IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 48 / Issue 2 / DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog.2021.02.2314
Open Access Original Research
Comparison of extracellular matrix proteins expressed on stromal cells derived from human endometrium with and without spontaneous abortion
Show Less
1 Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, 151-921 Seoul, Republic of Korea
2 Fertility Medical Center, Seoul Women’s Hospital, 14544 Bucheon, Republic of Korea
3 Department of Animal Life Science, Kangwon National University, 24341 Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
4 Institute of Animal Resources, Kangwon National University, 24341 Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
5 Kustogen Inc., 24341 Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
6 Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, 151-921 Seoul, Republic of Korea
7 Department of Applied Animal Science, Kangwon National University, 24341 Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
*Correspondence: limjm@snu.ac.kr (Jeong Mook Lim); stlee76@kangwon.ac.kr (Seung Tae Lee)
These authors contributed equally.
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2021, 48(2), 270–277; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog.2021.02.2314
Submitted: 6 October 2020 | Revised: 27 November 2020 | Accepted: 27 November 2020 | Published: 15 April 2021
Copyright: © 2021 The Authors. Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Abstract

We explored the correlation between extracellular matrix (ECM) components and spontaneous abortion by defining the types and levels of ECM proteins that are transcriptionally and translationally expressed in endometrial stromal (ES) cells. The ES cells were retrieved from the uterus of a woman who had experienced normal delivery without spontaneous abortion and one who had experienced spontaneous abortion. In the presence and absence of spontaneous abortion, the transcription of eight ECM protein-encoding genes [fibronectin, nidogen-1, tenascin C, vitronectin, elastin, collagen type 1 alpha 1 chain (COL1A1), COL3A1, and COL5A2] was observed, whereas four ECM protein-encoding genes (laminin, COL2A1, COL4A3, and COL11A1) were not transcribed. Translation of all ECM protein-encoding genes was equally observed on the surface of ES cells derived from women with normal pregnancy and spontaneous abortion; however, the proportion of ES cells expressing each ECM protein and the quantity of each ECM protein expressed on the cell surface were significantly different. These results demonstrate that altered expression of ECM proteins in ES cells constituting the endometrium may be a key factor in triggering spontaneous abortion.

Keywords
Endometrial stromal cells
Spontaneous abortion
Extracellular matrix proteins
Funding
NRF-2017R1A2B4009777/Ministry of Science, ICR & Future Planning
Figures
Fig. 1.
Share
Back to top