Differential Gene Expression Analysis in Endometriosis. / Análise da Expressão Gênica Diferencial em Endometriose
AUTOR(ES)
Juliana Meola
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2008
RESUMO
Endometriosis is a benign gynecological disease, which presents a multifactorial and complex etiology, characterized by the presence of stromal and glandular endometrium tissue outside the uterine cavity. Ten to 15% of the female population is affected by the disease with a wideranging symptomatology including pelvic pain and infertility. To clarify the potential mechanisms involved in the complex physiopathology of this disease, we analyzed the differential gene expression profile by subtractive hybridization in eutopic and ectopic tissue (peritoneal lesions and ovarian endometriomas) from 17 women with endometriosis, in the early proliferative phase of the menstrual cycle. We identified 291 genes deregulated in the endometriotic lesions, considered as candidate genes. For data validation, Real Time PCR was applied for genes CTGF and SPARC, indicated as overexpressed; and for genes MYC, MMP3, IGFBP1 and PAEP, indicated as downregulated in the lesions. Significant differences in the peritoneal lesions expression were obtained for genes SPARC, MYC, IGFBP1, PAEP and in the ovarian endometriomas for genes MMP3 and PAEP. We suggest that the deregulation of genes SPARC, MYC, MMP3, IGFBPI and PAEP is responsible for loss of cellular homeostasis in the endometriotic lesions, contributing for the implantation and maintenance of the ectopic tissue in the extra-uterine environment. This study provided 291 genes with differential gene expression, in peritoneal and ovarian lesions, to the literature database as candidates for future investigations.
ASSUNTO(S)
real time pcr. endometrium pcr em tempo real. subtractive hybridization differential gene expression expressão gênica diferencial endométrio endometriosis endometriose hibridação subtrativa
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