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Oxygen regulation of aquaporin-4 in human placenta.

Abstract：

RESEARCH QUESTION:We recently reported that blocking of placental aquaporins (AQP) abrogates the apoptotic response of the trophoblast. As trophoblast apoptosis is exacerbated in pre-eclampsia, we hypothesized that changes in AQP in these placentae may trigger programmed cell death. We analysed AQP4 expression in pre-eclamptic placentae and its regulation by oxygen tension. DESIGN:AQP4 expression was studied in placentae from non-pathological and pre-eclamptic pregnancies by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), Western blot, immunofluorescence and immunohistochemistry. Explants from non-pathological placentae were cultured in normoxia, hypoxia, hypoxia-reoxygenation and CoCl2. AQP4 expression was investigated by RT-PCR and Western blot. Hypoxia responsive elements sites on AQP4 promotor were investigated by in-silico analysis. AQP4 degradation was studied in the presence of proteosomal and lysosomal inhibitors. RESULTS:AQP4 protein expression was weakly detectable in pre-eclamptic placentae, but its mRNA was elevated compared with non-pathological placentae. In non-pathological explants cultured in hypoxia, AQP4 mRNA and protein were increased compared with placentae cultured in ambient oxygen but decreased after reoxygenation. Incubation with CoCl2, that stabilizes hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1α, also increased AQP4 levels. In-silico analysis showed three putative binding sites for HIF-1α in AQP4 promotor. CONCLUSIONS:Oxygen may regulate AQP4 expression in human placenta, possibly through HIF-1α. Therefore, the decrease in AQP4 throughout pregnancy, previously reported, is consistent with changes in HIF-1α, and suggests that AQP4 might have a crucial role during placentation. Therefore, the abnormal expression of AQP4 may be involved in the cause of pre-eclampsia, but it does not seem to take part in the apoptotic events.

journal_name

Reprod Biomed Online

journal_title

Reproductive biomedicine online

authors

Szpilbarg N,Seyahian A,Paola MD,Castro-Parodi M,Martinez N,Farina M,Damiano AE

doi

10.1016/j.rbmo.2018.08.015

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-11-01 00:00:00

pages

601-612

issue

eissn

1472-6483

issn

1472-6491

pii

S1472-6483(18)30454-1

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Oxygen regulation of aquaporin-4 in human placenta.