Article
Chronic replication stress-mediated genomic instability disrupts placenta development in mice.
PLoS genetics - 1 Apr 2026
Munisha Mumingjiang, Huang Rui, Khan Jordan, Schimenti John C
Abstract excerpt
Abnormal placentation drives many pregnancy-related pathologies and poor fetal outcomes, but the underlying molecular causes are understudied. Here, we show that persistent replication stress due to mutations in the MCM2-7 replicative helicase disrupts placentation and reduces embryo viability in mice. MCM-deficient embryos exhibited normal morphology, but their placentae had a drastically diminished junctional...
Topics
- Animals
- Female
- Genomic Instability
- Mice
- Pregnancy
- DNA Replication
- Placentation
- Placenta
- Trophoblasts
- Cell Proliferation
- DNA Helicases
- Mutation
