Cloning of the Bovine Antiapoptotic Regulator, Bcl2-related Protein A1, and Its Expression in Trophoblastic Binucleate Cells of Bovine Placenta.
From: Reproductive Biology and Technology Laboratory, Developmental Biology Department, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan.
Biology of reproduction
- Publish Date: Feb 2006
- ISSN: 0006-3363
- Volume: 74
- Issue: 2
- Pages: 344-51
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Ushizawa Koichi, Takahashi Toru, Kaneyama Kanako, et al. Cloning of the Bovine Antiapoptotic Regulator, Bcl2-related Protein A1, and Its Expression in Trophoblastic Binucleate Cells of Bovine Placenta.. Biol. Reprod. Feb 2006;74:344-51
Abstract
This report studied the identification and sequence of a full-length cDNA for the bovine BCL2 antiapoptotic family member, BCL2-related protein A1 (BCL2A1), and its localized and quantitative expression in the placenta to clarify the regulatory mechanism of trophoblast cell proliferation and differentiation during implantation and placental development. We cloned a full-length bovine BCL2A1 cDNA with 725 nucleotides and an open-reading frame corresponding to a protein of 175 amino acids. The predicted amino acid sequence shared 78% homology with human BCL2A1. All BCL2 homology domains (BH1, BH2, BH3, and BH4) in bovine BCL2A1 were conserved as well as in other mammalian BCL2A1. In the placentomes, in situ hybridization demonstrated that the BCL2A1 was limited in binucleate cells expressing various pregnancy-specific molecules like placental lactogen. BCL2-associated X protein (BAX) was also expressed in binucleate cells. Quantitative real-time RT-PCR detection exhibited a high-level expression of BCL2A1 in the conceptus at Day 21 of gestation, and it was expressed and increased in the extraembryonic membrane, cotyledon, and intercotyledon from implantation to term. BAX expression intensity increased with progression of gestation and remained elevated in postpartum. Caspase-3 protein (CASP3) and mRNA (CASP3) were detected from late gestation to postpartum in placenta as well as in the results of TUNEL detection. We believe that the apoptosis of binucleate cells may be regulated by the balance of the BCL2A1 and BAX. BCL2A1 genes produced a BCL2A1 protein in the mammalian cell-expression system. This molecule is a new candidate for antiapoptotic maintenance of the binucleate cells that support placental functions throughout gestation in bovine.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Apoptosis, Base Sequence, Caspase 3, Caspases, Cattle, Cells, Cultured, Cloning, Molecular, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Humans, Molecular Sequence Data, Placenta, Pregnancy, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, Recombinant Proteins, Trophoblasts, bcl-2-Associated X Protein
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