Syngeneic immune-dependent abortions in mice suggest paternal alloantigen-independent mechanisms.
Syngeneic immune-dependent abortions in mice suggest paternal alloantigen-independent mechanisms.
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小鼠同基因免疫依赖性流产表明不依赖父本同种异体抗原的机制。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1600-0897.2008.00622.x
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2008
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Schmidt,EdwardE
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Kundert,JeanA;Sealey,AmyL;Li,Yan;Capecchi,MarioR;Schmidt,EdwardE
ProblemRecurrent immune‐associated miscarriages in humans are thought to result from maternal immune responses to paternal alloantigens. We investigated the role of paternal alloantigens in a mouse model of immune‐dependent abortion.Method of studySib‐crosses of C57Bl/6J (haplotype b/b) mice heterozygous for a targeted hypomorphic allele of thetbpgene (tbpΔΝ/+) resulted in selective mid‐gestational abortion of 88% of thetbpΔΝ/ΔΝfetuses. In dams lacking mature lymphocytes (rag1−/−), nearly alltbpΔΝ/ΔΝfetuses survived to birth, indicating abortions were immune‐dependent. Allogeneic pregnancies bearingtbpΔΝ/ΔΝfetuses were established by either hybridizing the paternal lineage to BALB/cJ (haplotype d/d) and mating hybridtbpΔΝ/+sires to haplotype b/btbpΔΝ/+C57Bl/6J dams, or by transfer of haplotype b/b zygotes fromtbpΔΝ/+×tbpΔΝ/+matings into pseudopregnant wild‐type CByD2F1/J dams (haplotype d/d).ResultsNeither hemizygous paternal allogeneic loci nor homozygous allogeneic loci, including a haplotype‐mismatched major histocompatibility complex (MHC), increased abortion frequencies.ConclusionResults suggested that mechanisms for maternal tolerance of paternal alloantigens, including mismatched MHC antigens, were intact in these pregnancies, yet maternal immune‐dependent paternal antigen‐independent abortion of mutants occurred. These data indicate that, in some cases of immune‐mediated abortions, the presence of paternal alloantigens can be coincidental and superfluous to the compromising rejection response.