%0 Journal Article
%T HIF2¦Á in the uterine stroma permits embryo invasion and luminal epithelium detachment
%A Hidetoshi Fujita
%A Hirofumi Haraguchi
%A Leona Matsumoto
%A Mayuko Saito-Kanatani
%A Mitsunori Matsuo
%A Norihiko Takeda
%A Ryoko Shimizu-Hirota
%A Shota Igaue
%A Shun Akaeda
%A Takehiro Hiraoka
%A Tomoki Tanaka
%A Tomoko Saito-Fujita
%A Tomoyuki Fujii
%A Yasushi Hirota
%A Yutaka Osuga
%J The Journal of Clinical Investigation
%D 2018
%R 10.1172/JCI98931
%X Although it has been reported that hypoxia inducible factor 2 ¦Á (Hif2a), a major transcriptional factor inducible by low oxygen tension, is expressed in the mouse uterus during embryo implantation, its role in pregnancy outcomes remains unclear. This study aimed to clarify functions of uterine HIF using transgenic mouse models. Mice with deletion of Hif2a in the whole uterus (Hif2a-uKO mice) showed infertility due to implantation failure. Supplementation with progesterone (P4) and leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) restored decidual growth arrest and aberrant position of implantation sites in Hif2a-uKO mice, respectively, but did not rescue pregnancy failure. Histological analyses in Hif2a-uKO mice revealed persistence of the intact luminal epithelium, which blocked direct contact between stroma and embryo, inactivation of PI3K-AKT pathway (embryonic survival signal), and failed embryo invasion. Mice with stromal deletion of Hif2a (Hif2a-sKO mice) showed infertility with impaired embryo invasion and those with epithelial deletion of Hif2a (Hif2a-eKO mice) showed normal fertility, suggesting the importance of stromal HIF2¦Á in embryo invasion. This was reflected in reduced expression of membrane type 2 metalloproteinase (MT2-MMP), lysyl oxidase (LOX), VEGF, and adrenomedullin (ADM) in Hif2a-uKO stroma at the attachment site, suggesting that stromal HIF2¦Á regulates these mediators to support blastocyst invasion. These findings provide new insight that stromal HIF2¦Á allows trophoblast invasion through detachment of the luminal epithelium and activation of an embryonic survival signal
%U https://www.jci.org/articles/view/98931