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ArticleNature communications2026

Placental TRPV2 supports trophoblast function and normal fetal development.

Katrien De Clercq, Vicente Pérez-García, Amitesh Panda, Seppe Gevaert, Jill Witvrouwen, Pilar Van Mechelen, Jorge Lopez-Tello, Katarzyna Maksym, Anna L David, Evy Van Den Broeck and 10 more

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Katrien De ClercqImplantation, Placentation, Pregnancy & endometriosis (POPPYe) Research Group, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Katrien.declercq@kuleuven.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7439-7587
Vicente Pérez-GarcíaCentro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain.
Amitesh PandaDepartment of Development and Regeneration, Leuven Stem Cell Institute, Leuven Institute for Single Cell Omics (LISCO), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Seppe GevaertImplantation, Placentation, Pregnancy & endometriosis (POPPYe) Research Group, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-1267-4446
Jill WitvrouwenImplantation, Placentation, Pregnancy & endometriosis (POPPYe) Research Group, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-2644-9826
Pilar Van MechelenImplantation, Placentation, Pregnancy & endometriosis (POPPYe) Research Group, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-7212-4969
Jorge Lopez-TelloInstitute for Biomedical Research Sols-Morreale (IIBM), Spanish National Research Council Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7886-0233
Katarzyna MaksymDepartment of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, UK.
Anna L DavidDepartment of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0199-6140
Evy Van Den BroeckLaboratory of Ion Channel Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven; VIB Centre for Brain & Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium.
Katrien LuytenImplantation, Placentation, Pregnancy & endometriosis (POPPYe) Research Group, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Andrei SegalLaboratory of Ion Channel Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven; VIB Centre for Brain & Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0981-9587
Suresh PoovathingalSingle Cell & Spatial Technology Unit, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3236-2255
Marta WojnoSingle Cell & Spatial Technology Unit, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2711-1264
Yuki KatanosakaDepartment of Cardiovascular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0250-4312
Rudi VennekensLaboratory of Ion Channel Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven; VIB Centre for Brain & Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium.
Vincent PasqueDepartment of Development and Regeneration, Leuven Stem Cell Institute, Leuven Institute for Single Cell Omics (LISCO), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5129-0146
Amanda N Sferruzzi-PerriLoke Centre for Trophoblast Research, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4931-4233
Thomas VoetsLaboratory of Ion Channel Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven; VIB Centre for Brain & Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5526-5821
Joris VriensImplantation, Placentation, Pregnancy & endometriosis (POPPYe) Research Group, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2502-0409

Funding

Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Research Foundation Flanders) 12R4622N
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While placental functioning arbitrates fetal outcome, the molecular players that underpin normal placental development remain poorly understood. Here, we provide evidence that the Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 2 (TRPV2) channel plays an important role in normal placental development, determining fetal size and survival. Its absence severely affects placental morphology, causing fetal growth restriction and embryonic lethality, which was found to be allocated to a non-redundant role in the trophoblast, but not in the embryo. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated Trpv2 deletion in mouse trophoblast stem cells demonstrated that Trpv2 contributes to the differentiation towards Syncytiotrophoblast layer II (SynTII) cells, which was confirmed by the growth restriction phenotype in SynTII-specific Trpv2 knockout animals. Finally, TRPV2 was functionally expressed in human trophoblast cells and enriched in trophoblast populations undergoing syncytial differentiation. Together, our findings identify an important role for TRPV2 during placental development and consequently fetal outcomes.

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Calcium ChannelsFetal DevelopmentPlacentaTrophoblastsTRPV Cation ChannelsAnimalsCell DifferentiationFemaleFetal Growth RetardationHumansMiceMice, KnockoutPlacentationPregnancyCalcium ChannelsTRPV2 protein, humanTrpv2 protein, mouseTRPV Cation Channels

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PMID42860416
PMCPMC13654927

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