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- Title
Characteristic DNA methylation profiles of chorionic villi in recurrent miscarriage.
- Authors
Matsumoto, Yosuke; Shinjo, Keiko; Mase, Shoko; Fukuyo, Masaki; Aoki, Kosuke; Ozawa, Fumiko; Yoshihara, Hiroyuki; Goto, Shinobu; Kitaori, Tamao; Ozaki, Yasuhiko; Takahashi, Satoru; Kaneda, Atsushi; Sugiura-Ogasawara, Mayumi; Kondo, Yutaka
- Abstract
Dysregulation of transcriptional programs that are tightly regulated by DNA methylation during placental and fetal development at different gestational stages, may cause recurrent miscarriage. Here, we examined genome-wide DNA methylation in chorionic villi and decidual tissues from patients suffering RM and from healthy women who had undergone artificial abortion (n = 5 each). We found that 13,426 and 5816 CpG sites were differentially methylated in chorionic villi and decidua, respectively. DNA methylation profiles of chorionic villi, but not decidua, in RM patients was clearly distinct from AA controls. Among the differentially methylated genes, the enhancer region of SPATS2L was significantly more highly methylated in RM patients (n = 19) than AA controls (n = 19; mean methylation level, 52.0%-vs.-28.9%, P < 0.001), resulting in reduced expression of SPATS2L protein in the former. Functionally, depletion of SPATS2L in extravillous trophoblast cells decreased their invasion and migration abilities. Our data indicate that particularly the chorionic villi in RM patients exhibit distinct DNA methylation profiles compared with normal pregnancies and that this changed DNA methylation status may impede the progression of embryo development via the altered expression of genes such as SPATS2L in the villi.
- Subjects
CHORIONIC villi; DNA methylation; DECIDUA; RECURRENT miscarriage; TROPHOBLAST; FETAL development; PROTEIN expression; GENE expression
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2022, Vol 12, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41598-022-15656-y