通过糖调节胎盘抗体转移
Madeleine F Jennewein1, Ilona Goldfarb2, Sepideh Dolatshahi3
1Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Cell
|June 18, 2019
概括
母亲免疫转移特定的抗体给新生儿,增强先天免疫力. 这种由抗体特征驱动的选择性转移为开发下一代针对婴儿感染的母体疫苗提供了洞察力.
科学领域:
- 免疫学
- 新生儿健康
- 疫苗学
背景情况:
- 尽管疫苗接种广泛, 新生儿仍容易感染.
- 在胎盘中进行的母体抗体转移对于新生儿免疫力至关重要,但不均.
- 现有的新生儿疫苗接种策略面临着由于免疫系统不成熟和母体因素的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 研究影响胎盘转移的抗体的Fc特征.
- 了解选择性抗体从母亲转移到胎儿的机制.
- 为改善新生儿保护而设计先进的孕产妇疫苗.
主要方法:
- 使用系统血清学分析抗体Fc特征.
- 对母体和新生儿抗体的Fc概况进行比较.
- 研究了Fc- glycans和Fc受体 (FcRn,FCGR3A) 在抗体转移中的作用.
主要成果:
- 孕产妇和新生儿的抗体表现出不同的Fc配置文件,有利于新生儿的NK细胞激活抗体.
- 选择性抗体转移与二甲基化Fc- glycans相关.
- 双甲基可促进与FcRn和FCGR3A的结合,从而促进激活先天免疫细胞的抗体的转移.
结论:
- 抗体Fc- glycan结构决定了胎盘转移的效率.
- 这些发现揭示了一种针对新生儿先天免疫力优化的抗体转移机制.
- 这项研究为开发下一代孕产妇疫苗增强婴儿免疫力提供了基础.
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