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Fakharian F, Sadeghi A, Pouresmaeili F, Soleimani N, Yadegar A. Anti-inflammatory effects of extracellular vesicles and cell-free supernatant derived from Lactobacillus crispatus strain RIGLD-1 on Helicobacter pylori-induced inflammatory response in gastric epithelial cells in vitro. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2024:10.1007/s12223-024-01138-3. [PMID: 38308067 DOI: 10.1007/s12223-024-01138-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
Abstract
Helicobacter pylori infection is the major risk factor associated with the development of gastric cancer. Currently, administration of standard antibiotic therapy combined with probiotics and postbiotics has gained significant attention in the management of H. pylori infection. In this work, the immunomodulatory effects of Lactobacillus crispatus-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) and cell-free supernatant (CFS) were investigated on H. pylori-induced inflammatory response in human gastric adenocarcinoma (AGS) cells. L. crispatus-derived EVs were isolated by ultracentrifugation and physically characterized by dynamic light scattering (DLS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Furthermore, the protein content of L. crispatus-derived EVs was also evaluated by SDS-PAGE. Cell viability of AGS cells exposed to varying concentrations of EVs and CFS was assessed by MTT assay. The mRNA expression of IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α, IL-10, and TGF-ß genes was determined by RT-qPCR. ELISA was used for the measurement of IL-8 production in AGS cells. In addition, EVs (50 μg/mL) and CFS modulated the H. pylori-induced inflammation by downregulating the mRNA expression of IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α, and upregulating the expression of IL-10, and TGF-ß genes in AGS cells. Furthermore, H. pylori-induced IL-8 production was dramatically decreased after treatment with L. crispatus-derived EVs and CFS. In conclusion, our observation suggests for the first time that EVs released by L. crispatus strain RIGLD-1 and its CFS could be recommended as potential therapeutic agents against H. pylori-triggered inflammation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Farzaneh Fakharian
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences and Technology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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- Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences and Technology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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- Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Pouresmaeili F, Alidoost S, Azimirad M, Looha MA, Meibodi AE, Abedin-Do A, Shamshiri H, Mohammadi M, Azari I, Fazeli Z, Yadegar A, Hosseinpour TS. Correction: characterization of vaginal lactobacillus species as a predictor of fertility among iranian women with unexplained recurrent miscarriage and fertile women without miscarriage history using machine learning modeling. Mol Biol Rep 2023; 50:9739. [PMID: 37815670 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-08811-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Farkhondeh Pouresmaeili
- Men's Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Genetics Engineering and Biotechnology (VIGEB), Tehran, Iran
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- Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Basic and Molecular Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Groupe de Recherche en Écologie Buccale, Faculté de Médecine Dentaire, Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
- Axe Médecine Régénératrice, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec, Département de Chirurgie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
- Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Pouresmaeili F, Alidoost S, Azimirad M, Azizmohammad Looha M, Emami Meibodi A, Abedin-Do A, Shamshiri H, Mohammadi M, Azari I, Fazeli Z, Yadegar A, Hosseinpour TS. Characterization of vaginal Lactobacillus species as a predictor of fertility among Iranian women with unexplained recurrent miscarriage and fertile women without miscarriage history using machine learning modeling. Mol Biol Rep 2023; 50:8785-8797. [PMID: 37644372 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-08745-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Lactobacillus spp. are the predominant bacteria of the vaginal tract, the alteration of which has been previously linked to miscarriage. Here, we investigated differences between selected vaginal Lactobacillus species of women with a history of recurrent miscarriages and fertile women without a history of miscarriage in Iran. METHODS AND RESULTS Vaginal swabs were taken from 29 fertile and 24 infertile women and quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) assay was used to determine a selection of vaginal Lactobacillus species in both groups. The logistic regression (LR) model, Naive Bayes (NB) model, support vector machine model (SVM), and neural network model (NN) were developed to predict disease outcome by selected variables. LR analysis was used to construct a nomogram indicating predictions of the risk of miscarriage. The most abundant species among the patients were L. rhamnosus, L. ruminis, and L. acidophilus, while L. gasseri, L. vaginalis, L. fermentum, and L. iners were more abundant in healthy subjects. The distribution of L. ruminis, L. iners, and L. rhamnosus was higher in patients, while L. acidophilus, L. gasseri, and L. fermentum were highly distributed among healthy subjects. Higher AUC in predicting the disease outcome was observed for L. gasseri, L. rhamnosus, L. fermentum, and L. plantarum. CONCLUSION Our findings provide experimental evidence of vaginal Lactobacillus imbalance in infertile women and a suitable predictor for miscarriage based on the AUC algorithms. Further studies with larger sample size and using high-throughput technologies are needed to boost our understanding of the role of lactobacilli in miscarriage.
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- Farkhondeh Pouresmaeili
- Men's Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Genetics Engineering and Biotechnology (VIGEB), Tehran, Iran
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- Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Basic and Molecular Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Groupe de Recherche en Écologie Buccale, Faculté de Médecine Dentaire, Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
- Axe Médecine Régénératrice, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec, Département de Chirurgie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
- Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Fakharian F, Sadeghi A, Pouresmaeili F, Soleimani N, Yadegar A. Immunomodulatory effects of live and pasteurized Lactobacillus crispatus strain RIGLD-1 on Helicobacter pylori-triggered inflammation in gastric epithelial cells in vitro. Mol Biol Rep 2023; 50:6795-6805. [PMID: 37392285 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-08596-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori infection is considered as the major risk factor for gastric adenocarcinoma. Today, the increasing emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains has drastically decreased the eradication rate of H. pylori infection. This study was aimed to investigate the inhibitory and modulatory effects of live and pasteurized Lactobacillus crispatus strain RIGLD-1 on H. pylori adhesion, invasion, and inflammatory response in AGS cell line. METHODS AND RESULTS The probiotic potential and properties of L. crispatus were evaluated using several functional and safety tests. Cell viability of AGS cells exposed to varying concentrations of live and pasteurized L. crispatus was assessed by MTT assay. The adhesion and invasion abilities of H. pylori exposed to either live or pasteurized L. crispatus were examined by gentamycin protection assay. The mRNA expression of IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α, IL-10, and TGF-ß genes was determined by RT-qPCR from coinfected AGS cells. ELISA was used for the detection of IL-8 secretion from treated cells. Both live and pasteurized L. crispatus significantly decreased H. pylori adhesion/invasion to AGS cells. In addition, both live and pasteurized L. crispatus modulated H. pylori-induced inflammation by downregulating the mRNA expression of IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α and upregulating the expression of IL-10, and TGF-ß cytokines in AGS cells. Furthermore, H. pylori-induced IL-8 production was dramatically decreased after treatment with live and pasteurized L. crispatus. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, our findings demonstrated that live and pasteurized L. crispatus strain RIGLD-1 are safe, and could be suggested as a potential probiotic candidate against H. pylori colonization and inflammation.
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- Farzaneh Fakharian
- Department of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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- Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
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- Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Hassani B, Mollanoori H, Pouresmaeili F, Asgari Y, Ghafouri-Fard S. Constructing mRNA, miRNA, circRNA and lncRNA regulatory network by Analysis of microarray data in breast cancer. Gene Reports 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.genrep.2022.101510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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Badrlou E, Ghafouri-Fard S, Omrani MD, Neishabouri SM, Arsang-Jang S, Taheri M, Pouresmaeili F. Expression of BDNF-Associated lncRNAs in Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia Patients. J Mol Neurosci 2021; 71:2249-2259. [PMID: 33403596 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-020-01772-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play a decisive role in the development of the central nervous system and modulation, differentiation, and function of neurons. Thus, any abnormal pattern of expression of these transcripts might alter normal development leading to neuropsychiatric disorders. In this regard, transcripts of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and four BDNF-associated lncRNAs (BDNF-AS, MIR137HG, MIAT, and PNKY) were evaluated in the peripheral blood of schizophrenia (SCZ) patients as well as normal subjects. The results indicated that the relative expression (RE) of PNKY was higher in SCZ patients as compared with controls (posterior beta of RE = 2.605, P value = 0.006) and in female patients compared with female controls (posterior beta of RE = 2.831, P value < 0.0001). BDNF expression was also higher in SCZ patients when compared with controls (posterior beta of RE = 0.64, P value < 0.036). Finally, a correlation was detected between the disease status and gender in terms of BDNF-AS expression (P value = 0.026). An inverse correlation was also found between levels of PNKY and age in the control group (r = - 0.30, P value < 0.0001). Expressions of BDNF and all lncRNAs were correlated with each other in both patients and controls. PNKY had the best diagnostic power among all assessed genes in the identification of disease status (area under curve = 0.78). BDNF, BDNF-AS, MIR137HG, and MIAT genes could discriminate SCZ patients from normal subjects with diagnostic power of 71%, 72%, 67%, and 68%, respectively. The current investigation suggests the possibility of the application of transcript levels of lncRNAs as an SCZ diagnostic marker. However, it warrants further studies in larger sample sizes.
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- Elham Badrlou
- Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Urology and Nephrology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cancer Gene Therapy Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
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- Urogenital Stem Cell Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Eshghifar N, Rouhollah F, Barikrow N, Pouresmaeili F, Taheri M. The role of long noncoding RNAs in patients with Luminal A invasive breast ductal carcinoma. Pathol Res Pract 2021; 227:153645. [PMID: 34678601 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2021.153645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women around the world. The molecular mechanisms of this heterogeneous disease have been extensively investigated; but yet; It requires a lot of sensitive and specific markers for prognosis and early detection approaches. Non-protein coding RNAs known as lncRNAs have been reported in tumorigenic involvement so they can be used for therapeutic purposes. In the present study, the expression levels of CCAT1, PDCD4, PDCD4-AS1, and MEG3 LncRNA in adjacent tumor and breast tissue in 88 Iranian patients were evaluated by quantitative real-time PCR. CCAT1 was significantly expressed and PDCD4-AS1 decreased in tumor samples, PDCD4 and PDCD4-AS1 showed a positive correlation with each other, higher levels of PDCD4-AS1 were associated with better survival, tumor samples showed lower levels of PDCD4 in Showed comparisons with normal tissue. Our findings suggest that lncRNAs play an important role in controlling gene expression after transcription of major tumor suppressors or carcinogenic genes, leading to the development of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). In conclusion, this study investigated the prognostic role of lncRNA in breast cancer patients.
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- Nahal Eshghifar
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, Faculty of Advanced Sciences and Technology, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, Faculty of Advanced Sciences and Technology, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, Faculty of Advanced Sciences and Technology, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Men's Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Skull Base Research Center, Loghman Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Recent advances in assisted reproductive technology (ART) have allowed couples with severe infertility to conceive, but the methods are not effective for all cases. Stem cells as undifferentiated cells which are found in different stages of embryonic, fetal and adult life are known to be capable of forming different cell types, tissues, and organs. Due to their unlimited resources and the incredible power of differentiation are considered as potential new therapeutic biological tools for treatment of infertility. For reproductive medicine, stem cells are stimulated in vitro to develop various specialized functional cells including male and female gametes. The epigenetic patterns can be modified in the genome under certain drugs exposure or lifestyle alterations. Therefore, epigenetics-related disorders may be treated if the nature of the modifications is completely admissible. It is proved that our understanding of epigenetic processes and its association with infertility would help us not only to understand the etiological factors but also to treat some type of male infertilities. Exploration of both genetic and epigenetic variations in the disease development could help in the identification of the interaction patterns between these two phenomena and possible improvement of therapeutic methods.
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- Nahal Eshghifar
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, National Institute of Medical Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB), Tehran, Iran.,Medical Genetics, Jiroft University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Jiroft, Kerman, Iran.,Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Groupe de Recherche en Écologie Buccale, Faculté de Médecine Dentaire, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Ghafouri-Fard S, Eghtedarian R, Seyedi M, Pouresmaeili F, Arsang-Jang S, Taheri M. Upregulation of VDR-associated lncRNAs in Schizophrenia. J Mol Neurosci 2021; 72:239-245. [PMID: 34499334 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-021-01901-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Vitamin D receptor (VDR) signaling has been found to contribute to the pathology of numerous neuropsychiatric diseases including schizophrenia. Notably, VDR signaling has a functional relationship with many long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) such as SNHG6, LINC00346 and LINC00511. We calculated expression of these lncRNAs in the venous blood of patients with schizophrenia versus healthy individuals. Expression of SNHG6 was significantly higher in cases versus controls (posterior beta = 0.552, adjusted P value < 0.0001). This pattern of expression was detected in both men (posterior beta = 0.556, adjusted P value < 0.0001) and women (posterior beta = 0.31, adjusted P value = 0.005). Expression of LINC00346 was also higher in cases versus controls (posterior beta = 0.497, adjusted P value < 0.0001) and in distinct sex-based comparisons (posterior beta = 0.451, adjusted P value = 0.009 among men and posterior beta = 0.214, P value = 0.004 among women). Expression of LINC00511 was higher in cases versus controls (posterior beta = 0.318, adjusted P value = 0.01). While sex-based comparisons revealed significant difference in expression of LINC00511 among female subgroups (posterior beta = 0.424, adjusted P value = 0.016), such comparison showed no difference among male cases and male controls (adjusted P value = 0.295). The expression levels of SNHG6 distinguished patients with schizophrenia from controls, with AUC = 0.932. LINC00346 and LINC00511 distinguished between the two groups with AUC values of 0.795 and 0.706, respectively. Therefore, these lncRNAs might be used as markers for schizophrenia.
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- Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard
- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Phytochemistry Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
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- Men's Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Cancer Gene Therapy Research Center, Zanjan University of Medical Science, Zanjan, Iran
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- Skull Base Research Center, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Tamizkar KH, Ghafouri-Fard S, Omrani MD, Pouresmaeili F, Arsang-Jang S, Taheri M. Altered expression of lncRNAs in autism spectrum disorder. Metab Brain Dis 2021; 36:983-990. [PMID: 33587235 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-021-00681-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been recognized as an important epigenetic factor in the evolution of neuropsychiatric conditions. We have selected five lncRNAs (DISC2, PRKAR2A-AS1, LOC105375675, LRRC2-AS1, and LOC101928237) to measure their expression in blood samples of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) versus children with normal development. Expressions of DISC2, PRKAR2A-AS1 and LOC101928237 have been enhanced in ASD cases compared with healthy children (Posterior Beta = 2.508, P value<0.0001; Posterior Beta = 2.793, P value = 0.014 and Posterior Beta = 1.646, P value <0.0001, respectively). On the other hand, expression of LRRC2-AS1 has been lower in ASD patients compared with controls (Posterior Beta = -3.781, P value<0.0001). Remarkably, expression of DISC2 and PRKAR2A-AS1 have been lower in girls compared with boys (Posterior Beta = -0.982, P value<0.0001 and Posterior Beta = -0.135, P value<0.0001, respectively). In addition, expression of DISC2 has been lower in ASD cases aged more than 6 compared with those aged less than 6 years (Posterior Beta = -0.876, P value = 0.003). DISC2, LOC101928237, LRRC2-AS1, and PRKAR2A-AS1 had the area under curve (AUC) values of 0.76, 0.90, 0.92, and 0.79 in distinguishing between ASD and healthy children. Expression levels of none of DISC2, LOC101928237, LOC105375675, LRRC2-AS1, and PRKAR2A-AS1 were correlated with age of ASD cases or healthy controls. A significant correlation was detected between expressions of DISC2 and PRKAR2A-AS1. There were inverse correlations between the following pairs of lncRNAs: DISC2/LRRC2-AS1, DISC2/LOC101928237, LRRC2-AS1/PRKAR2A-AS1, LOC101928237/LRRC2-AS1, and LOC101928237 /LOC105375675. We conclude that DISC2, LOC101928237, LRRC2-AS1, and PRKAR2A-AS1 might be used as potential markers for this condition.
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- Urogenital Stem Cell Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Urology and Nephrology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cancer Gene Therapy Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
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- Urology and Nephrology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Hassani B, Taheri M, Asgari Y, Zekri A, Sattari A, Ghafouri-Fard S, Pouresmaeili F. Expression Analysis of Long Non-Coding RNAs Related With FOXM1, GATA3, FOXA1 and ESR1 in Breast Tissues. Front Oncol 2021; 11:671418. [PMID: 34094972 PMCID: PMC8171254 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.671418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Breast cancer is the most common neoplasm among females. Estrogen receptor (ESR) signaling has a prominent impact in the pathogenesis of breast cancer. Among the transcription factors associated with ESR signaling, FOXM1, GATA3, FOXA1 and ESR1 have been suggested as a candidate in the pathogenesis of this neoplasm. In the current project, we have designed an in silico approach to find long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) that regulate these transcription factors. Then, we used clinical samples to carry out validation of our in silico findings. Our systems biology method led to the identification of APTR, AC144450.1, linc00663, ZNF337.AS1, and RAMP2.AS1 lncRNAs. Subsequently, we assessed the expression of these genes in breast cancer tissues compared with the adjacent non-cancerous tissues (ANCTs). Expression of GATA3 was significantly higher in breast cancer tissues compared with ANCTs (Ratio of mean expressions (RME) = 4.99, P value = 3.12E−04). Moreover, expression levels of APTR, AC144450.1, and ZNF337.AS1 were elevated in breast cancer tissues compared with control tissues (RME = 2.27, P value = 5.40E−03; Ratio of mean expressions = 615.95, P value = 7.39E−19 and RME = 1.78, P value = 3.40E−02, respectively). On the other hand, the expression of RAMP2.AS1 was lower in breast cancer tissues than controls (RME = 0.31, P value = 1.87E−03). Expression levels of FOXA1, ESR1, and FOXM1 and linc00663 were not significantly different between the two sets of samples. Expression of GATA3 was significantly associated with stage (P value = 4.77E−02). Moreover, expressions of FOXA1 and RAMP2.AS1 were associated with the mitotic rate (P values = 2.18E−02 and 1.77E−02, respectively). Finally, expressions of FOXM1 and ZNF337.AS1 were associated with breastfeeding duration (P values = 3.88E−02 and 4.33E−02, respectively). Based on the area under receiver operating characteristics curves, AC144450.1 had the optimal diagnostic power in differentiating between cancerous and non-cancerous tissues (AUC = 0.95, Sensitivity = 0.90, Specificity = 0.96). The combination of expression levels of all genes slightly increased the diagnostic power (AUC = 0.96). While there were several significant pairwise correlations between expression levels of genes in non-tumoral tissues, the most robust correlation was identified between linc00663 and RAMP2.AS1 (r = 0.61, P value = 3.08E−8). In the breast cancer tissues, the strongest correlations were reported between FOXM1/ZNF337.AS1 and FOXM1/RAMP2.AS1 pairs (r = 0.51, P value = 4.79E−5 and r = 0.51, P value = 6.39E−5, respectively). The current investigation suggests future assessment of the functional role of APTR, AC144450.1 and ZNF337.AS1 in the development of breast neoplasms.
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- Bita Hassani
- Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Urology and Nephrology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics and Molecular biology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Men's Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Men's Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Mohammadian S, Pouresmaeili F, Mohammadian A. Prognostic impact of ABO blood group on type I endometrial cancer in a population of Iranian patients. Hum Antibodies 2020; 28:313-317. [PMID: 32508322 DOI: 10.3233/hab-200416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Inherited ABO blood group has been shown to play an important role in the pathogenesis of various gynecological cancers including endometrial carcinoma (EC). OBJECTIVE Our study aimed to determine the prevalence of ABO blood groups in Iranian patients with EC and to investigate the relationship between the blood group and several clinicopathologic parameters in Imam Hossein Hospital. METHODS One hundred and seventy-five EC patients were selected and analyzed for their clinicopathologic details including ABO blood group, age, menopausal status, body mass index (BMI), tumor grade, and stage of the International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology (FIGO). RESULTS Endometrioid carcinoma was the most common histological type in this case study. Early stages (I and II) were present in 135 individuals (77.1%) and advanced stages (III and IV) appeared in 40 (22.9%) patients. Blood group A was prominent in patients with EC. There was a significant relationship between blood group A and cancer grade (P= 0.024). 23.1% of group A had grade III EC, while this grade appeared in 35.2% of the non-A blood group. There was no significant association between ABO blood groups and other EC clinic-pathological results (P> 0.05). CONCLUSION Although there was no significant relationship between the ABO blood group and the patients' clinicopathological characteristics, more studies could provide extensive information about any possible relation between the blood group, especially blood group A, EC, and the grade of the tumor.
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- Shima Mohammadian
- Preventive Gynecology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Qom University of Medical sciences, School of Medicine, Qom, Iran
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Aliakbari F, Pouresmaeili F, Eshghifar N, Zolghadr Z, Azizi F. Association of the MTHFR 677C>T and 1298A>C polymorphisms and male infertility risk: a meta-analysis. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2020; 18:93. [PMID: 32912251 PMCID: PMC7488080 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-020-00649-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES One of the possible male sterility risk factors are polymorphisms of Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR). However, the epidemiologic investigations described inconsistent results regarding MTHFR polymorphism and the risk of male infertility. For that reason, we carried out a meta-analysis of published case-control studies to re-examine the controversy. METHODS Electronic searches of Cochrane, EMBASE, Google Scholar, and PubMed were conducted to select eligible studies for this meta-analysis (updated to May 2019). According to our exclusion and inclusion criteria, only high-quality studies that remarked the association between MTHFR polymorphisms and male infertility risk were included. The Crude odds ratio (OR) with a confidence interval of 95% (CI) was used to assess the relationship between MTHFR polymorphism and male infertility risk. RESULTS Thirty-four case-control studies with 9662 cases and 9154 controls concerning 677C/T polymorphism and 22 case-control studies with 5893 cases and 6303 controls concerning 1298A/C polymorphism were recruited. Both MTHFR polymorphisms had significant associations with male infertility risk (CT + TT vs. CC: OR = 1.37, 95% CI: 1.21-1.55, P = 0.00, I2 = 41.9%); (CC vs. CA + AA: OR = 0.82, 95% CI: 0.52-1.30, P = 0.04, I2 = 50.1%). Further, when stratified by ethnicity, the significant association results were observed in Asians and Caucasians for 677C/T and just Asians for 1298A/C. CONCLUSIONS Some of MTHFR polymorphisms like MTHFR 677C > T are associated with an elevated male infertility risk. To confirm our conclusion and to provide more accurate and complete gene-environment communication with male infertility risk, more analytical studies are needed.
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- Fereshteh Aliakbari
- grid.411600.2Men’s Health & Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- grid.411600.2Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- grid.411600.2Men’s Health & Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- grid.411463.50000 0001 0706 2472Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- grid.411600.2Department of Biostatistics, school of allied medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- grid.415814.d0000 0004 0612 272XGenetics Office, Non-Communicable Disease Control Department, Public Health Department, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
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Khani M, Hosseini J, Habibi M, Mirfakhraie R, Sadeghzadeh Z, Pouresmaeili F. Investigating the relationship between ccfDNA concentration, its integrity, and some individual factors in an Iranian population. Hum Antibodies 2020; 28:319-326. [PMID: 32804121 DOI: 10.3233/hab-200419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Circulating cell-free DNA (ccfDNA) increases in some pathologic conditions like cancer. We aimed to investigate the correlation between some individual factors and the ccfDNA level in peripheral blood of Iranian in relation to prostate cancer. MATERIAL AND METHOD 30 patients with prostate cancer (PCa), 40 with benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), and 30 controls were studied. Personal information, ccfDNA concentration, and the integrity index were assessed for the correlation between the disease and different factors. The results were statistically analyzed using SPSS software. RESULTS In PCa group, no association was found between total ccfDNA, BMI, BPH background, non-cancerous diseases, medications, PCa length, and job (p-value > 0.05). But, total ccfDNA had statistical associations with weight, family history of cancer, and location (p-value < 0.05). No association was between the integrity of ccfDNA, weight, the background of BPH, and family history of cancer. But, the integrity of ccfDNA was significantly associated with BMI and PCa length (p-value < 0.05).In BPH group, no association between total ccfDNA or the integrity of ccfDNA and the assessed factors was obtained (p-value > 0.05). In the normal group, neither statistical association was found between total ccfDNA, weight, BMI, and job, nor between the integrity of ccfDNA, weight, BMI, non-cancerous disease, drug, job, and location (p-value > 0.05). But, a statistical association was found between the integrity of ccfDNA and family history of cancer in the recent group (Based on 95% CI and P-value less than 0.05). CONCLUSION ccfDNA and its integrity as possible prostate cancer biomarkers under the influence of individuals' physiological status are prone to the pathologic changes toward the disease. Further simultaneous study of the target groups could clarify this matter.
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- Maryam Khani
- Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Men's Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Men's Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Men's Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Eshghifar N, Badrlou E, Pouresmaeili F. The roles of miRNAs' clinical efficiencies in the colorectal cancer pathobiology: A review article. Hum Antibodies 2020; 28:273-285. [PMID: 32623393 DOI: 10.3233/hab-200417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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MiRNAs (microRNAs) are defined as micro directors and regulators of gene expression. Since altered miRNA expression is signified in the pathobiology of diverse cancers such as colorectal cancers (CRCs), these molecules are described as therapeutic targets, either. Manipulation of miRNAs could lead to further therapy for chemo and radio-resistant CRCs. The usage of microRNAs has indicated prominent promise in the prognosis and diagnosis of CRC, because of their unique expression pattern associated with cancer types and malignancies. Nowadays, many researchers are analyzing the correlation between miRNA polymorphisms and cancer risk. With continuous incompatibility in colorectal cancer (CRC) miRNAs expression data, it is critical to move toward the content of a "pre-laboratory" analysis to speed up efficient accuracy medicine and translational study. Pathway study for the highest expressed miRNAs- regulated target genes resulted in the identification of a considerable number of genes associated with CRC pathway including PI3K, TGFβ, and APC. In this review, we aimed to collect fruitful information about miRNAs and their potential roles in CRC, and provide a meta-analysis of the most frequently studied miRNAs in association with the disease.
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- Nahal Eshghifar
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Men's Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Mohammadi M, Irani S, Salahshourifar I, Hosseini J, Moradi A, Pouresmaeili F. The Effect of Hormone Therapy on the Expression of Prostate Cancer and Multi-Epigenetic Marker Genes in a Population of Iranian Patients. Cancer Manag Res 2020; 12:3691-3697. [PMID: 32547205 PMCID: PMC7245437 DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s251297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background and Aim Many recent studies have shown a direct relationship between the decrease in the expression of GSTP1 and RASSF1 with the incidence and progression of prostate cancer. Moreover, the expression level of these genes is greatly affected by epigenetic factors and their methylation pattern. Given the prevalence of prostate cancer and the importance of choosing the best method to inhibit the progression of the disease and provide specific treatment, it is important to evaluate the effect of hormone therapy on the expression of effective prostate cancer genes and epigenetic markers. Patients and Methods In this case-control study, 35 prostate cancer samples were examined before and after hormone therapy. Following the blood sampling, RNA extraction, and cDNA synthesis, the expression of GSTP1, RASSF1, HDAC, DNMT3A, and DNMT3B was assessed by real-time PCR. Results The results analysis showed that the expression of GSTP1, RASSF1, and DNMT3B was significantly increased, DNMT3A was significantly decreased (P value<0.05) and HDAC expression did not change significantly (P value=0.19) after hormone therapy. Discussion Significant changes in the expression of GSTP1, RASSF1, DNMT3B and DNMT3A in the studied samples indicate that these genes are susceptible targets for cancer hormone therapy in Iranian men like in the other populations. Evaluation of gene activity in a larger population of patients may support these findings.
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- Mahan Mohammadi
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Men's Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pathology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital, Tehran, Iran
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- Men's Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Kamalidehghan B, Habibi M, Afjeh SS, Shoai M, Alidoost S, Almasi Ghale R, Eshghifar N, Pouresmaeili F. The Importance of Small Non-Coding RNAs in Human Reproduction: A Review Article. Appl Clin Genet 2020; 13:1-11. [PMID: 32021379 PMCID: PMC6956659 DOI: 10.2147/tacg.s207491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Background MicroRNAs (miRNA) play a key role in the regulation of gene expression through the translational suppression and control of post-transcriptional modifications. Aim Previous studies demonstrated that miRNAs conduct the pathways involved in human reproduction including maintenance of primordial germ cells (PGCs), spermatogenesis, oocyte maturation, folliculogenesis and corpus luteum function. The association of miRNA expression with infertility, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), premature ovarian failure (POF), and repeated implantation failure (RIF) was previously revealed. Furthermore, there are evidences of the importance of miRNAs in embryonic development and implantation. Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) and miRNAs play an important role in the post-transcriptional regulatory processes of germ cells. Indeed, the investigation of small RNAs including miRNAs and piRNAs increase our understanding of the mechanisms involved in fertility. In this review, the current knowledge of microRNAs in embryogenesis and fertility is discussed. Conclusion Further research is necessary to provide new insights into the application of small RNAs in the diagnosis and therapeutic approaches to infertility.
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- Behnam Kamalidehghan
- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Central Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran and Men's Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Men's Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Mohammadi M, Irani S, Salahshourifar I, Hosseini J, Moradi A, Pouresmaeili F. Investigation of GSTP1 and epigenetic regulators expression pattern in a population of Iranian patients with prostate cancer. Hum Antibodies 2020; 28:327-334. [PMID: 32831196 DOI: 10.3233/hab-200424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Prostate cancer is the leading cause of death in many countries. It is important to diagnose the disease in the early stages. Current methods detect the disease with low specificity. Examining the expression of genes responsible for disease and their epigenetic regulators are good tools in this regard. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this prospective case-control study, 40 Iranian patients with cancer, 40 Iranian patients with prostate hyperplasia, and 40 control samples were examined. After blood sampling from each individual, RNA extraction and cDNA synthesis, GSTP1, HDAC, DNMT3A, and DNMT3B expressions were measured in three understudy groups using specific primers and Real-Time PCR method. RESULTS A reverse correlation was identified between loss of GSTP1 expression and overexpression of HDAC, DNMT3A, and DNMT3B (P value < 0.0001) with a beneficial pattern of cancer development with high efficiency. The significant decrease of GSTP1 expression in patients in comparison to the healthy controls and the elevated expression levels of the studied epigenetic regulators in PCA and BPH samples indicate the impact of the regulators on GSTP1 expression activity. CONCLUSION This study showed that the measurement of combined GSTP1 and its epigenetic regulators' expression could be used as suitable genetic markers for the detection and separation of healthy individuals from prostatic patient groups in the Iranian population. However, a similar study in a larger population of case and control could help us to distinguish between normal, benign, and malignant conditions.
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- Mahan Mohammadi
- Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Men's Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pathology, Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital, Tehran, Iran
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- Men's Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Saleh-Gargari S, Ghafouri-Fard S, Zandieh Z, Ansaripour S, Pouresmaeili F, Vatannejad A. The rs16944 SNP in IL-1B and risk of polycystic ovarian syndrome. Gene Reports 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.genrep.2019.100547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Pouresmaeili F, Azari I, Arsang-Jang S, Taheri M, Ghafouri-Fard S. Association between expression of long noncoding RNAs in placenta and pregnancy features. Per Med 2019; 16:457-466. [PMID: 31691644 DOI: 10.2217/pme-2018-0078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Aim: The contribution of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) has been highlighted in a variety of human disorders including cancer and placenta-associated conditions. Methods: We evaluated expression of CCAT2, UCA1, FAS-AS1 and OIP5-AS1 lncRNAs in placenta samples obtained from normal and intrauterine growth restriction pregnancies. Results: There was no significant difference in expression of these lncRNAs between cases and controls. A significant association was found between CCAT2 expression and gravidity/parity. CCAT2 expression was higher in cases with abortion history. Cases who received folic acid had lower expression of this lncRNA. Conclusion: The current study provides evidences for association between expression of CCAT2 and clinical determinants of placenta function. Future studies are needed to elaborate the underlying mechanism.
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- Farkhondeh Pouresmaeili
- Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Clinical Research Development Center (CRDU), Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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- Clinical Research Development Center (CRDU), Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.,Urogenital Stem Cell Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Alidoost S, Habibi M, Noormohammadi Z, Hosseini J, Azargashb E, Pouresmaeili F. Association between tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene rs1800629 (-308G/A) and rs361525 (-238G > A) polymorphisms and prostate cancer risk in an Iranian cohort. Hum Antibodies 2019; 28:65-74. [PMID: 31594215 DOI: 10.3233/hab-190397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Prostate cancer (PCa) as the first men's common cancer in the world and the third cancer in Iranian men is a heterogeneous disorder which sometimes several biopsies are needed for its diagnosis. OBJECTIVES The aim of current study is finding new biomarkers in order to diagnose of PCa at the earliest possible stage. Hence, the relationship between rs1800629 and rs361525 polymorphisms of TNF-α gene with PCa was investigated. MATERIALS AND METHODS Blood DNA samples were collected from 100 patients with PCa, 110 with BPH, and 110 controls. Collected samples were examined using PCR-RFLP and Tetra-ARMS-PCR techniques to detect the desired polymorphisms. RESULTS The frequency of rs1800629 genotypes in smokers was significantly different from non-smokers with PCa (p= 0.001). Logistic regression analysis results showed that GA heterozygotes in comparison to GG homozygotes had higher risk of developing Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) or prostate cancer. However, no significant correlation was considered between the risk of PCa and the TNF-α gene polymorphisms (rs1800629 and rs361525). CONCLUSIONS Although, the achieved results of this investigation demonstrated that the two examined genetic variants do not seem to be suitable markers for early diagnosis of prostate cancer in this pilot study; however increased risk for the disease is shown in GA heterozygotes and smokers which is indicative of some epigenetic factors influence on prostate cancer etiology.
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- Saeideh Alidoost
- Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Central Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Men's Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Men's Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Khani M, Hosseini J, Mirfakhraie R, Habibi M, Azargashb E, Pouresmaeili F. The value of the plasma circulating cell-free DNA concentration and integrity index as a clinical tool for prostate cancer diagnosis: a prospective case-control cohort study in an Iranian population. Cancer Manag Res 2019; 11:4549-4556. [PMID: 31191016 PMCID: PMC6529618 DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s192646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Introduction: Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer among men and the second cause of cancer death among men. For early detection and differentiating PCa from benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) tissue biopsy has been used for decades. However, circulating cell-free DNA (ccfDNA) testing is a noninvasive, fast, easily repeatable, and sensitive liquid biopsy for cancer detection. Hence, we aimed to investigate the value of the ccfDNA concentration and integrity index in peripheral blood of a population of Iranian prostatic patients for early diagnosis of the disease. Materials and methods: 100 subjects including 30 PCa, 40 BPH, and 30 healthy individuals were selected. ccfDNA was extracted from fresh blood plasma, and its total concentration and the integrity index were estimated by amplification of ALU115 and ALU247 repeat elements using quantitative real-time PCR. Results: In the PCa group, the ccfDNA concentration and its integrity were significantly higher than that of the BPH and healthy groups (P-value <0.001 and P-value <0.001). The ccfDNA concentration and its integrity were higher in BPH compared to the healthy group, although it was not statistically significant (P-value =0.836 and P-value =0.053, respectively). Conclusion: A significant relation between ccfDNA concentration, its integrity, and PCa suggests that the liquid biopsy can be used as a noninvasive early diagnostic biomarker. Determination of a cutoff or a diagnostic range value of the measured parameters for healthy, BPH, and PCa subjects in more samples of Iranian population results in timely, correct, and early detection, which results in better treatment outcomes. Moreover, this method may reduce overdiagnosis and overtreatment procedures.
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- Maryam Khani
- Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Infertility and Reproductive Health Research Center (IRHRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Central laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Infertility and Reproductive Health Research Center (IRHRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Azari I, Ghafouri-Fard S, Omrani MD, Arsang-Jang S, Kordi Tamandani DM, Saroone Rigi M, Rafiee S, Pouresmaeili F, Taheri M. Expression of Long Non-Coding RNAs in Placentas of Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR) Pregnancies. Rep Biochem Mol Biol 2019; 8:25-31. [PMID: 31334284 PMCID: PMC6590938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), a pathologic diminution of the rate of fetal growth, has been associated with alterations in expression of several genes. However, the role of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in its pathogenesis has not been studied. METHODS In this study we evaluated the expression of four lncRNAs namely, nuclear paraspeckle assembly transcript (NEAT1), taurine up-regulated 1 (TUG1), p21-associated ncRNA DNA damage-activated (PANDA), and metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript-1 (MALAT1) in placenta samples obtained from IUGR and normal pregnancies to determine their possible contributions in the pathogenesis of IUGR. RESULTS We found no significant differences in expression levels between cases and controls. We also found no correlation between expression and clinical data of study participants; however, we found significant correlations between expression levels of all the assessed lncRNAs in both cases and controls. CONCLUSION These results imply the existence of a possible shared regulatory mechanism for the expression of these transcripts in placenta. Future studies are needed to perform such evaluations in larger sample sizes or in animal models in earlier stages of pregnancy.
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- Iman Azari
- Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Urogenital Stem Cell Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Clinical Research Development Center (CRDU), Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
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- Department of Biology, University of Sistan and Baluchistan, Zahedan- Iran.
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
- nfertility and Reproductive Health Research Center (IRHRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Urogenital Stem Cell Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Rafiee S, Tamandani DMK, Rigi MS, Ghanbari MA, Pouresmaeili F. Expression of hTERT in placenta of IUGR pregnancy in an Iranian population. Meta Gene 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mgene.2018.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that the FABP9/PERF15 gene is expressed in mice and in some other mammals in the testicles and in the spermatozoa, and its possible effect on the ability of the sperm to form and maintain the nucleus until fertilization. OBJECTIVE Since the FABP9 homologue gene exists in humans, and so far no research has been done to indicate the exact location of this gene in the organism, it is necessary to find a better interpretation of its possible performance by its localization in the testis. MATERIAL AND METHODS Biopsied testicular tissue samples after sectioning and embedding on class slide were subjected to IHC with specific monoclonal antibody and underwent final staining with hematoxylin and eventually evaluated by light microscope. RESULTS The antibody could successfully bind and detect its related protein, FABP9, in Leydig cells rather than spermatogenic cells. CONCLUSION The expression of FABP9 in a different cell type rather than spermatogenic cells in other mammals, reports of a plausible different function for the gene product like its involvement in fertility potential in homo sapiens.
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- Afshin Moradi
- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Cellular Biotechnology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Biotechnology, ACECR, Isfahan, Iran
- Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Infertility and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Sayban S, Mirfakhraie R, Omrani MD, Ghaedi H, Heidary H, Yaghoobi H, Azizi F, Pouresmaeili F. Idiopathic Premature Ovarian Failure and its association to the abnormal longitudinal changes of telomere length in a population of Iranian Infertile Women: A pilot study. Meta Gene 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mgene.2018.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Osteoporosis is a bone disorder with remarkable changes in bone biologic material and consequent bone structural distraction, affecting millions of people around the world from different ethnic groups. Bone fragility is the worse outcome of the disease, which needs long term therapy and medical management, especially in the elderly. Many involved genes including environmental factors have been introduced as the disease risk factors so far, of which genes should be considered as effective early diagnosis biomarkers, especially for the individuals from high-risk families. In this review, a number of important criteria involved in osteoporosis are addressed and discussed.
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- Farkhondeh Pouresmaeili
- Infertility and Reproductive Health Research Center (IRHRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,
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- Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,
- Medical Genetics Center, National Institute of Genetics Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB), Tehran, Iran,
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB), University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran,
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- Department of Veterinary Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Malaysia
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Heidary H, Pouresmaeili F, Mirfakhraie R, Omrani MD, Ghaedi H, Fazeli Z, Sayban S, Ghafouri-Fard S, Azargashb E, Shokri F. An Association Study between Longitudinal Changes of Leukocyte Telomere and the Risk of Azoospermia in a Population of Iranian Infertile Men. IBJ 2018. [DOI: 10.29252/ibj.22.4.231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Heidary H, Pouresmaeili F, Mirfakhraie R, Omrani MD, Ghaedi H, Fazeli Z, Sayban S, Ghafouri-Fard S, Azargashb E, Shokri F. An Association Study between Longitudinal Changes of Leukocyte Telomere and the Risk of Azoospermia in a Population of Iranian Infertile Men. Iran Biomed J 2018; 22:231-6. [PMID: 29704891 PMCID: PMC5949125 DOI: 10.22034/ibj.22.4.231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Background: Telomeres are evolutionary, specialized terminal structures at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes containing TTAGGG repeats in human. Several human diseases have been known to be associated with dramatic changes in telomere length. The aim of the present study was to assess the correlation between the relative leukocyte telomere length (LTL) and infertility in a group of Iranian azoospermic males. Methods: In this case-control pilot study, relative telomere length (RTL) of peripheral blood leukocytes from a total of 30 idiopathic non-obstructive azoospermic males and 30 healthy fertile males was evaluated using real-time PCR. RTL was calculated as T (telomere)/S (single copy gene) ratio and compared between infertile and fertile groups. Results: Patients with azoospermia showed significantly shorter RTL than fertile males (0.54 vs. 0.84, p < 0.05). The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was estimated to be 99.8%, suggesting LTL as a potential marker for the diagnosis of azoospermia. Conclusion: Our findings demonstrated a probable association between telomere shortening and azoospermia in a population of Iranian infertile men affected by idiopathic azoospermia.
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- Hamed Heidary
- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Infertility and Reproductive Health Research Center (IRHRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Taheri M, Pouresmaeili F, Omrani MD, Habibi M, Sarrafzadeh S, Noroozi R, Rakhshan A, Sayad A, Ghafouri-Fard S. Association of ANRIL gene polymorphisms with prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia in an Iranian population. Biomark Med 2018. [PMID: 28621612 DOI: 10.2217/bmm-2016-0378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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AIM Prostate cancer and benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) are heterogeneous disorders with high prevalence among men. The antisense noncoding RNA in the INK4 locus codes for a long noncoding RNA whose participation in cancer has been elucidated. METHOD We analyzed rs1333045, rs4977574, rs1333048 and rs10757278 genotypes from this locus in 125 prostate cancer patients, 125 BPH patients as well as 220 normal age-matched subjects by means of tetra-primer amplification refractory mutation system PCR method. RESULTS The rs1333045 showed no significant difference in allele or genotype frequencies between three groups. However, the other three single nucleotide polymorphisms have been shown to be associated with BPH and prostate cancer risk. CONCLUSION Antisense noncoding RNA in the INK4 locus possibly participates in the pathogenesis of these disorders.
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- Mohammad Taheri
- Urogenital Stem cell research center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Urogenital Stem cell research center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Young Researchers & Elite Club, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Cancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Urogenital Stem cell research center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Pouresmaeili F, Hosseini SJ, Farzaneh F, Karimpour A, Azargashb E, Yaghoobi M, Kamarehei M. Evaluation of Environmental Risk Factors for Prostate Cancer in a Population of Iranian Patients. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2015; 15:10603-5. [DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.24.10603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Jamshidi J, Pouresmaeili F, Darvish H, Omrani MD, Azargashb E, Sadeghi MR, Lakpour N. FABP9 Mutations Are Not Detected in Cases of Infertility due to Sperm Morphological Defects in Iranian Men. Int J Fertil Steril 2014; 7:275-80. [PMID: 24520497 PMCID: PMC3901177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2012] [Accepted: 12/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Fatty acid binding proteins (FABPs) are members of the intracellular li- pid binding protein (iLBPs) family and most of them show tissue specific expression. FABP9/PERF15 (Perforatorial15) is the male germ cell-specific fatty acid-binding pro- tein. It was first identified as the major constituent of the murine sperm perforatorium and perinuclear theca. To date, investigations in mice have demonstrated that this protein has a role in the male reproductive system, especially in spermatogenesis. Also, it has been reported that FABP9 can protect sperm fatty acids from oxidative damage. Recently it was shown that it can affect sperm morphology in mice. Based on these findings, we designed a study to evaluate if mutations of this gene can affect sperm morphology in humans. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this case-control study, DNA was extracted from peripheral blood of 100 infertile males with normal sperm count but with a number of morphologi- cally abnormal sperms in their semen that was above normal. Four exons and one intron of the FABP9 gene were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), re-sequenced and then analyzed for mutation detection. RESULTS We did not detect any mutation in any area of the four exons, intron 3 and splice sites of FABP9 gene in any of the studied 100 samples. CONCLUSION There was no mutation in the exonic regions and the poor sperm mor- phology. However, we didn't analyze the promoter, intron 1 and 2 to establish conclusions regarding the association of these genic regions and sperm dysmor- phology.
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- Javad Jamshidi
- Department of Biochemistry, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Infertility and Reproductive Health Research Center
(IRHRC), Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical
Sciences, Tehran, Iran,
* Corresponding Address:
P.O.Box: 1985-717443Department of Medical GeneticsInfertility and Reproductive Health Research Center (IRHRC)Faculty of MedicineShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Infertility and Reproductive Health Research Center
(IRHRC), Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical
Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Infertility and Reproductive Health Research Center
(IRHRC), Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical
Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of
Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Monoclonal Antibody Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Nanobiotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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Pouresmaeili F, Fazeli Z. Premature ovarian failure: a critical condition in the reproductive potential with various genetic causes. Int J Fertil Steril 2014; 8:1-12. [PMID: 24696764 PMCID: PMC3973172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2012] [Accepted: 06/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Premature ovarian failure (POF) is identified as a heterogeneous disorder leading to amenorrhea and ovarian failure before the age of 40 years. The first known symptom of the disease is having irregular menstrual periods. The phenotype appearance of POF depends significantly on the variations in hormones. Low levels of gonadal hormones (estrogens and inhibins) and increased level of gonadotropins [luteinizing hormone (LH) and Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)] (hypergonadotropic amenorrhea) are well documented as causes of POF. There is an association between the failure of germ cell development and complete ovarian failure, and consistently decreased number of germ cells is more likely associated with partial ovarian failure resulting in secondary amenorrhea. A literature review on recent findings about POF and its association with genomic alterations in terms of genes and chromosomes. POF is a complex heterogeneous disorder. Some of POF cases are carriers of a single gene mutation inherited in an autosomal or X-linked manner while a number of patients suffer from a chromosome abnormality like Turner syndrome in mosaic form and manifest secondary amenorrhea associated with ovarian dysgenesis. Among many of the known involved genes in POF development, several are prove to be positively associated to the disease development in different populations. While there is a promising association between X chromosome anomalies and specific gene mutations with POF, genome-wide analysis could prove a powerful tool for identifying the most important candidate genes that influence POF manifestation.
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- Farkhondeh Pouresmaeili
- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,
Tehran, Iran,Infertility and Reproductive Health Research Center (IRHRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,
Tehran, Iran,
* Corresponding Address:
P.O. Box: 1985-717443Department of Medical GeneticsFaculty of MedicineShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,
Tehran, Iran
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Safari S, Zare-Abdollahi D, Mirfakhraie R, Ghafouri-Fard S, Pouresmaeili F, Movafagh A, Omrani MD. An Iranian family with azoospermia and premature ovarian insufficiency segregating NR5A1 mutation. Climacteric 2013; 17:301-3. [PMID: 24067197 DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2013.847079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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In brief, we report an Iranian family with a history of both azoospermia and premature ovarian insufficiency with the same heterozygote mutation in the NR5A1 gene that can be transmitted. As far as we know, this is the first observation that a common mutation in NR5A1 can cause these above-mentioned phenotypes in a family.
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- S Safari
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics , Tehran , Islamic Republic of Iran
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Karimpur-Zahmatkesh A, Farzaneh F, Pouresmaeili F, Hosseini J, Azarghashb E, Yaghoobi M. A2 allele polymorphism of the CYP17 gene and prostate cancer risk in an iranian population. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2013; 14:1049-52. [PMID: 23621184 DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2013.14.2.1049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Studies have shown that alterations of steroid hormone metabolism, particularly involving testosterone, affect the risk of prostate cancer. Therefore, genetic variation in genes of enzymes which are involved could be of importance. The gene most interest is CYP17, whose enzyme product has an essential role in testosterone hormone synthesis. Some studies have indicated that the A2 allele polymorphism of CYP17 associated with increased risk of prostate cancer that could be affected by ethnicity. Therefore, the aim of this study was determination of presence or absence of the A2 allele in patients with prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS We studied the association of A2 allele and prostate cancer among 74 patients with prostate cancer and 128 healthy men which were referred to hospitals of SBMU. RESULTS This study revealed a significant association between prostate cancer risk and the A2 allele in an Iranian population so that A1A2 and A2A2 genotypes were more common in cases than controls with P-values of 0.029 and 0.010, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Results of our study support a possible role of the A2 allele in sporadic prostate cancer development in Iran, in line with findings elsewhere.
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Pouresmaeili F, Jamshidi J, Azargashb E, Samangouee S. Association between Vitamin D Receptor Gene BsmI Polymorphism and Bone Mineral Density in A Population of 146 Iranian Women. Cell J 2013; 15:75-82. [PMID: 23700563 PMCID: PMC3660027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2012] [Accepted: 01/22/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Osteoporosis is a bone disorder that reduces bone mineral density (BMD) and leads to bone fracture. In addition to different factors, gene polymorphisms have been revealed to be associated with osteoporosis. In this study, we investigated the association between the BsmI polymorphism of vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene (rs1544410) and BMD in a population of Iranian women. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this case control study, clinical risk factors for osteoporosis were obtained from the participants through a questionnaire for a case-control study. The World Health Organisation (WHO) criteria were applied for the diagnosis of the disease. Peripheral blood samples were obtained from 146 pre- and or postmenopausal Iranian women aged between 35 and 71 years (53.53 ± 9.8). The study population was classified for BMD into normal and osteoporotic groups, who matched for age, pregnancy status, menstrual condition, and body mass index (BMI). The BMD of the lumbar spine (L1-4) and femoral neck was measured. Polymerase chain reactionrestriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) was performed to detect and analyze the genotype. RESULTS The frequencies of AA and GG were significantly different between the two groups (p value<0.05), with the first genotype being higher in the patients and the second being higher in the normal group. The GG genotype was significantly associated with increased BMD in the lumbar spine (p value<0.05) but non-significant in the femoral neck (p value>0.05). CONCLUSION BsmI polymorphism of VDR gene has a significant association with BMD in the lumbar spine and may have a minor effect on the proximal femur BMD in Iranian women.
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- Farkhondeh Pouresmaeili
- Department of Medical Genetics and Infertility and Reproductive Health Research Center (IRHRC), Faculty of Medicine,
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biochemistry, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran,Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,
* Corresponding Address: P.O.Box: 74616-8-6688Department of BiochemistryFasa University of Medical SciencesFasaIran
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- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Romatology Clinic, Taleghani Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Pouresmaeili F, Khalili T, Jeddi-Tehrani M, Bandehpour M, Ghasemi J, Salehi-Niya F. A Novel Human Lipid Binding Protein Coding Gene: PERF15, Sequence and Cloning. J Reprod Infertil 2009; 10:199-205. [PMID: 23926469 PMCID: PMC3719324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2009] [Accepted: 09/15/2009] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION PERF15 is a testicular germ-cell specific fatty-acid binding protein (FABP) isolated from mammals, originally from rats. It encodes one of the most abundant proteins of rat spermatozoa localized in the perinuclear theca. Northern blot analysis has demonstrated that rat PERF15 mRNA is exclusively transcribed during meiosis and post-meiosis. In this study, we cloned and sequenced human PERF15 gene. MATERIALS AND METHODS According to the open reading frame of automated computational analysis of Homo sapiens similar to testis fatty acid binding protein nine, two specific Primers were designed to amplify human PERF15 gene. To confirm the identity of the amplified gene, PCR products of PERF15 were cloned into appropriate plasmid vectors followed by sequencing of the inserts. RESULTS A unique band of ∼3kb was obtained after PCR amplification. Restriction enzyme digestion using PvuII confirmed that the fragment was related to PERF15. Gene alignment, direct sequencing and application of specific primers to the gene showed 100% similarity between this gene and the computational data by gel extraction of the ∼3 kb band. The human PERF15 gene contained four exons and three introns. Exons one, two, three and four, respectively, coded for 24, 57, 34 and 17 amino acids. The existing three introns were composed of 2113, 461, and 168 nucleotides. CONCLUSION In spite of the homology between exonic regions and exon-intron boundaries of human PERF15 gene and that of animals, human PERF15 gene is different in size and sequence from corresponding introns in rat and murine PERF15.
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- Farkhondeh Pouresmaeili
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,Fertility-Infertility Health Research Center (IRHRC), Taleghani Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,Corresponding Author: Dr. Farkhondeh, Pouresmaeili, Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. E-mail:
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,Fertility-Infertility Health Research Center (IRHRC), Taleghani Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Molecular Biology Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,Fertility-Infertility Health Research Center (IRHRC), Taleghani Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Korley R, Pouresmaeili F, Oko R. Analysis of the protein composition of the mouse sperm perinuclear theca and characterization of its major protein constituent. Biol Reprod 1997; 57:1426-32. [PMID: 9408250 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod57.6.1426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The perinuclear theca (PT) is a cytoskeletal structure that covers the nucleus of mammalian spermatozoa and is believed to have a membrane-binding role. The objectives of this study were to analyze the protein composition of the mouse PT, to identify and sequence its major protein component, and to characterize this protein's transcriptional and translational origins during spermatogenesis. The PT was extracted from demembranated and acrosome-depleted mouse sperm heads by alkaline treatment. The protein profile of the PT extract was composed of several polypeptides, of which a 15-kDa subacrosomal protein predominated and was found to be immunocross-reactive with a previously cloned 15-kDa PT protein of the rat (PERF 15) that belongs to a family of lipid-binding proteins. A primer pair designed from rat PERF 15 cDNA was then used to screen a mouse testicular cDNA library by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The deduced amino acid sequence obtained from the PCR product was almost identical to the testicular-specific rat PERF 15. Developmental Northern blots and in situ hybridization studies performed with riboprobes encoding the mouse PERF 15 cDNA revealed that mRNA levels were highest in round and early elongating mouse spermatids. Immunohistochemistry indicated that PERF 15 began to be expressed in the cytoplasm of mid-pachytene spermatocytes and appeared to reach maximum expression in the distal cytoplasm of late elongating mouse spermatids, long after transcriptional arrest. During the development of round and early elongated spermatids, the immunolabel became progressively concentrated over the anterior half of the spermatid nucleus, suggesting a subacrosomal deposition of PERF 15 during this phase of mouse spermiogenesis.
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- R Korley
- McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Pouresmaeili F, Morales CR, Oko R. Molecular cloning and structural analysis of the gene encoding PERF 15 protein present in the perinuclear theca of the rat spermatozoa. Biol Reprod 1997; 57:655-9. [PMID: 9283004 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod57.3.655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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We have cloned the PERF 15 gene, which encodes the most abundant protein of the perinuclear theca of rat spermatozoa. PERF 15 is related to the superfamily of lipophilic transport proteins. It has a molecular weight of 15,060 and is present exclusively in the subacrosomal region of the sperm head. Northern blot analysis demonstrated that this gene transcribed PERF 15 mRNA in meiotic and postmeiotic cells. The PERF 15 gene contains four exons and three introns. Exon 1 codes for amino acids 1-24, exon 2 for amino acids 25-82, exon 3 for amino acids 83-116, and exon 4 for amino acids 117-132. The three introns are composed of 2241, 547, and 164 base pairs (bp), respectively. The exon/intron boundaries are identical to those found in the mouse myelin P2 gene, but there is no resemblance in size and sequence between the corresponding introns of the PERF 15 and myelin P2 genes. Localization of the initiation transcription site by primer extension showed that the 5'-untranslated region of this gene is 67 bp upstream of the translation initiation site. Primer extension analysis also suggests that there is one transcription start site for this gene. Inverse polymerase chain reaction generated a 204-bp fragment, located upstream of the translation initiation codon, that has some homology with regions of other mammalian genes.
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- F Pouresmaeili
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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