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Evaluation of the influence of the expression of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase on the cell cycle of murine and rat embryonic cells and placental cells in culture supplemented with hormones and cytokines

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Author(s):
Graziela Menck Ferreira Santos
Total Authors: 1
Document type: Master's Dissertation
Press: São Paulo.
Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ/SBD)
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Examining board members:
José Roberto Kfoury Junior; Durvanei Augusto Maria; Janaína Munuera Monteiro
Advisor: José Roberto Kfoury Junior
Abstract

The indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) plays an important role in maternal-fetal tolerance due to its capacity to catabolize tryptophan and thereby preventing the proliferation of T lymphocytes, necessary for their maintenance. Reproductive hormones are also involved in the process of survival of semi-allogeneic fetus, as progesterone that blocks mitogenic stimulation of T cell proliferation, modulates antibodies production, promotes production of IL-10, etc. and estradiol, that can modulate the Th1 or Th2 immune profile during pregnancy, depending on its concentration. However, there is very few evidences regarding a possible correlation between IDO expression and these hormones; thus this study examined the influence of the expression of IDO and the actions of reproductive hormones and cytokines in the cell cycle of cells derived from fetuses and placenta at term gestation of female rats and mice in culture. This study was conducted as a complement to an earlier work, in which an evaluation was made of the IDO expression by flow cytometry in uterine cells, placentas and embryos of pregnant rats and mice and non-pregnant females that were maintained in culture and supplemented with estradiol, progesterone, interferon γ, tryptophan and 1-methyl-DLtryptophan. The cell cycle evaluation was conducted by flow cytometry. According to the results, regarding the effect of treatments on the behavior of the cells in the cell cycle, it was observed that in pregnant and non-pregnant rats after the addition of estradiol, there is a greater predominance of cells in G1 phase at periods of 4 and 24 hours, that also was noted in the group of pregnant female mice. Uterine cells from non-pregnant female rats treated with estradiol and progesterone as well as treated with interferon γ progressed to the phase of synthesis on the cycle, at 24 and 48 hours. With the addition of tryptophanin the groups of non-pregnant rats, pregnant and non-pregnant mice , an increased amount of cells in the G1 phase were observed in the three periods analyzed. In the group of pregnant rats a predominance of cells in the G1 phase was observed in periods of 4 and 24 hours, and 48 hours, where the cells undergone DNA fragmentation. In pregnant and non-pregnant rats the cells supplemented with 1 - methyl - DL - tryptophan + tryptophan remained at G1 phase in periods of 4, 24 and 48 hours and 4 and 24 hours for cells from pregnant and non-pregnant mice , that show ragmented DNA followed by synthesis at 48 hours period. Supplementation of the various factors to cell cultures allowed to observe dynamic changes in the cell cycle, represented primarily by an increase of cells in G1 phase in groups of embryonic and placental cells that received progesterone, estradiol, interferon γ and tryptophan and showed a significant increase in the expression of IDO, that allows us to infer that the mRNA synthesis is probably correlated to the production of IDO. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 11/05392-9 - Evaluation of the influence of the expression of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase, in the cell cycle of murine and mice embryonic cells and placenta cells, in cell culture, forward to the action of hormones and cytokines
Grantee:Graziela Menck Ferreira Santos
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master