title: Demonstration of inducible TFPI-2 mRNA synthesis in BeWo and JEG-3 trophoblast cells using a competitive RT-PCR.
abstract: Tissue factor pathway inhibitor-2 (TFPI-2) displays structural similarities with TFPI-1, the major inhibitor of tissue factor (TF)/, factor VIIa. It is synthesized mostly by syncytiotrophoblast in the placenta, but its physiological functions are not fully understood. We studied the synthesis of TFPI-2 mRNA and that of TFPI-1 and TF in three human trophoblast cell lines, JAR, BeWo, and JEG-3. We first developed specific competitive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assays for each gene studied using human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). The three trophoblast cell lines strongly synthesized TF mRNA whereas the synthesis of TFPI-1 mRNA was very low. TFPI-2 mRNA was not detected in unstimulated or stimulated JAR cells. In contrast, JEG-3 and, to a lesser extent, BeWo produced significant amounts of TFPI-2 mRNA, which were significantly increased after stimulation with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). However, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) had no effect on this synthesis. JEG-3 and BeWo are thus two cell lines that could be used to study TFPI-2 gene regulation and to investigate the role of TF, TFPI-1, and TFPI-2 during trophoblast differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Hématologie-Hémostase, EA 3249 Cellules Hématopoïétiques, Hémostase et Greffe, Faculté de Médecine, 2 bis Boulevard Tonnellé, 37032 Cedex Tours, France. iochmann@med.univ-tours.fr
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iochmann
authors.forename: Pascale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reverdiau-Moalic
authors.forename: Florent
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hubé
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bardos
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gruel
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D005260:Female; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014327:Trophoblasts / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C021240:tissue-factor-pathway inhibitor 2