scholarly journals Increased Stem Cell Marker Expressions during the Peri-Implantation Period in the Rat Endometrium: Constructive Role of Exogenous Zinc and/or Progesterone

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cagdas Sahin ◽  
Ozlem Yilmaz Dilsiz ◽  
Sirin Bakti Demiray ◽  
Ozgur Yeniel ◽  
Mete Ergenoglu ◽  
...  

Background. The aim of this study is to determine the effects of zinc and/or progesterone via the expression ofαvβ5 integrins and Vitronectins and embryonic stem cell markers during the peri-implantation period.Methods. Four experimental groups were organized. All subjects were mated with males of the same strain to induce pregnancy; after 5 days, zinc and/or progesterone were administered. Blood levels of zinc and progesterone were determined on the sixth day and endometrial tissues were obtained in order to evaluate the immunohistochemical expression of integrins and embryonic stem cell markers.Results. Theαvβ5 integrin and vitronectin expression increased in the zinc group compared with the control group and no difference in the progesterone group and zinc + progesterone group. Expression of Klf-4, Sox-2, and c-Myc was found to be increased in the zinc group compared to controls, while no difference was determined between the progesterone, zinc + progesterone, and control groups. Distinctively, expression of the embryonic stem cell marker Oct-4 was increased in all of the experimental groups.Conclusions. Expression ofαvβ5 integrin, vitronectin, and embryonic stem cell markers might be increased by the administration of zinc. Our results suggest that zinc could be useful in the induction of implantation rates.

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moon Nian Lim ◽  
Umapathy Thiageswari ◽  
Othman Ainoon ◽  
P. J. N. Baharuddin ◽  
R. A. Jamal ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (12) ◽  
pp. 1096-1101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max G. Blackwell ◽  
Tinte Itinteang ◽  
Alice M. Chibnall ◽  
Paul F. Davis ◽  
Swee T. Tan

Tumor Biology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (7) ◽  
pp. 101042831771662 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiphanie Picot ◽  
Carmen Mariana Aanei ◽  
Amandine Fayard ◽  
Pascale Flandrin-Gresta ◽  
Sylvie Tondeur ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ganeshwaran Shivapathasundram ◽  
Agadha C. Wickremesekera ◽  
Helen D. Brasch ◽  
Reginald Marsh ◽  
Swee T. Tan ◽  
...  

Molecules ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 6196-6236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenxiu Zhao ◽  
Xiang Ji ◽  
Fangfang Zhang ◽  
Liang Li ◽  
Lan Ma

2006 ◽  
Vol 184 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 105-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina Kerkis ◽  
Alexandre Kerkis ◽  
Dmitri Dozortsev ◽  
Gaëlle Chopin Stukart-Parsons ◽  
Sílvia Maria Gomes Massironi ◽  
...  

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