Placental viviparity is known in many species of squamate reptiles. Among these, some scincids have developed an epithelio-chorial chorio-allantoic placenta which in the structure of its central ridged zone is similar to those of certain therian mammalian species. A broad range of immunoregulatory peptides, cytokines, has been identified at the maternofetal interface of several species of mammals, either with invasive or non-invasive types of placenta. Thus we began to study whether interleukin-1, which is considered to play a crucial role in mammalian pregnancy, might also be involved in the viviparity of reptilian species. Placentae of Chalcides chalcides L. were processed by immunohistochemistry and incubated in a culture medium for different times. A very strong immunoreactivity for interleukin-1α (IL-1α) and for Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) was present in the chorial epiblast and in uterine epithelial cells, with varying degree and localization in different periods of pregnancy. IL-1β was also released into the medium at different amounts during incubation. In light of the mammalian data, our results suggest that the role of cytokines in pregnancy may represent a significant event in the evolution of Placental viviparity. © 1995.
Ricci, L., Romagnoli, R., Marchetti, M., Cintorino, M., Ghiara, P., Guarino, F.M., et al. (1995). Cytokines in the viviparous reproduction of squamate reptiles: interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha) and IL-1 beta in placental structures of a skink. PLACENTA, 16(2), 193-205 [10.1016/0143-4004(95)90008-X].
Cytokines in the viviparous reproduction of squamate reptiles: interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha) and IL-1 beta in placental structures of a skink
RICCI, L.;ROMAGNOLI, R.;CINTORINO, M.;GHIARA, G.
1995-01-01
Abstract
Placental viviparity is known in many species of squamate reptiles. Among these, some scincids have developed an epithelio-chorial chorio-allantoic placenta which in the structure of its central ridged zone is similar to those of certain therian mammalian species. A broad range of immunoregulatory peptides, cytokines, has been identified at the maternofetal interface of several species of mammals, either with invasive or non-invasive types of placenta. Thus we began to study whether interleukin-1, which is considered to play a crucial role in mammalian pregnancy, might also be involved in the viviparity of reptilian species. Placentae of Chalcides chalcides L. were processed by immunohistochemistry and incubated in a culture medium for different times. A very strong immunoreactivity for interleukin-1α (IL-1α) and for Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) was present in the chorial epiblast and in uterine epithelial cells, with varying degree and localization in different periods of pregnancy. IL-1β was also released into the medium at different amounts during incubation. In light of the mammalian data, our results suggest that the role of cytokines in pregnancy may represent a significant event in the evolution of Placental viviparity. © 1995.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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