-spectrometry with a spike-in SILAC standard. Acquired data reveal metabolic reprogramming of ectopic stromal cells of endometriosis with extensive upregulation of glycolysis and down-regulation of oxidative respiration – a wide-spread metabolic phenotype previously described in many cancers. Our results also underlie other molecular changes of ectopic endometriotic stromal cells indicating reduced apoptotic potential, increased cellular adhesiveness/invasiveness and altered immune function. The changes related to metabolism are additionally reflected by attenuated aerobic respiration of ectopic endometrial stromal cells measured by live cell oximetry and by altered mRNA levels. These comprehensive proteomics data refine the current understanding of endometriosis presenting potential new avenues for therapies.
Project description:Endometriosis is a prevalent health condition in women of reproductive age characterized by ectopic growth of endometrial tissue in the extrauterine environment. Thorough understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the disease are still lacking and incomplete. We dissect eutopic and ectopic endometrial primary stromal cell proteomes to a depth of nearly 6900 proteins using quantitative mass-spectrometry with a spike-in SILAC standard. Acquired data reveal metabolic reprogramming of ectopic stromal cells of endometriosis with extensive upregulation of glycolysis and down-regulation of oxidative respiration – a wide-spread metabolic phenotype previously described in many cancers. Our results also underlie other molecular changes of ectopic endometriotic stromal cells indicating reduced apoptotic potential, increased cellular adhesiveness/invasiveness and altered immune function. The changes related to metabolism are additionally reflected by attenuated aerobic respiration of ectopic endometrial stromal cells measured by live cell oximetry and by altered mRNA levels. These comprehensive proteomics data refine the current understanding of endometriosis presenting potential new avenues for therapies.
Project description:Transcriptome profiles were investigated in isolated endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) from eutopic and ectopic endometrium. The profiles were quite different between eutopic ESC and ectopic ESC, whereas no clear dfference was recognized between eutopic ESC with and without endometriosis.
Project description:Endometriosis (EMs) is a common infertility-related disease in women of reproductive age. Impaired endometrial decidualization is one of the most important factors contributing to the embryo implantation failure EMs patients. However, the exact mechanism remains unclear. Previous studies have shown collagen I deposition in the eutopic endometrium of EMs patients, which may lead to impaired endometrial decidualization. The level of collagen I in eutopic endometrium of EMs was analyzed. We performed a proteomic analysis of ectopic endometrial stromal cell-derived extracellular vesicles (EMs-EVs) and extracellular vesicles derived from endometrial stromal cells in the endometrium of control patients (CTL-EVs). An endometrial transcriptional profiles of EMs patients and normal controls in the mid-secretory phase of menstrual cycle was compared. Endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) were stimulated with chloroquine or rapamycin to evaluate the association between autophagy and collagen I. The expression of PKM2 in EMs-EVs and serum extracellular vesicles from EMs patients were examined by western blotting. PKM2 was overexpressed or knockdown in ESCs to investigate the level of autophagy and collagen I. ESCs were treated with ectopic ESC-derived extracellular vesicles with highly expressed PKM2 protein, and the potential molecular mechanisms were further confirmed through western blotting and immunohistochemical analysis. We found that endometrial collagen I expression during the mid-secretory phase was increased in the EMs group. We demonstrated that autophagy is defective in eutopic endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) of EMs patients. In ESCs, pharmacological inhibition of autophagy by chloroquine (CQ) promoted collagen I deposition. Ectopic endometrial stromal cell-derived extracellular vesicles (EMs-EVs) inhibited autophagy of ESCs and promoted collagen I deposition in vivo and in vitro. Mechanistically, EMs-EVs encapsulating PKM2 impair eutopic endometrial autophagy via Akt/mTOR signaling pathway. Together, we demonstrated that EMs-EVs encapsulating PKM2 impaired endometrial autophagy inducing collagen I deposition in EMs, which provided a potential target for therapeutic implications.
Project description:To identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and molecular pathways in eutopic endometrial stroma cells (EuESCs) from adenomyosis patients and provide a new insight into disease mechanisms at transcriptome level.Gene expression profiling of normal endometrial stromal cells (N-ESCs) and adenomyotic eutopic endometrial stroma cells (A-EuESCs) were analyzed by using RNA-sequencing.