PrP C Promotes Endometriosis Progression by Reprogramming Cholesterol Metabolism and Estrogen Biosynthesis of Endometrial Stromal Cells through PPARα Pathway

Endometriosis (EMs) is characterized as an estrogen-dependent disease. Whereas, the underlying mechanism for activated estrogen biosynthesis in EMs lesions is largely unknown. We analyzed cholesterol metabolism and estrogen biosynthesis condition of EMs lesions by biological information analysis of...

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Published in:International journal of biological sciences 2022, Vol.18 (4), p.1755-1772
Main Authors: Peng, Hai-Yan, Lei, Sha-Ting, Hou, Shu-Hui, Weng, Li-Chun, Yuan, Qing, Li, Ming-Qing, Zhao, Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
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Animals
Endometriosis - genetics
Endometriosis - metabolism
Estradiol
Estrogens - metabolism
Female
Humans
Mice
PPAR alpha - metabolism
Stromal Cells - metabolism
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Summary:Endometriosis (EMs) is characterized as an estrogen-dependent disease. Whereas, the underlying mechanism for activated estrogen biosynthesis in EMs lesions is largely unknown. We analyzed cholesterol metabolism and estrogen biosynthesis condition of EMs lesions by biological information analysis of GEO datasets, and further verified both and by constructing EMs models with uterus fragments from donors of PRNP knockout mouse ( , KO119), Octapeptide repeat region of PRNP knockout mouse (KO120) and PRNP transgenic mouse (Tg20). We found that transcriptome of cholesterol metabolism and estrogen-converting enzymes were disturbed in EMs patients, and cellular cholesterol concentration and local estradiol level were substantially increased in EMs lesions, as well as the high level of prion (PrP , encoded by PRNP). Notably, 17-β estradiol stimulation significantly up-regulated PrP expression in endometrial stromal cells (ESC) and PrP promoted the proliferative, migratory and invasive abilities of ESC, and was further verified to accelerate EMs progression in mouse models. More importantly, PrP promoted cholesterol accumulation and activated estrogen biosynthesis of ESC in a PPARα pathway-dependent manner. Taken together, this study suggests that PrP -cholesterol metabolism/estrogen biosynthesis contributes to the progression of EMs by negatively regulating PPARα pathway, and could be potential therapeutic targets for EMs intervention.
ISSN:1449-2288
1449-2288
DOI:10.7150/ijbs.68015