PMID- 35217063 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220317 LR - 20220317 IS - 1095-6840 (Electronic) IS - 0016-6480 (Linking) VI - 320 DP - 2022 May 1 TI - Changes in gene expression in rat placenta at gestational day 16.5 in response to hyperglycemia. PG - 113999 LID - S0016-6480(22)00024-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ygcen.2022.113999 [doi] AB - Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a serious pregnancy complication. Hyperglycemia induces abnormal placental development and function. However, the mechanism is unclear. Previous research showed streptozocin (STZ) injection sustained hyperglycemia throughout pregnancy in rodents. Our current results showed that the placenta from hyperglycemic STZ-treated rats was about 20% heavier than that of controls. The relative thickness of each layer of the placenta was also significantly different on gestational day (GD) 16.5. Gene expression was analyzed by RNA sequencing to explore reasons for the abnormal placenta. In total, 2100 differential expressed genes (DEGs), including 1327 up-regulated and 773 down-regulated genes, were identified. Gene ontogeny (GO) analysis revealed DEGs involved in developmental process, growth, metabolic process, cell junction, molecular transducer activity and signaling. By KEGG analysis, DEGs were mainly related to the endocrine system, development, signal transduction and cell growth and death. The KEGG results were partly consistent with GO results, with DEGs mainly focused on biochemical signal pathways such as cell growth and death (e.g., Abl1, Bbc3 and Camk2d), and signal transduction (e.g., Abl1, Ceacam1 and Arnt). These genes may play a dominant role in abnormal cell proliferation and signaling disorders. These results suggest that DEGs play a role in diabetic-induced placental abnormalities. One or more of these DEGs may be involved in the etiology of placental weight increase caused by hyperglycemia. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Meng, Rui AU - Meng R AD - Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China; Department of Genetics, National Research Institute for Family Planning, Health Department, Beijing 100081, China. FAU - Gao, Qianqian AU - Gao Q AD - Laboratory of Novel Pharmaceutical Excipients, Sustained and Controlled Release Preparations, College of Medicine and Nursing, Dezhou University, Dezhou 253023, China. FAU - Liang, Ranran AU - Liang R AD - College of Life Science, Dezhou University, Dezhou, Shandong, China. FAU - Guan, Lina AU - Guan L AD - Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China. FAU - Liu, Shanhe AU - Liu S AD - Mudanjiang Medical College, Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China. FAU - Zhu, Qinghua AU - Zhu Q AD - College of Life Science, Dezhou University, Dezhou, Shandong, China. FAU - Su, Dongmei AU - Su D AD - Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China; Department of Genetics, National Research Institute for Family Planning, Health Department, Beijing 100081, China. Electronic address: sudongmeisdm@126.com. FAU - Xia, Yixin AU - Xia Y AD - Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Shougang Hospital,Beijing, China. Electronic address: xinyibj@126.com. FAU - Ma, Xu AU - Ma X AD - Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China; Department of Genetics, National Research Institute for Family Planning, Health Department, Beijing 100081, China. Electronic address: jswkysgc@126.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220222 PL - United States TA - Gen Comp Endocrinol JT - General and comparative endocrinology JID - 0370735 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Diabetes, Gestational/genetics/metabolism MH - Female MH - Gene Expression MH - *Hyperglycemia/metabolism MH - Placenta/metabolism MH - Pregnancy MH - Rats MH - Signal Transduction OTO - NOTNLM OT - Differential expression genes OT - Hyperglycemia OT - Rat placenta OT - Transcriptome sequencing EDAT- 2022/02/27 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/18 06:00 CRDT- 2022/02/26 05:33 PHST- 2021/11/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/02/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/02/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/02/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/02/26 05:33 [entrez] AID - S0016-6480(22)00024-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ygcen.2022.113999 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2022 May 1;320:113999. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2022.113999. Epub 2022 Feb 22.