ArticleScientific reports2023
Dynamics of inflammatory cytokine expression in bovine endometrial cells exposed to cow blood plasma small extracellular vesicles (sEV) may reflect high fertility.
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- Extracellular Vesicles in Reproduction: Biology, Production, and Potential Applications in Livestock Breeding.Reproduction in domestic animals = Zuchthygiene · 2025Review
- Extracellular vesicles in dairy cattle: research progress and prospects for practical applications.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2025Review
- Exosomal ncRNAs in reproductive cancers†.Biology of reproduction · 2025Review
- Efficient enrichment of plasma-derived extracellular vesicles from small volumes of bovine blood.Journal of animal science · 2025Article
- Platelet secretions exert anti-inflammatory effectsFrontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- FANCD2 as a ferroptosis-related target for recurrent implantation failure by integrated bioinformatics and Mendelian randomization analysis.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2024Article
- Contribution of the seminal microbiome to paternal programming.Biology of reproduction · 2024Review
- Emerging role of extracellular vesicles in veterinary practice: novel opportunities and potential challenges.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Review
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Abstract
Aberrant inflammation in the endometrium impairs reproduction and leads to poor fertility. Small extracellular vesicles (sEV) are nanoparticles 30-200 nm in-size and contain transferable bioactive molecules that reflect the parent cell. Holstein-Friesian dairy cows with divergent genetic merit, high- (n = 10) and low-fertile (n = 10), were identified based on fertility breeding value (FBV), cow ovulation synchronization and postpartum anovulatory intervals (PPAI). In this study, we evaluated the effects of sEVs enriched from plasma of high-fertile (HF-EXO) and low-fertile (LF-EXO) dairy cows on inflammatory mediator expression by bovine endometrial epithelial (bEEL) and stromal (bCSC) cells. Exposure to HF-EXO in bCSC and bEEL cells yielded lower expression of PTGS1 and PTGS2 compared to the control. In bCSC cells exposed to HF-EXO, pro-inflammatory cytokine IL1-α was downregulated compared to the untreated control, IL-12α and IL-8 were downregulated compared to the LF-EXO treatment. Our findings demonstrate that sEVs interact with both endometrial epithelial and stromal cells to initiate differential gene expression, specifically genes relate to inflammation. Therefore, even subtle changes on the inflammatory gene cascade in the endometrium via sEV may affect reproductive performance and/or outcomes. Further, sEV from high-fertile animals acts in a unique direction to deactivate prostaglandin synthases in both bCSC and bEEL cells and deactivate pro-inflammatory cytokines in the endometrial stroma. The results suggest that circulating sEV may serve as a potential biomarker of fertility.
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