PMID: 11925408Apr 2, 2002Paper

Altered phenotype of HLA-G expressing trophoblast and decidual natural killer cells in pathological pregnancies

Human Reproduction
Peter M EmmerIrma Joosten

Abstract

The interaction between decidual natural killer (NK) cells and alloantigens expressed on fetal trophoblast cells are thought to be essential for successful implantation and placentation. Consequently, a disturbed interaction during the first trimester of pregnancy might well lead to a subsequent pregnancy failure. We investigated the expression of HLA-G and NK cell markers in tissue sections from recurrent miscarriage (n = 9) and ectopic tubal pregnancies (n = 5), and two hysterectomy specimens of healthy pregnancy as well as decidual biopsies (n = 9) were used as controls. We show in normal pregnancy not only a decrease, but also a morphological change in CD56+ NK cells upon interaction with HLA-G-expressing trophoblasts. The cells appear to be transitioning from a blast-like (activation) state into a state of apoptosis. The number of CD16+ NK cells was low. In contrast, in recurrent miscarriage tissue a sustained NK cell marker expression of both CD56 and CD16 was paralleled by a decreased expression of HLA-G. No morphological changes from the blast-like stage were apparent. Finally, in ectopic pregnancies HLA-G expression in the absence of decidual NK cells was associated with a disturbed trophoblast differentiation. In path...Continue Reading

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