TY - JOUR
T1 - Expression of glucocorticoid and androgen receptors in bone marrow–derived hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic murine endometrial cells
AU - Persaud, Kavitha
AU - Zhao, Qingshi
AU - Owusu-Akyaw, Amma
AU - Rameshwar, Pranela
AU - Goldsmith, Laura T.
AU - Morelli, Sara S.
N1 - Funding Information: K.P. has nothing to disclose. Q.Z. has nothing to disclose. A.O.-A. has nothing to disclose. P.R. has nothing to disclose. L.T.G. has nothing to disclose. S.S.M. reports grant funding from American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Foundation (AAOGF) for the submitted work. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 American Society for Reproductive Medicine
PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - Objective: To determine whether bone marrow (BM)–derived cells engrafting the murine endometrium express the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and androgen receptor (AR). Recent data demonstrate that BM is a long-term source of multiple hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic endometrial cell types. Important roles for glucocorticoids and androgens in regulating endometrial functions, including decidualization and early embryo attachment/invasion, have very recently emerged. Whether endometrial cells of BM origin express glucocorticoid or ARs has not been previously studied. Design: Animal study. Setting: Basic science laboratory. Animal(s): Wild-type C57BL/6J male mice expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein (GFP) and syngeneic wild-type C57BL/6J female mice aged 6–9 weeks. Intervention(s): Murine bone marrow transplant. Main Outcome Measure(s): Bone marrow cells were harvested from adult wild-type C57BL/6 mice and subjected to flow cytometry to identify the percentage of hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic cells expressing GR or AR. Uterine tissue sections from lethally irradiated syngeneic adult female C57BL/6 mice that had been recipients of BM transplants from adult male transgenic donor mice ubiquitously expressing GFP were studied. Immunohistochemistry was performed in the uterine tissue sections of the recipient mice at 5, 9, and 12 months after transplant using specific anti-GR, anti-AR, anti-GFP, anti-CD45 (pan leukocyte marker), and anti-F4/80 (murine macrophage marker) primary antibodies. Confocal laser microscopy was used to localize and quantitate BM-derived (GFP+) cell types in the endometrial stromal and epithelial compartments and determine whether BM-derived cell types in the murine endometrium express GR or AR. Result(s): Hematopoietic cells comprised 93.6%–96.6% of all cells in the BM, of which 98.1% ± 0.2% expressed GR and 92.2% ± 4.4% expressed AR. Nonhematopoietic cells comprised 0.4%–1.3% of BM, of which 52.8% ± 5.9% expressed GR and 48.9% ± 3.4% expressed AR. After BM transplant, the proportion of cells originating from BM in the endometrial stromal compartment increased over time, reaching 13.5% ± 2.3% at 12 months after transplant. In the epithelial compartments, <1% of the cells were of BM origin at 12 months after transplant. Most (60%–72%) GR+ and/or AR+ BM-derived cells in the stroma were hematopoietic (CD45+) cells, of which 37%–51% were macrophages. Nonetheless, 28%–33% of GR+ cells, and 28%–40% of AR+ BM-derived cells, were nonhematopoietic (CD45−) stromal cells of BM origin. Conclusion(s): A substantial number of BM-derived cells express GR and AR, suggesting a role for these cells in both glucocorticoid-regulated and androgen-regulated endometrial functions, such as proliferation and/or decidualization.
AB - Objective: To determine whether bone marrow (BM)–derived cells engrafting the murine endometrium express the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and androgen receptor (AR). Recent data demonstrate that BM is a long-term source of multiple hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic endometrial cell types. Important roles for glucocorticoids and androgens in regulating endometrial functions, including decidualization and early embryo attachment/invasion, have very recently emerged. Whether endometrial cells of BM origin express glucocorticoid or ARs has not been previously studied. Design: Animal study. Setting: Basic science laboratory. Animal(s): Wild-type C57BL/6J male mice expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein (GFP) and syngeneic wild-type C57BL/6J female mice aged 6–9 weeks. Intervention(s): Murine bone marrow transplant. Main Outcome Measure(s): Bone marrow cells were harvested from adult wild-type C57BL/6 mice and subjected to flow cytometry to identify the percentage of hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic cells expressing GR or AR. Uterine tissue sections from lethally irradiated syngeneic adult female C57BL/6 mice that had been recipients of BM transplants from adult male transgenic donor mice ubiquitously expressing GFP were studied. Immunohistochemistry was performed in the uterine tissue sections of the recipient mice at 5, 9, and 12 months after transplant using specific anti-GR, anti-AR, anti-GFP, anti-CD45 (pan leukocyte marker), and anti-F4/80 (murine macrophage marker) primary antibodies. Confocal laser microscopy was used to localize and quantitate BM-derived (GFP+) cell types in the endometrial stromal and epithelial compartments and determine whether BM-derived cell types in the murine endometrium express GR or AR. Result(s): Hematopoietic cells comprised 93.6%–96.6% of all cells in the BM, of which 98.1% ± 0.2% expressed GR and 92.2% ± 4.4% expressed AR. Nonhematopoietic cells comprised 0.4%–1.3% of BM, of which 52.8% ± 5.9% expressed GR and 48.9% ± 3.4% expressed AR. After BM transplant, the proportion of cells originating from BM in the endometrial stromal compartment increased over time, reaching 13.5% ± 2.3% at 12 months after transplant. In the epithelial compartments, <1% of the cells were of BM origin at 12 months after transplant. Most (60%–72%) GR+ and/or AR+ BM-derived cells in the stroma were hematopoietic (CD45+) cells, of which 37%–51% were macrophages. Nonetheless, 28%–33% of GR+ cells, and 28%–40% of AR+ BM-derived cells, were nonhematopoietic (CD45−) stromal cells of BM origin. Conclusion(s): A substantial number of BM-derived cells express GR and AR, suggesting a role for these cells in both glucocorticoid-regulated and androgen-regulated endometrial functions, such as proliferation and/or decidualization.
KW - Bone marrow–derived endometrial cells
KW - androgen receptors
KW - glucocorticoid receptors
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xfss.2022.04.006
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xfss.2022.04.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 35717521
SN - 2666-335X
VL - 3
SP - 255
EP - 268
JO - F and S Science
JF - F and S Science
IS - 3
ER -