title: Expression and immune effect of toll-like receptor 4 in human trophoblast cells.
abstract: This study investigated the expression and immune effect of TLR4 in human trophoblast cells. The expression level of TLR4 mRNA in normal and LPS-stimulated human term trophoblast cells (1 mg/L LPS, 12 h) was detected by RT-PCR. In LPS-stimulated human term trophoblast cells of TLR4-blocked group and non-TLR4-blocked group, and normal term trophoblast cells of blank control group, apoptosis rate was measured by flow cytometry (FCM), and the level of TNF-alpha determined by using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) respectively. RT-PCR results showed that the expression level of TLR4 mRNA in LPS-stimulated human trophoblast cells was significantly higher than that in normal cells (P<0.01). FCM revealed that there was significant difference in apoptosis rate of LPS-stimulated human term trophoblast cells between TLR4-blocked group and non-TLR4-blocked group (P<0.05), or between TLR4 antibody-blocked group and blank control group. ELISA indicated that the level of TNF-alpha in LPS-stimulated human trophoblast cells also had statistical differences between TLR4 antibody-blocked group and non-TLR4 antibody-blocked group (P<0.05). Our results suggest that TLR4 plays an important role in the immunological mechanism of apoptosis and secretion of TNF-alpha of human term trophoblast cells stimulated by LPS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China. feitaod@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Feitao
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Chaoying
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010920:Placenta / Q000166:cytology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051197:Toll-Like Receptor 4 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014327:Trophoblasts / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C495345:TLR4 protein, human; D051197:Toll-Like Receptor 4; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha