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Seminars in Reproductive Medicine | 2014

Fetal Immune Response to Chorioamnionitis

Suhas G. Kallapur; Pietro Presicce; Cesar M. Rueda; Alan H. Jobe; Claire A. Chougnet

Chorioamnionitis is a frequent cause of preterm birth and is associated with an increased risk for injury responses in the lung, gastrointestinal tract, brain, and other fetal organs. Chorioamnionitis is a polymicrobial nontraditional infectious disease because the organisms causing chorioamnionitis are generally of low virulence and colonize the amniotic fluid often for extended periods, and the host (mother and the fetus) does not have typical infection-related symptoms such as fever. In this review, we discuss the effects of chorioamnionitis in experimental animal models that mimic the human disease. Our focus is on the immune changes in multiple fetal organs and the pathogenesis of chorioamnionitis-induced injury in different fetal compartments. As chorioamnionitis disproportionately affects preterm infants, we discuss the relevant developmental context for the immune system. We also provide a clinical context for the fetal responses.


The Journal of Neuroscience | 2014

Blocking Lymphocyte Trafficking with FTY720 Prevents Inflammation-Sensitized Hypoxic–Ischemic Brain Injury in Newborns

Dianer Yang; Yu Yo Sun; Siddhartha Kumar Bhaumik; Yikun Li; Jessica M. Baumann; Xiaoyi Lin; Yujin Zhang; Shang Hsuan Lin; R. Scott Dunn; Chia Yang Liu; Feng Shiun Shie; Yi-Hsuan Lee; Marsha Wills-Karp; Claire A. Chougnet; Suhas G. Kallapur; Ian P. Lewkowich; Diana M. Lindquist; Kaja Murali-Krishna; Chia Yi Kuan

Intrauterine infection (chorioamnionitis) aggravates neonatal hypoxic–ischemic (HI) brain injury, but the mechanisms linking systemic inflammation to the CNS damage remain uncertain. Here we report evidence for brain influx of T-helper 17 (TH17)-like lymphocytes to coordinate neuroinflammatory responses in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-sensitized HI injury in neonates. We found that both infants with histological chorioamnionitis and rat pups challenged by LPS/HI have elevated expression of the interleukin-23 (IL-23) receptor, a marker of early TH17 lymphocytes, in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Post-LPS/HI administration of FTY720 (fingolimod), a sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor agonist that blocks lymphocyte trafficking, mitigated the influx of leukocytes through the choroid plexus and acute induction of nuclear factor-κB signaling in the brain. Subsequently, the FTY720 treatment led to attenuated blood–brain barrier damage, fewer cluster of differentiation 4-positive, IL-17A-positive T-cells in the brain, less proinflammatory cytokine, and better preservation of growth and white matter functions. The FTY720 treatment also provided dose-dependent reduction of brain atrophy, rescuing >90% of LPS/HI-induced brain tissue loss. Interestingly, FTY720 neither opposed pure-HI brain injury nor directly inhibited microglia in both in vivo and in vitro models, highlighting its unique mechanism against inflammation-sensitized HI injury. Together, these results suggest that the dual hit of systemic inflammation and neonatal HI injury triggers early onset of the TH17/IL-17-mediated immunity, which causes severe brain destruction but responds remarkably to the therapeutic blockade of lymphocyte trafficking.


School of Biomedical Sciences; Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation | 2013

Intra-amniotic ureaplasma infection: outcomes vary depending on gestation

Jessica A. Norman; Samantha J. Dando; Suhas G. Kallapur; Ilias Nitsos; Matthew W Kemp; John Newnham; Alan H. Jobe; Christine L. Knox

Background: Ureaplasmas are the most prevalent bacteria isolated from preterm deliveries and the prognosis for neonates varies depending on the gestation at delivery. Ureaplasmas vary their surface-exposed antigen (MBA, a virulence mechanism) during chronic intra-amniotic infections, but it is not known when changes first occur during gestation. Method: U. parvum serovar 3 (2x10e7CFU) was injected intra-amniotically (IA) into six experimental cohorts of pregnant ewes (of n=7), 3 days (d) or 7d before delivery at either: 100d, 124d or 140d gestation (term=145d). Control ewes received IA 10B broth. Fetuses were delivered surgically and ureaplasmas cultured from amniotic fluid (AF), chorioamnion, fetal lung (FL) and umbilical cord. Ureaplasmas were tested by western blot to demonstrate MBA variation. Results: The highest number of ureaplasmas were recovered from FL at 100d gestation after 3 days of infection (p<0.03). Six of 7(86%) 100d–3d FL demonstrated an ureaplasma MBA variant, but only 17% and 15% of FL showed an MBA variant after 3d infection at 124d and 140d gestation respectively. Greatest variation of the MBA occurred in AF and FL at 124d gestation after 7d infection. The least MBA variation was observed at 140d; however, at this time the most severe histological chorioamnionitis was observed. Conclusions: After intra-amniotic ureaplasma injections, higher numbers of ureaplasmas gained access to the FL at 100d gestation than observed at later gestations. This may exacerbate the adverse outcomes for neonates delivered early in gestation. In late gestation, ureaplasma MBA variation was minimal, but chorioamnionitis was the most severe. Adverse pregnancy outcomes associated with IA ureaplasma infection may vary depending on the duration of gestation, the number of ureaplasmas isolated from the fetal tissues and the degree of MBA variation.


Archive | 1998

Phenotypes of TGFß Knockout Mice

Suhas G. Kallapur; Marcia M. Shull; Thomas Doetschman

The transforming growth factor-s (TGFs) family consists of structurally related polypeptides that mediate important physiological processes. Significant advances have been made recently in understanding the functions of these molecules in vivo by the targeted ablation of various members of the super gene family. The family members include the TGF(is, activins, inhibins, bone morphogenetic proteins, Mullerian-inhibiting substance, nodal, dorsalin,and the products of the Drosophila decapentaplegic, and Xenopus Vg-1 genes (for review see refs. 1–4). Recently, the growth differentiation factor (GDF) family of proteins, a new member of the TGFβ family, has been described (5–7). TGFβl was first isolated from human platelets (8) and the cDNA sequence was later determined (9). TGFs 1 is a disulfide-linked homo-dimer of two 112 amino acid chains. Each chain is synthesized as the C-terminal domain of a 390 amino acid precursor. It has the characteristics of a secretory polypeptide, contains a hydrophobic signal sequence for translocation across the endoplasmic reticulum, and is glycosylated. The precursor cleavage site is a sequence of four basic amino acids immediately preceding the bioactive domain (9).


American Journal of Physiology-lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology | 2001

Intra-amniotic endotoxin: chorioamnionitis precedes lung maturation in preterm lambs

Suhas G. Kallapur; Karen E. Willet; Alan H. Jobe; Machiko Ikegami; Cindy J. Bachurski


American Journal of Physiology-lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology | 2002

Intra-amniotic injection of IL-1 induces inflammation and maturation in fetal sheep lung.

Karen E. Willet; Boris W. Kramer; Suhas G. Kallapur; Machiko Ikegami; John P. Newnham; Timothy J. M. Moss; Peter D. Sly; Alan H. Jobe


Methods of Molecular Biology | 2001

Influence of Genetic Background on Knockout Mouse Phenotypes

L. Philip Sanford; Suhas G. Kallapur; Ilona Ormsby; Thomas Doetschman


The Newborn Lung#R##N#Neonatology Questions and Controversies | 2008

Chapter 6 – Inflammation/Infection: Effects on the Fetal/Newborn Lung

Alan H. Jobe; Suhas G. Kallapur; Timothy J. M. Moss


Fetal and Neonatal Physiology (Fifth Edition) | 2017

77 – Antenatal Factors That Influence Postnatal Lung Development and Injury

Suhas G. Kallapur; Alan H. Jobe


Fetal and Neonatal Physiology (Fifth Edition) | 2017

84 – Surfactant Treatment

Alan H. Jobe; Suhas G. Kallapur

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Alan H. Jobe

Boston Children's Hospital

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Boris W. Kramer

Boston Children's Hospital

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John Newnham

Telethon Institute for Child Health Research

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Machiko Ikegami

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

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Ilias Nitsos

Hudson Institute of Medical Research

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Timothy J. M. Moss

Telethon Institute for Child Health Research

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Graeme R. Polglase

University of Western Australia

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J. Jane Pillow

University College London

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