Developmental failure of chimeric embryos expressing high levels of H-2Dd transplantation antigens.
AUTOR(ES)
Jaffe, L
RESUMO
The absence of expression of class I products of the major histocompatibility complex at early stages of development is thought to play a key role in maternal tolerance of the fetal allograft. To test this, we developed a strategy that would allow us to describe the consequences of overexpression of the H-2Dd transplantation antigen in the developing embryo. A construct containing the H-2Dd gene under control of the human beta-actin promoter was transfected into pluripotent embryonic stem (ES) cells. Particularly in this case, since overexpression of major histocompatibility complex class I gene products may profoundly affect embryonic development, an important advantage of the ES cell system is the ability to analyze gene expression and study effects on cell growth and differentiation in vitro. ES cells do not constitutively express beta 2-microglobulin. Consistent with this, H-2Dd H chains expressed by ES cell transformants were not associated with beta 2-microglobulin or transported to the cell surface. Significant levels of beta 2-microglobulin and H-2Dd membrane glycoproteins were expressed following differentiation in vitro. H-2Dd-transfected ES cells gave rise to a wide range of differentiated cell types, and there was no evidence to suggest that expression of the introduced H-2Dd gene affects the differentiation abilities of ES cells in vitro. When introduced into blastocysts, H-2Dd-transfected ES cells extensively contribute to embryonic and extraembryonic tissues, but this results in the failure of chimeric conceptuses at midgestation. Considering that transgenic chimeras cannot be rescued by transfer into syngeneic foster females, it seems likely that nonimmunological mechanisms are responsible for these prenatal lethalities.
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