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Endometriotic inflammatory microenvironment induced by macrophages can be targeted by niclosamide.
Abstract Endometriosis causes severe chronic pelvic pain and infertility. We have recently reported that niclosamide treatment reduces growth and progression of endometriosis-like lesions and inflammatory signaling (NFĸB and STAT3) in a mouse model. In the present study, we examined further inhibitory mechanisms by which niclosamide affects endometriotic lesions using an endometriotic epithelial cell line, 12Z, and macrophages differentiated from a monocytic THP-1 cell line. Niclosamide dose dependently reduced 12Z viability, reduced STAT3 and NFĸB activity, and increased both cleaved caspase-3 and cleaved PARP....
Source: Biology of Reproduction - October 16, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Sekulovski N, Whorton AE, Shi M, Ii JAM, Hayashi K Tags: Biol Reprod Source Type: research

Deletion of Arid1a in Reproductive Tract Mesenchymal Cells Reduces Fertility in Female Mice.
Abstract Women with endometriosis can suffer from decreased fecundity or complete infertility via abnormal oocyte function or impaired placental-uterine interactions required for normal pregnancy establishment and maintenance. Although AT-rich interactive domain 1A (SWI-like) (ARID1A) is a putative tumor suppressor in human endometrial cancers and endometriosis-associated ovarian cancers, little is known about its role in normal uterine function. To study the potential function of ARID1A in the female reproductive tract, we generated mice with a conditional knockout of Arid1a using anti-Müllerian hormone receptor...
Source: Biology of Reproduction - March 9, 2016 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Wang X, Khatri S, Broaddus R, Wang Z, Hawkins SM Tags: Biol Reprod Source Type: research