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Amyloid Precursor Protein Overexpression in Down Syndrome Trophoblast Reduces Cell Invasiveness and Interferes with Syncytialization.

The placentas of Down syndrome (DS) pregnancies exhibit morphologic and functional abnormalities. Although the increase in dosage of certain genes on chromosome 21 has been associated with the DS phenotype, the effects on placenta have seldom been studied. Herein, we examine the expression of four dosage-sensitive genes (APP, ETS2, SOD1, and HMGN1) in normal and DS placentas. We demonstrated significant overexpression of amyloid precursor protein (APP) in DS placentas at RNA and protein levels by real-time quantitative PCR, Western blot analysis, and immunohistochemistry. Inducible APP overexpression trophoblast cell line models were established using a Tet-On system. APP induction in HTR-8/SVneo dose-dependently decelerated cell growth, enhanced apoptosis, and reduced cell migration and invasion when compared with the uninduced controls. Concomitantly, decreased β-human chorionic gonadotropin in the culture medium was also detected on induction. Moreover, although forskolin treatment induced α/β-human chorionic gonadotropin and syncytin expression in BeWo cells, such induction of syncytialization was inhibited by APP overexpression. E-cadherin immunofluorescence also demonstrated a decrease in syncytia formation in forskolin-treated BeWo-overexpressing APP. By liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, proteins related to cell-cell adhesion, protein translation, processing, and folding were found to be up-regulated in APP-induced HTR-8/SVneo clones. Our data demonstrated, for the first time, the effects of increased APP expression in DS placenta.

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