Knockdown of Splicing Complex Protein PCBP2 Reduces Extravillous Trophoblast Differentiation Through Transcript Switching.

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
Danai GeorgiadouMarie van Dijk

Abstract

Mutations in the LINC-HELLP non-coding RNA (HELLPAR) have been associated with familial forms of the pregnancy-specific HELLP syndrome. These mutations negatively affect extravillous trophoblast (EVT) differentiation from a proliferative to an invasive state and disturb the binding of RNA splicing complex proteins PCBP1, PCBP2, and YBX1 to LINC-HELLP. In this study, by using both in vitro and ex vivo experiments, we investigate if these proteins are involved in the regulation of EVT invasion during placentation. Additionally, we study if this regulation is due to alternative mRNA splicing. HTR-8/SVneo extravillous trophoblasts and human first trimester placental explants were used to investigate the effect of siRNA-mediated downregulation of PCBP1, PCBP2, and YBX1 genes on the differentiation of EVTs. Transwell invasion assays and proliferation assays indicated that upon knockdown of PCBP2 and, to a lesser extent, YBX1 and PCBP1, EVTs fail to differentiate toward an invasive phenotype. The same pattern was observed in placental explants where PCBP2 knockdown led to approximately 80% reduction in the number of explants showing any EVT outgrowth. Of the ones that still did show EVT outgrowth, the percentage of proliferating EVTs ...Continue Reading

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