The glycoprotein-hormones activin A and inhibin A interfere with dendritic cell maturation
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Pregnancy represents an exclusive situation in which the immune and the endocrine system cooperate to prevent rejection of the embryo by the maternal immune system. While immature dendritic cells (iDC) in the early pregnancy decidua...
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doaj-44619ffcfc1240758dd75d1868e678b82020-11-25T00:37:43ZengBMCReproductive Biology and Endocrinology1477-78272008-05-01611710.1186/1477-7827-6-17The glycoprotein-hormones activin A and inhibin A interfere with dendritic cell maturationReichardt Holger MDietl JohannesKapp MichaelaBrandt JensMüller NoraSegerer Sabine ERieger LorenzKämmerer Ulrike<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Pregnancy represents an exclusive situation in which the immune and the endocrine system cooperate to prevent rejection of the embryo by the maternal immune system. While immature dendritic cells (iDC) in the early pregnancy decidua presumably contribute to the establishment of peripheral tolerance, glycoprotein-hormones of the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) family including activin A (ActA) and inhibin A (InA) are candidates that could direct the differentiation of DCs into a tolerance-inducing phenotype.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>To test this hypothesis we generated iDCs from peripheral-blood-monocytes and exposed them to TGF-beta1, ActA, as well as InA and Dexamethasone (Dex) as controls.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Both glycoprotein-hormones prevented up-regulation of HLA-DR during cytokine-induced DC maturation similar to Dex but did not influence the expression of CD 40, CD 83 and CD 86. Visualization of the F-actin cytoskeleton confirmed that the DCs retained a partially immature phenotype under these conditions. The T-cell stimulatory capacity of DCs was reduced after ActA and InA exposure while the secretion of cytokines and chemokines was unaffected.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>These findings suggest that ActA and InA interfere with selected aspects of DC maturation and may thereby help preventing activation of allogenic T-cells by the embryo. Thus, we have identified two novel members of the TGF-beta superfamily that could promote the generation of tolerance-inducing DCs.</p> http://www.rbej.com/content/6/1/17 |
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Reichardt Holger M Dietl Johannes Kapp Michaela Brandt Jens Müller Nora Segerer Sabine E Rieger Lorenz Kämmerer Ulrike The glycoprotein-hormones activin A and inhibin A interfere with dendritic cell maturation Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology |
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Reichardt Holger M Dietl Johannes Kapp Michaela Brandt Jens Müller Nora Segerer Sabine E Rieger Lorenz Kämmerer Ulrike |
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The glycoprotein-hormones activin A and inhibin A interfere with dendritic cell maturation |
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The glycoprotein-hormones activin A and inhibin A interfere with dendritic cell maturation |
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The glycoprotein-hormones activin A and inhibin A interfere with dendritic cell maturation |
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The glycoprotein-hormones activin A and inhibin A interfere with dendritic cell maturation |
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The glycoprotein-hormones activin A and inhibin A interfere with dendritic cell maturation |
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glycoprotein-hormones activin a and inhibin a interfere with dendritic cell maturation |
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Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology |
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Pregnancy represents an exclusive situation in which the immune and the endocrine system cooperate to prevent rejection of the embryo by the maternal immune system. While immature dendritic cells (iDC) in the early pregnancy decidua presumably contribute to the establishment of peripheral tolerance, glycoprotein-hormones of the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) family including activin A (ActA) and inhibin A (InA) are candidates that could direct the differentiation of DCs into a tolerance-inducing phenotype.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>To test this hypothesis we generated iDCs from peripheral-blood-monocytes and exposed them to TGF-beta1, ActA, as well as InA and Dexamethasone (Dex) as controls.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Both glycoprotein-hormones prevented up-regulation of HLA-DR during cytokine-induced DC maturation similar to Dex but did not influence the expression of CD 40, CD 83 and CD 86. Visualization of the F-actin cytoskeleton confirmed that the DCs retained a partially immature phenotype under these conditions. The T-cell stimulatory capacity of DCs was reduced after ActA and InA exposure while the secretion of cytokines and chemokines was unaffected.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>These findings suggest that ActA and InA interfere with selected aspects of DC maturation and may thereby help preventing activation of allogenic T-cells by the embryo. Thus, we have identified two novel members of the TGF-beta superfamily that could promote the generation of tolerance-inducing DCs.</p> |
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