PMID- 32046402 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201207 LR - 20210110 IS - 1933-7205 (Electronic) IS - 1933-7191 (Print) IS - 1933-7191 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 3 DP - 2020 Mar TI - HHV-6A Infection of Endometrial Epithelial Cells Affects miRNA Expression and Trophoblast Cell Attachment. PG - 779-786 LID - 10.1007/s43032-019-00102-8 [doi] AB - We recently reported that human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infection is frequently present in endometrial tissue of women with unexplained infertility, and that virus infection induces a profound remodulation of miRNA expression in human cells of different origin. Since specific miRNA patterns have been associated with specific pregnancy outcomes, we aimed to analyze the impact of HHV-6A infection on miRNAs expression and trophoblast receptivity in human endometrial cells. To this purpose, a human endometrial cell line (HEC-1A) was infected with HHV-6A and analyzed for alterations in the expression of miRNAs and for permissiveness to the attachment of a human choriocarcinoma trophoblast cell line (JEG-3). The results showed that HHV-6A infection of endometrial cells up-modulates miR22 (26-fold), miR15 (19.5-fold), and miR196-5p (12.1 fold), that are correlated with implant failure, and down-modulates miR18 (11.4 fold), miR101-3p (4.6 fold), miR181-5p (4.9 fold), miR92 (3.3 fold), and miR1207-5p (3.9 fold), characterized by a low expression in preeclampsia. Moreover, HHV-6A-infected endometrial cells infected resulted less permissive to the attachment of trophoblast cells. In conclusion, collected data suggest that HHV-6A infection could modify miRNA expression pattern and control of trophoblast cell adhesion of endometrial cells, undermining a correct trophoblast cell attachment on endometrial cells. FAU - Bortolotti, Daria AU - Bortolotti D AD - Section of Microbiology and Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, via Luigi Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy. FAU - Soffritti, Irene AU - Soffritti I AD - Section of Microbiology and Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, via Luigi Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy. FAU - D'Accolti, Maria AU - D'Accolti M AD - Section of Microbiology and Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, via Luigi Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy. FAU - Gentili, Valentina AU - Gentili V AD - Section of Microbiology and Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, via Luigi Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy. FAU - Di Luca, Dario AU - Di Luca D AD - Section of Microbiology and Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, via Luigi Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy. FAU - Rizzo, Roberta AU - Rizzo R AD - Section of Microbiology and Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, via Luigi Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy. FAU - Caselli, Elisabetta AU - Caselli E AD - Section of Microbiology and Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, via Luigi Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy. csb@unife.it. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200101 PL - United States TA - Reprod Sci JT - Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) JID - 101291249 RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) SB - IM MH - *Cell Adhesion MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Choriocarcinoma/metabolism/virology MH - Endometrium/metabolism/*virology MH - Epithelial Cells/metabolism/*virology MH - Female MH - Herpesvirus 6, Human/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - MicroRNAs/*metabolism MH - Roseolovirus Infections/*metabolism MH - Trophoblasts/metabolism/*virology MH - Uterine Neoplasms/metabolism/virology PMC - PMC7077927 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Endometrium OT - HHV-6A OT - Infection OT - Pregnancy OT - miRNA COIS- The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2020/02/13 06:00 MHDA- 2020/12/15 06:00 PMCR- 2020/01/01 CRDT- 2020/02/13 06:00 PHST- 2019/05/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/08/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/02/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/02/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s43032-019-00102-8 [pii] AID - 102 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s43032-019-00102-8 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Reprod Sci. 2020 Mar;27(3):779-786. doi: 10.1007/s43032-019-00102-8. Epub 2020 Jan 1.