Abstract:Objective To study the effect of simulated uterine microenvironment on the differentiation of rat placental mesenchymal stem cells (PMSCs) into endometrial epithelial cells.Methods Primary cultured rat PMSCs and passage, growth curve, endometrial conditioned medium, endometrial conditioned medium and estrogen (β-estradiol) to induce differentiation of PMSCs in vitro, immunofluorescence chemistry and Western blotting to detect the expression of vimentin and keratin in cells, qPCR to detect the gene table of epithelial cell markers cytokeratin 7 (CK-7), cytokeratin 18 (CK-18), cytokeratin 19 (CK-19), and epithelial membrane antigen (EMA).Results The relative expressions of CK-7, CK-18, CK-19, and EMRNA in experimental group were higher than those in control group (P < 0.05). The relative expression of vimentin in the experimental group was lower than that in the control group, and the relative expression of keratin in the experimental group was higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05).Conclusion The use of endometrial induction medium and estrogen can promote the differentiation of PMSCs into endometrial epithelial-like cells in rats, which plays an important role in the differentiation of PMSCs into endometrial epithelial-like cells in vitro.