Endocrine regulation of maternal immunity in pregnancy

孕期母体免疫力的内分泌调节

基本信息

批准号：
10116259
负责人：
MARGARET G PETROFF
金额：
$ 19.56万
依托单位：
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2020-03-01 至 2023-02-28
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10116259
关键词：
Address Adoptive Transfer Aging Allogenic Antigens Autoantigens Autoimmune Diseases Blood Circulation Cells Cessation of life Data Development Drops Endocrine Ensure Failure Fetal Viability Fetus Foundations Generations Goals Hormones Human Immune Immune Tolerance Immune response Immune system Immunity Individual Infiltration Knowledge Lead Leukocytes Location Malignant Neoplasms Maternal-Fetal Exchange Maternally-Acquired Immunity Mediating Medicine Modeling Mus Nurses Operative Surgical Procedures Organ Transplantation Outcome Output Peripheral Physiological Pre-Eclampsia Pregnancy Pregnancy Outcome Pregnant Women Premature Birth Prevention Prevention strategy Production Progesterone Progesterone Receptors Regulation Regulatory T-Lymphocyte Reporter Reproductive system Research Role Site Spontaneous abortion Structure T-Cell Development T-Lymphocyte Testing Therapeutic Thymic epithelial cell Thymus Gland Time Transplantation Woman Work adverse pregnancy outcome base cancer cell early pregnancy experimental study fetal fetal loss healthy pregnancy improved in vivo in vivo Model insight mouse model novel peripheral blood pregnancy disorder prevent receptor expression response steroid hormone success therapeutic development

项目摘要

Elucidation of mechanisms whereby maternal immune tolerance to the semi-allogeneic fetus is established will yield important insight for development of novel preventative and therapeutic strategies to ensure healthy pregnancies. During pregnancy, progesterone has dramatic effects on the maternal thymus, the location wherein all T cells develop. Using a newly developed murine model, we have found that progesterone action in the thymus is required for optimal pregnancy outcome. Further, we found that the thymus responds early in pregnancy, during the time at which maternal tolerance to the fetus is established. Since the thymus is critical for generating regulatory T cells, which are key for successful pregnancy, our data lead us to hypothesize that pregnancy induces early changes to promote generation of thymus-derived regulatory T cells that in turn confer maternal-fetal tolerance. To address this postulate, we use our novel in vivo model to test the role of progesterone and pregnancy on thymic function and maternal-fetal tolerance in two Specific Aims: AIM 1. Determine the effects of pregnancy and PR in thymic epithelial cells on the dynamics of regulatory T cell production by the thymus. AIM 2. Determine the role of PR in thymic epithelial cells on fetal survival in allogeneic pregnancies and on functionality of TReg in pregnancy. The studies proposed here will overcome our limited understanding of a long-documented, but poorly understood phenomenon in pregnancy. Further, elucidation of the mechanisms of maternal-fetal tolerance, including the role of steroid hormones, have implications extending well beyond pregnancy, and will help to lay foundations for new ways to target and kill cancer cells, improve transplantation outcome, bolster the aging immune system, and prevent autoimmune disease.

建立对孕产妇免疫耐受性的机制的阐明将产生重要的洞察力，以开发新的预防和治疗策略以确保健康的妊娠。在怀孕期间，孕酮对母体胸腺具有巨大影响，这是所有T细胞出现的位置。使用新开发的鼠模型，我们发现胸腺中的孕酮作用是最佳妊娠结局所必需的。此外，我们发现胸腺在怀孕的早期，在建立孕产妇容忍的时候。由于胸腺对于产生调节性T细胞至关重要，这对于成功怀孕是关键，因此我们的数据使我们假设怀孕会引起早期变化，以促进胸腺来源的调节性T细胞的产生，从而赋予母亲易于耐受性。为了解决这一假设，我们使用新型的体内模型来测试孕酮和妊娠在两个具体目的中对胸膜功能和母体易耐受性的作用：AIM 1。确定胸腺上胸腺上皮细胞对胸腺调节性T细胞产生动力学的影响。 AIM 2。确定PR在胸腺上皮细胞中的作用在同种异体妊娠中的胎儿存活以及妊娠中Treg的功能中的作用。此处提出的研究将克服我们对怀孕期间已有文献但知之甚少的现象的有限理解。此外，阐明母体耐受性机制（包括类固醇激素的作用）具有远远超出怀孕的意义，并将有助于为靶向和杀死癌细胞的新方法奠定基础，改善移植结果，增强衰老的免疫系统，并预防自身免疫性疾病。