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Maternal disturbance in activated sphingolipid metabolism causes pregnancy loss in mice
Kiyomi Mizugishi, … , Chu-Xia Deng, Richard L. Proia
Kiyomi Mizugishi, … , Chu-Xia Deng, Richard L. Proia
Published October 1, 2007
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2007;117(10):2993-3006. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI30674.
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Research Article Reproductive biology

Maternal disturbance in activated sphingolipid metabolism causes pregnancy loss in mice

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Uterine decidualization, a process that occurs in response to embryo implantation, is critical for embryonic survival and thus is a key event for successful pregnancy. Here we show that the sphingolipid metabolic pathway is highly activated in the deciduum during pregnancy and disturbance of the pathway by disruption of sphingosine kinase (Sphk) genes causes defective decidualization with severely compromised uterine blood vessels, leading to early pregnancy loss. Sphk-deficient female mice (Sphk1–/–Sphk2+/–) exhibited both an enormous accumulation of dihydrosphingosine and sphingosine and a reduction in phosphatidylethanolamine levels in pregnant uteri. These mice also revealed increased cell death in decidual cells, decreased cell proliferation in undifferentiated stromal cells, and massive breakage of decidual blood vessels, leading to uterine hemorrhage and early embryonic lethality. Thus, sphingolipid metabolism regulates proper uterine decidualization and blood vessel stability. Our findings also suggest that disturbance in sphingolipid metabolism may be considered as a cause of pregnancy loss in humans.

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Kiyomi Mizugishi, Cuiling Li, Ana Olivera, Jacek Bielawski, Alicja Bielawska, Chu-Xia Deng, Richard L. Proia

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