Implantation And Formation Of Placenta 2 Flashcards
Expands into to decidua
Outer pole faces the endometrial cavity
Inner pole forms the placenta
Blastocyst
Aka leafy chorion
Forms when chorionic villi proliferates upon contact with decidua basalis
Chorionic frondosum
As growth of embryonic and extra embryonic tissues continues
Blood supply to the chorion facing the endometrial cavity is restricted
Aka smooth chorion
Portion of chorion that becomes the avascular fetal membrane that touches the decidua parietalis
Chorion laeve
Chorion laeve composed of cytotrophoblast and fetal mesodermal mesenchyme that survives in
Low oxygen atmosphere
Chorion laeve
Separated from the amnion by exocoelomic cavity
Near the end of 3rd month
Important sites of molecular transfer and metabolic activity
Chorion laeve
Amnion
More translucent than the amnion
Chorion laeve
Paracrine arm of the fetal maternal communication system
Amniochorion
Accumulate in decidua and are found in direct contact with trophoblast during first half of pregnancy
Decidua natural killer cells
Decidua natural killer cells
Lacks of cytotoxic functions and are able to
Dampen inflammatory TH17 cells
Inhibits NK cells killing during pregnancy
Decidual macrophages
Decidua natural killer cells
It expresses both
IL8 and
Interferon inducible protein 10
Decidua natural killer cells
Produce proangigenic factors that promotes vascular growth in the decidua
VEGF
Placental growth factor (PIGF)
Secrete specific chemokines that attract the dNK cells to the maternal fetal interface
Trophoblasts
They form cell columns that extend from the endometrium to the inner third of the myometrial
Extra villus trophoblast
Requires invasion of endometrium and spinal arteries
Process occurs under low oxygen conditions
Hemochorial placental development
Secrete proteolytic enzymes that digest extracellular matrix and activate proteinase already present in the endometrium
Invasive trophoblast
Invasive trophoblast produce urokinase type plasminogen activator which converts plasminogen into
Plasmin
Degrades matrix proteins and activates matrix metalloproteases
Plasmin
Appears to be critical for human trophoblast invasion
MMP-9
Ability to invade maternal tissue in early pregnancy compared with limited Invasiveness in late pregnancy is controlled by?
Autocrine factors
Paracrine trophoblastic factors
Endometrial factors
Secrete insulin like growth factor 2 acts in an Autocrine manner
Trophoblast
Secrete insulin like growth factor binding protein type 4 that block Autocrine loops
Decidual cells
Degree of trophoblast invasion is controlled by
Matrix degradation regulation
Factors that cause trophoblast migration
Low estradiol levels in the first trimester are critical
For trophoblast invasion and
Remodeling of spinal arteries
Occurs in the first half of pregnancy
Important to utero placental blood flow
Invasion of spiral arteries
Invasion of spinal arteries
Integral to pathological conditions such as
Pre eclampsia
Fetal growth restriction
Preterm birth
Invasion of spinal arteries
Carried out by two populations of extravillous trophoblast
Interstitial trophoblasts
Endo vascular trophoblast
Aggregate around the spiral arteries
Vessel preparation for endo vascular trophoblast invasion
Interstitial trophoblast
Enter to the spiral arteries lumens
Initially from cellular plugs
Endo vascular trophoblast