Involvement of Stathmin in Proliferation and Differentiation of Immortalized Human Endometrial Stromal Cells

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  • TAMURA Kazuhiro
    Department of Endocrine Pharmacology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science
  • YOSHIE Mikihiro
    Department of Endocrine Pharmacology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science
  • HARA Takahiko
    Stem Cell Project Group, The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
  • ISAKA Keiichi
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Medical University
  • KOGO Hiroshi
    Department of Endocrine Pharmacology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

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Uterine endometrial stromal cells differentiate into decidual cells during the late secretory phase of the menstrual cycle and pregnancy. However, the biochemical mechanisms of decidualization have yet to be definitively elucidated. In the present study, we transfected primary human endometrial stromal cell with a temperature-sensitive mutant of simian virus 40 large T antigen and thereby established an immortalized stromal cell line (EtsT) in order to examine the role of stathmin, a cytosolic phosphoprotein that regulates microtubule dynamics, in stromal cell differentiation. When treated with the decidual stimulus dibutyryl-cAMP (db-cAMP) or forskolin, the fibroblastic cell-shaped EtsT cells transformed into large- and round-shaped cells and secreted large amounts of the decidual markers prolactin (PRL) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1). Analysis of the stathmin protein levels in the db-cAMP- and forskolin-treated EtsT cells revealed that the total and phosphorylated protein levels dropped as decidualization progressed. Suppression of stathmin expression by transfection with small interfering RNA (siRNA) suppressed EtsT cell proliferation. It also abolished db-cAMP-induced PRL and IGFBP-1 mRNA expression and protein secretion. Thus, stathmin expression can be considered an integral factor regulating the initial stage of the process of human endometrial stromal cell differentiation.<br>

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