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The anti-inflammatory role of placental Hofbauer cells is altered in patients with chorioamnionitis: Are CYP2C8 and soluble epoxide hydrolase involved in immunomodulation?

Authors :
Zdenek Tauber
Katerina Cizkova
Source :
Biomedical Papers, Vol 166, Iss 3, Pp 267-273 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 2022.

Abstract

Aims. Hofbauer cells (HBCs) are placental macrophages playing various roles during normal and complicated pregnancies, and of the latter, chorioamnionitis is the most frequent. Methods. In placenta with chorioamnionitis, we examined immunohistochemical expression profiles of IL-1β, IL-10, and their potential regulators, CYP2C8 and soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH), in Hofbauer cells and compared the results with our previously published data for normal placenta. Results. We found that the expression profiles of the studied proteins in Hofbauer cells in chorioamnionitis differs from normal placenta. In chorioamnionitis, HBCs showed a moderate expression of IL-1β together with a weak expression of IL-10 and CYP2C8. Contrary to normal placenta, HBCs in chorioamnionitis express sEH. We demonstrated a moderate positive correlation between the expression of CYP2C8 and sEH in chorioamnionitis (Spearman r = 0.5654), suggesting enhanced degradation of anti-inflammatory epoxyeicosatrienoic acids. Moreover, the relations of IL-1β and IL-10 to CYP2C8, previously described in normal placenta, disappeared. Furthermore, a weak expression of anti-inflammatory IL-10 in chorioamnionitis was accompanied by change in circularity of HBCs (Spearman r = 0.8193). Conclusion. Taken together, these findings suggest a possible alteration of the anti-inflammatory role of HBCs and its regulation in chorioamnionitis.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
12138118, 18047521, and 13744119
Volume :
166
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Biomedical Papers
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.7d8130aea137441191a34e6d466314ea
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5507/bp.2021.026