| Pregnancy amelioration of arthritis in SKG mice corresponds with alterations in serum amyloid A3 levels. | |
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PMID: 23097751 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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OBJECTIVES: Pregnancy leads to rheumatoid arthritis remission in humans. The objective of this study was to determine if the SKG mouse could serve as a model for pregnancy-associated inflammatory arthritis amelioration. In addition, the maternal peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) transcriptome was assessed to define a biomarker associated with remission. METHODS: Cohorts of zymosan-treated pregnant SKG mice and controls were monitored for arthritis progression. Microarray analysis evaluated alterations in gene expression in maternal PBMCs at embryonic day 14.5 (E14.5) between arthritic and pregnancy-remitted mice. A selected target, serum amyloid A3 (SAA3), was further investigated using quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR (qRT-PCR) and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS: Pregnancy resulted in complete or partial remission in the majority of the zymosan-treated SKG mice. Twenty-seven transcripts were differentially expressed in the PBMCs between arthritic and pregnancy-remitted mice. Expression and plasma SAA3 levels decreased with pregnancy-induced arthritis amelioration and plasma SAA3 levels correlated with arthritis severity. CONCLUSIONS: These results establish the SKG mouse as a model system to study pregnancy-induced amelioration of arthritis. These studies also establish SAA3 as a biomarker of arthritis amelioration in SKG mice. This model can be used to elucidate the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the impact of pregnancy on the maternal immune system that results in arthritis amelioration. |
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Laura A Shaw; Adrianne L Stefanski; Lisa K Peterson; Kristen K Rumer; Andrea Vondracek; Tzu L Phang; Shimon Sakaguchi; Virginia D Winn; Leonard L Dragone |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-4-20 |
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Title: American journal of clinical and experimental immunology Volume: 1 ISSN: 2164-7712 ISO Abbreviation: Am J Clin Exp Immunol Publication Date: 2012 Jun |
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Created Date: 2012-10-25 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101587157 Medline TA: Am J Clin Exp Immunol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 12-19 Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado 80206. |
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