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Li X, Kodithuwakku SP, Chan RWS, Yeung WSB, Yao Y, Ng EHY, Chiu PCN, Lee CL. Three-dimensional culture models of human endometrium for studying trophoblast-endometrium interaction during implantation. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2022; 20:120. [PMID: 35964080 PMCID: PMC9375428 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-022-00973-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
During implantation, a symphony of interaction between the trophoblast originated from the trophectoderm of the implanting blastocyst and the endometrium leads to a successful pregnancy. Defective interaction between the trophoblast and endometrium often results in implantation failure, pregnancy loss, and a number of pregnancy complications. Owing to ethical concerns of using in vivo approaches to study human embryo implantation, various in vitro culture models of endometrium were established in the past decade ranging from two-dimensional cell-based to three-dimensional extracellular matrix (ECM)/tissue-based culture systems. Advanced organoid systems have also been established for recapitulation of different cellular components of the maternal-fetal interface, including the endometrial glandular organoids, trophoblast organoids and blastoids. However, there is no single ideal model to study the whole implantation process leaving more research to be done pursuing the establishment of a comprehensive in vitro model that can recapitulate the biology of trophoblast-endometrium interaction during early pregnancy. This would allow us to have better understanding of the physiological and pathological process of trophoblast-endometrium interaction during implantation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xintong Li
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China
- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, 20400, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China
- Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, The University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Key, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, The University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Key, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, The University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Key, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China
- Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, The University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Key, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China.
- Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, The University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Key, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China.
- Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, The University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Key, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
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Burman A, Garcia-Milian R, Wood M, DeWitt NA, Vasiliou V, Guller S, Abrahams VM, Whirledge S. Acetaminophen Attenuates invasion and alters the expression of extracellular matrix enzymes and vascular factors in human first trimester trophoblast cells. Placenta 2021; 104:146-160. [PMID: 33348283 DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2020.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Acetaminophen is one of the most common medications taken during pregnancy, considered safe for maternal health and fetal development. However, recent epidemiological studies have associated prenatal acetaminophen use with several developmental disorders in offspring. As acetaminophen can freely cross into and through the placenta, epidemiological associations with prenatal acetaminophen use may reflect direct actions on the fetus and/or the impact of altered placental functions. In the absence of rigorous mechanistic studies, our understanding of how prenatal acetaminophen exposure can cause long-term effects in offspring is limited. The objective of this study was to determine whether acetaminophen can alter key functions of a major placental cell type by utilizing immortalized human first trimester trophoblast cells. This study employed a comparative analysis with the nonsteroidal, anti-inflammatory drug aspirin, which has established effects in first trimester trophoblast cells. We report that immortalized trophoblast cells express the target proteins of acetaminophen and aspirin: cyclooxygenase (COX) -1 and -2. Unlike aspirin, acetaminophen significantly repressed the expression of angiogenesis and vascular remodeling genes in HTR-8/SVneo cells. Moreover, acetaminophen impaired trophoblast invasion by over 80%, while aspirin had no effect on invasion. Acetaminophen exposure reduced the expression of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and -9 and increased the expression of tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases 2, leading to an imbalance in the ratio of proteolytic enzymes. Finally, a bioinformatic approach identified novel acetaminophen-responsive gene networks associated with key trophoblast functions and disease. Together these results suggest that prenatal acetaminophen use may interfere with critical trophoblast functions early in gestation, which may subsequently impact fetal development.
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- Andreanna Burman
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
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- Bioinformatics Support Program, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA; Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
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Zhou W, She G, Yang K, Zhang B, Liu J, Yu B. MiR-384 inhibits proliferation and migration of trophoblast cells via targeting PTBP3. Pregnancy Hypertens 2020; 21:132-138. [PMID: 32512528 DOI: 10.1016/j.preghy.2020.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2019] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Preeclampsia (PE) is one type of hypertension during pregnancy that seriously threatens maternal and infant health. Trophoblast dysfunction, such as decreased proliferation and migration, is closely related to the occurrence and development of PE. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been proven to play an important role in many diseases, including PE. miR-384 was reported to play a regulatory role in promoting cell apoptosis and inhibiting proliferation, migration and invasion in a variety of tumors. Previously, we found that miR-384 is upregulated in the placenta and plasma in the context of PE. In this study, we elucidated the function of miR-384 in the trophoblast cell line HTR-8/SVneo and the trophoblastic tumor cell line JEG-3. Cell proliferation and migration were inhibited by miR-384 overexpression but promoted by miR-384 downregulation. Subsequently, polypyrimidine tract-binding protein 3(PTBP3) was found to be a direct target gene of miR-384. PTBP3 was downregulated in placental tissues from PE patients, and a negative correlation was found between PTBP3 and miR-384. Our results suggest that the miR-384/PTBP3 axis plays an important role in regulating trophoblast function during the progression of PE, and these data provide novel insight into the molecular pathogenesis of this disorder.
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- Wenbo Zhou
- Changzhou Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou 213003, Jiangsu, China
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- Changzhou Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou 213003, Jiangsu, China
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- Changzhou Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou 213003, Jiangsu, China
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- Changzhou Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou 213003, Jiangsu, China
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- Changzhou Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou 213003, Jiangsu, China
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- Changzhou Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou 213003, Jiangsu, China.
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