TY - JOUR
T1 - The Immunosignature of Mother/Fetus Couples in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
T2 - Role of HLA-G 14 bp ins/del and PAPP-A A/C Polymorphisms in the Uterine Inflammatory Milieu
AU - Martinetti, Miryam
AU - Beneventi, Fausta
AU - Capittini, Cristina
AU - Locatelli, Elena
AU - Simonetta, Margherita
AU - Cavagnoli, Chiara
AU - De Maggio, Irene
AU - De Silvestri, Annalisa
AU - Pasi, Annamaria
AU - Spinillo, Arsenio
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - We enrolled 151 healthy mother/newborn couples and 26 with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). HLA-G and PAPP-A plasma levels were measured by ELISA at first and second trimesters, at delivery, and in cord blood. HLA-G 14 bp ins/del and PAPP-A A/C polymorphisms were genotyped. HLA-G del/del and PAPP-A C/C genotypes were more frequent among GDM mothers than controls. We observed a genetic epistasis between the two polymorphisms: The HLA-G del/del and PAPP-A C/C combination was carried by 8% of GDM mothers and 1.3% of controls (OR = 9.5, 95% CI = 0.8-109, p=0.07). GDM mothers showed increased sHLA-G levels compared to controls (p=0.004), and those carrying the HLA-G del/del genotype produced more sHLA-G at the second trimester and at delivery (p=0.014). A genetic pressure by fetal genotype on maternal sHLA-G production was observed in GDM mothers with heterozygous HLA-G del/ins newborns (p=0.02). Babies born to GDM mothers showed higher sHLA-G concentrations compared to those born to healthy mothers, and those carrying HLA-G del/del showed the highest sHLA-G levels (p=0.013). PAPP-A amounts significantly increased along pregnancy (p<0.001), but the median levels at the first and second trimesters were significantly lower in GDM (p=0.03). Our findings first suggest an involvement of HLA-G and PAPP-A gene-protein interaction in GDM and highlight a possible contribution of the fetus in balancing maternal inflammation.
AB - We enrolled 151 healthy mother/newborn couples and 26 with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). HLA-G and PAPP-A plasma levels were measured by ELISA at first and second trimesters, at delivery, and in cord blood. HLA-G 14 bp ins/del and PAPP-A A/C polymorphisms were genotyped. HLA-G del/del and PAPP-A C/C genotypes were more frequent among GDM mothers than controls. We observed a genetic epistasis between the two polymorphisms: The HLA-G del/del and PAPP-A C/C combination was carried by 8% of GDM mothers and 1.3% of controls (OR = 9.5, 95% CI = 0.8-109, p=0.07). GDM mothers showed increased sHLA-G levels compared to controls (p=0.004), and those carrying the HLA-G del/del genotype produced more sHLA-G at the second trimester and at delivery (p=0.014). A genetic pressure by fetal genotype on maternal sHLA-G production was observed in GDM mothers with heterozygous HLA-G del/ins newborns (p=0.02). Babies born to GDM mothers showed higher sHLA-G concentrations compared to those born to healthy mothers, and those carrying HLA-G del/del showed the highest sHLA-G levels (p=0.013). PAPP-A amounts significantly increased along pregnancy (p<0.001), but the median levels at the first and second trimesters were significantly lower in GDM (p=0.03). Our findings first suggest an involvement of HLA-G and PAPP-A gene-protein interaction in GDM and highlight a possible contribution of the fetus in balancing maternal inflammation.
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U2 - 10.1155/2017/4254750
DO - 10.1155/2017/4254750
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85021659933
VL - 2017
JO - Disease Markers
JF - Disease Markers
SN - 0278-0240
M1 - 4254750
ER -