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Syncytin-A, a new mouse endogenous retroviral envelope protein expressed in placenta, can mediate cell fusion in vitro. But its physiological function was still unknown. We proposed a role for syncytin-A in syncytiotrophoblast (SynT) formation derived from the differentiation of trophoblast stem (TS) cells during placental development. To evaluate this hypothesis, we analyzed the involvement of syncytin-A in the differentiation of mouse TS cells. After withdrawing fibroblast growth factor 4 (FGF4), TS cells can fuse to form SynT cells. We found syncytin-A mRNA and protein expression are colinear with fusion index increase during TS cell differentiation. Expression of syncytin-A is localized in SynT cells through in situ immunofluorescent staining. By using specific antibody and antisense oligonucleotides, we demonstrated that inhibition of syncytin-A lead to obvious decrease of SynT cell formation. These results present evidence in support of the direct role for syncytin-A in mouse TS cell fusion and differentiation involved in placental development.

Syncytin-A Mediates the Formation of Syncytiotrophoblast Involved in Mouse Placental Development