Immune and oxidative stress disorder in ovulation-dysfunction women revealed by single-cell transcriptome

Ovulation dysfunction is now a widespread cause of infertility around the world. Although the impact of immune cells in human reproduction has been widely investigated, systematic understanding of the changes of the immune atlas under female ovulation remain less understood. Here, we generated singl...

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Published in:Frontiers in immunology 2023-12, Vol.14, p.1297484-1297484
Main Authors: Qi, Lingbin, Li, Yumei, Zhang, Lina, Li, Shuyue, Zhang, Xunyi, Li, Wanqiong, Qin, Jiaying, Chen, Xian, Ji, Yazhong, Xue, Zhigang, Lv, Bo
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Language:English
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conventional dendritic cell
Female
Humans
immune cell disorder
Immunology
Infertility, Female - therapy
Ovulation - genetics
ovulation dysfunction
oxidative stress
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - diagnosis
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - genetics
single-cell RNA sequencing
Transcriptome
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Summary:Ovulation dysfunction is now a widespread cause of infertility around the world. Although the impact of immune cells in human reproduction has been widely investigated, systematic understanding of the changes of the immune atlas under female ovulation remain less understood. Here, we generated single cell transcriptomic profiles of 80,689 PBMCs in three representative statuses of ovulation dysfunction, i.e., polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) and menopause (MENO), and identified totally 7 major cell types and 25 subsets of cells. Our study revealed distinct cluster distributions of immune cells among individuals of ovulation disorders and health. In patients with ovulation dysfunction, we observed a significant reduction in populations of naïve CD8 T cells and effector memory CD4 T cells, whereas circulating NK cells and regulatory NK cells increased. Our results highlight the significant contribution of cDC-mediated signaling pathways to the overall inflammatory response within ovulation disorders. Furthermore, our data demonstrated a significant upregulation of oxidative stress in patients with ovulation disorder. Overall, our study gave a deeper insight into the mechanism of PCOS, POI, and menopause, which may contribute to the better diagnosis and treatments of these ovulatory disorder.
ISSN:1664-3224
1664-3224
DOI:10.3389/fimmu.2023.1297484