Implication of MEK1 and MEK2 in the establishment of the blood-placenta barrier during placentogenesis in mouse

Reproductive Biomedicine Online
Jean CharronValérie Nadeau

Abstract

The ERK/MAPK signalling cascade is involved in many cellular functions. In mice, the targeted ablation of genes coding for members of this pathway is often associated with embryonic death due to the abnormal development of the placenta. The placenta is essential for nutritional and gaseous exchanges between maternal and embryonic circulations, as well as for the elimination of metabolic waste. These exchanges occur without direct contact between the two circulations. In mice, the blood-placenta barrier consists of a triple layer of trophoblast cells adjacent to endothelial cells from the embryo. In the ERK/MAPK cascade, MEK1 and MEK2 are dual-specificity kinases responsible for the activation of the ERK1 and ERK2 kinases. Inactivation of Mek1 causes placental malformations resulting from defective proliferation and differentiation of the labyrinthine trophoblast cells and leading to a severe delay in the development and the vascularization of the placenta, which explains the embryonic death. Although Mek2(-/-) mutants survive without any apparent phenotype, a large proportion of Mek1(+/-)Mek2(+/-) double heterozygous mutants die during gestation from placenta anomalies affecting the establishment of the blood-placenta barrier. ...Continue Reading

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