Tumor necrosis factor-β in human pregnancy and labor

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-69

  Laham, Nihay ^a   Van Dunné, Frédérique ^b   Abraham, Lawrence J ^c   Farrugia, William ^a   Bendtzen, Klaus ^d   Brennecke, Shaun P ^a   Rice, Gregory E ^a  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Human; Labor; Pregnancy; TNF

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOTOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN;

AMNION; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR; MATERNAL PLASMA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VENOUS BLOOD;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; LYMPHOTOXIN-BETA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030991638     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(97)01012-7     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Androlewicz, M.J., Browning, J.L. and Ware, C.F. (1992) Lymphotoxin is expressed as a heteromeric complex with a distinct 33 kDa glycoprotein on the surface of an activated human T cell hybridoma. J. Biol. Chem. 267, 2542-2547.
2. Austgulen, R., Liabakk, N.B., Brockhaus, M. and Espevik, T. (1992) Soluble TNF receptors in amniotic fluid and urine from pregnant women. J. Reprod. Immunol. 22, 105-116.
3. Bartlett, M.S. (1937) Some examples of statistical methods of research in agriculture and applied biology. J. R. Stat. Soc. Suppl. 4, 137-170.
4. Browning, J.L., Androlewicz, M.J. and Ware, C.F. (1991) Lymphotoxin and an associated 33-kDa glycoprotein are expressed on the surface of an activated human T cell hybridoma. J. Immunol. 147, 1230-1237.
5. Browning, J.L., Ngamek, A., Lawton, P., DeMarinis, J., Tizard, R., Chow, E.P., Hession, C., O'Brine-Greco, B., Foley, S.F. and Ware, C.F. (1993) Lymphotoxin β, a novel membrane of the TNF family that forms a heteromeric complex with lymphotoxin on the cell surface. Cell 72, 847-856.
6. Cadet, P., Rady, P.L., Tyring, S.K., Yandell, R.B. and Hughes, T.K. (1995) Interleukin-10 messenger ribonucleic acid in human placenta: Implication of a role for interleukin-10 in fetal allograft protection. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 173, 25-29.
7. Casey, M.L. (1993) Cytokines in the human placenta, fetal membranes, uterine decidua and amniotic fluid. In Molecular aspects of placental and fetal membrane autacoids. (Rice G.E. and Brennecke, S.P. eds), pp. 361-395. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
8. Chaouat, G., Menu, E., Clark, D., Dy, M., Minkowski, M. and Wegmann, T.G. (1990) Control of fetal survival in CBA x DBA2 mice by lymphokine therapy. J. Reprod. Fertil. 89, 447-458.
9. Chaouat, G., Meliani, A.A., Martal, J., Raghupathy, R., Elliot, J., Mosmann, T. and Wegmann, T.G. (1995) IL-10 prevents naturally occuring fetal loss in the CBA x DBA/2 mating combination, and local defect in IL-10 production in this abortion-prone combination is corrected by in vivo injection of IFN-γ. J. Immunol. 154, 4261-4268.
10. Chin, T.W., Ank, B.J., Strom, S.R. and Stiehm, E.R. (1988) Enhanced interferon production and lymphokine-activated cytotoxicity of human placental cells. Cell. Immunol. 113, 1-9.
11. Chomcynski, P. and Sacchi, N. (1987) Single-step method of RNA isolation by acid guanidium thiocyanate phenol-chloroform extraction. Anal. Biochem. 16, 156-159.
12. Drake, B.L. and Head, J.R. (1989) Murine trophoblast can be killed by lymphokine-activated killer cells. J. Immunol. 143, 9.
13. Duc-Goiran, P., Chany, C. and Doly, J. (1989) Unusually large interferon-α-like mRNAs and high expression of interleukin-6 in human fetal annexes. J. Biol. Chem. 264, 16507-16511.
14. Ferreri, N.R., Sarr, T., Askenase, P.W. and Ruddle, N.H. (1992) Molecular regulation of tumor necrosis factor-α and lymphotoxin production in T cells. J. Biol. Chem. 267, 9443-9449.
15. Freed, K.A., Aitken, M.A., Brennecke, S.P. and Rice, G.E. (1995) Prostaglandin G/H synthase-1 messenger RNA relative abundance in human amnion, choriodecidua and placenta before, during and after spontaneous-onset labour at term. Gynecol. Obstet. Invest. 39, 73-78.
16. Gendron, R.L. and Baines, M. (1988) Infiltration of decidual natural killer cells are associated with spontaneous abortion in mice. Cell. Immunol. 113, 261-267.
17. Giles, K.W. and Myers, A. (1965) An improved diphenylamine method for the estimation of dioxyribonucleic acid. Nature 4979, 93.
18. Hill, J.A., Polgar, K. and Anderson, D.J. (1995) T-helper 1-type immunity to trophoblast in women with recurrent spontaneous abortion. J. Am. Med. Assoc. 273, 1933-1936.
19. Jokhi, P.P., King, A., Sharkey, A.M., Smith, S.K. and Loke, Y.W. (1994) Screening for cytokine messenger ribonucleic acids in purified human decidual lymphocyte populations by the reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. J. Immunol. 153, 4427-4435.
20. Jones, C.A., Williams, K.A., Finlay-Jones, J.J. and Hart, P.H. (1995) Interleukin 4 poduction by human amnion epithelial cells and regulation of its activity by glycosaminoglycan binding. Biol. Reprod. 52, 839-847.
21. King, A., Birkby, C. and Loke, Y.W. (1989) Early human decidual cells exhibit NK activity against the K562 cell line but not against first trimester trophoblast. Cell. Immunol. 118, 337.
22. King, A., Jokhi, P.P., Smith, S.K., Sharkey, A.M. and Loke, Y.W. (1995) Screening for cytokine mRNA in human villous and extravillous trophoblasts using the reverse-tran-scriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) Cytokine 7, 364-371.
23. Kinsky, R., Delage, G., Rosin, N., Thang, M.N., Hoffmann, M. and Chaouat, G. (1990) A murine model of NK cell-mediated resorption. Am. J. Reprod. Immunol. 23, 73-77.
24. Laham, N., Brennecke, S.P., Bendtzen, K. and Rice, G.E. (1994) Tumour necrosis factor α during human pregnancy and labour: maternal plasma and amniotic fluid concentrations and release from intrauterine tissues. Eur. J. Endocrinol. 131, 607-614.
25. Lin, H., Mosmann, T.R., Guilbert, L., Tuntipopipat, S. and Wegmann, T.G. (1993) Synthesis of T helper 2-type cytokines at the maternal-fetal interface. J. Immunol. 151, 4562-4573.
26. Mitchell, M.D., Trautman, M.S. and Dudley, D.J. (1993) Cytokine networking in the placenta. Placenta 14, 249-275.
27. Mosmann, T.R., Cherwinski, H., Bond, M.W., Giedlin, M.A. and Coffman, R.L. (1986) Two types of murine helper T cell clone. I. Definition according to profiles of lymphokine activities and secreted proteins. J. Immunol. 136, 2348-2357.
28. Mosmann, T.R. and Coffman, R.L. (1989) Heterogeneity of cytokine secretion patterns and functions of helper T cells. Adv. Immunol. 46, 111-147.
29. 2 enzymatic activity in human choriodecidua. Biol. Reprod. 50, 526-534.
30. Nishino, E., Matsuzaki, N., Masuhiro, K., Kameda, T., Taniguchi, T., Takagi, T., Saji, F. and Tanizawa, O. (1990) Trophoblast-derived interleukin-6 (IL-6) regulates human chorionic gonadotropin release through IL-6 receptor on human trophblasts. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 71, 436-441.
31. Opsjon, S.L., Wathen, N.C., Tingulstad, S., Wiedswang, G., Sundan, A., Waage, A. and Austgulen, R. (1993) Tumour necrosis factor, interleukin-1 and interleukin-6 in normal human pregnancy. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 169, 397-404.
32. Pasetto, N., Piccione, E., Zicari, A., Fontana, L., De Carolis, C., Perricone, R., Pontieri, G. and Ticconi, C. (1993) Short Report: Cytokine production by human fetal membranes and uterine decidua at term gestation in relation to labour. Placenta 14, 361-364.
33. Paulesu, L., Romagnoli, R., Cintorino, M., Ricci, M.G. and Garotta, G. (1994) First trimester human trophoblast expresses both interferon-γ and interferon-γ-receptor. J. Reprod. Immunol. 27, 37-48.
34. Rieneck, K., Diamant, M., Haahr, P., Schnarting, M. and Bendtzen, K. (1993) In vitro immunomodulatory effects of pentoxifylline. Immunol. Lett. 37, 131-138.
35. Ruddle, N.H. (1992) Tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) and lymphotoxin (TNF-β) Curr. Opin. Immunol. 4, 327-332.
36. Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E.F. and Maniatis, T. (1989) Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual. New York: Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory Press).
37. Santhanam, U., Avila, C., Romero, R., Viguet, H., Ida, N., Sakurai, S. and Sehgal, P.B. (1991) Cytokines in normal and abnormal parturition: elevated amniotic fluid interleukin-6 levels in women with premature rupture of membranes associated with intrauterine infection. Cytokine 3, 155-163.
38. Schall, T.J., Lewis, M., Koller, K.J., Lee, A., Rice, G.C., Wong, G.H.W., Gatanaga, T., Granger, G.A., Lentz, R., Raab, H., Kohr, W.V. and Goeddel, D.V. (1990) Molecular cloning and expression of a receptor for human tumor necrosis factor. Cell 61, 361-370.
39. Shohat, B., Shohat, M., Faktor, J.H., Barkay, G., Harell, D. and Kozenitzky, L. (1993) Soluble interleukin-2 receptor and interleukin-2 in human amniotic fluid of normal an abnormal pregnancies. Biol. Neonate 63, 281-284.
40. Valente, G., Ozmen, L., Novelli, F., Geuna, M., Palestro, G., Forni, G. and Garotta, G. (1992) Distribution of interferon-γ receptor in human tissues. Eur. J. Immunol. 22, 2403-2412.
41. H2 phenomenon? Immunol. Today 14, 353-356.
42. Zuckermann, F.A. and Head, J.R. (1988) Murine trophoblast resists cell mediated lysis. II. Resistance to natural killer cell-mediated cytotoxicity. Cell. Immunol. 116, 274.