In-vitro secretion of proinflammatory cytokines by human amniochorion carrying hyper-responsive gene polymorphisms of tumour necrosis factor-α and interleukin-1β

C. Hernandez-Guerrero, F. Monzon-Bordonaba, L. Jimenez-Zamudio, R. Ahued-Ahued, F. Arechavaleta-Velasco, J. F. Strauss, Felipe Vadillo-Ortega

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Abstract

The identification of polymorphisms in genes encoding proinflammatory cytokines that affect transcription or the secretion rate has opened new ways to understand the variation in responses to infection during pregnancy. In this study, human amniochorion carrying hyper-responsive alleles of tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α: TNF*2 at -308) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β: IL-1*2 at +3953) were stimulated in vitro with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and compared with tissues carrying the common alleles (TNF*1 and IL-1*1). Fetal membranes carrying the TNF*1 allele displayed an identical dose-response pattern to tissues carrying a TNF*2 allele, except at the highest dose of LPS tested (50 ng/ml) there was a significantly greater production of TNF-α in the presence of a TNF*2 allele. Membranes carrying the IL-1*2 polymorphism secreted IL-1β in a dose-response curve that was different from IL-1* tissues when challenged with 5, 10 and 50 ng/ml LPS. These observations support the hypothesis that reproductive tissues carrying hyper-responsive proinflammatory cytokine genes may over-respond to intrauterine infection secreting higher amounts of cytokines, which in turn, may lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)625-629
Number of pages5
JournalMolecular Human Reproduction
Volume9
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2003

Keywords

  • Chorioamnion
  • IL-1 gene polymorphism
  • Infection during pregnancy
  • Preterm labour
  • TNF-α gene polymorphism

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