Complement inhibition keeps mothers calm and avoids fetal rejection

Immunological Investigations
Guillermina Girardi

Abstract

The paternal antigens presented by the fetus could be considered foreign by the mother's immune system and elicit an immune response. Here we show that the complement system functions as an effector in fetal rejection in two different mouse models of pregnancy loss. In a mouse model of fetal loss and growth restriction (IUGR) induced by antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL), we found that complement activation is a crucial and early mediator of pregnancy loss. We demonstrated that C5a-C5aR interaction and neutrophils are key mediators of fetal injury. We identified tissue factor (TF) as a critical intermediate that, acting downstream of C5 activation, enhances neutrophil activity and trophoblast injury. In an antibody-independent mouse model of spontaneous miscarriage and IUGR (CBAxDBA) we also identified C5a as an essential mediator. Complement activation caused dysregulation of the angiogenic factors (deficiency of free vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and elevated levels of soluble VEGF receptor 1) required for normal placental development. Inhibition of complement activation prevented angiogenesis failure and rescued pregnancies. Our studies in antibody-dependent and antibody-independent models of pregnancy complicatio...Continue Reading

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