Continuous activation of polymorphonuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cells during pregnancy is critical for fetal development  

作　　者：Mengyu Shi Ziyang Chen Meiqi Chen Jingping Liu Jing Li Zhe Xing Xiaogang Zhang Shuaijun Lv Xinyao Li Shaowen Zuo Shi Feng Ying Lin Gang Xiao Liping Wang Yumei He 

机构地区：[1]Department of Immunology,School of Basic Medical Sciences,Southern Medical University,Guangzhou,China [2]Department of Laboratory Medicine,the Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University,Southern Medical University,Guangzhou,China [3]Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,Nanfang Hospital,Southern Medical University,Guangzhou,China [4]The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University,Reproductive Medicine Centre,Shenzhen Second People’s Hospital,Shenzhen,China [5]Microbiome Medicine Center,Department of Laboratory Medicine,Zhujiang Hospital,Southern Medical University,Guangzhou,China [6]Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Single Cell Technology and Application,Southern Medical University,Guangzhou,China

出　　处：《Cellular & Molecular Immunology》2021年第7期1692-1707,共16页中国免疫学杂志（英文版）

基　　金：supported by grants from the following institutions:the High-level Talent Start-up Funding of Southern Medical University;the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant numbers:31700061,81971420 and 81991511);the Guangdong Special Support Program for Youth Science and Technology Innovation Talents(grant number:2019TQ05Y585);the National Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong(grant number:2019A1515011435);the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou(grant number:201904010073).

摘　　要：The maternal immune system is vital in maintaining immunotolerance to the semiallogeneic fetus for a successful pregnancy.Although studies have shown that myeloid-derived suppressor cells(MDSCs)play an important role in maintaining feto-maternal tolerance,little is known about the role of MDSCs in pregnancies with intrauterine growth retardation(IUGR).Here,we reported that the activation of polymorphonuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cells(PMN-MDSCs)during pregnancy was closely associated with fetal growth.In humans,class E scavenger receptor 1(SR-E1),a distinct marker for human PMN-MDSCs,was used to investigate PMN-MDSC function during pregnancy.Continuous activation of SR-E1+PMN-MDSCs was observed in all stages of pregnancy,accompanied by high cellular levels of ROS and arginase-1 activity,mediated through STAT6 signaling.However,SR-E1+PMN-MDSCs in pregnancies with IUGR showed significantly lower suppressive activity,lower arginase-1 activity and ROS levels,and decreased STAT6 phosphorylation level,which were accompanied by an increase in inflammatory factors,compared with those in normal pregnancies.Moreover,the population of SR-E1+PMN-MDSCs was negatively correlated with the adverse outcomes of newborns from pregnancies with IUGR.In mice,decreases in cell population,suppressive activity,target expression levels,and STAT6 phosphorylation levels were also observed in the pregnancies with IUGR compared with the normal pregnancies,which were rescued by the adoptive transfer of PMN-MDSCs from pregnant mice.Interestingly,the growth-promoting factors(GPFs)secreted by placental PMN-MDSCs in both humans and mice play a vital role in fetal development.These findings collectively support that PMN-MDSCs have another new role in pregnancy,which can improve adverse neonatal outcomes.

关 键 词：Polymorphonuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cells Class E scavenger receptor 1 IMMUNOTOLERANCE 

分 类 号：R714.5[医药卫生—妇产科学]