- Title
- Regulation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in BeWo and HTR-8/SVneo trophoblast cell lines
- Creator
- Wang, Y.; Pringle, K. G.; Chen, Y. X.; Zakar, T.; Lumbers, E. R.
- Relation
- NHMRC.510746
- Relation
- Placenta Vol. 33, Issue 8, p. 634-639
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2012.05.001
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2012
- Description
- Objectives: The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is implicated in placentation. We determined which RAS pathways are present in two trophoblast cell lines (HTR-8/SVneo and BeWo cells) and the effects of cAMP, which stimulates renal renin. Study design: The effect of cAMP on RAS gene expression and on prorenin and angiotensin peptides in HTR-8/SVneo and BeWo cells were investigated. Results: In HTR-8/SVneo cells, prorenin mRNA (REN) and protein, (pro)renin receptor (ATP6AP2) and angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AGTR1) were stimulated by cAMP (P < 0.05, P < 0.05, P < 0.001 and P < 0.05, respectively). HTR-8/SVneo cells also expressed angiotensinogen (AGT) and angiotensin converting enzyme 1 (ACE1), but did not express AGTR2 or ACE2 nor the Ang 1-7 receptor (MAS1). BeWo cells did not express REN, and REN was not inducible by cAMP, but cAMP increased ACE2 and MAS1 (both P < 0.05) and decreased AGT (P < 0.05). BeWo cells expressed AGT, ACE1, ACE2 and MAS1 but not ATP6AP2, AGTR1 nor AGTR2. There was net destruction of Ang II in media from HTR-8/SVneo and BeWo incubations and net production of Ang 1-7 by BeWo and untreated HTR-8/SVneo cells. Conclusion: HTR-8/SVneo cells express REN and produce prorenin as well as expressing other RAS genes likely to regulate Ang II/AT1R interactions and respond to cAMP, like renal renin-secreting cells. They are more similar to early gestation placentae and are therefore useful for studying effects of renin/ACE/Ang II/AT1R on cell function. BeWo cells express the ACE2/Ang 1-7/Mas pathway, which is sensitive to cAMP and therefore are useful for studying the effects of ACE2/Ang 1-7/Mas on trophoblast function.
- Subject
- HTR-8/SVneo; BeWo; renin-angiotensin system; trophoblast; placenta; cAMP
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1331848
- Identifier
- uon:26726
- Identifier
- ISSN:0143-4004
- Language
- eng
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