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We used two modified cell lines that mimic in vitro features of preeclampsia to identify if this phenomenon could be reproduced. Our model was the immortalized placental-derived BeWo and JEG-3 cell lines that overexpress the STOX1 A\/B transcription factor gene that was discovered in familial forms of preeclampsia. BeWo and JEG-3 cells stably transduced with the two major isoforms of STOX1-A\/B or by an empty vector (control), were propagated, harvested, and analyzed. CD24 mRNA expression was determined by quantitative real-time polymerase nuclear chain reaction (qRT-PCR). CD24 protein levels were determined by Western blots. In STOX1-A\/B overexpressing in BeWo cells, CD24 mRNA was downregulated by 91 and 85%, respectively, compared to the control, and by 30% and 74%, respectively in JEG-3 cells. A 67% and 82% decrease in CD24 protein level was determined by immunoblot in BeWo overexpressing STOX1-A\/B, respectively, while the reduction in JEG-3 cells was between 47 and 62%. The immortalized BeWo and JEG-3 cell lines overexpressing STOX1-A\/B had reduced CD24. Although both cell lines were affected, BeWo appears to be more susceptible to downregulation by STOX-1 than JEG-3, potentially because of their different cell origin and properties. These results strengthen the in vivo results of reduced CD24 levels found in early and preterm preeclampsia. Accordingly, it implies the importance of the reduced immune tolerance in preeclampsia, which was already demonstrated in vivo in the STOX1-A\/B model of preeclampsia, and is now implied in the in vitro STOX-1 model, a subject that warrants further investigations.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms232415927","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,15]],"date-time":"2022-12-15T01:52:30Z","timestamp":1671069150000},"page":"15927","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Modeling Preeclampsia In Vitro: Polymorphic Variants of STOX1-A\/B Genes Can Downregulate CD24 in Trophoblast Cell Lines"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"Marei","family":"Sammar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Prof. Ephraim Katzir\u2019s Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Braude College of Engineering, 51 Snunit St., Karmiel 2161002, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Clara","family":"Apicella","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute Cochin, U1016, INSERM, UMR 8504 CNRS, Paris-Descartes Universit\u00e9, 75014 Paris, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peter","family":"Altevogt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Skin Cancer Unit, DKFZ and Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karl University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1\u20133, 68167 Mannheim, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hamutal","family":"Meiri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hylabs, Rehovot and TeleMarpe, 21 Beit El St., Tel Aviv 6908742, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1915-0717","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel","family":"Vaiman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute Cochin, U1016, INSERM, UMR 8504 CNRS, Paris-Descartes Universit\u00e9, 75014 Paris, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"148","DOI":"10.1016\/j.preghy.2021.09.008","article-title":"The Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: The 2021 International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy Classification, Diagnosis & Management Recommendations for International Practice","volume":"27","author":"Magee","year":"2021","journal-title":"Pregnancy Hypertens."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2020). 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