[en] [en] OBJECTIVE(S): The implantation process is closely linked to the fundamental question of the tolerance of the maternal immune system. The main objective of this study was to investigate whether different members of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily could intervene in the first steps of embryo implantation by modulating the secretion of proimplantatory leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and in the tolerance of the fetal graft by regulating proinflammatory interleukin (IL)-6 secretion by human endometrial epithelium (EEC) in vitro.
METHODS: EEC were isolated from biopsies collected from 16 informed and consenting fertile women and were cultured for 72 h. Cytokine measurements (LIF and IL-6) were realized by ELISA.
RESULTS: TGF-beta(1) (from 10(-12) to 10(-8)M), -beta(2), -beta(3) and activin A (10(-10) and 10(-8)M) increased LIF secretion by EEC cultures. Inhibin B (10(-10) and 10(-8)M) did not stimulate LIF production by human EEC. Contrastingly, TGF-beta(1) (from 10(-12) to 10(-8)M), -beta(2), -beta(3) and activin A (10(-10) and 10(-8)M) reduced IL-6 release by the same cells. Activin A at 10(-8) M also significantly reduced the stimulating effect of IL-1beta (10(-9)M) which is known to stimulate LIF production by EEC. Only the highest concentration of inhibin B (10(-8)M) reduced IL-6 secretion by EEC, but did not modulate IL-1beta-induced stimulation of IL-6 secretion.
CONCLUSION(S): Besides their role in the control of the process of implantation and in the induction of embryonic mesoderm, different members of the TGF-beta superfamily may also contribute in the reproductive process by enhancing endometrial proimplantatory LIF secretion and reducing proinflammatory IL-6 release by EEC.
Disciplines :
Reproductive medicine (gynecology, andrology, obstetrics)
Author, co-author :
Perrier d'Hauterive, Sophie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences précliniques MI > Embryologie
Charlet-Renard, Chantal; University of Liège, Department of Medicine, Institute of Pathology CHU-B23, Liège-Sart Tilman, Belgium
Dubois, Michel; University of Liège, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, CHR-Citadelle, Liège, Belgium
Berndt, Sarah; University of Liège, Institute of Pathology CHU-B23, Laboratory of Tumor and Developmental Biology, Liège-Sart Tilman, Belgium
Goffin, Frédéric ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > > Service de gynécologie-obstétrique (CHR)
Foidart, Jean-Michel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Labo de biologie des tumeurs et du développement
Geenen, Vincent ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centres attachés à la Faculté (Médecine) > Centre d'immunologie
Language :
English
Title :
Human endometrial leukemia inhibitory factor and interleukin-6: control of secretion by transforming growth factor-beta-related members.
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