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Erbu Zhuyu decoction improves endometrial angiogenesis via uterine natural killer cells and the PI3K/Akt/eNOS pathway a mouse model of embryo implantation dysfunction
BACKGROUND: We investigated the effect of Erbu Zhuyu decoction (EBZY) on angiogenesis via uterine natural killer (uNK) cells and the PI3K/Akt/eNOS pathway in embryo implantation dysfunction (EID) mice. METHODS: Pregnant mice were randomly divided into blank, model, EBZY, progynova, and aspirin group...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10078112/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36327113 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aji.13634 |
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author | Shen, Mengmeng Liu, Yanfeng Ma, Xiaona Zhu, Qingwen |
author_facet | Shen, Mengmeng Liu, Yanfeng Ma, Xiaona Zhu, Qingwen |
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description | BACKGROUND: We investigated the effect of Erbu Zhuyu decoction (EBZY) on angiogenesis via uterine natural killer (uNK) cells and the PI3K/Akt/eNOS pathway in embryo implantation dysfunction (EID) mice. METHODS: Pregnant mice were randomly divided into blank, model, EBZY, progynova, and aspirin groups. Uteri were excised on the 5th day of pregnancy for analysis. RESULTS: Mice in the model group showed pale uteri, a reduced implantation rate, and lower expression levels of phosphatidylinositol‐3‐kinase (PI3K), protein kinase B (Akt), endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and nitric oxide (NO). Compared to the model group, implantation rates in the medium‐dose and high‐dose groups of EBZY were significantly higher (P < .05), PI3K and Akt mRNA expression levels in the low‐dose group were significantly higher (P < .05, P < .01), and the expression of p‐PI3K, p‐Akt, and p‐eNOS proteins in all treatment groups were significantly increased (P < .01, P < .05). The expression of NO was significantly increased in the low‐dose and high‐dose groups (P < .01, P < .05, respectively). The level of p‐Akt protein in the high‐dose group was significantly higher than those in the other treatment groups (P < .01, P < .05). There was no significant difference in the density of uNK cells (P > .05). CONCLUSIONS: EBZY facilitated embryo implantation in EID mice by enhancing endometrial angiogenesis via activation of the PI3K/Akt/eNOS pathway, at least in part. There was no evidence to indicate that EBZY could adjust the expression of uNK. |
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spelling | pubmed-100781122023-04-07 Erbu Zhuyu decoction improves endometrial angiogenesis via uterine natural killer cells and the PI3K/Akt/eNOS pathway a mouse model of embryo implantation dysfunction Shen, Mengmeng Liu, Yanfeng Ma, Xiaona Zhu, Qingwen Am J Reprod Immunol Immune Cells in Pregnancy BACKGROUND: We investigated the effect of Erbu Zhuyu decoction (EBZY) on angiogenesis via uterine natural killer (uNK) cells and the PI3K/Akt/eNOS pathway in embryo implantation dysfunction (EID) mice. METHODS: Pregnant mice were randomly divided into blank, model, EBZY, progynova, and aspirin groups. Uteri were excised on the 5th day of pregnancy for analysis. RESULTS: Mice in the model group showed pale uteri, a reduced implantation rate, and lower expression levels of phosphatidylinositol‐3‐kinase (PI3K), protein kinase B (Akt), endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and nitric oxide (NO). Compared to the model group, implantation rates in the medium‐dose and high‐dose groups of EBZY were significantly higher (P < .05), PI3K and Akt mRNA expression levels in the low‐dose group were significantly higher (P < .05, P < .01), and the expression of p‐PI3K, p‐Akt, and p‐eNOS proteins in all treatment groups were significantly increased (P < .01, P < .05). The expression of NO was significantly increased in the low‐dose and high‐dose groups (P < .01, P < .05, respectively). The level of p‐Akt protein in the high‐dose group was significantly higher than those in the other treatment groups (P < .01, P < .05). There was no significant difference in the density of uNK cells (P > .05). CONCLUSIONS: EBZY facilitated embryo implantation in EID mice by enhancing endometrial angiogenesis via activation of the PI3K/Akt/eNOS pathway, at least in part. There was no evidence to indicate that EBZY could adjust the expression of uNK. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-11-15 2023-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10078112/ /pubmed/36327113 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aji.13634 Text en © 2022 The Authors. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Immune Cells in Pregnancy Shen, Mengmeng Liu, Yanfeng Ma, Xiaona Zhu, Qingwen Erbu Zhuyu decoction improves endometrial angiogenesis via uterine natural killer cells and the PI3K/Akt/eNOS pathway a mouse model of embryo implantation dysfunction |
title | Erbu Zhuyu decoction improves endometrial angiogenesis via uterine natural killer cells and the PI3K/Akt/eNOS pathway a mouse model of embryo implantation dysfunction |
title_full | Erbu Zhuyu decoction improves endometrial angiogenesis via uterine natural killer cells and the PI3K/Akt/eNOS pathway a mouse model of embryo implantation dysfunction |
title_fullStr | Erbu Zhuyu decoction improves endometrial angiogenesis via uterine natural killer cells and the PI3K/Akt/eNOS pathway a mouse model of embryo implantation dysfunction |
title_full_unstemmed | Erbu Zhuyu decoction improves endometrial angiogenesis via uterine natural killer cells and the PI3K/Akt/eNOS pathway a mouse model of embryo implantation dysfunction |
title_short | Erbu Zhuyu decoction improves endometrial angiogenesis via uterine natural killer cells and the PI3K/Akt/eNOS pathway a mouse model of embryo implantation dysfunction |
title_sort | erbu zhuyu decoction improves endometrial angiogenesis via uterine natural killer cells and the pi3k/akt/enos pathway a mouse model of embryo implantation dysfunction |
topic | Immune Cells in Pregnancy |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10078112/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36327113 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aji.13634 |
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