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Hammer, A; Desoye, G; Dohr, G; Sattler, W; Malle, E.
Myeloperoxidase-dependent generation of hypochlorite-modified proteins in human placental tissues during normal pregnancy.
LAB INVEST 2001 81: 543-554.
Doi: 10.1038/labinvest.3780263
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- Hammer Astrid
- Malle Ernst
- Co-authors Med Uni Graz
- Desoye Gernot
- Dohr Gottfried
- Sattler Wolfgang
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- Abstract:
- Myeloperoxidase (MPO), which is released from cytoplasmic granules of activated phagocytes by a degranulation process, reacts with H(2)O(2) (generated during the oxidative burst) and chloride ions to generate hypochlorous acid/hypochlorite (HOCl/OCl(-)). HOCl, a strong oxidant, in turn reacts with proteins to form HOCl-modified proteins. The presence of these cytotoxic chloramines during inflammatory conditions, eg, atherosclerosis and glomerular and tubulointerstitial injury, suggested that chloramines are powerful oxidants that can have profound biologic effects. In the present study, immunoreactive MPO was identified in fetal membranes and the basal plate and in maternal and fetal blood cells of human placental tissues. Monocytes/macrophages represent the major cell source for MPO in human placental tissues. Immunohistochemical findings revealed that HOCl-modified proteins are present in normal human term placenta but not during the first trimester of pregnancy (Weeks 7 to 12). HOCl-modified proteins were localized in areas formed by fetally derived cells as well as maternal decidual tissues, ie, areas where fetal extravillous trophoblast cells invade the maternal tissue and stimulate the maternal immune system. HOCl-modified proteins, products of the MPO-H(2)O(2)-chloride system in vivo, were not present intracellularly, but immunoreactivity for HOCl-modified proteins was cell-associated and/or present in the extracellular matrix. Extravillous trophoblast cells, which may also exert phagocytic activities, showed no intracellular immunoreactivity for MPO or HOCl-modified proteins. The present findings indicate that the generation of HOCl-modified proteins during normal pregnancy is a physiologic rather than a pathophysiologic process.
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