title: Effect of conceptus on transforming growth factor (TGF) β1 mRNA expression and protein concentration in the porcine endometrium--in vivo and in vitro studies.
abstract: Transforming growth factor (TGF) β and its receptors are expressed at the conceptus-maternal interface during early pregnancy in the pig. The present studies were conducted to examine: (1) the effect of conceptus products on TGFβ1 mRNA expression and protein concentration in the porcine endometrium using in vivo and in vitro models, and (2) the effect of TGFβ1 on proliferation of porcine trophoblast cells in vitro. During in vivo experiments, gilts with one surgically detached uterine horn were slaughtered on days 11 or 14 of the estrous cycle and pregnancy. For in vitro studies, endometrial explants and luminal epithelial (LE) cells co-cultured with stromal (ST) cells were treated with conceptus-exposed medium (CEM). Moreover, porcine trophoblast cells were treated with TGFβ1, and the number of viable cells was measured. On day 11, the presence of conceptuses had no effect on TGFβ1 mRNA expression, but decreased the TGFβ1 protein concentration in the connected uterine horn compared with the detached uterine horn. In contrast to day 11, on day 14 after estrus, TGFβ1 mRNA expression and protein content in the endometrium collected from the gravid uterine horn were greater when compared with the contralateral uterine horn. The treatment of endometrial slices with CEM resulted in greater TGFβ1 mRNA expression and protein secretion. LE cells responded to CEM with an increased TGFβ1 mRNA level. Moreover, TGFβ1 stimulated the proliferation of day 14 trophoblast cells. In summary, porcine conceptuses may regulate TGFβ1 synthesis in the endometrium at the time of implantation. TGFβ1, in turn, may promote conceptus development by increasing the proliferation of trophoblast cells.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland.
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blitek
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Morawska-Pucinska
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szymanska
authors.forename: Jolanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kiewisz
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Waclawik
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned / Q000378:metabolism; D046149:Embryo Culture Techniques; D010064:Embryo Implantation; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D047108:Embryonic Development; D004717:Endometrium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D007315:Insemination, Artificial / Q000662:veterinary; D011247:Pregnancy; D011255:Pregnancy Maintenance; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D034421:Sus scrofa; D046509:Tissue Culture Techniques; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014327:Trophoblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1
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