Oxidative stress-induced Gadd45α inhibits trophoblast invasion and increases sFlt1/sEng secretions via p38 MAPK involving in the pathology of pre-eclampsia

BACKGROUND: Pre-eclampsia (PE) is one of the most common pregnancy-related complications. We have previously reported that growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible 45 alpha (Gadd45α) is over-expressed in trophoblasts in pre-eclamptic placentas, with an excessive activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and increased levels of soluble Fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt-1) and soluble endoglin (sEng) in maternal sera. Now we further investigate how Gadd45α regulates trophoblast functions and anti-angiogenesis factors secretions during placental development in patients with PE.

METHODS: Human placental villous explants were used to verify the effects of Gadd45α and p38 MAPK in placentation. Then HRT8/SVneo cells exposed to hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) were employed as an oxidative stress model to investigate the effects of Gadd45α on invasion and sFlt-1/sEng secretions. Through silencing Gadd45α with lentiviral vector-based short-hairpin RNA and inhibiting p38 MAPK with SB203580, we demonstrated that Gadd45α and its downstream p38 protein played roles in the pathology of pre-eclampsia.

RESULTS: Gadd45α was found to have increased expression in H/R-treated villous explants and HTR8/SVneo cells. Gadd45α knockdown or p38 blockage could promote trophoblast outgrowth and migration in H/R-exposed villous explants, and enhance the potentials of trophoblast migration/invasion and network formation in H/R-exposed HTR8/SVneo cells. These functional changes might be related to the increased activities of MMP2/9. Meanwhile, Gadd45α knockdown or p38 inhibition also decreases sFlt-1/sEng secretions via suppressing oxidative stress.

CONCLUSIONS: Oxidative stress-induced overexpression of Gadd45α might influence the activity of MMPs through activation of p38 MAPK signaling to affect the invasion of trophoblast cells, and increase the secretions of sFlt-1/sEng, which then participate in the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians - 29(2016), 23 vom: 24. Dez., Seite 3776-85

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Xiru [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Qinyin [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Shan, Nan [VerfasserIn]
Qi, Hongbo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cell Cycle Proteins
EC 2.7.10.1
EC 2.7.11.24
ENG protein, human
Endoglin
Enzyme Inhibitors
FLT1 protein, human
GADD45A protein, human
Growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible 45α
Imidazoles
Journal Article
Nuclear Proteins
OU13V1EYWQ
P38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
Pre-eclampsia
Pyridines
SB 203580
Soluble Fms-like tyrosine kinase 1
Soluble endoglin
Trophoblast invasion
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1

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Date Completed 14.06.2017

Date Revised 14.06.2017

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3109/14767058.2016.1144744

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM256823618