ArticleReproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E2018
Modulatory effects of trophoblast-secreted CXCL12 on the migration and invasion of human first-trimester decidual epithelial cells are mediated by CXCR4 rather than CXCR7.
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- Chemokines in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Pooled it
- Identification of CXCL12 as a key gene of trophoblast and endometrial stromal cell decidualization in pregnancy via scRNA-seq and experimental validation.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2026Article
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- Involvement of chemokine CXCL12 and its receptor CXCR4 in uterine receptivity and potential relationship to fertility in cattle: a mini review.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- Myometrial-derived CXCL12 promotes lipopolysaccharide induced preterm labour by regulating macrophage migration, polarization and function in mice.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2022Article
- Regulation and Function of Chemokines at the Maternal-Fetal Interface.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022Review
- Three categories of similarities between the placenta and cancer that can aid cancer treatment: Cells, the microenvironment, and metabolites.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Review
- Placental trophoblast cell-derived exosomal microRNA-1290 promotes the interaction between endometrium and embryo by targeting LHX6.Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2021Article
- CXCL12 enhances pregnancy outcome via improvement of endometrial receptivity in mice.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- CLDN3 expression and function in pregnancy-induced hypertension.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2020Article
- Effects of CXCR7-neutralizing antibody on neurogenesis in the hippocampal dentate gyrus and cognitive function in the chronic phase of cerebral ischemia.Neural regeneration research · 2020Article
- The extracellular matrix in development.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2020Review
- Nicotine Suppresses the Invasiveness of Human Trophoblasts by Downregulation of CXCL12 Expression through the Alpha-7 Subunit of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2020Article
- Chemokines as the modulators of endometrial epithelial cells remodelling.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundMaternal-fetal crosstalk during embryo implantation is complex and regulated by local signaling molecules. Chemokines and their receptors are critical signaling components required for implantation and the process of pregnancy. This study aimed to explore whether human first-trimester trophoblast cells (TCs) were capable of modulating the migration and invasion of human first-trimester decidual epithelial cells (DECs) via CXCL12/CXCR4/CXCR7 signaling.
methodThe expression of CXCR4 and CXCR7 in DECs was examined by immunohistochemistry, immunocytochemistry, immunofluorescence, flow cytometry, real-time polymerase chain reactions and western blotting. The effects of recombinant human CXCL12 (rhCXCL12) and TC-conditioned medium (TC-CM) on DEC viability in vitro were explored using a viability assay. The modulatory effects of rhCXCL12 and TC/DEC co-cultures on DEC migration and invasion were examined with migration/invasion assays.
resultCXCR4 and CXCR7 were co-expressed in human first-trimester DECs. Human rhCXCL12 and TC-CM had no effects on DEC viability in vitro (P > 0.05). Both exogenous CXCL12 and co-culture with TCs significantly increased the migration and invasion of DECs (P < 0.05). Neutralizing antibodies against CXCR4 (P < 0.05) or CXCL12 (P < 0.05), but not CXCR7 (P > 0.05), significantly blocked the enhanced migration and invasion of DECs induced by exogenous CXCL12 or TC co-culture.
conclusionsCXCR4 and CXCR7 were co-expressed in human first-trimester DECs. TC-derived CXCL12 promoted the migration and invasion of DECs via CXCR4, but not CXCR7, in a paracrine manner during early pregnancy.
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