カトウ ケイコ   KATO KEIKO
  加藤 啓子
   所属   京都産業大学  生命科学部 先端生命科学科
   職種   教授
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 2009/06
形態種別 その他
標題 Spontaneous Endometrial Hyperplasia in the Uteri of IL-2 Receptor Beta-Chain Transgenic Mice
執筆形態 その他
掲載誌名 JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
出版社・発行元 SOCIETY REPRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT-SRD
巻・号・頁 55(3),pp.273-277
著者・共著者 Ken Kusakabe,Yasuo Kiso,Eiichi Hondo,Ai Takeshita,Keiko Kato,Toshiya Okada,Masa-Aki Shibata,Yoshinori Otsuki
概要 We found frequent and spontaneous proliferation of glandular epithelium and dilated cysts in the uteri of interleukin-2 receptor (IL2R) beta-chain transgenic (Tg2R beta) mice. The aim of this study was to examine the involvement of IL2R beta-chain in the pathogenesis of endometrial hyperplasia (EH). Mouse uteri and serum were collected from Tg2R beta and normal littermates (NL), which were classified into three groups according to age. The incidence of EH increased in an age-dependent manner in both types of mice. However, in old age, Tg2R beta mice showed more serious phenotypes of EH than NL. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed specific localization of IL2R beta-chain in the glandular epithelial cells, with a correlation to the degree of EH, not only in the Tg2R beta uteri but also in the NL uteri. Immunoreactions of CD3 and CD25 were detected in the uteri of Tg2R beta but were weak in the uteri of NL, and CD25-positive cells were distributed in the endometrial stroma and myometrium in the Tg2R beta mice. These findings suggest that the IL2R beta-chain induces growth potential for glandular epithelial cells and an immune-privileged condition mediated by CD25+regulatory-T cells.
DOI 10.1262/jrd.20171
ISSN 0916-8818