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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 55, 748-755, Copyright © 1996 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Transforming growth factor beta in bovine placentas

L Munson, A Wilhite, VF Boltz and JE Wilkinson
Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37901, USA.

Transforming growth factor beta s (TGF beta) are a family of multifunctional growth factors that are important embryonic morphogens. Because TGF beta s may regulate the development of epitheliochorial placentas, we investigated the location, expression, secretion, and effects of TGF beta s in bovine placentomes and cell cultures derived from chorionic and endometrial epithelia. Placentomes from early second- trimester pregnancies were examined by immunohistochemistry for TGF beta 1, TGF beta 2, and TGF beta 3, and for TGF beta expression in Northern slot-blots. Effects of TGF beta s were assessed in trophoblastic and endometrial epithelial cell lines by DNA synthesis assays. Secretion of TGF beta s by trophoblastic and endometrial epithelial cells was determined using bioassays. All forms of TGF beta were immunolocalized in bovine placentomes. TGF beta mRNA was expressed in chorioallantois, caruncles, and in cultured trophoblastic and endometrial epithelial cells. Endometrial and trophoblastic cells secreted active and latent TGF beta s, and these cells had a transient proliferative response to all forms of TGF beta. These results indicate that TGF beta s are present at the fetal-maternal interface of the bovine placentome and may promote endometrial and chorionic growth.


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