Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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SHR Neuro Krebs Kardio Lipid Stoffw Microb
Lyssy, F; Forstner, D; Brugger, BA; Ujčič, K; Guettler, J; Kupper, N; Wernitznig, S; Daxboeck, C; Neuper, L; El-Heliebi, A; Kloimboeck, T; Kargl, J; Huppertz, B; Ghaffari-Tabrizi-Wizsy, N; Gauster, M.
The chicken chorioallantoic membrane assay revisited - A face-lifted approach for new perspectives in placenta research.
Placenta. 2024;
Doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2024.04.013
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- Führende Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Gauster Martin
- Lyssy Freya
- Co-Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Brugger Beatrice Anna
- Daxboeck Christine
- El-Heliebi Amin
- Forstner Desiree
- Ghaffari Tabrizi-Wizsy Nassim
- Güttler Jacqueline
- Huppertz Berthold
- Kargl Julia
- Kloimböck Teresa
- Kupper Nadja Julia
- Neuper Lena
- Ujcic Kaja
- Wernitznig Stefan
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- Abstract:
- The study of very early human placentation is largely limited due to ethical restrictions on the use of embryonic tissue and the fact that the placental anatomy of common laboratory animal models varies considerably from that of humans. In recent years several promising models, including trophoblast stem cell-derived organoids, have been developed that have also proven useful for the study of important trophoblast differentiation processes. However, the consideration of maternal blood flow in trophoblast invasion models currently appears to be limited to animal models. An almost forgotten model to study the invasive behavior of trophoblasts is to culture them in vitro on the chicken chorioallantoic membrane (CAM), showing an extraembryonic vascular network in its mesenchymal stroma that is continuously perfused by the chicken embryonic blood circulation. Here, we present an extension of the previously described ex ovo CAM assay and describe the use of cavity-bearing trophoblast spheroids obtained from the first trimester cell line ACH-3P. We demonstrate how spheroids penetrated the CAM and that erosion of CAM vessels by trophoblasts led to filling of the spheroid cavities with chicken blood, mimicking initial steps of intervillous space blood perfusion. Moreover, we prove that this model is useful for state-of-the-art techniques including immunofluorescence and in situ padlock probe hybridization, making it a versatile tool to study aspects of trophoblast invasion in presence of blood flow.