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Interferon-γ IFN-γ and a type I IFN (spl IFN) are transiently coexpressed by trophoblastic cells of pig conceptuses at implantation between day 12 and day 20 of gestation. The local effects of these trophoblastic IFNs were examined on endometrial cells and on trophoblast by measuring antiviral activity and the induction of (2′,5′)-oligoadenylate synthetase activity. Trophoblastic vesicles were shown to be susceptible to infection by vesicular stomatitis virus and transmissible gastroenteritis virus. Vesicular stomatitis virus multiplied by about 1000 times in trophoblastic vesicles, and endogenous trophoblastic IFNs or exogenous recombinant IFN-γ or spl IFN had no effect on virus production. No (2′,5′)-oligoadenylate synthetase activity could be measured on the trophoblast, even after treatment with IFN-γ or spl IFN. These results clearly show that trophoblastic IFNs cannot induce antiviral resistance or (2′,5′)-oligoadenylate synthetase activity in the trophoblast, suggesting that these IFNs have no autocrine function. Endometrial epithelial and stromal cells in primary cultures displayed distinct sensitivity to the antiviral effect of IFN-γ and spl IFN. Stromal fibroblasts were highly sensitive to spl IFN but weakly sensitive to IFN-γ; epithelial cells were sensitive to both IFNs. The same sensitivity pattern was obtained when measuring the (2′,5′)-oligoadenylate synthetase activity. Flushing fluid, containing IFN-γ and type I IFN, was a potent inducer of antiviral effect and (2′,5′)-oligoadenylate synthetase activity. It is therefore postulated that the endometrial epithelium is the most likely target of trophoblastic IFNs. It is possible that these IFNs play a role in the viral protection of conceptuses.
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Two proteins (17 and 22–24 kDa) produced by day 17 goat conceptuses were purified from in vitro culture media. Analysis of their N-terminal amino acid sequences and of their antiviral activity confirmed that both proteins belonged to the interferon tau family characteristic of ruminant conceptuses. The two molecules were glycosylated (22–24 kDa) or nonglycosylated (17 kDa) isoforms of the same protein. The time course of secretion was plotted and immunoblotting of the protein contents of uterine flushings from day 13 to day 21 of pregnancy was performed. The nonglycosylated isoform (17 kDa) was first detected on day 16; both isoforms were present at day 17 and, thereafter during pregnancy, the two proteins were not present in uterine flushings. Immunohistochemistry was used to show that the goat interferon tau was present in the trophoblastic cells as early as day 14 and until day 17. However, immunostaining was not uniform along the conceptus; labelling was greater at the abembryonic pole than at the embryonic pole. By day 18, as implantation proceeded, goat interferon tau was no longer detected. These results confirmed that the goat conceptus secretes interferon tau during the period of maternal recognition of pregnancy but its rapid decrease suggests that other factors need to be present by day 18 to take over its role in the maintenance of luteal function.
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Summary. Antiviral activities present in uterine flushings from pregnant Large White, Large White 'hyperprolific', and prolific Meishan gilts, between Days 8 and 20 of gestation were compared. Flushings (20 ml) from all gilts between Days 14 and 20 were positive in an in-vitro interferon (IFN) assay using vesicular stomatitis virus as a challenge infection. Highest antiviral activities (of up to 400 000–1 200 000 total Units/flushing) were obtained at Day 16 of gestation, i.e. clearly after the beginning of attachment. There was no major difference between breeds although, at Day 14, flushings from Meishan gilts yielded significantly higher titres than those from the other two, suggesting a correlation with the previously described earlier trophoblast elongation in Meishan gilts. Conceptus cultures contained antiviral activity, with values very close to those obtained in vivo, but the difference between breeds was not significant. Cultures from Day 20 on contained very little antiviral activity. The antiviral activity was associated with a mixture of at least two IFNs, one of which was IFN-alpha like, and the other was serologically identified as an IFN-gamma, that is an 'immune IFN', previously found to be secreted only by T lymphocytes. This finding may have implications for our understanding of the immunology of early pregnancy.
Keywords: pig; conceptus; attachment; antiviral activity; immune interferon
