Antioxidant treatment attenuates age-related placenta GLUT-1 and PLIN-2 downregulation

IF 3 2区医学 Q2 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Placenta Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.placenta.2024.12.024

Ana Rita Pinheiro , Adriana Raquel Rodrigues , Liliana Matos , José Júlio Costa , Sara Ricardo , Luís Guedes-Martins , Henrique Almeida , Elisabete Silva

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Abstract

Background and aim

Pregnancy after the age of 35 is correlated with an increased risk of impaired placentation and the development of pregnancy-associated complications. Changes in uterine redox balance seem to play a role in these settings. In this work, we hypothesized that local redox dysregulation impacts the placenta metabolic profile. Thus, we aimed to study the expression of enzymes/transporters related to nutrient uptake during reproductive aging and the effect of antioxidant supplementation.

Methods

Placenta samples were collected from pregnant women aged between 22 and 41 years, and from mice of different reproductive ages (8–12 and 38–42 weeks). A subgroup of 38–42 weeks-old mice was treated with apocynin (5 mM) in the drinking water. Real-time PCR was carried out to assess gene expression, and immunohistochemistry or western blotting to assess protein expression.

Results

A significant age-related decrease in the expression of glucose transporter type 1 (GLUT-1) was observed in both species. Regarding lipid metabolism, there was a strong negative and significant correlation between the gene expression of fatty-acid transporter type 4 and maternal age, in the human placenta. Perilipin isoform 2 (PLIN-2) decreased significantly with maternal age, in both models. Additionally, a significant age-related decrease in the gene expression of large neutral amino acid transporter type 4 with reproductive age was observed in the mice placenta. Supplementation with apocynin attenuated the observed alterations in GLUT-1 and PLIN-2. The observed changes suggest an age-related placenta metabolic dysfunction, likely associated with oxidative stress, that may negatively impact fetal and placental development.

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Placenta 医学-发育生物学

CiteScore

6.30

自引率

10.50%

发文量

391

审稿时长

78 days

期刊介绍： Placenta publishes high-quality original articles and invited topical reviews on all aspects of human and animal placentation, and the interactions between the mother, the placenta and fetal development. Topics covered include evolution, development, genetics and epigenetics, stem cells, metabolism, transport, immunology, pathology, pharmacology, cell and molecular biology, and developmental programming. The Editors welcome studies on implantation and the endometrium, comparative placentation, the uterine and umbilical circulations, the relationship between fetal and placental development, clinical aspects of altered placental development or function, the placental membranes, the influence of paternal factors on placental development or function, and the assessment of biomarkers of placental disorders.