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Identification of Trophectoderm-Derived Cripto as an Essential Mediator of Embryo Implantation.

Abstract：

:Cripto-1 (TDGF1) is a multifunctional signaling factor that stimulates cellular effects, including proliferation, migration, survival, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, and angiogenesis, to regulate embryogenesis, tissue homeostasis, and tumorigenesis. Those cell behaviors are also associated with implantation of the embryo into the uterine wall, and this led us to investigate the role of embryo-derived Cripto in embryo attachment and implantation. In this study, we show that Cripto and its signaling mediator GRP78 are uniquely localized to embryo implantation sites. We knocked down Cripto expression specifically in trophoblast cells and found that this resulted in a corresponding decrease in the levels of its downstream signaling mediators, phosphorylated (phospho-)SMAD2, phospho-SRC, phospho-extracellular signal-regulated kinase, and phospho-AKT, which are also known mediators of embryo implantation. We then transplanted Cripto knockdown and control embryos into uteri of pseudopregnant female mice and found that embryos with Cripto-depleted trophoblast cells had dramatically impaired capacity to attach to the uterine wall when compared with controls. This loss of appropriate embryo attachment following Cripto knockdown in trophoblast cells was associated with abnormally enlarged implantation sites that were almost completely devoid of microvessels. A role for Cripto in embryo implantation was further supported by our demonstration that attachment of trophoblast-derived spheroids to endometrial cells in vitro was stimulated by Cripto treatment and diminished by treatment with either of two mechanistically distinct Cripto blocking agents. Collectively, our findings identify Cripto as a novel and critical embryo attachment factor and suggest that modulation of Cripto signaling may have significant therapeutic potential for the treatment of infertility and other related disorders.

journal_name

Endocrinology

journal_title

Endocrinology

authors

Gershon E,Hadas R,Elbaz M,Booker E,Muchnik M,Kleinjan-Elazary A,Karasenti S,Genin O,Cinnamon Y,Gray PC

doi

10.1210/en.2017-03039

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-04-01 00:00:00

pages

1793-1807

issue

eissn

0013-7227

issn

1945-7170

pii

4912392

journal_volume

159

pub_type

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Identification of Trophectoderm-Derived Cripto as an Essential Mediator of Embryo Implantation.