A homodimeric complex of HLA‐G on normal trophoblast cells modulates antigen‐presenting cells via LILRB1

Abstract

In healthy individuals, the non‐classical MHC molecule HLA‐G is only expressed on fetal trophoblast cells that invade the decidua during placentation. We show that a significant proportion of HLA‐G at the surface of normal human trophoblast cells is present as a disulphide‐linked homodimer of the conventional β 2 m‐associated HLA‐I complex. HLA‐G is a ligand for leukocyte immunoglobulin‐like receptors (LILR), which bind much more efficiently to dimeric HLA‐G than to conventional HLA‐I molecules. We find that a LILRB1‐Fc fusion protein preferentially binds the dimeric form of HLA‐G on trophoblast cells. We detect LILRB1 expression on decidual myelomonocytic cells; therefore, trophoblast HLA‐G may modulate the function of these cells. Co‐culture with HLA‐G + cells does not inhibit monocyte‐derived dendritic cell up‐regulation of HLA‐DR and costimulatory molecules on maturation, but did increase production of IL‐6 and IL‐10. Furthermore, proliferation of allogeneic lymphocytes was inhibited by HLA‐G binding to LILRB1/2 on responding antigen‐presenting cells (APC). As HLA‐G is the only HLA‐I molecule that forms β 2 m‐associated dimers with increased avidity for LILRB1, this interaction could represent a placental‐specific signal to decidual APC. We suggest that the placenta is modulating maternal immune responses locally in the uterus through HLA‐G, a trophoblast‐specific, monomorphic signal present in almost every pregnancy. See accompanying commentary: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eji.200737515

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