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Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Secreted by Decidual Stromal Cells Inhibits NK Cells Cytotoxicity by Up-Regulating Expression of SOCS3

BACKGROUND: Decidual stromal cells (DSCs) are of particular importance due to their pleiotropic functions during pregnancy. Although previous research has demonstrated that DSCs participated in the regulation of immune cells during pregnancy, the crosstalk between DSCs and NK cells has not been full...

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Autores principales: Xu, Xiaofei, Wang, Qingjie, Deng, Biping, Wang, Huayang, Dong, Zhaogang, Qu, Xun, Kong, Beihua
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3407114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22848642
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041869
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author Xu, Xiaofei
Wang, Qingjie
Deng, Biping
Wang, Huayang
Dong, Zhaogang
Qu, Xun
Kong, Beihua
author_facet Xu, Xiaofei
Wang, Qingjie
Deng, Biping
Wang, Huayang
Dong, Zhaogang
Qu, Xun
Kong, Beihua
author_sort Xu, Xiaofei
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description BACKGROUND: Decidual stromal cells (DSCs) are of particular importance due to their pleiotropic functions during pregnancy. Although previous research has demonstrated that DSCs participated in the regulation of immune cells during pregnancy, the crosstalk between DSCs and NK cells has not been fully elucidated. To address this issue, we investigated the effect of DSCs on perforin expression in CD56(+) NK cells and explored the underlying mechanism. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Flow cytometry analysis showed perforin production in NK cells was attenuated by DSC media, and it was further suppressed by media from DSCs pretreated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). However, the expression of granzyme A and apoptosis of NK cells were not influenced by DSC media. ELISA assays to detect cytokine production indicated that monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) in the supernatant of DSCs conditioned culture significantly increased after LPS stimulation. The inhibitory effect of DSC media on perforin was abolished by the administration of anti-MCP-1 neutralizing antibody. Notably, reduced perforin expression attenuated the cytotoxic potential of CD56(+)NK cells to K562 cells. Moreover, Suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3) expression in NK cells was enhanced by treatment with MCP-1, as measured by RT-PCR and western blot. Interestingly, MCP-1-induced perforin expression was partly abolished by the siRNA induced SOCS3 knockdown. Western blot analysis suggested that both NF-κB and ERK/MAPKs pathway were involved in the LPS-induced upregulation of MCP-1 in DSCs. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Our results demonstrate that LPS induces upregulation of MCP-1 in DSCs, which may play a critical role in inhibiting the cytotoxicity of NK cells partly by promoting SOCS3 expression. These findings suggest that the crosstalk between DSCs and NK cells may be crucial to maintain pregnancy homeostasis.
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spelling pubmed-34071142012-07-30 Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Secreted by Decidual Stromal Cells Inhibits NK Cells Cytotoxicity by Up-Regulating Expression of SOCS3 Xu, Xiaofei Wang, Qingjie Deng, Biping Wang, Huayang Dong, Zhaogang Qu, Xun Kong, Beihua PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Decidual stromal cells (DSCs) are of particular importance due to their pleiotropic functions during pregnancy. Although previous research has demonstrated that DSCs participated in the regulation of immune cells during pregnancy, the crosstalk between DSCs and NK cells has not been fully elucidated. To address this issue, we investigated the effect of DSCs on perforin expression in CD56(+) NK cells and explored the underlying mechanism. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Flow cytometry analysis showed perforin production in NK cells was attenuated by DSC media, and it was further suppressed by media from DSCs pretreated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). However, the expression of granzyme A and apoptosis of NK cells were not influenced by DSC media. ELISA assays to detect cytokine production indicated that monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) in the supernatant of DSCs conditioned culture significantly increased after LPS stimulation. The inhibitory effect of DSC media on perforin was abolished by the administration of anti-MCP-1 neutralizing antibody. Notably, reduced perforin expression attenuated the cytotoxic potential of CD56(+)NK cells to K562 cells. Moreover, Suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3) expression in NK cells was enhanced by treatment with MCP-1, as measured by RT-PCR and western blot. Interestingly, MCP-1-induced perforin expression was partly abolished by the siRNA induced SOCS3 knockdown. Western blot analysis suggested that both NF-κB and ERK/MAPKs pathway were involved in the LPS-induced upregulation of MCP-1 in DSCs. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Our results demonstrate that LPS induces upregulation of MCP-1 in DSCs, which may play a critical role in inhibiting the cytotoxicity of NK cells partly by promoting SOCS3 expression. These findings suggest that the crosstalk between DSCs and NK cells may be crucial to maintain pregnancy homeostasis. Public Library of Science 2012-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3407114/ /pubmed/22848642 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041869 Text en © 2012 Xu et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Xu, Xiaofei
Wang, Qingjie
Deng, Biping
Wang, Huayang
Dong, Zhaogang
Qu, Xun
Kong, Beihua
Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Secreted by Decidual Stromal Cells Inhibits NK Cells Cytotoxicity by Up-Regulating Expression of SOCS3
title Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Secreted by Decidual Stromal Cells Inhibits NK Cells Cytotoxicity by Up-Regulating Expression of SOCS3
title_full Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Secreted by Decidual Stromal Cells Inhibits NK Cells Cytotoxicity by Up-Regulating Expression of SOCS3
title_fullStr Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Secreted by Decidual Stromal Cells Inhibits NK Cells Cytotoxicity by Up-Regulating Expression of SOCS3
title_full_unstemmed Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Secreted by Decidual Stromal Cells Inhibits NK Cells Cytotoxicity by Up-Regulating Expression of SOCS3
title_short Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Secreted by Decidual Stromal Cells Inhibits NK Cells Cytotoxicity by Up-Regulating Expression of SOCS3
title_sort monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 secreted by decidual stromal cells inhibits nk cells cytotoxicity by up-regulating expression of socs3
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3407114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22848642
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041869
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