滋养层
细胞凋亡
螺旋动脉
绒毛间隙
剪应力
细胞生物学
男科
脐静脉
化学
生物
内科学
内分泌学
作者
Joanna L. James,Guy Whitley,Judith E. Cartwright
出处
期刊:Cardiovascular Research
[Oxford University Press]
日期:2011-04-01
卷期号:90 (1): 130-139
被引量:27
摘要
Aims In the first trimester of pregnancy, placental trophoblasts migrate along uterine spiral arteries (SA) and replace endothelial cells (EC) lining these vessels by mechanisms involving EC apoptosis. Inadequate SA remodelling has been associated with pre-eclampsia and intra-uterine growth restriction. Until 10–12 weeks of gestation, trophoblasts plug SA, preventing maternal blood flow into the intervillous space and resulting in high resistance, low shear flow in these vessels. We aimed to determine the effect of shear stress on trophoblast-induced EC apoptosis.
Methods and results Trophoblasts and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were cultured for 13–31 h under shear stresses from 0.02 to 7 dyne/cm2. Apoptosis was quantified by time-lapse microscopy. Treatment with tumour necrosis factor α/actinomycin D increased apoptotic death in all cell types ( P 2 cells away or HUVEC only controls ( P < 0.05), and this was mediated by Fas/Fas-ligand mechanisms. The amount of induced apoptosis decreased from 0.5 to 3 dyne/cm2 cultures ( P < 0.05), and trophoblasts failed to significantly induce HUVEC apoptosis in 5 or 7 dyne/cm2 cultures.
Conclusion The survival advantage of trophoblasts over EC at low shear stress, and the inhibition of trophoblast-induced EC apoptosis with increasing shear stress, suggests that low shear stresses in plugged first-trimester SA may aid trophoblast-induced EC apoptosis involved in SA remodelling.
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