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19 November 2019 Bisphenol compounds regulate decidualized stromal cells in modulating trophoblastic spheroid outgrowth and invasion in vitro
Hongjie Fan, Luhan Jiang, Yin-Lau Lee, Chris KC Wong, Ernest HY Ng, William SB Yeung, Kai-Fai Lee
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Abstract

Bisphenol A (BPA) is commonly found in epoxy resins used in the manufacture of plastic coatings in food packaging and beverage cans. There is a growing concern about BPA as a weak estrogenic compound that can affect human endocrine function. Chemicals structurally similar to BPA, such as bisphenol F (BPF) and bisphenol S (BPS), have been developed as substitutes in the manufacturing industry. Whether these bisphenol substitutes have adverse effects on human endocrine and reproductive systems remains largely unknown. This study investigated the effects of BPA, BPF, and BPS on regulating the function of decidualized human primary endometrial stromal cells on trophoblast outgrowth and invasion by indirect and direct co-culture models. All three bisphenols did not affect the stromal cell decidualization process. However, BPA- and BPF-treated decidualized stromal cells stimulated trophoblastic spheroid invasion in the indirect coculture model. The BPA-treated decidualized stromal cells had upregulated expressions of several invasion-related molecules including leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), whereas both BPA- and BPF-treated decidualized stromal cells had downregulated expressions of anti-invasion molecules including plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) and tumor necrosis factor (TNFα) . Taken together, BPA and BPF altered the expression of invasive and anti-invasive molecules in decidualized stromal cells modulating its function on trophoblast outgrowth and invasion, which could affect the implantation process and subsequent pregnancy outcome.

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Hongjie Fan, Luhan Jiang, Yin-Lau Lee, Chris KC Wong, Ernest HY Ng, William SB Yeung, and Kai-Fai Lee "Bisphenol compounds regulate decidualized stromal cells in modulating trophoblastic spheroid outgrowth and invasion in vitro," Biology of Reproduction 102(3), 693-704, (19 November 2019). https://doi.org/10.1093/biolre/ioz212
Received: 28 March 2018; Accepted: 12 November 2019; Published: 19 November 2019
KEYWORDS
attachment
bisphenols
decidualization
invasion
outgrowth
spheroid
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