The role of cholesterol/ALKBH1/ITGA2B in thrombosis in placental vessels of preeclampsia
The risk of multiple placental thrombosis is increased in preeclampsia (PE) and vascular endothelium plays vital roles in coagulation such as secreting ITGA2B, vWF and TF. However, the pathological mechanism is unclear. Placental blood vessels were collected from PE and normal pregnancies. The protein level of ITGA2B was up-regulated in PE compared to the control, indicating enhanced coagulation function in the placenta of PE. Higher cholesterol levels and lower ALKBH1 expression were found in placental blood vessels of PE while the whole DNA N6-methyldeoxyadenosine levels (6mA) were up-regulated. However, DNA 6mA level of ITGA2B promoter was decreased. The Cholesterol overload experiment in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) showed that cholesterol regulated the protein expressions of ALKBH1 and ITGA2B, which was related to cholesterol concentration. ITGA2B protein expression was increased after ALKBH1 knockout. These data provide important information on cholesterol levels, ALKBH1 and ITGA2B expressions in coagulation function in placental blood vessels, which may be helpful for further investigations of potential targets and early prevention of placental thrombosis in PE. Overall design: human MeDIP-Seq:placental vascular