Placental abnormalities in mouse embryos lacking the orphan nuclear receptor ERR-β

Jiangming Luo, Robert Sladek, Jo-Ann Bader, Annie Matthyssen, Janet Rossant and Vincent Giguère ()
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Jiangming Luo: Molecular Oncology Group, Royal Victoria Hospital
Robert Sladek: Molecular Oncology Group, Royal Victoria Hospital
Jo-Ann Bader: Molecular Oncology Group, Royal Victoria Hospital
Annie Matthyssen: Molecular Oncology Group, Royal Victoria Hospital
Janet Rossant: University of Toronto
Vincent Giguère: Molecular Oncology Group, Royal Victoria Hospital

Nature, 1997, vol. 388, issue 6644, 778-782

Abstract: Abstract Classical endocrine studies have shown that steroid hormones are required for the maintenance of pregnancy and placental viability. The oestrogen-receptor-related receptor β (ERR-β) is an orphan member of the superfamily of nuclear hormone receptors1. Although ERR-β is homologous to the oestrogen receptor and binds the oestrogen response element2, it is not activated by oestrogens1. Expression of ERR-β during embryogenesis defines a subset of extra-embryonic ectoderm that subsequently forms the dome of the chorion, suggesting that ERR-β may be involved in early placental development. Homozygous mutant embryos generated by targeted disruption of the Estrrb gene have severely impaired placental formation, and die at 10.5 days post-coitum. The mutants display abnormal chorion development associated with an overabundance of trophoblast giant cells and a severe deficiency of diploid trophoblast. The phenotype can be rescued by aggregation of Estrrb mutant embryos with tetraploid wild-type cells, which contribute exclusively to extra-embryonic tissues. Our results indicate that ERR-β has an important role in early placentation, and suggest that an inductive signal originating from or modified by the chorion is required for normal trophoblast proliferation and differentiation.

Date: 1997
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