Neonatal immune cells have heightened responses following in-utero exposure to chorioamnionitis or COVID-19 ... - Nature.com
Abstract
Background
Chorioamnionitis alters neonatal immune responses. Gestational COVID-19 infection is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, but its impact on neonatal immunity is unclear. We hypothesized that gestational COVID-19 exposure would result in exaggerated neonatal immune responses, similar to chorioamnionitis-exposed neonates.
Methods
Term umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells (CBMCs) were isolated from neonates exposed to chorioamnionitis, gestational COVID-19 or unexposed controls. CBMCs were cultured and stimulated with heat-killed Escherichia coli, Streptococcus agalactiae or Staphylococcus epidermidis. A multiplexed protein assay was used to measure cytokine levels in cell culture supernatants and flow cytometry was used to evaluate cellular-level cytokine expression.
Results
Both chorioamnionitis-exposed and COVID-19 exposed CBMCs demonstrated upregulation of IL-1β and IL-6 compared to unexposed CBMCs, while only COVID-19 exposure resulted in IL-8 upregulation. There were no differences between chorioamnionitis-exposed and COVID-19 exposed CBMCs when these groups were directly compared. Flow cytometry demonstrated immune cell subset specific differences in cytokine expression between the exposure groups.
Conclusion
The fetal/neonatal response to maternal inflammation differed based on immune cell subset and etiology of inflammation, but the global neonatal cytokine responses were similar between exposure groups. This suggests that targeting perinatal inflammation rather than the specific etiology may be a possible therapeutic approach.
Impact
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Neonatal immune cells have similar pathogen-associated global cytokine responses, but different cell-level immune responses, following in-utero exposure to chorioamnionitis or COVID-19.
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This is the first study to directly compare immune responses between neonates exposed to chorioamnionitis and COVID-19.
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This suggests that the fetal/neonatal cellular response to perinatal inflammation differs based on the etiology and severity of maternal inflammation, but still results in a similar overall inflammatory profile regardless of the cause of perinatal inflammation.
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Data availability
The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
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