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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 73, Issue 4, Pages 313-329Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12295
Keywords
Foetal membranes; human labour; inflammation; inhibitor of apoptosis; myometrium
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- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) [1047025]
- Medical Research Foundation for Women and Babies
- Mercy Research Foundation
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ProblemInflammation is commonly associated with preterm birth. In non-gestational tissues, the cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein (cIAP) 1 and 2, independent of their role in apoptosis, have emerged as important regulators of inflammation. There is, however, no data on the effect of human labour on the expression of cIAPs in human gestational tissues, or on their role in modulating TNF- induced inflammation. Method of studyMyometrium and fetal membranes and myometrium were obtained from term non-labouring and labouring fetal membranes and myometrium. Fetal membranes were also obtained from preterm non-labouring and labouring fetal membranes with and without histological chorioamnionitis. The effect of cIAP1 and cIAP2 knockdown by siRNA in myometrial primary cells on pro-labour mediators was also determined. ResultscIAP1 and cIAP2 expression was significantly higher in fetal membranes and myometrium after spontaneous labour, in preterm fetal membranes with infection, and with LPS and TNF-. cIAP2 expression was also higher in fetal membranes after spontaneous preterm labour when compared to non-labouring tissues. Knockdown of cIAP1 and cIAP2 in primary myometrial cells significantly decreased TNF- induced expression and secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-6 and IL-8); cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 expression and subsequent release of the prostaglandin PGE(2); the expression and secretion of MMP-9; and NF-B transcriptional activity. ConclusioncIAP1 and cIAP2 are increased after labour in fetal membranes and myometrium and are involved in TNF- induced-expression of pro-labour mediators. Thus, cIAP1 and cIAP2 represent novel therapeutic targets for the prevention of spontaneous preterm birth.
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