Progestin-inflammatory cytokine interactions affect matrix metalloproteinase-1 and -3 expression in term decidual cells: implications for treatment of chorioamnionitis-induced preterm delivery.
BACKGROUND
Chorioamnionitis (CAM)-elicited preterm delivery (PTD) is associated with elevated amniotic fluid levels of IL-1beta and TNF-alpha. We hypothesized that IL-1beta and TNF-alpha may induce matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-1 and MMP-3 activity to promote PTD by degrading decidual and fetal membranes and cervical extracellular matrix.


OBJECTIVE
Our objective was to evaluate: 1) MMP-1 and MMP-3 expression in decidual sections from uncomplicated term, idiopathic preterm, and CAM-complicated deliveries, and 2) the separate and interactive effects of IL-1beta, TNF-alpha, medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), and a p38 MAPK inhibitor (SB203580) on MMP-1 and MMP-3 expression in term decidual cells (DCs).


METHODS
Decidua were immunostained for MMP-1 and MMP-3. Cultured term DCs were incubated with estradiol (E2) or E2 plus MPA with or without IL-1beta or TNF-alpha with or without SB203580. ELISA and Western blotting assessed secreted MMP-1 and MMP-3 levels, quantitative real-time RT-PCR assessed mRNA levels, and substrate gel zymography was used to determined MMP-1 and MMP-3 proteolytic activity.


RESULTS
MMP-1 and MMP-3 immunostaining was more prominent in CAM-complicated decidua vs. control preterm and term decidual specimens (P < 0.05). Compared with basal outputs by DCs incubated with E2, TNF-alpha enhanced MMP-1 and MMP-3 secretion by 14 +/- 3- and 9 +/- 2-fold, respectively, and IL-1beta increased MMP-1 and MMP-3 secretion by 13 +/- 3- and 19 +/- 2-fold, respectively (P < 0.05). Addition of MPA lowered basal MMP-1 and MMP-3 outputs by 70%, whereas the TNF-alpha- and IL-1beta-enhanced MMP-1 and MMP-3 levels were blunted by more than 50% (P < 0.05). SB203580 suppressed TNF-alpha- and IL-1beta-induced MMP-1 and MMP-3 secretion by severalfold. Western blotting confirmed the ELISA results, and mRNA levels corresponded with MMP-1 and MMP-3 protein levels. MMP-1 and MMP-3 proteolytic activity was confirmed by substrate gel zymography.


CONCLUSIONS
Augmented DC-expressed MMP-1 and MMP-3 in CAM-complicated pregnancies may promote PTD via decidual, fetal membrane, and cervical extracellular matrix degradation. Effects of progestin-p38 MAPK signaling inhibition on cytokine-enhanced MMP-1 and MMP-3 expression in term DCs suggest alternative mechanisms to prevent CAM-induced PTD.
Oner
Ceyda
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Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, Room 335 FMB, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8063, USA.
Schatz
Frederick
F
Kizilay
Gulnur
G
Murk
William
W
Buchwalder
Lynn F
LF
Kayisli
Umit A
UA
Arici
Aydin
A
Lockwood
Charles J
CJ
D015153:Blotting, Western; D002821:Chorioamnionitis / Q000201:enzymology*; D003656:Decidua / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D053583:Interleukin-1beta / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020781:Matrix Metalloproteinase 1 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D019278:Matrix Metalloproteinase 3 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D045167:Progesterone Congeners / Q000494:pharmacology; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
D007093:Imidazoles; D053583:Interleukin-1beta; D045167:Progesterone Congeners; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D011725:Pyridines; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate; C511768:MMP3 protein, human; D019278:Matrix Metalloproteinase 3; C522360:MMP1 protein, human; D020781:Matrix Metalloproteinase 1; C093642:SB 203580