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Folate deficiency has been associated with placenta-related pregnancy complications, as have SNP in genes of the folate-dependent enzymes, methionine synthase (<jats:italic>MTR<\/jats:italic>) and methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 1 (<jats:italic>MTHFD1<\/jats:italic>). We aimed to determine the effect of altered folate metabolism on placental cell proliferation, viability and invasive capacity and on progesterone and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) secretion. Human placental choriocarcinoma (JEG-3) cells cultured in low folic acid (FA) (2 n<jats:sc>m<\/jats:sc>) demonstrated 13 % (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;0\u00b7001) and 26 % (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;0\u00b7001) lower proliferation, 5\u00b75 % (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0\u00b7025) and 7\u00b75 % (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0\u00b7004) lower invasion capacity, and 5 to 7\u00b75 % (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0\u00b7004\u20130\u00b7025) lower viability compared with control (20 n<jats:sc>m<\/jats:sc>) or supplemented (100 n<jats:sc>m<\/jats:sc>) cells, respectively. FA concentration had no effect on progesterone or hCG secretion. Small interfering RNA (siRNA) knockdown of<jats:italic>MTR<\/jats:italic>gene and protein expression resulted in 17\u00b77 % (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;0\u00b70001) lower proliferation and 61 % (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0\u00b7014) higher progesterone secretion, but had no effect on cell invasion and hCG secretion. siRNA knockdown of<jats:italic>MTHFD1<\/jats:italic>gene expression in the absence of detectable changes in protein expression resulted in 10\u00b73 % (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0\u00b7001) lower cell proliferation, but had no effect on cell invasion and progesterone or hCG secretion. 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