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In this study, we explored the molecular mechanism by which YPEL3 regulates endometrial function during gestation in goats. We found YPEL3 expression was significantly downregulated during early gestation and that YPEL3 overexpression inhibited the expression of ISG15, but had no significant effects on the expression of RSAD2 and CXCL10 in goat endometrial epithelial cells (gEECs). In addition, YPEL3 silencing significantly inhibited PGF2\u03b1 secretion and the expression of the prostaglandin synthesis-related rate-limiting enzyme-encoding genes PGFS and PTGES, with no significant effect on the expression of PTGS1 and PTGS2. Moreover, YPEL3 inhibited the expression of vimentin and \u03b2-catenin and pretreatment of gEECs with the \u03b2-catenin activator CHIR99021 prevented a YPEL3-induced decrease in vimentin expression. Collectively, our findings confirm that, as a hormone-regulated factor, YPEL3 regulates endometrial function by inhibiting the Wnt\/\u03b2-catenin signaling pathway and provide new insights for further clarification of the mechanism by which YPEL3 functions during early pregnancy in ruminants.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ani12212973","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,29]],"date-time":"2022-10-29T23:45:00Z","timestamp":1667087100000},"page":"2973","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["YPEL3 Negatively Regulates Endometrial Function via the Wnt\/\u03b2-Catenin Pathways during Early Pregnancy in Goats"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Jianguo","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rendong","family":"Qiu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ran","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pengjie","family":"Song","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6815-4418","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pengfei","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3800-5013","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Huatao","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dong","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aihua","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yaping","family":"Jin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1016\/j.anireprosci.2008.12.010","article-title":"A review of uterine structural modifications that influence conceptus implantation and development in sheep and goats","volume":"112","author":"Igwebuike","year":"2009","journal-title":"Anim. 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