Kisspeptin (Kp) and Kiss-1 receptor (Kiss-1R) expressions have been reported to be in the placenta, and a possible involvement of the Kiss-1R/Kps system in regulating trophoblast invasion and proliferation has been hypothesized. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether Kiss-1R activation by kisspeptin-10 (Kp-10) could modulate in vitro proliferation and progesterone (P4) secretion of bovine primary placental cell lines isolated from cotyledons of fetuses in the first trimester of pregnancy. The involvement of Kiss-1R in the cell responses observed was also analyzed. Uteri from cows at the first trimester of pregnancy were obtained from local abattoirs. Fetal cotyledon fragments were digested with collagenase in low glucose Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium and cell lines were isolated. After being characterized for epithelial polygonal morphology, the presence of binucleate cells, male gender, and the expression of cytokeratin and zona occludens 2, cell lines were cultured in a low glucose Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium–based expansion medium in the presence of 0.01, 0.1, 1, and 10 μM Kp-10. Control cells were cultured in the absence of Kp-10. Cell population doubling time was evaluated for each culture passage (P) from P1 to P10. Cells were tested for Kiss-1R mRNA expression analysis by real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction, and culture media were analyzed for P4 concentration by radioimmunoassay. Kisspeptin-10 modulated in vitro proliferation of epithelial cell lines isolated from cotyledons recovered from bovine fetuses in the first trimester of pregnancy. Inhibitory (line A) or stimulatory (line B) effects of Kp-10 on cell proliferation were found in different cell lines and observed cell responses were found to be related to Kiss-1R mRNA levels. Inhibition of cell proliferation matched with not significant variation of Kiss-1R expression, whereas stimulation of cell proliferation was found to be related to Kiss-1R upregulation. In both cell lines, no effect of Kp-10 on P4 secretion was found at any tested concentration. These results lead to the conclusion that the Kiss-1R/Kps system is involved in the regulation of cell proliferation of bovine placental cotyledon cell lines isolated at the first trimester of pregnancy but, at this gestational stage, it may not be involved in modulating placental P4 secretion.
Effects of kisspeptin-10 on in vitro proliferation and kisspeptin receptor (Kiss-1R) expression in primary epithelial cell cultures isolated from bovine placental cotyledons of embryos/fetuses at the first trimester of pregnancy.
MARTINO N. A.;RIZZO, ANNALISA;DELL'AQUILA, Maria Elena;SCIORSCI, Raffaele Luigi
2015-01-01
Abstract
Kisspeptin (Kp) and Kiss-1 receptor (Kiss-1R) expressions have been reported to be in the placenta, and a possible involvement of the Kiss-1R/Kps system in regulating trophoblast invasion and proliferation has been hypothesized. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether Kiss-1R activation by kisspeptin-10 (Kp-10) could modulate in vitro proliferation and progesterone (P4) secretion of bovine primary placental cell lines isolated from cotyledons of fetuses in the first trimester of pregnancy. The involvement of Kiss-1R in the cell responses observed was also analyzed. Uteri from cows at the first trimester of pregnancy were obtained from local abattoirs. Fetal cotyledon fragments were digested with collagenase in low glucose Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium and cell lines were isolated. After being characterized for epithelial polygonal morphology, the presence of binucleate cells, male gender, and the expression of cytokeratin and zona occludens 2, cell lines were cultured in a low glucose Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium–based expansion medium in the presence of 0.01, 0.1, 1, and 10 μM Kp-10. Control cells were cultured in the absence of Kp-10. Cell population doubling time was evaluated for each culture passage (P) from P1 to P10. Cells were tested for Kiss-1R mRNA expression analysis by real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction, and culture media were analyzed for P4 concentration by radioimmunoassay. Kisspeptin-10 modulated in vitro proliferation of epithelial cell lines isolated from cotyledons recovered from bovine fetuses in the first trimester of pregnancy. Inhibitory (line A) or stimulatory (line B) effects of Kp-10 on cell proliferation were found in different cell lines and observed cell responses were found to be related to Kiss-1R mRNA levels. Inhibition of cell proliferation matched with not significant variation of Kiss-1R expression, whereas stimulation of cell proliferation was found to be related to Kiss-1R upregulation. In both cell lines, no effect of Kp-10 on P4 secretion was found at any tested concentration. These results lead to the conclusion that the Kiss-1R/Kps system is involved in the regulation of cell proliferation of bovine placental cotyledon cell lines isolated at the first trimester of pregnancy but, at this gestational stage, it may not be involved in modulating placental P4 secretion.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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