TY - JOUR
T1 - Distinct inflammatory profile in preeclampsia and postpartum preeclampsia reveal unique mechanisms
AU - Brien, Marie Eve
AU - Boufaied, Ines
AU - Soglio, Dorothée Dal
AU - Rey, Evelyne
AU - Leduc, Line
AU - Girard, Sylvie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Society for the Study of Reproduction. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Preeclampsia (PE) is a poorly understood pregnancy complication. It has been suggested that changes in the maternal immune system may contribute to PE, but evidence of this remains scarce. Whilst PE is commonly experienced prepartum, it can also occur in the postpartum period (postpartum PE-PPPE), and the mechanisms involved are unknown. Our goal was to determine whether changes occur in the maternal immune system and placenta in pregnancies complicated with PE and PPPE, compared to normal term pregnancies. We prospectively recruited women and collected blood samples to determine the circulating immune profile, by flow cytometry, and assess the circulating levels of inflammatory mediators and angiogenic factors. Placentas were collected for histological analysis. Levels of alarmins in the maternal circulation showed increased uric acid in PE and elevated high-mobility group box 1 in PPPE. Analysis of maternal immune cells revealed distinct profiles in PE vs PPPE. PE had increased percentage of lymphocytes and monocytes whilst PPPE had elevated NK and NK-T cells as well. Elevated numbers of immune cells (CD45+) were detected in placentas from women that developed PPPE, and those were macrophages (CD163+). This work reveals changes within the maternal immune system in both PE and PPPE, and indicate a striking contrast in how this occurs. Importantly, elevated immune cells in the placenta of women with PPPE strongly suggest a prenatal initiation of the pathology. A better understanding of these changes will be beneficial to identify women at high risk of PPPE and to develop novel therapeutic targets.
AB - Preeclampsia (PE) is a poorly understood pregnancy complication. It has been suggested that changes in the maternal immune system may contribute to PE, but evidence of this remains scarce. Whilst PE is commonly experienced prepartum, it can also occur in the postpartum period (postpartum PE-PPPE), and the mechanisms involved are unknown. Our goal was to determine whether changes occur in the maternal immune system and placenta in pregnancies complicated with PE and PPPE, compared to normal term pregnancies. We prospectively recruited women and collected blood samples to determine the circulating immune profile, by flow cytometry, and assess the circulating levels of inflammatory mediators and angiogenic factors. Placentas were collected for histological analysis. Levels of alarmins in the maternal circulation showed increased uric acid in PE and elevated high-mobility group box 1 in PPPE. Analysis of maternal immune cells revealed distinct profiles in PE vs PPPE. PE had increased percentage of lymphocytes and monocytes whilst PPPE had elevated NK and NK-T cells as well. Elevated numbers of immune cells (CD45+) were detected in placentas from women that developed PPPE, and those were macrophages (CD163+). This work reveals changes within the maternal immune system in both PE and PPPE, and indicate a striking contrast in how this occurs. Importantly, elevated immune cells in the placenta of women with PPPE strongly suggest a prenatal initiation of the pathology. A better understanding of these changes will be beneficial to identify women at high risk of PPPE and to develop novel therapeutic targets.
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U2 - 10.1093/biolre/ioy164
DO - 10.1093/biolre/ioy164
M3 - Article
C2 - 30010720
AN - SCOPUS:85060128750
SN - 0006-3363
VL - 100
SP - 187
EP - 194
JO - Biology of Reproduction
JF - Biology of Reproduction
IS - 1
ER -