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Preeclampsia is one of the most common pregnancy disorders, and characterized by insufficient trophoblast invasion and placental inflammation. Our RNA sequencing results showed that OTU deubiquitinase, ubiquitin aldehyde binding 2 (OTUB2) was downregulated in placenta from preeclampsia patients, compared with the healthy control. Clinical and experimental data demonstrated that OTUB2 was expressed in macrophages. Gain- and loss-of-function experiments revealed that OTUB2 overexpression blocked M1 polarization of macrophages, and attenuated macrophages-induced apoptosis, and impaired migration and invasion of trophoblasts. Moreover, OTUB2 alleviated LPS-induced preeclampsia-like symptoms in rats, including hypertension, proteinuria, inflammation in placenta and insufficient infiltration of trophoblasts. Additionally, OTUB2 mediated deubiquitination of nuclear receptor subfamily 4 group A member 1 (NR4A1) and suppressed its degradation, and the Cys51 is crucial for catalytic activity of OTUB2. The effects of OTUB2 were partially reversed by shNR4A1. In conclusion, OTUB2 suppressed macrophage M1 polarization, macrophages-induced trophoblast damage, and restrained experimental preeclampsia in rodents by mediating deubiquitination of NR4A1. These findings may provide novel insight for clinical prevention and diagnosis of preeclampsia.
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