title: Regulation of fetal fibronectin production in human amnion cells.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We evaluated the role of human amnion in the production of fetal fibronectin and assessed the regulation of fetal fibronectin production by inflammatory products and cytokines.
  
  
  METHODS
  Human amnion cells were grown in culture. At confluence, the cell were incubated with and without lipopolysaccharide, interleukin-1 beta, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and interleukin-6. Fetal fibronectin production was measured in the supernatant fluid using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Unstimulated amnion cells produced fetal fibronectin, and production was increased by lipopolysaccharide, interleukin-1 beta, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and interleukin-6.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Human amnion cells in vitro produce fetal fibronectin in substantial quantities. This production is stimulated by inflammatory products and mediators that are considered to be important in the initiation of some cases of preterm labor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84132, USA.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Edwin
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Varner
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Casal
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000650:Amnion / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002585:Cesarean Section; D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D010920:Placenta / Q000166:cytology; D011247:Pregnancy; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D005353:Fibronectins; D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha