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Localization and hormonal regulation of endometrial matrix metalloproteinase-26 in therhesus macaque.
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PMID:  22434853     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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BACKGROUNDThe current understanding of hormonal regulation of matrix metalloproteinase-26 (MMP-26) in the primate endometrium is incomplete. The goal of this work was to clarify estrogen and progesterone regulation of MMP-26 in the endometrium of ovariectomized, hormone-treated rhesus macaques.METHODSOvariectomized rhesus macaques (n= 66) were treated with estradiol (E(2)), E(2) plus progesterone, E(2) followed by progesterone alone or no hormone. Endometrium was collected from the hormone-treated animals during the early, mid- and late proliferative and secretory phases of the artificial menstrual cycle. MMP-26 expression was quantified by real-time PCR, and MMP-26 transcript and protein were localized by in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry and correlated with estrogen receptor 1 and progesterone receptor (PGR).RESULTSMMP-26 was localized to glandular epithelium and was undetectable in the endometrial stroma and vasculature. MMP-26 transcript levels were minimal in the hormone-deprived macaques and treatment with E(2) alone did not affect MMP-26 levels. Treatment with progesterone both in the presence and absence of E(2) stimulated MMP-26 expression in the early and mid-secretory phases (P < 0.001). MMP-26 expression preceded decidualization of endometrial stroma. MMP-26 levels then declined to baseline in the late secretory phase (P < 0.01) despite continued E(2) plus progesterone treatment. Loss of detectable MMP-26 expression in the late secretory phase was correlated with late secretory phase loss of glandular epithelial PGR.CONCLUSIONSEndometrial MMP-26 expression is dependent on the presence of progesterone in the early secretory phase and then gradually becomes refractory to progesterone stimulation in the late secretory phase. In the macaque, MMP-26 is a marker of the pre-decidual, secretory endometrium. During the second half of the late secretory phase, and during decidualization, MMP-26 loses its response to progesterone concurrent with the loss of epithelial PGR. The decline in MMP-26 levels between the mid- and late secretory phases may play a role in the receptive window for embryo implantation.
Authors:
C C D Almeida-Francia; C S Keator; K Mah; L Holden; C Hergert; O D Slayden
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-3-20
Journal Detail:
Title:  Human reproduction (Oxford, England)     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1460-2350     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Mar 
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Created Date:  2012-3-21     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  8701199     Medline TA:  Hum Reprod     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biosciences, Univ Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo 18618-970, Brazil.
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