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Impact of Galectin-I on Trophoblast Stem Cell Differentiation and Invasion in In Vitro Implantation Model

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Trophoblast stem cells (TSCs) differentiate in an orderly manner, which plays an important role in the process of embryo implantation, placentation, and early pregnancy maintenance. At the maternal-fetal interface, the dialogue is crucial between trophoblast cells and endometrial epithelial cells. Previous studies suggested that galectin-I (Gal-I) may play an important role in placental development. In this study, we used Ishikawa (IK) cells-TSC coculture model to simulate the maternal-fetal interface and induce the differentiation of TSCs by differentiation media. The messenger RNA level of each cell type markers, fusion markers, and Gal-I was detected by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction during the differentiation of TSCs. Wound healing and transwell invasion assays were used to detect the migration and invasion ability in each group. We found that coculture with IK cells or conditioned media from IK cells could promote the differentiation and invasion of TSCs and increase Gal-I expression in TSCs. Furthermore, recombinant Gal-I could also promote the differentiation and invasion of TSCs, suggesting that some of IK cells secretion increase the expression of Gal-I in TSCs during implantation, which then induced trophoblast differentiation and invasion in vitro. These findings provide significant insights into the biology of embryo-maternal interactions with the importance of Gal-I in TSCs for the successful establishment and maintenance of pregnancy.

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    Minyue Tang MD, Jiali You MD, Wei Wang MD, Yongchao Lu PhD, Xiaoling Hu PhD, Aixia Liu & Yimin Zhu PhD

  2. Division of Human Reproduction and Developmental Genetics, The Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Chunyan Wang

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Tang, M., You, J., Wang, W. et al. Impact of Galectin-I on Trophoblast Stem Cell Differentiation and Invasion in In Vitro Implantation Model. Reprod. Sci. 25, 700–711 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1177/1933719117725816

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