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LPA3-mediated lysophosphatidic acid signalling in embryo implantation and spacing

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Every successful pregnancy requires proper embryo implantation. Low implantation rate is a major problem during infertility treatments using assisted reproductive technologies1. Here we report a newly discovered molecular influence on implantation through the lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) receptor LPA3 (refs 2–4). Targeted deletion of LPA3 in mice resulted in significantly reduced litter size, which could be attributed to delayed implantation and altered embryo spacing. These two events led to delayed embryonic development, hypertrophic placentas shared by multiple embryos and embryonic death. An enzyme demonstrated to influence implantation, cyclooxygenase 2 (COX2) (ref. 5), was downregulated in LPA3-deficient uteri during pre-implantation. Downregulation of COX2 led to reduced levels of prostaglandins E2 and I2 (PGE2 and PGI2), which are critical for implantation1. Exogenous administration of PGE2 or carbaprostacyclin (a stable analogue of PGI2) into LPA3-deficient female mice rescued delayed implantation but did not rescue defects in embryo spacing. These data identify LPA3 receptor-mediated signalling as having an influence on implantation, and further indicate linkage between LPA signalling and prostaglandin biosynthesis.

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Figure 1: LPA3 mRNA expression in wild-type uterus and effects of LPA3 deficiency on implantation.
Figure 2: Multiple embryos at individual implantation sites and placental hypertrophy in uteri of LPA3-deficient mice.
Figure 3: Delayed post-implantational development of embryos and increased embryonic death in uteri of LPA3-deficient mice.
Figure 4: Reduced COX2 mRNA and prostaglandin levels in uteri of LPA3-deficient mice, and exogenous prostaglandin rescue of delayed implantation.

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Acknowledgements

We thank F. Liu, S. Kupriyanov, R. Rivera, D. Herr, E. Nilsson, M. Murakami, Y. Kita, B. C. Paria, C. Akita, S. Carlson and Q. Chen for technical assistance and suggestions. This work was supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health to J.C. and J.J.A.C., the National Institute of Health to M.K.S, Swiss National Science Foundation to B.A., and Program for Promotion of Fundamental Studies in Health Sciences of the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) and grants-in-aid from the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports for the 21st Century Center of Excellence Program, Japan, to H.S., J.A and H.A.

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  1. Department of Molecular Biology, Helen L. Dorris Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatric Disorder Institute, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California, 92037, USA

    Xiaoqin Ye, Brigitte Anliker, Grace Kennedy & Jerold Chun

  2. Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku,Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan

    Kotaro Hama, Asuka Inoue, Hiroyuki Arai & Junken Aoki

  3. Department of Developmental Medical Technology (Sankyo), Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku,Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan

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  4. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, Washington, 98109-1024, USA

    James J. A. Contos

  5. Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Molecular Bioscience, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 99164-4231, USA

    Michael K. Skinner

  6. National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 080-8555, Obihiro, Japan

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Supplementary Table S1

Inheritance of mutated LPA3 allele. (DOC 24 kb)

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Mating study. (DOC 21 kb)

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Targeted disruption of LPA3. (JPG 155 kb)

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Verification of loss of LPA3 function after targeted deletion of LPA3. (JPG 713 kb)

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Expression of LPA3 mRNA in WT uterus. (JPG 131 kb)

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Identification/characterization of defects in LPA3-deficient female reproduction. (JPG 110 kb)

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Comparison of placentas from E18.5 control and LPA3-deficient females. (JPG 100 kb)

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Confirmation of maternal defects for implantation phenotypes. (JPG 651 kb)

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Expression of LIF, Hoxa-10, and cPLA2α in E3.5 uteri. (JPG 96 kb)

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Additional information about potential dominant negative effect and genetic background. (JPG 657 kb)

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Ye, X., Hama, K., Contos, J. et al. LPA3-mediated lysophosphatidic acid signalling in embryo implantation and spacing. Nature 435, 104–108 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature03505

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