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ArticleCell death & disease2013

CUL1 promotes trophoblast cell invasion at the maternal-fetal interface.

Q Zhang, Q Chen, X Lu, Z Zhou, H Zhang, H-Y Lin, E Duan, C Zhu, Y Tan, H Wang

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. The role of SCF ubiquitin-ligase complex at the beginning of life.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2019
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  11. SEMA3B but Not CUL1 as Marker for Pre-Eclampsia Progression.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2019
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  14. CUL4A enhances human trophoblast migration and is associated with pre-eclampsia.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2017
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  17. Expression of uPAR in human trophoblast and its role in trophoblast invasion.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Q ZhangState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Q Chen
X Lu
Z Zhou
H Zhang
H-Y Lin
E Duan
C Zhu
Y Tan
H Wang
Institute of Zoology · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNChongqing Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human trophoblast progenitor cells differentiate via two distinct pathways, to become the highly invasive extravillous cytotrophoblast (CTB) cells (EVT) or fuse to form syncytiotrophoblast. Inadequate trophoblast differentiation results in poor placenta perfusion, or even complications such as pre-eclampsia (PE). Cullin1 (CUL1), a scaffold protein in cullin-based ubiquitin ligases, plays an important role in early embryonic development. However, the role of CUL1 in trophoblast differentiation during placenta development has not been examined. Here we show that CUL1 was expressed in CTB cells and EVT in the first trimester human placentas by immunohistochemistry. CUL1 siRNA significantly inhibited outgrowth of extravillous explants in vitro, as well as invasion and migration of HTR8/SVneo cells of EVT origin. This inhibition was accompanied by decreased gelatinolytic activities of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 and increased expression of tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMP-1 and -2). Consistently, exogenous CUL1 promoted invasion and migration of HTR8/SVneo cells. Notably, CUL1 was gradually decreased during trophoblast syncytialization and CUL1 siRNA significantly enhanced forskolin-induced fusion of choriocarcinoma BeWo cells. CUL1 protein levels in human pre-eclamptic placental villi were significantly lower as compared to their matched control placentas. Taken together, our results suggest that CUL1 promotes human trophoblast cell invasion and dysregulation of CUL1 expression may be associated with PE.

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Cell FusionCell MovementCells, CulturedChorionic VilliColforsinCullin ProteinsFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryMatrix Metalloproteinase 9PlacentaPlacentationPre-EclampsiaPregnancyPregnancy Trimester, FirstRNA InterferenceColforsinCullin 1Cullin ProteinsMatrix Metalloproteinase 9RNA, Small InterferingTIMP1 protein, humanTIMP2 protein, humanTissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2

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PMID23429288
PMCPMC3734813
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