Effect of pregnancy-specific β1-glycoprotein on indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase activity in human monocytes

Dokl Biol Sci. 2016 Jul;469(1):206-8. doi: 10.1134/S0012496616040165. Epub 2016 Sep 7.

Abstract

The role of heterogenic human pregnancy-specific glycoprotein (PSG), obtained by the authors' technology, in the regulation of the indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) activity in female blood monocytes has been studied in vitro. PSG stimulated IDO activity under the conditions of induction of the monocytes by interferon-γ. Upon the induction of cell proliferation by lipopolysaccharides, the stimulating effect was obtained only with 10 μg/mL of PSG. Enhanced IDO activity is probably a factor of peripheral immunological tolerance and antimicrobial protection against intracellular infections in the gestation period.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immune Tolerance*
  • Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase / immunology*
  • Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase / metabolism
  • Interferon-gamma / pharmacology
  • Lipopolysaccharides / pharmacology
  • Monocytes / immunology*
  • Monocytes / metabolism
  • Pregnancy / blood
  • Pregnancy / immunology*
  • Pregnancy-Specific beta 1-Glycoproteins / immunology*
  • Pregnancy-Specific beta 1-Glycoproteins / metabolism

Substances

  • IDO1 protein, human
  • IFNG protein, human
  • Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Pregnancy-Specific beta 1-Glycoproteins
  • Interferon-gamma