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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | TGF-β mediates proinflammatory seminal fluid signaling in human cervical epithelial cells |
Other Titles: | TGF-beta mediates proinflammatory seminal fluid signaling in human cervical epithelial cells |
Author: | Sharkey, D. Macpherson, A. Tremellen, K. Mottershead, D. Gilchrist, R. Robertson, S. |
Citation: | Journal of Immunology, 2012; 189(2):1024-1035 |
Publisher: | Amer Assoc Immunologists |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
ISSN: | 0022-1767 1550-6606 |
Statement of Responsibility: | David J. Sharkey, Anne M. Macpherson, Kelton P. Tremellen, David G. Mottershead, Robert B. Gilchrist, and Sarah A. Robertson |
Abstract: | The cervix is central to the female genital tract immune response to pathogens and foreign male Ags introduced at coitus. Seminal fluid profoundly influences cervical immune function, inducing proinflammatory cytokine synthesis and leukocyte recruitment. In this study, human Ect1 cervical epithelial cells and primary cervical cells were used to investigate agents in human seminal plasma that induce a proinflammatory response. TGF-β1, TGF-β2, and TGF-β3 are abundant in seminal plasma, and Affymetrix microarray revealed that TGF-β3 elicits changes in Ect1 cell expression of several proinflammatory cytokine and chemokine genes, replicating principal aspects of the Ect1 response to seminal plasma. The differentially expressed genes included several induced in the physiological response of the cervix to seminal fluid in vivo. Notably, all three TGF-β isoforms showed comparable ability to induce Ect1 cell expression of mRNA and protein for GM-CSF and IL-6, and TGF-β induced a similar IL-6 and GM-CSF response in primary cervical epithelial cells. TGF-β neutralizing Abs, receptor antagonists, and signaling inhibitors ablated seminal plasma induction of GM-CSF and IL-6, but did not alter IL-8, CCL2 (MCP-1), CCL20 (MIP-3α), or IL-1α production. Several other cytokines present in seminal plasma did not elicit Ect1 cell responses. These data identify all three TGF-β isoforms as key agents in seminal plasma that signal induction of proinflammatory cytokine synthesis in cervical cells. Our findings suggest that TGF-β in the male partner's seminal fluid may influence cervical immune function after coitus in women, and potentially be a determinant of fertility, as well as defense from infection. |
Keywords: | Cervix Uteri Cells, Cultured 3T3 Cells Epithelial Cells Semen Animals Humans Mice Transforming Growth Factor beta Protein Isoforms Inflammation Mediators Cytokines Signal Transduction Female Male Transforming Growth Factor beta1 Transforming Growth Factor beta2 Transforming Growth Factor beta3 |
Rights: | Copyright © 2012 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc. |
DOI: | 10.4049/jimmunol.1200005 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/453556 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/565368 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/627017 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1200005 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Obstetrics and Gynaecology publications |
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