RELATION OF Th1, Th2, Treg, Th17 CYTOKINES OF PERITONEAL FLUID IN WOMEN WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS, ASSOCIATED WITH INFERTILITY

Endometriosis is one of the leading diseases of the female reproductive organs and is the cause of almost a third of all cases of female infertility. It has been suggested that in women with endometriosis associated with infertility, the levels, nature of production and the ratio of cytokines of cells of different profiles in the peritoneal fluid change, which may play a pathogenetic role (to promote the development of immune inflammation of a certain type) in the development of the disease itself infertility. Aim of the study: to determine the features of the ratio of Th1, Th2, Treg, Th17 cytokines of peritoneal fluid in women with endometriosis associated with infertility.

The study group included 58 women who were diagnosed with external genital endometriosis, namely: peritoneal form and infertility for at least 2 years. The control group consisted of 30 women with tubal genital infertility. No other pathological process, at the time of observation, was detected in control patients. The study was conducted at the Center for Infertility Treatment (Chernivtsi) from 2009 to 2015, following the concept of informed consent of the patient to conduct research and other ethical principles in relation to persons who are the object of the study. Peritoneal fluid was collected during laparoscopy during the proliferative phase of the menstrual cycle. Cytokine levels were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The results of the study. The cytokine profile in the peritoneal fluid of women with infertility-associated endometriosis is characterized by an increase in levels of IL-2, TNF-α, IL-6, IL-17, IL-10, IL-18. The largest proportion of all cytokines under study in the peritoneal fluid is IL-10 (28%), followed by IL-2, IL-6 and IL-18 in the order of decreasing relative amount (16%, 14% and 13%, respectively). respectively. The TGF-β (7%) was then placed in relative weight reduction. TNF-α and IL-17 6% each; IL-12 (4%); IL-1β and INF-γ are 3% percent each. The lowest proportion, as in the peripheral blood, was IL-4, which was incomplete 1 percent. The total relative number of cytokines Th1 is 25%, cytokines Th2 – incomplete 15%, cytokines Treg cells – 35%, cytokines Th 17 – IL-17 is 6% and cytokines produced mainly by macrophages and killer cells – 20%. Thus, the total ratio of Th1/Th2 cytokines in women with endometriosis was 2.5:1.5.

In the peritoneal fluid, pronounced changes in the cytokine profile are observed, significantly prevail over changes in the peripheral blood, and are characterized by the growth of IL-2 (p <0.001), TNF-α (p <0.001), INF-γ (p <0.001), IL -6 (p <0.001), IL-17 (p <0.001), IL-10 (p <0.001), TGF-β (p <0.05), IL-12 (p <0.001), IL-18 (p <0.001). Local production is characterized by a 2.45-fold decrease in the Th1/Th2 cytokine ratio, which indicates a predominance of the Th2-mediated immune response. Downloads

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