The effect of cyclosporine on asymmetric antibodies and serum transforming growth factor beta1 in abortion-prone model of mice CBA/J x DBA/2

One of the common causes of recurrent spontaneous abortion is interference of immunological factors. Administration of cyclosporine, as an immunosuppressive drug, has reportedly reduc the rate of abortion in abortion-prone model of mice CBA/J mated DBA/2 male mice. On the other hand, asymmetric antibodies and TGF-β1 have been considered as an important factor in successful pregnancy outcomes. Intravaginal administration of TGF-β has also been reported to reduce the resorption rate in the same mouse model. In this study, the immunomodulatory effects of cyclosporine on serum level of asymmetric antibodies (AAbs) and T cell growth factor beta (TGF-β1) were investigated. Female CBA/J mice were mated with male DBA/2. The pregnant females were divided into two groups: 1- test group; received intraperitoneal injection of 1mg/kg cyclosporine (n=7), 2- control group; received intraperitoneal injection of Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS) (n=7). Both groups received treatments on the 5th day of pregnancy. Serum samples were collected on the 13.5th day of pregnancy, when the percentage of abortion was also calculated. The percentage of AAbs and abortion rate were significantly reduced in cyclosporine group (P<0.05, for both variables), while the serum levels of TGF-β1 did not show significant difference between groups (P>0.05). Our study showed that despite the significant reduction in percentage of AAbs and no significant difference in serum level of TGF-β1, the abortion rate was markedly reduced in cyclosporine group. So other mechanisms of immunomodulation and reduction of abortion rate except asymmetric antibodies and TGF-β1 should be involved in this mouse model following cyclosporine administration.