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The Obligatory Role of Endogenous Retroviruses in Human Pregnancy : An Overview Or Do Viruses Really Cause Pregnancy?. Neal S. Rote, Ph.D. William H. Weir, M.D. Professor of Reproductive Biology Professor of Pathology Case Western Reserve School of Medicine - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Obligatory Role of Endogenous Retroviruses in Human Pregnancy: An Overview
Or
Do Viruses Really Cause Pregnancy?
Neal S. Rote, Ph.D.
William H. Weir, M.D. Professor of Reproductive BiologyProfessor of Pathology
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Vice Chair for Academics and Director, Division of Research
Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyUniversity Hospitals Case Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
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Endogenous Retroviruses (ERV)
• In genome of most vertebrates and some invertebrates.• Integrated into DNA of germ cells.• Make up 8% or more of human genome: human ERV
(HERV).• Simple retroviruses integrated into human DNA between
<10 million and 100 million years ago.• Each specific retrovirus varies from > 100 integration sites
to 1 integration site.• The gag, pol, or env regions in most integration sites have
been inactivated through genetic modifications (e.g., deletions, mutations).
• Selected regions may be expressed.• Major sites of expression: testis and placenta. • Role in development of placenta?
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• Production of viral particles• Along basal membrane of
syncytiotrophoblast• Contain reverse transcriptase• Contain randomly packaged
RNA
Lyden TW, Johnson PM, Mwenda JM, Rote NS. Biol Reprod, 51:152-157, 1994.
Rote NS, Chakrabarti S, Setzer B. Placenta, 25:673-683, 2004..
Placental Retrovirus Shedding
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ORFs in pol, gag, and env
HERV-K family: pol (multiple sites), gag, env (6 different sites)
ORF in gag
ERV-1 HERV-F HRES-1
ORF in env
ERV-3 (HERV-R) (7q11.21) HERV-W (7q21.2) HERV-FRD (6p24.1)
HERV-E (clone 4-1) HERV-R(b) HERV-T ERV-9
ORF in pol
HERV-L
Rote NS, Chakrabarti S, Setzer B. Placenta, 25:673-683, 2004..
Human Placental Endogenous Retroviral Elements
5’LTR gag pol env 3’LTR gag Encodes matrix proteinspol Encodes viral enzymesEnv Encodes envelope proteins
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Attachment to Endometrium
Endometrium
Blastocyst
Inner cell mass Trophectoderm
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Syncytiotrophoblast
Amniotic Cavity
Blastocyst Cavity
Endometrial Capillaries
Growth Factors Cytokines
LowOxygen Tension
Cytotrophoblast
Invasion of Endometrium9-10 days post-conception
Modified from Norwitz ER, Schust DJ, Fisher SJ. New Eng J Med 345:1400, 2001
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Villous Cytotrophoblast
Syncytiotrophoblast
Human Placental Villus
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cAMP orForskolin
24h 48h 72h0
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10.9 8.9
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ytia
Undifferentiatedmononuclear
BeWo
Differentiation of Villous Cytotrophoblast Intercellular Fusion
Model: BeWo
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cAMP orForskolin
Hours 0 24 48 72 96
Undifferentiatedmononuclear
BeWo
Differentiation of Villous Cytotrophoblast Secretion of hCG
Immunoperoxidase with
anti-ß-hCG
Western blot with
anti-ß-hCG
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Other Hallmarks of Human Villous Cytotrophoblast Differentiation
Production of other hormones
Exit from cell cycle
Cytoskeletal rearrangement
Increased resistance to apoptosis
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Description of Physiologic Roles for HERVs
1998 ERV3 env initates expression of ß-hCG and G1 arrest.Rote NS, Lin L, Xu B. Tropho Res 12:315-26, 1998.
2000 HERV-W Env protein (syncytin-1) is trophoblast fusion protein.
Mi S, Lee X, Li X-P, et al. Nature 403:785-9, 2000.
2003 HERV-FRD protein (syncytin-2) is trophoblast fusion protein.deParseval N, Lazar V, Casella J-F, Heidmann T. J
Virol 77:10414-22, 2003.
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ERV3
• Single copy (7q11.21).
• ORF in env
• ERV3 env sequenced: predicted protein structure.
• Expressed in placental syncytiotrophoblast(in situ hybridization)
• Also expressed in:testis (not sperm), fetal adrenal (large cells in cortex), fetal Rathke’s pouch (developing pituitary), ovary (progesterone-producing cells), andsebaceous gland (periphery of lobe).
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Forskolin Treatment (hr)
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ERV-3 insitu
Changes in ERV3 env mRNA and Intercellular Fusion in Forskolin-treated BeWo
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ImmunoperoxidaseWestern Blot Analysis Vector ERV3
Stable Transfection of BeWo with ERV3 env: Effects on ß-hCG
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de Parseval N & Heidmann T, J Virology 72:3442-5, 1998.
• ERV3 env polymorphism
• Identified homozygous mutation at position 1354: changed arginine at amino acid 183 to a stop signal (opl).
• Observed in 1% of healthy individuals (3 in that study).
• Therefore, ERV-3 Env “cannot” be relevant because the biologically active regions were deleted in this “knockout”.
ERV3 env “Knockout”?
L SU TM 65 kDa
L SU opl mutant (p25)25 kDa
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MSD/Cyto
Fusion Peptide Immunosuppressive
Domain
ERV3
HERV-W
HERV-FRD
TML SU
TML SU
SU TML
Proteolytic Cleavage Site
Rote NS, Chakrabarti S, Setzer B. Placenta, 25:673-683, 2004.
ERV3 is an “Atypical” ERV
p25
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Questions
Where is active site in ERV3 ENV for induction of hCG?
By what mechanism does ERV3 ENV regulate transcription of ß-hCG?
How is expression of ERV3 regulated?
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AN ATYPICAL HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS, ERV3 ENV, INDUCES HUMAN CHORIONIC
GONADOTROPIN ( -HCG) IN A MODEL OF PLACENTAL 𝝱TROPHOBLAST
Neal S. Rote, Ph.D., Sonia Eiguero, M.D., Chuan Xu, M.D., Huiqing Tan, Lijuan Yi, Sam Mesiano, Ph.D.
Department of Reproductive Biology
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyUniversity Hospitals Case Medical Center
Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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AN ATYPICAL HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS, ERV3 ENV, INDUCES HUMAN CHORIONIC
GONADOTROPIN ( -HCG) IN A MODEL OF PLACENTAL 𝝱TROPHOBLAST
Neal S. Rote, Ph.D., Sonia Eiguero, M.D., Chuan Xu, M.D., Huiqing Tan, Lijuan Yi, Sam Mesiano, Ph.D.
Department of Reproductive Biology
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyUniversity Hospitals Case Medical Center
Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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Summary of Previous Studies
ERV3 env is expressed in the differentiating villous cytotrophoblast and a model of villous cytrotrophoblast differentiation; BeWo.
Overexpression of ERV3 env results in expression of ß-hCG and apparent G1 arrest, but only a minor increase in intercellular fusion.
A naturally occurring homozygous ERV3 env polymorphism results in a truncated ERV3 ENV; p25.
Question: Does the p25 component contain the active site for induction of ß-hCG?
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cAMP orForskolin
Hours 0 24 48 72 96
Undifferentiatedmononuclear
BeWo
Immunoperoxidase with
anti-ß-hCG
Western blot with
anti-ß-hCG
Model System: BeWo Choriocarcinoma
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ERV3 env mRNAsiRNA Targets
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𝝱HCG
𝝱-Actin
24 hours 48 hours 72 hours
24 hr 48 hr 72 hr0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
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1.2
1.4
BeWo
Scramble
siRNA670
ß-hC
G/ß-
actin
P < 0.01P < 0.01 P < 0.01
Effect of siRNA 670 Targeted to ERV3 env
N = No siRNAS = Scrambled 670 = siRNA 670
N S 670 N S 670 N S 670
BeWo transiently tranfected with empty vector (N) or vectors containing a scrambled sequence (S) or siRNA targeted to the ERV3 env.
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Cont Vector For ERV3 ERV3 p25 p25
ß-hCG
ß-actin
Stable Over-Expression of ERV3 Variants in BeWo
ContForsk
Vector
p25ERV3
0
0.4
0.8
1.21.6
2
hCG
/ a
ctin P < 0.05
P < 0.001
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𝝱-Actin
𝝱-hCG
Treatment DMSO - - - - Forskolin
Transfection - TM P25 SU ERV3 -
Transient Transfection with ERV3 env Inserts
BeWo treated for 48 hours with DMSO (negative control), forskolin (positive control), or vectors containing inserts of TM, p25, or SU regions of ERV3, or the complete ERV3 ORF.
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de Parseval N & Heidmann T, J Virology 72:3442-5, 1998.
• ERV3 env polymorphism
• Identified homozygous mutation at position 1354: converted to a stop signal.
• ERV-3 Env “cannot” be relevant because the biologically active regions were deleted in this “knockout”.
ERV3 env “Knockout”?
L SU TM 65 kDa
L SU opl mutant (p25)25 kDa
Conclusion: the truncated ERV3 p25 env encodes the active site for induction of ß-hCG.
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