In mice, trophoblast stem (TS) cells are derived from the polar trophectoderm of blastocysts. TS cells cultured in the presence of fibroblast growth factor 4 (Fgf4) are in an undifferentiated state and express undifferentiated marker genes such as Cdx2. After removing Fgf4 from the culture medium, TS cells drastically reduce the expression of undifferentiated marker genes, stop cell proliferation, and differentiate into all trophoblast cell subtypes. To clarify the roles of the parental genomes in placentation, we previously established TS cells from androgenetic embryos (AGTS cells). AGTS cells are in the undifferentiated state when cultured with Fgf4 and express undifferentiated marker genes. After removing Fgf4, AGTS cells differentiate into trophoblast giant cells (TGCs), but not into spongiotrophoblast cells, and some of the AGTS cells continue to proliferate. In this study, we investigated the differentiation potency of AGTS cells by analyzing the expression of undifferentiated marker genes and all trophoblast cell subtype-specific genes. After removing Fgf4, some undifferentiated marker genes (Cdx2, Eomes and Elf5) continued to be expressed. Interestingly, TGCs differentiated from AGTS cells also expressed Cdx2, but not Prl3d1. Moreover, the expression of Gcm1 and Synb was induced after the differentiation, indicating that AGTS cells preferentially differentiated into labyrinth progenitor cells. Cdx2 knockdown resulted in increased Prl3d1 expression, suggesting that Fgf4-independent Cdx2 expression inhibited the functional TGCs. Moreover, Fgf4-independent Cdx2 expression was activated by Gab1, one of the paternally expressed imprinted genes via the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK)-extracellular signal regulated protein kinase (ERK) pathway. These results suggested that the paternal genome activates the MEK-ERK pathway without the Fgf4 signal, accelerates the differentiation into labyrinth progenitor cells and controls the function of TGCs.
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