title: Functional role of cell surface integrins on human trophoblast cell migration: regulation by TGF-beta, IGF-II, and IGFBP-1.
abstract: Trophoblast invasion of the human uterus is stringently controlled by the microenvironment. Invasive extravillous trophoblast cells in situ as well as in culture express a selective repertoire of cell surface integrins. Since migration is a necessary step in the invasion cascade, we tested whether certain integrins or invasion-regulating molecules, i.e., TGF-beta, IGF-II, and IGFBP-1 produced at the fetomaternal interface had a functional role on trophoblast migration. Flow cytometric analysis of integrin expression and the use of an in vitro cell migration assay revealed that exogenous TGF-beta upregulates integrin expression and reduces migratory ability to the invasive trophoblast, whereas IGF-II has no effect on integrin expression but stimulates migration. Trophoblast migration was inhibited in the presence of alpha 5 and beta 1 integrin blocking antibodies, indicating its dependence on the expression of these subunits. Furthermore, IGFBP-1, which contains an RGD sequence recognizing certain integrins, stimulated migration, an effect that was blocked by pretreatment with anti-alpha 5 or -beta 1 blocking Abs. These studies demonstrate that the migration of first trimester invasive trophoblast in vitro (1) requires the expression of alpha 5 and beta 1 integrin subunits, (2) is inhibited by TGF-beta, possibly due to increased cell adhesiveness to the extracellular matrix, (3) is stimulated by IGF-II by an as yet undetermined mechanism, and (4) is stimulated by IGFBP-1, likely by interaction with the RGD binding site of the alpha 5 beta 1 integrin. The invasion-regulating effects of TGF-beta, IGF-II, and IGFBP-1 may thus, at least in part, be due to their migration-regulating effects on the invasive trophoblast.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Irving
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Lala
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D002465:Cell Movement; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018970:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / Q000502:physiology*; D016023:Integrins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000502:physiology*; D014327:Trophoblasts / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018970:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1; D016023:Integrins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II