title: Identification of genes regulated by an interaction between alphavbeta3 integrin and vitronectin in murine decidua.
abstract: The delicate balance between embryo invasion and suppression of maternal immune rejection requires a fully functional decidua in species with haemochorial placenta. Our understanding of the decidual function is very limited due to the molecular and cellular complexity involved in decidualisation. The cell adhesion molecule alpha(v)beta(3) integrin and its ligand vitronectin are upregulated in the mouse decidua during mid-pregnancy. The implications of interactions between alpha(v)beta(3) and vitronectin in regulating decidual function are not known. In the present study, interactions between alpha(v)beta(3) and vitronectin in the decidual cells of the mouse were blocked in vitro and effects on cell fate were evaluated by studying the differentially regulated genes by cDNA array and real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The results indicate that expression of various genes involved in apoptotic and cell cycle pathways, as well as cytokine receptors, was deranged. Signalling through alpha(v)beta(3) seems to be important to maintain a balance between cell proliferation and apoptosis, along with the modulation of inflammatory responses of decidual cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (ICMR), J. M. Street, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Mangale
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Modi
authors.forename: K V R
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Reddy
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D003656:Decidua / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D039302:Integrin alphaVbeta3 / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D019096:Vitronectin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D039302:Integrin alphaVbeta3; D019096:Vitronectin