Journal
FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.689122
Keywords
early placenta; extracellular vesicles; congenital infection; human cytomegalovirus; placental histoculture
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- French Society of Neonatology
- French Biomedicine Agency
- Reseau Mere-Enfant de la Francophonie
- Groupe d'Etudes en Neonatologie Midi-Pyrenees
- Inserm
- CNRS
- Toulouse 3 University
- Ministry of Education and Research (MESR)
- French National Research Agency - CelTisPhyBio Labex [ANR-11-INSB-04, ANR-11-LB0038, ANR-10-IDEX-0001-02 PSL]
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play important roles during pregnancy, serving as both potential biomarkers and mediators in communication between the placenta and maternal/fetal sides. Infection can alter the expression levels of surface markers on EVs, while still maintaining their secretion and integrity.
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have increasingly been recognized as key players in a wide variety of physiological and pathological contexts, including during pregnancy. Notably, EVs appear both as possible biomarkers and as mediators involved in the communication of the placenta with the maternal and fetal sides. A better understanding of the physiological and pathological roles of EVs strongly depends on the development of adequate and reliable study models, specifically at the beginning of pregnancy where many adverse pregnancy outcomes have their origin. In this study, we describe the isolation of small EVs from a histoculture model of first trimester placental explants in normal conditions as well as upon infection by human cytomegalovirus. Using bead-based multiplex cytometry and electron microscopy combined with biochemical approaches, we characterized these small EVs and defined their associated markers and ultrastructure. We observed that infection led to changes in the expression level of several surface markers, without affecting the secretion and integrity of small EVs. Our findings lay the foundation for studying the functional role of EVs during early pregnancy, along with the identification of new predictive biomarkers for the severity and outcome of this congenital infection, which are still sorely lacking.
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