Affiliation:
1. Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
2. Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
3. Equine Reproduction Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Abstract
The etiopathogenesis of preeclampsia, a leading hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, has been proposed to involve an abnormal circulating sex hormone profile and misexpression of placental estrogen and progesterone receptors (ER and PR, respectively). However, existing research is vastly confined to third trimester preeclamptic placentas. Consequently, the placental–uterine molecular crosstalk and the dynamic ER and PR expression pattern in the peri-conception period remain overlooked. Herein, our goal was to use the BPH/5 mouse to elucidate pre-pregnancy and early gestation Er and Pr dynamics in a preeclamptic-like uterus. BPH/5 females display low circulating estrogen concentration during proestrus, followed by early gestation hypoestrogenemia, hyperprogesteronemia, and a spontaneous preeclamptic-like phenotype. Preceding pregnancy, the gene encoding Er alpha (Erα, Esr1) is upregulated in the diestrual BPH/5 uterus. At the peak of decidualization, Esr1, Er beta (Erβ, Esr2), and Pr isoform B (Pr-B) were upregulated in the BPH/5 maternal–fetal interface. At the protein level, BPH/5 females display higher percentage of decidual cells with nuclear Erα expression, as well as Pr downregulation in the decidua, luminal and glandular epithelium. In conclusion, we provide evidence of disrupted sex hormone signaling in the peri-conception period of preeclamptic-like pregnancies, potentially shedding some light onto the intricate role of sex hormone signaling at unexplored timepoints of human preeclampsia.
Funder
National Institutes of Health—National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Michigan State University Discretionary Funding Initiative Award
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