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Original Articles

HLA-C promotes proliferation and cell cycle progression in trophoblast cells

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Pages 512-518 | Received 31 Oct 2018, Accepted 23 Apr 2019, Published online: 15 May 2019
 

Abstract

Objectives: The development of maternal-fetal immune tolerance and adequate trophoblast function are essential for the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA), the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigen specific to humans, plays an important role in placentation and is involved in many pregnancy-associated diseases. HLA-C is the only classical MHC I gene expressed at the maternal-fetal interface. To investigate whether HLA-C plays an independent role in regulating the development of trophoblasts, we explored the effect of HLA-C expression on placental development.

Methods: The role of HLA-C in the growth and migration of trophoblast JAR and HTR-8/Svneo cell lines was investigated after HLA-C-expressing lentivirus transfection.

Results: The MTT assay and colony formation assay showed that HLA-C promoted cell proliferation. Furthermore, cell cycle analysis showed that HLA-C overexpression accelerated the transition of trophoblast cells from the G0/G1 phase to the S phase. However, FACS analysis and migration assay indicated that HLA-C had no significant influence on trophoblast apoptosis and migration.

Conclusion: Our study demonstrated for the first time that besides being involved in immune tolerance, HLA-C can directly promote placental growth without interacting with immune cells, which could provide a new insight into studying the functions of HLA-C at the maternal-fetal interface.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Author contributions

Shan Wang led the conception and design of the study. Hong Lv performed the experiments. Qian Zhou wrote the paper. Lei Li was responsible for the analysis of the data. All authors have reviewed and approved the manuscript.

Additional information

Funding

This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81741038, 81801473, 81100447), the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2016HM10) and the Jinan Science and Technology Plan (201602161).

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