Characterization of invasive trophoblasts generated from human embryonic stem cells

UDAYASHANKAR, R., BAKER, D., TUCKERMAN, E., LAIRD, Susan Laird, LI, T. C. and MOORE, H. D. (2011). Characterization of invasive trophoblasts generated from human embryonic stem cells. Human reproduction, 26 (2), 398-406.

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Link to published version:: https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deq350

Abstract

BACKGROUND Abnormal human embryo implantation leads to poor foetal development and miscarriage, or pre-eclampsia. Ethical and practical considerations concerning implantation limit its investigation, and it is often difficult to extrapolate findings in laboratory animals when implantation processes show diverse species differences. Therefore, it is important to develop new in vitro models to study the earliest events of human implantation. The aim of this study was to derive trophoblast cell lines from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) by a robust protocol and co-culture of these cells with an established endometrial cell culture system to validate a model of trophoblast invasion at implantation. METHODS Derivation of trophoblast cell lines from hESC lines was established by spontaneous and induced differentiation of embryoid bodies and by initial measurement of hCGβ secretion by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and their phenotype investigated using gene- and protein-expression markers. Vesicles formed from an aggregating trophoblast were co-cultured with decidualized human endometrial stromal cells in hypoxic (2% oxygen) and normoxic (20% oxygen) environments. RESULTS Derived villous cytotrophoblast cell (CTB) lines further differentiated to invasive, extra-villous CTBs. Eventually, cells lost their proliferative capacity, with some lines acquiring karyotypic changes, such as a gain in the X chromosome. Cell-invasion assays confirmed that the extra-villous CTBs were invasive and erosion of the endometrial stromal layer occurred, particularly under hypoxic conditions in vitro. CONCLUSIONS Trophoblast cell lines derived from hESCs differentiate and adapt in vitro and can be used as a model to study the mechanisms of early trophoblast invasion.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Published for the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology by IRL Press.
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Biomedical Research Centre
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deq350
Page Range: 398-406
Depositing User: Helen Garner
Date Deposited: 12 Aug 2011 13:25
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 10:15
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/3817

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