TY - JOUR
T1 - Surfactant protein-A (SP-A) selectively inhibits prostaglandin F 2α (PGF2α) production in term decidua
T2 - Implications for the onset of labor
AU - Snegovskikh, Victoria V.
AU - Bhandari, Vineet
AU - Wright, Jo Rae
AU - Tadesse, Serkalem
AU - Morgan, Thomas
AU - MacNeill, Colin
AU - Foyouzi, Nastaran
AU - Park, Joong Shin
AU - Wang, Yuguang
AU - Norwitz, Errol R.
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - Context: Labor is characterized by "decidual activation" with production of inflammatory mediators. Recent data suggest that surfactant protein-A (SP-A) may be critical to the onset of labor in mice. Whether this is also true in humans is unclear. Objectives: The aim was to investigate: 1) the expression of SP-A at the maternal-fetal interface; 2) the effect of SP-A on the production of inflammatory mediators by human decidua; and 3) the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms in maternal SP-A genes and spontaneous preterm birth. Research Design and Methods: In situ expression of SP-A was investigated by immunohistochemistry and quantitative RT-PCR. Term decidual stromal cells were isolated, purified, and treated with/without SP-A (1-100 μg/ml), IL-1β, and/or thrombin. Levels of inflammatory mediators [IL-6, IL-8, TNFα, matrix metalloproteinase-3, monocyte chemotactic protein-1, IL-1β, PGE2, prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α)] and angiogenic factors (soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1, vascular endothelial growth factor) were measured in conditioned supernatant by ELISA and corrected for protein content. The effect of SP-A on eicosanoid gene expression was measured by quantitative RT-PCR. Results: SP-A localized to endometrium/decidua. High-dose SP-A (100 μg/ml) inhibited PGF2α by term decidual stromal cells without affecting the production of other inflammatory mediators,and this effect occurred at a posttranscriptional level. Decidual SP-A expression decreased significantly with labor. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the SP-A genes do not appear to be associated with preterm birth. Conclusions: SP-A is produced by human endometrium/decidua, where it significantly and selectively inhibits PGF2α production. Its expression decreases with labor. These novel observations suggest that decidual SP-A likely plays a critical role in regulating prostaglandin production within the uterus, culminating at term in decidual activation and the onset of labor.
AB - Context: Labor is characterized by "decidual activation" with production of inflammatory mediators. Recent data suggest that surfactant protein-A (SP-A) may be critical to the onset of labor in mice. Whether this is also true in humans is unclear. Objectives: The aim was to investigate: 1) the expression of SP-A at the maternal-fetal interface; 2) the effect of SP-A on the production of inflammatory mediators by human decidua; and 3) the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms in maternal SP-A genes and spontaneous preterm birth. Research Design and Methods: In situ expression of SP-A was investigated by immunohistochemistry and quantitative RT-PCR. Term decidual stromal cells were isolated, purified, and treated with/without SP-A (1-100 μg/ml), IL-1β, and/or thrombin. Levels of inflammatory mediators [IL-6, IL-8, TNFα, matrix metalloproteinase-3, monocyte chemotactic protein-1, IL-1β, PGE2, prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α)] and angiogenic factors (soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1, vascular endothelial growth factor) were measured in conditioned supernatant by ELISA and corrected for protein content. The effect of SP-A on eicosanoid gene expression was measured by quantitative RT-PCR. Results: SP-A localized to endometrium/decidua. High-dose SP-A (100 μg/ml) inhibited PGF2α by term decidual stromal cells without affecting the production of other inflammatory mediators,and this effect occurred at a posttranscriptional level. Decidual SP-A expression decreased significantly with labor. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the SP-A genes do not appear to be associated with preterm birth. Conclusions: SP-A is produced by human endometrium/decidua, where it significantly and selectively inhibits PGF2α production. Its expression decreases with labor. These novel observations suggest that decidual SP-A likely plays a critical role in regulating prostaglandin production within the uterus, culminating at term in decidual activation and the onset of labor.
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U2 - 10.1210/jc.2010-1496
DO - 10.1210/jc.2010-1496
M3 - Article
C2 - 21270323
AN - SCOPUS:79953858162
VL - 96
SP - E624-E632
JO - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
JF - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
SN - 0021-972X
IS - 4
ER -