Trophoblastic Debris Modifies Endothelial Cell Transcriptome in Vitro: a Mechanism by Which Fetal Cells Might Control Maternal Responses to Pregnancy

Overview

Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2016 Jul 30

PMID 27468655

Citations 12

Authors

J Wei

S Y Lau

C Blenkiron

Q Chen

J L James

T Kleffmann

M Wise

P R Stone

L W Chamley

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Abstract

The mechanisms by which the fetus induces maternal physiological adaptations to pregnancy are unclear. Cellular debris, shed from the placental syncytiotrophoblast into the maternal blood and phagocytosed by maternal endothelial and immune cells, may be one of these mechanisms. Here we show that trophoblastic debris from normal first trimester placentae induces changes in the transcriptome and proteome of endothelial cells in vitro, which might contribute to the adaptation of the maternal cardiovascular system to pregnancy. Trophoblastic debris also induced endothelial cells to transcribe placenta-specific genes, including the vasodilator hormone CSH1, thereby expanding the effective functional size of the placenta. Our data suggest that the deportation of trophoblastic debris is an important part of the complex network of feto-maternal communication.

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