title: Effects of interferon-gamma on cytokine production by endometrial stromal cells.
abstract: To clarify the role of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) in reproduction, we have examined its effects on cytokine production by human endometrial stromal cells (ESC). Concentrations of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), and macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) in the culture media of normal ESC and an endometrial stromal sarcoma cell line, MaMi, were measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Both non-stimulated ESC and non-stimulated MaMi cells constitutively secrete IL-6, IL-8, MCP-1, and M-CSF. In a dose-dependent manner, IFN-gamma increased the concentrations of IL-6, MCP-1, and M-CSF and reduced the concentrations of IL-8 in ESC and MaMi cells. These results suggest that IFN-gamma produced by both decidual inflammatory cells and the developing embryo plays a role in the maintenance of early pregnancy by modulating the production of these cytokines by human ESC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oita Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nasu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Narahara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miyakawa
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018932:Chemokine CCL2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004717:Endometrium / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011247:Pregnancy; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018932:Chemokine CCL2; D016207:Cytokines; D015850:Interleukin-6; D016209:Interleukin-8; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D007371:Interferon-gamma