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Recapitulation of Human Placental Insufficiency in a Novel Mouse Model :New Paradigm in Translational Research
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Habli, Mounira A., M.D.
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Year and Degree
2012, MS, University of Cincinnati, Medicine: Biostatistics (Environmental Health).
Abstract
Objective: To develop a mouse model of placental insufficiency (PI) that recapitulates important characteristics of the human PI. We tested the effects of selective reduction of placental blood flow by mesenteric uterine artery branch ligation (MUAL) reliably resulting in fetal growth restriction (FGR). Methods: At 18 days, timed mated C57BL/6J dams were divided into two groups: MUAL(n=18) ; and control-sham operated (n=18) with uterine horn fetal positions matched to each MUAL fetus. Pups were delivered on day 20, 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 caused significant decrease (11%) in mean birth weight (1.06 ± 0.13 g vs. 0.94 ± 0.13 g, p<0.001) but no difference in placental weight (0.08 ± 0.03 g vs. 0.07 ±0.03 g,p=0.6). At 4 weeks of age, mean body weights of MUAL pups were also 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 profiling demonstrates that MUAL pups significantly up-regulated the expression of 344 genes, many of which were associated with apoptosis and growth-regulation related pathways. CONCLUSION: This novel mouse animal model of FGR using selective mesenteric uterine artery ligation effectively recapitulates important characteristics of 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.
Committee
Susan Pinney, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Timothy Crombleholme, M.D. (Committee Member)
Pages
42 p.
Subject Headings
Surgery
Keywords
placental insufficiency
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Fetal growth restriction
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Insulin growth factor
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Habli, M.D., M. A. (2012).
Recapitulation of Human Placental Insufficiency in a Novel Mouse Model :New Paradigm in Translational Research
[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1338582019
APA Style (7th edition)
Habli, M.D., Mounira.
Recapitulation of Human Placental Insufficiency in a Novel Mouse Model :New Paradigm in Translational Research.
2012. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1338582019.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Habli, M.D., Mounira. "Recapitulation of Human Placental Insufficiency in a Novel Mouse Model :New Paradigm in Translational Research." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1338582019
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