Effect of Vaginal Microecological Alterations on Female Pelvic Organ Prolapse

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INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: The objective was to investigate the correlation between endogenous vaginal microecological alterations and female pelvic organ prolapse (POP).

METHODS: Patients who underwent vaginal hysterectomy were retrospectively analyzed as the POP group (n = 30) and the non-POP group (n = 30). The vaginal microbial metabolites and enzyme levels were tested using the dry chemoenzymatic method. The mRNA and protein expression were tested using real-time quantitative PCR and immunohistochemistry. SPSS version 25.0 and GraphPad Prism 8.0 were performed for statistical analysis.

RESULTS: Compared with the non-POP group, the vaginal pH, H2O2 positivity and leukocyte esterase positivity were higher in patients with POP (all p < 0.05). Further analysis showed that patients with pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POP-Q) stage IV had higher rates of vaginal pH, H2O2 positivity and leukocyte esterase positivity than those with POP-Q stage III. Additionally, the mRNA expression of decorin (DCN), transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1), and matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) in uterosacral ligament tissues were higher, whereas collagen I and III were lower. Similarly, the positive expression of MMP-3 in uterosacral ligament tissue was significantly upregulated in the POP group compared with the non-POP group (p = 0.035), whereas collagen I (p = 0.004) and collagen III (p = 0.019) in uterosacral ligament tissue were significantly downregulated in the POP group. Correlation analysis revealed that there was a significant correlation between vaginal microecology and collagen metabolism. In addition, MMP-3 correlated negatively with collagen I and collagen III (p = 0.002, r = -0.533; p = 0.002, r = -0.534 respectively), whereas collagen I correlated positively with collagen III (p = 0.001, r = 0.578).

CONCLUSIONS: Vaginal microecological dysbiosis affects the occurrence of female POP, which could be considered a novel therapeutic option.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

Enthalten in:

International urogynecology journal - 35(2024), 4 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 881-891

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Shaozhan [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Qiaomei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Limin [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Lihong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jinhua [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BBX060AN9V
Collagen I
Collagen III
Collagen Type I
Collagen Type III
Decorin
EC 3.4.24.17
Hydrogen Peroxide
Journal Article
Matrix Metalloproteinase 3
Matrix metalloproteinase-3
Pelvic organ prolapse
RNA, Messenger
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Transforming Growth Factor beta1
Vaginal microbiome

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Date Completed 26.04.2024

Date Revised 29.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00192-024-05759-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369785711