Affiliation:
1. Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Qilu Hospital of Shandong University Jinan Shandong People's Republic of China
2. Center for Reproductive Medicine Children's Hospital of Shanxi and Women Health Center of Shanxi Taiyuan Shanxi People's Republic of China
Abstract
AbstractPurposeNumerous advancements have been introduced into the field of assisted reproductive technology (ART) in the past four decades. Nonetheless, implantation failure is still a key limiting step for a successful pregnancy. Building of endometrial receptivity (ER) is essential for successful implantation. However, the fundamental biological processes and mechanisms of ER remain elusive. Our study investigates the function of hypoxia inducible factor‐1α (HIF‐1α) during ER establishment and shed lights on the novel molecular mechanism by which HIF‐1α regulates ER‐related gene expression network.MethodsLevels of HIF‐1α, homeobox A10 (HOXA10), insulin‐like growth factor‐binding protein 1 (IGFBP1), pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2), and lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA) in endometrial tissues were measured via real‐time PCR, immunoblotting and immunohistochemistry. The correlation between HIF‐1α and HOXA10, IGFBP1, PKM2, LDHA were analyzed separately. Ishikawa cells were treated with vector HIF‐1α, HIF‐1α‐siRNA, and PKM2‐siRNA. After transfection, the levels of HOXA10, IGFBP1, LDHA, and PKM2 were measured via real‐time PCR and immunoblotting, and the lactate concentrations and cell migration of Ishikawa cells were measured.ResultsLevels of HIF‐1α, IGFBP1, HOXA10, LDHA, and PKM2 were significantly decreased in recurrent implantation failure (RIF) patients and levels of HOXA10, IGFBP1, PKM2, and LDHA were correlated with HIF‐1α in endometrium. Then in a cellular model established by HIF‐1α vector and HIF‐1α‐siRNA, the expression of HOXA10, IGFBP1, LDHA, PKM2, and lactate concentrations were dramatically upregulated and downregulated. And the expression of HOXA10, and IGFBP1 were dramatically decreased by PKM2‐siRNA.ConclusionsHIF‐1α plays a crucial role in the building of ER through regulating glycolysis.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Obstetrics and Gynecology
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