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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-1-24
pubmed:abstractText
Intervention in B7 (CD80/CD86)/B7-ligand (CD28/CTLA-4) pathways is an effective way of preventing unwanted immune responses, such as allograft rejection. Pregnancy maintenance represents maternal tolerance to the fetal allograft, which is accompanied by a type 2 helper cell (Th2) bias at the maternal-fetal interface. Here, the costimulatory signal of CD86 was selectively blocked, and that of CD80 was kept unimpaired by administration of anti-murine CD86 monoclonal antibody at the early gestational stage in abortion-prone CBA/JxDBA/2 matings and normal pregnant CBA/JxBALB/c matings. It was demonstrated that in vivo blockade of CD86 costimulation could suppress maternal immune attack to the fetus by shifting cytokines from Th1 predominance to Th2 bias at the maternal-fetal interface, and expanding peripheral CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells, which play an important role in the development and maintenance of maternal-fetal tolerance. Furthermore, the expression of CD28 and its ligands CD80/CD86 on peripheral lymphocytes was down-regulated, whereas that of CTLA-4 was up-regulated, which might facilitate the suppressive effect of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells on the alloreactive T cells. The maternal-fetal immunotolerance induced by CD86 blockade decreased fetal resorption in CBA/JxDBA/2 matings, but did not affect normal pregnant CBA/JxBALB/c matings. These results suggest that selective blockade of CD86 costimulation leads to maternal immune tolerance to embryo antigen, and might contribute to a rational immunoregulatory regimen for recurrent spontaneous abortion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0006-3363
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
338-45
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Abortion, Spontaneous, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Antibodies, Blocking, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Antigens, CD86, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Decidua, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Fetal Resorption, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Maternal-Fetal Exchange, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Mice, Inbred CBA, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Mice, Inbred DBA, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Placenta, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Receptors, Interleukin-2, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Th1 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15456701-Th2 Cells
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Blockade of CD86 signaling facilitates a Th2 bias at the maternal-fetal interface and expands peripheral CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells to rescue abortion-prone fetuses.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Reproductive Immunology, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200011, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't