{"title":"Alternative Splicing in Embryo Implantation.","authors":"Luping Yu, Sijing Zhu, Haili Bao, Shuangbo Kong","doi":"10.1097/FM9.0000000000000272","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Alternative splicing (AS) is a crucial process that produces functionally distinct proteins from a single gene, depending on the developmental or physiological state of cells in multicellular organisms. It plays a significant role in cellular proliferation, survival, and differentiation, including embryonic development, spermatogenesis, and a broad spectrum of diseases. However, the precise involvement of AS in embryo implantation is still unclear. In this review, we summarize the potential roles of AS in regulating mesenchymal-epithelial transitions during embryo implantation, specifically in epithelium regeneration and decidualization initiation via the mesenchymal-epithelial transformation process. Overall, this review emphasizes the impact of AS and splicing variants on embryo implantation and offers novel insights into the potential application of alternative splicing in the treatment of female infertility.</p>","PeriodicalId":74121,"journal":{"name":"Maternal-fetal medicine (Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.)","volume":"7 2","pages":"85-94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12222993/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Maternal-fetal medicine (Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/FM9.0000000000000272","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/2/24 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Alternative splicing (AS) is a crucial process that produces functionally distinct proteins from a single gene, depending on the developmental or physiological state of cells in multicellular organisms. It plays a significant role in cellular proliferation, survival, and differentiation, including embryonic development, spermatogenesis, and a broad spectrum of diseases. However, the precise involvement of AS in embryo implantation is still unclear. In this review, we summarize the potential roles of AS in regulating mesenchymal-epithelial transitions during embryo implantation, specifically in epithelium regeneration and decidualization initiation via the mesenchymal-epithelial transformation process. Overall, this review emphasizes the impact of AS and splicing variants on embryo implantation and offers novel insights into the potential application of alternative splicing in the treatment of female infertility.