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Loss of MIG-6 results in endometrial progesterone resistance via ERBB2.
(Nature communications, 2022-03) Yoo, Jung-Yoon; Kim, Tae Hoon; Shin, Jung-Ho; Marquardt, Ryan M; Müller, Ulrich; Fazleabas, Asgerally T; Young, Steven L; Lessey, Bruce A; Yoon, Ho-Geun; Jeong, Jae-Wook
Female subfertility is highly associated with endometriosis. Endometrial progesterone resistance is suggested as a crucial element in the development of endometrial diseases. We report that MIG-6 is downregulated in the endometrium of infertile women with endometriosis and in a non-human primate model of endometriosis. We find ERBB2 overexpression in the endometrium of uterine-specific Mig-6 knockout mice (Pgr^cre/+Mig-6^f/f; Mig-6^d/d). To investigate the effect of ERBB2 targeting on endometrial progesterone resistance, fertility, and endometriosis, we introduce Erbb2 ablation in Mig-6^d/d mice (Mig-6^d/dErbb2^d/d mice). The additional knockout of Erbb2 rescues all phenotypes seen in Mig-6^d/d mice. Transcriptomic analysis shows that genes differentially expressed in Mig-6^d/d mice revert to their normal expression in Mig-6^d/dErbb2^d/d mice. Together, our results demonstrate that ERBB2 overexpression in endometrium with MIG-6 deficiency causes endometrial progesterone resistance and a nonreceptive endometrium in endometriosis-related infertility, and ERBB2 targeting reverses these effects.