title: Minor histocompatibility antigens are expressed in syncytiotrophoblast and trophoblast debris: implications for maternal alloreactivity to the fetus.
abstract: The fetal semi-allograft can induce expansion and tolerance of antigen-specific maternal T and B cells through paternally inherited major histocompatibility complex and minor histocompatibility antigens (mHAgs). The effects of these antigens have important consequences on the maternal immune system both during and long after pregnancy. Herein, we investigate the possibility that the placental syncytiotrophoblast and deported trophoblastic debris serve as sources of fetal mHAgs. We mapped the expression of four mHAgs (human mHAg 1, pumilio domain-containing protein KIAA0020, B-cell lymphoma 2-related protein A1, and ribosomal protein S4, Y linked) in the placenta. Each of these proteins was expressed in several placental cell types, including the syncytiotrophoblast. These antigens and two additional Y chromosome-encoded antigens [DEAD box polypeptide 3, Y linked (DDX3Y), and lysine demethylase5D] were also identified by RT-PCR in the placenta, purified trophoblast cells, and cord blood cells. Finally, we used a proteomic approach to investigate the presence of mHAgs in the syncytiotrophoblast and trophoblast debris shed from first-trimester placenta. By this method, four antigens (DDX3Y; ribosomal protein S4, Y linked; solute carrier 1A5; and signal sequence receptor 1) were found in the syncytiotrophoblast, and one antigen (DDX3Y) was found in shed trophoblast debris. The finding of mHAgs in the placenta and in trophoblast debris provides the first direct evidence that fetal antigens are present in debris shed from the human placenta. The data, thus, suggest a mechanism by which the maternal immune system is exposed to fetal alloantigens, possibly explaining the relationship between parity and graft-versus-host disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Olivia J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Holland
authors.forename: Caitlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Linscheid
authors.forename: Herbert C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Hodes
authors.forename: Traci L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Nauser
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gilliam
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: Larry W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Chamley
authors.forename: Margaret G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Petroff
mesh_terms: D003656:Decidua / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000737:chemistry; D005333:Fetus / Q000276:immunology*; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance / Q000276:immunology*; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000166:cytology; D015778:Minor Histocompatibility Antigens / Q000378:metabolism*; D010920:Placenta / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D014327:Trophoblasts / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015778:Minor Histocompatibility Antigens
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