Human ADAM19 is a recently identified member of the ADAM family.It is highly expressed in human placentas,but its dynamic change and function at the human feto-maternal interface during placentation remain to be elucidated.In this present study,the spatial and temporal expression and cellular localization of ADAM19 in normal human placentas were first demonstrated,and the effects of ADAM19 on trophoblast cell adhesion and invasion were further investigated by using a human choriocarcinoma cell line(JEG-3) as an in vitro model.The data demonstrated that ADAM19 was widely distributed in villous cytotrophoblast cells,syncytiotrophoblast cells,column trophoblasts,and villous capillary endothelial cells during early pregnancy.The mRNA and protein level of ADAM19 in placentas was high at gestational weeks 8-9,but diminished significantly at mid-and term pregnancy.In JEG-3 cells,the overexpression of ADAM19 led to diminished cell invasion,as well as increases in cell adhesiveness and the expression of E-cadherin,with no changes in β-catenin expression observed.These data indicate that ADAM19 may participate in the coordinated regulation of human trophoblast cell behaviors during the process of placentation.
去整合素基质金属蛋白酶19(a disintegrin and metalloproteinase 19,ADAM19)是新近发现的ADAMs(a disintegrin and metalloproteinase)家族新成员,在人胎盘组织中有较高水平的表达,但其在胎盘发生过程中母胎界面的时空表达及功能还鲜有报道.本研究首次就ADAM19在正常胎盘中的时空表达进行了研究,并以人绒毛膜癌细胞系JEG-3细胞为体外研究模型分析了ADAM19对滋养层细胞侵润和黏附的影响及其机理.研究结果显示,从空间上看,ADAM19在多种滋养层细胞中有广泛的分布,包括细胞滋养层细胞(vctb)、合体滋养层细胞(stb)和滋养层细胞柱(ct),绒毛内毛细血管的内皮细胞等.RT-PCR和Western印迹分析显示在孕早期8,9周龄绒毛中ADAM19的表达量较高,但在26周和足月胎盘中其mRNA和蛋白水平均明显下调.在JEG-3细胞中瞬时转染ADAM19可以降低其侵润能力同时增强细胞间的黏附.研究结果提示,ADAM19可能是胎盘发生过程中非常重要的滋养层细胞功能的调节分子.
