Hypoxia is not required for human endometrial breakdown or repair in a xenograft model of menstruation.

[en] Menstrual endometrial breakdown induced by estradiol and progesterone withdrawal is regularly attributed to vasospasm of spiral arteries causing ischemia and hypoxia. We investigated whether hypoxia actually occurred in an in vivo model of menstruation. Three complementary approaches were used to look for signs of hypoxia in fragments of human functionalis xenografted to ovariectomized immunodeficient mice bearing pellets-releasing estradiol and progesterone, and then deprived of ovarian steroids. Hormone withdrawal 21 d after grafting induced menstrual breakdown and MMP expression within 4 d. Local partial oxygen pressure (pO2) was measured by electron paramagnetic resonance using implanted lithium phtalocyanine crystals. In mice with hormone maintenance until sacrifice, pO2 was low one week after grafting (14.8+/-3.4 mmHg) but increased twofold from the second week when tissue was largely revascularized. After 3 wk, pO2 was not modified by hormone withdrawal but was slightly increased on hormone reimpregnation 4 d after removal (34.7+/-6.1 mmHg) by comparison with hormone maintenance (27.1+/-8.6 mmHg). These results were confirmed using fluorescence quenching-based OxyLite measurements. In a further search for signs of hypoxia, we did not find significant HIF1-alpha immunostaining, nor pimonidazole adducts after hormone withdrawal. We conclude that hypoxia is not needed to trigger menstrual-like tissue breakdown or repair in human endometrial xenograft.-Coudyzer, P., Lemoine, P., Jordan, B. F., Gallez, B., Galant, C., Nisolle, M., Courtoy, P. J., Henriet, P., and Marbaix, E. Hypoxia is not required for human endometrial breakdown or repair in a xenograft model of menstruation.

Disciplines :

Reproductive medicine (gynecology, andrology, obstetrics)

Author, co-author :

Coudyzer, Pauline

Lemoine, Pascale

Jordan, Benedicte F.

Gallez, Bernard

Galant, Christine

Nisolle, Michelle ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Gynécologie - Obstétrique

Courtoy, Pierre J.

Henriet, Patrick

Marbaix, Etienne

Language :

English

Title :

Hypoxia is not required for human endometrial breakdown or repair in a xenograft model of menstruation.

Publication date :

2013

Journal title :

FASEB Journal

ISSN :

0892-6638

eISSN :

1530-6860

Publisher :

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, United States - Maryland

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sous presse

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