Journal
PLACENTA
Volume 34, Issue 12, Pages 1150-1158Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2013.09.011
Keywords
Placental insufficiency; Fetal growth restriction; Mice animal model; IGF
Funding
- NCATS NIH HHS [UL1 TR000077] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [P30 DK090971] Funding Source: Medline
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Objective: We tested the effects of selective reduction of placental blood flow by mesenteric uterine artery branch ligation (MUAL) resulting in fetal growth restriction (FGR). Methods: Timed mated C57BL/6J Day(D) 18 dams were divided into two groups: MUAL (n = 18); and control-sham (n = 18). Pups were delivered on D20, cross-fostered to surrogate CD-1 mothers for 4 weeks, and followed for 8 weeks. Outcome data included birth and placental weight, postnatal growth, placental volume determined by stereology, quantification of placental insulin-like growth factors-1(IGF-1) and IGF-2 and IGF binding proteins(IGFBP 2 and 6) by ELISA and gene expression by qPCR and GeneChip microarray analysis. Results: Compared with control, MUAL had an 11% reduction in mean birth weight (1.06 +/- 0.13 g vs. 0.94 +/- 0.13 g, p < 0.001) but no difference in placental weight. At 4 weeks of age, mean body weights of MUAL pups were significantly lower than sham. By 8 weeks, males but not females MUAL mice achieved equivalent mean body weight to control. Placental labyrinth depth, volume, and placental gene expression of IGF-1 and 2 were significantly reduced by MUAL. In contrast, placental protein level of IGFBP-2 and 6 were significantly elevated in the MUAL. Genomic expression analysis demonstrated that MUAL pups significantly up-regulated genes that were associated with apoptosis and growth pathways. Conclusion: This novel mouse animal model of FGR using selective ligation recapitulates multiple characteristics of placental vascular insufficiency (PI) in humans. This is the first non-genetic mouse model of PI which offers its application in transgenic mice to better study the underlying mechanisms in PI. Condensation: A new mouse model of placental vascular insufficiency by selective ligation of mesenteric uterine artery branch recapitulates multiple findings observed in human placental vascular insufficiency. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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