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Rao DA, Eid RE, Qin L, Yi T, Kirkiles-Smith NC, Tellides G, Pober JS. Interleukin (IL)-1 promotes allogeneic T cell intimal infiltration and IL-17 production in a model of human artery rejection. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 205:3145-58. [PMID: 19075290 PMCID: PMC2605225 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20081661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Interleukin (IL) 1α produced by human endothelial cells (ECs), in response to tumor necrosis factor (TNF) or to co-culture with allogeneic T cells in a TNF-dependent manner, can augment the release of cytokines from alloreactive memory T cells in vitro. In a human–mouse chimeric model of artery allograft rejection, ECs lining the transplanted human arteries express IL-1α, and blocking IL-1 reduces the extent of human T cell infiltration into the artery intima and selectively inhibits IL-17 production by infiltrating T cells. In human skin grafts implanted on immunodeficient mice, administration of IL-17 is sufficient to induce mild inflammation. In cultured cells, IL-17 acts preferentially on vascular smooth muscle cells rather than ECs to enhance production of proinflammatory mediators, including IL-6, CXCL8, and CCL20. Neutralization of IL-17 does not reduce T cell infiltration into allogeneic human artery grafts, but markedly reduces IL-6, CXCL8, and CCL20 expression and selectively inhibits CCR6+ T cell accumulation in rejecting arteries. We conclude that graft-derived IL-1 can promote T cell intimal recruitment and IL-17 production during human artery allograft rejection, and suggest that targeting IL-1 in the perioperative transplant period may modulate host alloreactivity.
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- Deepak A Rao
- Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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Novel Noninvasive Assays to Predict Transplantation Rejection and Tolerance: Enumeration of Cytokine-Producing Alloreactive T Cells. Clin Lab Med 2008; 28:365-73, v. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2008.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Zhao Y, Li XC. Transplant tolerance: is it really free of concerns? Trends Immunol 2007; 28:376-7. [PMID: 17662655 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2007.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2007] [Revised: 05/29/2007] [Accepted: 07/12/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Selin LK, Brehm MA. Frontiers in nephrology: heterologous immunity, T cell cross-reactivity, and alloreactivity. J Am Soc Nephrol 2007; 18:2268-77. [PMID: 17634431 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2007030295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Established memory T cell responses to a previously encountered pathogen can have a major impact on the course and outcome of a subsequent infection with an unrelated pathogen. This phenomenon, known as heterologous immunity, is dependent on the sequence of infections and can be either beneficial or detrimental to the host. Examples of heterologous immunity between unrelated viruses and alloantigens are mounting, and the role of cross-reactive T cells both in the pathogenesis of infections and in transplant rejection is now being explored. Memory T cells seem to be part of a continually evolving interactive network in which with each new infection, an alteration in the frequencies, distributions, and activities of memory cells is generated in response to previous infections and alloantigens.
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- Liisa K Selin
- Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
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Sánchez-Fueyo A, Domenig CM, Mariat C, Alexopoulos S, Zheng XX, Strom TB. Influence of direct and indirect allorecognition pathways on CD4+CD25+ regulatory T-cell function in transplantation. Transpl Int 2007; 20:534-41. [PMID: 17362475 PMCID: PMC4329766 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2007.00470.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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While both direct and indirect allorecognition are involved in allograft rejection, evidence to date suggests that tolerance is primarily dependent on indirect pathway-triggered CD4+CD25+ T cell-mediated immunoregulation. However, the precise influence of these two pathways on CD4+CD25+ T-cell function has not been addressed. In the current study, we have utilized an adoptive transfer model to assess selectively how the absence of either direct or indirect allorecognition affects CD4+CD25+ T-cell function. The effects of the loss of the direct pathway were assessed by transplanting skin grafts from minor histocompatibility mismatched B10.D2 (H-2d) donors onto Balb/c (H-2d) recipients, or by placing bone marrow chimeric DBA/2 (H-2d/H-2b) allografts onto C57BL/6 (H-2b) hosts. The requirement for indirect allorecognition was tested by grafting DBA/2 skin allografts onto either C57BL/6- or MHC-II-deficient C57BL/6 recipients. We report here that although CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells can suppress both directly and indirectly generated alloresponses, immunoregulation is favored when indirect presentation is the sole mechanism of allorecognition. Hence, in the absence of indirect presentation, net CD4+CD25+ T cell-dependent immunoregulation is weak, and high ratios of CD4+CD25+ to CD4+CD25 T cells are required to ensure graft survival.
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- Alberto Sánchez-Fueyo
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Transplant Research Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
- Liver Transplant Unit, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Transplant Research Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Surgery, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Transplant Research Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Transplant Research Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Transplant Research Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Transplant Research Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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Golshayan D, Buhler L, Lechler RI, Pascual M. From current immunosuppressive strategies to clinical tolerance of allografts. Transpl Int 2007; 20:12-24. [PMID: 17181648 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2006.00401.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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In order to prevent allograft rejection, most current immunosuppressive drugs nonspecifically target T-cell activation, clonal expansion or differentiation into effector cells. Experimental models have shown that it is possible to exploit the central and peripheral mechanisms that normally maintain immune homeostasis and tolerance to self-antigens, in order to induce tolerance to alloantigens. Central tolerance results from intrathymic deletion of T cells with high avidity for thymically expressed antigens. Peripheral tolerance to nonself-molecules can be achieved by various mechanisms including deletion of activated/effector T cells, anergy induction and active regulation of effector T cells. In this article, we briefly discuss the pathways of allorecognition and their relevance to current immunosuppressive strategies and to the induction of transplantation tolerance (through haematopoietic mixed chimerism, depleting protocols, costimulatory blockade and regulatory T cells). We then review the prospect of clinical applicability of these protocols in solid organ transplantation.
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- Dela Golshayan
- Transplantation Centre and Transplantation Immunopathology Laboratory, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Golshayan D, Pascual M. Drug-minimization or tolerance-promoting strategies in human kidney transplantation: is Campath-1H the way to follow? Transpl Int 2006; 19:881-4. [PMID: 17018122 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2006.00391.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Dela Golshayan
- Transplantation Centre and Transplantation Immunopathology Laboratory, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Woltman AM, van der Kooij SW, de Fijter JW, van Kooten C. Maturation-resistant dendritic cells induce hyporesponsiveness in alloreactive CD45RA+ and CD45RO+ T-cell populations. Am J Transplant 2006; 6:2580-91. [PMID: 16952295 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01520.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) play a crucial role in the induction of antigen-specific immunity and tolerance. Considering in vivo application of DCs prior to human organ transplantation, a protocol to develop tolerogenic DCs that not only induce unresponsiveness in naive (CD45RA+) T cells, but also in alloreactive memory (CD45RO+) T cells is required. The present study shows that dexamethasone (Dex) alters the differentiation of human monocyte-derived DCs. DexDCs cocultured with allogeneic CD4+ T cells induced low proliferating and low IFNgamma producing T cells. This is caused by lack of both costimulation via CD28 and hampered production of a soluble factor, as well as additional active suppression via B7-H1 and IL-10. T cells primed by DexDCs demonstrated hyporesponsiveness upon restimulation with mature DCs seemingly via the induction of anergy, since these cells showed no enhanced apoptosis and only a limited suppressive capacity. Interestingly, not only cocultures of allogeneic CD45RA+, but also of CD45RO+ T cells with DexDCs rendered T-cell populations hyporesponsive to restimulation with mature DCs. The finding that also alloreactive memory T cells can be regulated supports the rationale of cell-based therapies to obtain allograft-specific tolerance in transplant recipients.
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- A M Woltman
- Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Accumulating evidence suggests that alloreactive memory T cells (Tm) may be generated in transplant recipients that have not previously been exposed to alloantigen through mechanisms such as cross-reactivity and homeostatic proliferation. The presence of Tm correlates with both acute and chronic rejection episodes and, furthermore, may be responsible for the failure to induce tolerance in large animal and clinical settings. A clearer understanding of how Tm function and their requirements to mount an effective response to alloantigen will be key to further attempts to translate tolerance induction protocols from the experimental setting to the clinic.
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Prevention and treatment of allograft rejection in organ transplant recipients relies primarily on non-antigen-specific immunosuppression, with all its associated potential hazards and costs. Currently, the status of the recipient immune response is measured by monitoring pharmacologic drug levels and clinical/pathologic evaluation of graft function. Development of reliable assays that can measure accurately the status of the immune response not only would help clinicians customize the prescription of immunosuppressive drugs in individual patients but also may allow their complete withdrawal in some patients with immunologic tolerance. Furthermore, these assays would facilitate the safe evaluation of novel tolerogenic regimens. Achieving this goal has proved to be very difficult because it requires both a more in-depth understanding of complex mechanisms of tolerance and also identification of transplant patients with acquired tolerance to an allograft that can be studied. This review discusses the current understanding of tolerance mechanisms and outlines the unique and specific challenges in development of tolerance/monitoring assays in the field of transplantation. In addition, several of the most promising candidate assays are discussed in detail.
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- Nader Najafian
- Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Koehn B, Gangappa S, Miller JD, Ahmed R, Larsen CP. Patients, Pathogens, and Protective Immunity: The Relevance of Virus-Induced Alloreactivity in Transplantation. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 176:2691-6. [PMID: 16493023 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.5.2691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Successful transplantation requires the establishment of an ongoing state in which there is simultaneous inhibition of the undesired T cell-dependent rejection response and yet retention of the ability to develop effective cell-mediated primary and memory responses to pathogens. The complexity of attaining such a precarious state is underscored by the growing body of evidence that alloreactivity can be profoundly influenced by infections that occur before, concurrent with, or subsequent to an organ transplant. In this review, we explore the growing list of mechanisms that have been identified by which pathogen-host interactions might influence rejection, including the degeneracy of TCR recognition leading to cross-reactive immune responses, the effects of pathogens on innate immune mechanisms, and the potential impact of virally induced lymphopenia.
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- Brent Koehn
- Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta GA 30322, USA
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Lechler RI, Sykes M, Thomson AW, Turka LA. Organ transplantation—how much of the promise has been realized? Nat Med 2005; 11:605-13. [PMID: 15937473 DOI: 10.1038/nm1251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 274] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Since the introduction of organ transplantation into medical practice, progress and optimism have been abundant. Improvements in immunosuppressive drugs and ancillary care have led to outstanding short-term (1--3-year) patient and graft survival rates. This success is mitigated by several problems, including poor long-term (>5-year) graft survival rates, the need for continual immunosuppressive medication and the discrepancy between the demand for organs and the supply. Developing methods to induce transplant tolerance, as a means to improve graft outcomes and eliminate the requirement for immunosuppression, and expanding the pool of organs for transplantation are the major challenges of the field.
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- Robert I Lechler
- Guy's King's and St. Thomas's Medical School, King's College London, Hodgkin Building, Guy's Campus, London SE1 9RT, UK
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Selin LK, Cornberg M, Brehm MA, Kim SK, Calcagno C, Ghersi D, Puzone R, Celada F, Welsh RM. CD8 memory T cells: cross-reactivity and heterologous immunity. Semin Immunol 2005; 16:335-47. [PMID: 15528078 PMCID: PMC7128110 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2004.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Virus-specific memory T cell populations demonstrate plasticity in antigen recognition and in their ability to accommodate new memory T cell populations. The degeneracy of T cell antigen recognition and the flexibility of diverse antigen-specific repertoires allow the host to respond to a multitude of pathogens while accommodating these numerous large memory pools in a finite immune system. These cross-reactive memory T cells can be employed in immune responses and mediate protective immunity, but they can also induce life-threatening immunopathology or impede transplantation tolerance and graft survival. Here we discuss examples of altered viral pathogenesis occurring as a consequence of heterologous T cell immunity and propose models for the maintenance of a dynamic pool of memory cells.
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- Liisa K Selin
- Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
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- Philip F Halloran
- Division of Nephrology and Transplantation Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
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Host lymphocytes can recognize alloantigens directly on transplanted donor tissue or indirectly after these antigens are processed and presented on host APC. Here, we outline the features of alloresponses that distinguish them from responses to conventional antigens, then we discuss various study systems that have examined where the priming of alloreactive CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells occurs. Finally, we discuss the implications of recent data which suggest that direct responses originate in the graft itself whereas indirect responses are initiated in the draining lymph nodes.
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- Dela Golshayan
- Department of Immunology, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
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Sester U, Thijssen S, van Bentum K, Neumann F, Kubuschok B, Sester M, Köhler H. Rapid identification of preformed alloreactive T cells for use in a clinical setting. Transplantation 2004; 78:607-14. [PMID: 15446322 DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000131949.59284.4d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND In clinical practice, HLA matching is generally applied to minimize the incidence of graft rejection after transplantation. Recently, graft rejection has been directly associated with the presence of preformed alloreactive T cells before transplantation. Despite this knowledge, assays to rapidly quantify preformed alloreactivity are not available for use in a clinical setting. In this study, such an assay was developed and evaluated in a large cohort to correlate alloreactive T-cell reactivity with HLA matching. METHODS Stimulator peripheral blood mononuclear cells were prestained with CD45-fluorescein isothiocyanate antibody and mixed with responder peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Activation-induced cytokine secretion was blocked using brefeldin A. After 6 hr, functionally active alloreactive responder CD4 and CD8 T cells were quantified among fluorescein isothiocyanate-negative cells by their expression of interferon-gamma on flow cytometry. RESULTS Directly alloreactive CD4 and CD8 T cells among both stimulators and responders were easily distinguished after 6 hr of stimulation without being affected by bystander activation. Among 128 paired combinations, 23.4% of individuals had alloreactive CD8 T cells, 15.7% had alloreactive CD4 T cells, and 12.5% had alloreactivity in both T-cell subpopulations. Alloreactive T cells decreased from circulation within a few days after transplantation. In line with well-known clinical observations that associate HLA matching with graft outcome, the number of HLA-A and -B mismatches correlated with alloreactive CD8 T-cell frequencies in the whole study population, whereas it did not predict alloreactivity on an individual basis. CONCLUSION Alloreactive T cells may rapidly be quantified after 6 hr of stimulation. Thus, the flow cytometric approach may be applied in a clinical setting to facilitate the individualization of immunosuppressive therapy and studies on the identification of patients who are at increased risk to develop graft rejection.
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- Urban Sester
- Medical Department IV, Nephrology, University of the Saarland, Homburg, Germany
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Bingaman AW, Farber DL. Memory T cells in transplantation: generation, function, and potential role in rejection. Am J Transplant 2004; 4:846-52. [PMID: 15147417 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00453.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The adaptive immune system is endowed with long-lived memory to recall previous antigen encounters and respond more effectively to them. Memory immune responses are mediated by antigen-specific memory T lymphocytes that exhibit enhanced function compared with naïve T cells that have never encountered antigen. While the generation of memory T cells specific for pathogens is beneficial in providing protective immunity, memory T cells specific for alloantigens can be deleterious to the recipient of a transplanted organ. In graft rejection, memory T cells mediate accelerated, "second-set" rejection and their presence has been associated with increased propensity for early rejection. Recent findings have demonstrated that alloreactive memory T cells can be generated via exposure to alloantigens, as well as stimuli that are cross-reactive with alloantigens, and are therefore likely present in "naïve" individuals. This review focuses on the characteristics of memory T cells which make them of special interest to the transplant community, including differential activation requirements, broad homing properties, and resistance to tolerance induction. The multiple ways in which memory T cells can contribute to early and late graft rejection are discussed, as well as potential targets for combating alloreactive memory to be considered in the future design of tolerance induction strategies.
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- Adam W Bingaman
- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Gamadia LE, Remmerswaal EB, Surachno S, Lardy NM, Wertheim-van Dillen PM, van Lier RAW, ten Berge IJM. CROSS-REACTIVITY OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-SPECIFIC CD8+ T CELLS TO ALLO-MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX CLASS I MOLECULES. Transplantation 2004; 77:1879-85. [PMID: 15223907 DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000131158.81346.64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND In transplantation settings, cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a common complication. CMV infection is associated with a higher incidence of graft rejection in solid organ transplantation and graft-versus-host disease in bone marrow transplantation. The underlying mechanism of this association could be the generation of CMV-specific CD8 T cells capable of cross-reacting with alloantigens present on graft and host, respectively. METHODS Whereas as to date, no direct ex vivo analysis can be performed of the CD8 T-cell repertoire directed at allo-major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules, virus-specific cells can be readily enumerated by use of MHC-peptide tetrameric complexes. In this study, the authors used this technique to analyze potential overlapping CD8 T-cell repertoires between self-MHC-viral peptide and allo-MHC complexes by stimulating CMV-specific CD8 T cells with alloantigens. RESULTS.: The authors found that CMV-specific CD8 T cells are activated and proliferate on stimulation with alloantigens. CONCLUSIONS Although these cells are cytotoxic against CMV-peptide pulsed target cells, no cytotoxicity of CMV-specific cells to alloantigens could be detected, inferring that there are other mechanisms of graft damage by alloantigen-stimulated virus-specific CTL.
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- Laila E Gamadia
- Renal Transplant Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Center G1-106, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Alloreactive memory T cells in transplantation tolerance. Curr Opin Organ Transplant 2003. [DOI: 10.1097/00075200-200303000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lechler RI, Garden OA, Turka LA. The complementary roles of deletion and regulation in transplantation tolerance. Nat Rev Immunol 2003; 3:147-58. [PMID: 12563298 DOI: 10.1038/nri1002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Neonatal tolerance of alloantigens was described in mice nearly half a century ago, but unfortunately, the translation of these early findings into the clinical arena proved to be much more challenging than was first anticipated. However, the past decade has seen considerable progress in our understanding of the mechanisms that contribute to transplantation tolerance in experimental models. This review outlines our current understanding of the mechanisms of allograft tolerance, emphasizing the complementary roles of deletion and regulation of alloreactive T cells.
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- Robert I Lechler
- Department of Immunology, Division of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Hammersmith Campus, Commonwealth Building, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK.
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Allorecognition occurs when the host immune system detects same-species, non-self antigens and this is the trigger for allograft rejection. Host T cells detect these 'foreign' antigens which are mostly derived from a highly polymorphic region of the genome called the major histocompatibility complex. Allorecognition can occur by two distinct, but not mutually exclusive pathways: direct and indirect. The direct pathway results from the recognition of foreign major histocompatibility molecules, intact, on the surface of donor cells. Indirect allorecognition occurs when donor histocompatibility molecules are internalised, processed, and presented as peptides by host antigen presenting cells--this is the manner in which the immune system normally sees antigen. However, in addition to antigen recognition, T cell activation requires the provision of costimulatory signals, the prerogative of bone marrow-derived, specialised antigen-presenting cells (APC). Once these have been depleted from a transplanted organ, as occurs within weeks of transplantation, the parenchymal cells of the transplant are incapable of driving direct pathway activation of recipient T cells. Alloantigen recognition on these non-professional APCs may have a tolerising effect and indeed, the frequency of T cells reactive to the direct pathway diminishes with time irrespective of whether or not chronic transplant rejection occurs. This implies that while the direct pathway plays a dominant role in acute rejection, it is unlikely to contribute to chronic rejection. Assays of T cell responses have, however, found an association between the indirect pathway and chronic rejection and animal models support a role for the indirect pathway in both acute and chronic rejection. The indirect pathway is likely to be permanently active due to traffic of recipient APCs through the graft. The challenge that this poses in the pursuit of clinical tolerance is how to induce tolerance in T cells with indirect allospecificity. The answer may lie in manipulation of the environment of the interaction between the T cell and APC. Apart from recognition without costimulation, there are other circumstances when recognition without activation can occur although the in vivo relevance is uncertain. The presence of regulatory cytokines or inhibitory surface molecules either from a distinct regulatory cell, or as a negative feedback loop may prevent activation; this could also happen without sufficient stimulatory support: the final outcome is likely to be decided by the overall balance. Furthermore, some peptides may act as antagonists to T cell activation, usually when the agonist peptide is structurally very similar. It is hoped that the careful study of these mechanisms will reveal ways of ensuring allorecognition without activation and thus donor-specific tolerance.
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- David S Game
- Department of Immunology, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK
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Until recently, the vigorous T-cell response via the direct pathway has overshadowed studies involving the indirect pathway. Thus, while the direct pathway has previously been considered to be the main driving force in alloimmune responses, there is an increasing body of data to support a prominent role of the indirect pathway in transplant rejection. Most importantly, the direct antidonor alloresponse diminishes with time after transplantation, possibly due to the tolerogenic effects of alloantigen presentation by the parenchymal cells of the transplant. In contrast, the indirect alloresponse is likely to be permanently active, due to traffic of recipient dendritic cells (DCs) through the graft. The challenge that this poses in the pursuit of clinical transplant tolerance is how to induce tolerance in T cells with indirect allospecificity.
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- N J Rogers
- Department of Immunology, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
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Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Gelman AE, Engels FH, Popma SH, Krasinskas AM, Balsara KR, Szeto WY, Turka LA, Rosengard BR. Non-hematopoietic allograft cells directly activate CD8+ T cells and trigger acute rejection: an alternative mechanism of allorecognition. Nat Med 2002; 8:233-9. [PMID: 11875493 DOI: 10.1038/nm0302-233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Despite evidence that human non-hematopoietic cells, such as vascular endothelium, can activate allogeneic T lymphocytes in vitro, the prevailing view has been that hematopoietic antigen-presenting cells are required to trigger alloimmune responses in vivo. Here we report that mouse non-hematopoietic cells activate alloreactive CD8+ T lymphocytes in vitro and in vivo. We also show that vascularized cardiac allografts are acutely rejected via CD8+ direct allorecognition even if the alloantigen is not presented by hematopoietic professional antigen-presenting cells. Because activation of alloreactive CD8+ T cells by donor-type non-hematopoietic cells can continue for the life of the allograft, these findings present a new clinically relevant mechanism of allorecognition and should be taken into consideration when developing strategies to prevent allograft vasculopathy or to induce tolerance.
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- Daniel Kreisel
- Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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van der Mast BJ, van Besouw NM, de Kuiper P, Vaessen LM, Gregoor PJ, IJzermans JN, van Gelder T, Claas FH, Weimar W. Pretransplant donor-specific helper T cell reactivity as a tool for tailoring the individual need for immunosuppression. Transplantation 2001; 72:873-80. [PMID: 11571453 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200109150-00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND A reliable immunological assay for quantification of donor-specific alloreactivity to identify patients at risk for future allograft rejection would be a helpful tool in organ transplantation. Therefore, we questioned whether the T cell reactivity in patients measured before transplantation was predictive for the occurrence of acute rejection during the first year after kidney transplantation. METHODS The pretransplant T cell reactivity of peripheral blood mononuclear cells to donor and third-party antigens was tested in mixed lymphocyte cultures, and to tetanus toxoid. In addition, we measured the frequency of donor and third-party reactive helper T lymphocyte precursor and cytotoxic T lymphocyte precursors using limiting dilution analysis. RESULTS Patients who experienced acute rejection had significantly higher donor-specific mixed lymphocyte cultures responses (n=38; median stimulation index): 113 vs. 15, P=0.005) and helper T lymphocyte precursor frequency (n=37; median 194/106 vs. 62/106, P=0.009) measured before transplantation compared to patients without acute rejection. All patients with a low mixed lymphocyte culture response (stimulation index</=20; 13/13 vs. 12/25, P=0.001) and an undetectable helper T lymphocyte precursor frequency (<10/106 peripheral blood mononuclear cells; 7/7 vs. 17/30, P=0.04) before transplantation did not experience acute rejection. The donor-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte precursor frequency (n=34; median 53/106 vs. 28/106, P=0.58) and tetanus toxoid-reactivity (n=38; median stimulation index: 53 vs.16, P=0.56) measured before transplantation did not correlate with acute rejection. No correlation between third-party reactivity and acute rejection was observed. CONCLUSIONS From these results we conclude that despite the current HLA matching criteria, undetectable helper T lymphocyte precursor frequency and low mixed lymphocyte culture responses against donor antigens measured before transplantation are predictive for a rejection-free first posttransplant year. These in vitro assays can be used to identify patients who require less immunosuppression after transplantation.
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- B J van der Mast
- University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, Department Internal Medicine, Room Bd299, PO Box 2040, NL-3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Until recently, the vigorous T cell response via the direct pathway has overshadowed studies involving the indirect pathway. Thus, while the direct pathway has previously been considered to be the main driving force in alloimmune responses, there is an increasing body of data to support a prominent role of the indirect pathway in transplant rejection. Most importantly, while the direct anti-donor alloresponse diminishes with time after transplantation, the indirect alloresponse is likely to be permanently active due to traffic of recipient dendritic cells (DCs) through the graft. Consequently, the future challenge in the induction of allograft tolerance is to design interventions that will target the cells involved in the indirect pathway, especially the T cells with indirect allospecificity.
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- I Côté
- Department of Immunology, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Fleischhauer K, Gattinoni L, Lietti G, Zino E, Bordignon C, Traversari C. Identification of tumor antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes cross-recognizing allogeneic major histocompatibility class I molecules. TISSUE ANTIGENS 2000; 56:19-29. [PMID: 10958352 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2000.560103.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Adoptive immunotherapy of cancer utilizes tumor antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) as mediators of a targeted anti-tumor effect. In this study, we show that such CTL can be able to cross-recognize allogeneic major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules in a phenomenon of molecular mimicry. A self histo-leukocyte antigen (HLA) A*0201-restricted CTL specific for peptide MT27-35 from the human differentiation antigen Melan-A/MART-1 was shown to cross-recognize allogeneic A*0220 molecules which differ from syngeneic A*0201 for a single amino acid substitution at position 66 of the antigen-binding groove. A*0220 molecules were recognized on a variety of human cells of different histological origin but not on COS-7 cells. A second self-A*0201-restricted CTL, specific for peptide D10/6-271 encoded by the tumor-specific DAM-gene family, was shown to cross-recognize allogeneic B*3701 molecules which differ from syngeneic A*0201 by 32 amino acids in the peptide antigen-binding cleft. B*3701 molecules were recognized on a variety of cell types including COS-7 cells. These data raise new safety issues for clinical trials of cancer immunotherapy using adoptive transfer of in vitro generated, allogeneic CTL with specific anti-tumor activity.
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- K Fleischhauer
- Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Program, Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
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Hartig CV, Haller GW, Sachs DH, Kuhlenschmidt S, Heeger PS. Naturally developing memory T cell xenoreactivity to swine antigens in human peripheral blood lymphocytes. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 164:2790-6. [PMID: 10679122 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.5.2790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Naturally developing xenospecific Abs are well-documented barriers to xenograft transplantation in humans, but whether analogous xenoreactive T cell immunity develops is not known. We used an enzyme-linked immunospot assay to determine the frequency and cytokine profiles of xenoreactive PBLs from a panel of human volunteers. Because naive T cells produce only IL-2 in short term culture, IFN-gamma production by this approach is a measure of a memory immune response. Stimulation of human PBLs or purified T lymphocytes with stimulator cells from inbred swine revealed a high frequency of IFN-gamma producers with 5-fold fewer IL-2 producers. In contrast, lymphocytes obtained from neonatal umbilical cord blood contained swine-specific IL-2 producers but few IFN-gamma producers, which is what one would expect to find with a naive phenotype. Moreover, PBLs from adults with a history of abstention from pork consumption responded to swine cells with a significantly lower frequency of IFN-gamma producers than PBLs from adults with unrestricted diets did, suggesting that pork consumption may result in priming of swine-specific T cell immunity. Our findings provide the first evidence for naturally occurring xenospecific T cell immunity in humans. The detected strength of this memory response suggests that it will present a formidable barrier to transplantation of swine organs.
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- C V Hartig
- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Stobbe I, van der Meer-Prins E, Smits JM, Doxiadis II, Claas FH. In vitro reactivity of allospecific cytotoxic T lymphocytes does not explain the taboo phenomenon. Transpl Immunol 1999; 7:215-20. [PMID: 10638834 DOI: 10.1016/s0966-3274(99)80005-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Matching for human leucocyte antigens (HLA) is important for graft survival in kidney transplantation. Nevertheless, most patients receive a kidney graft with multiple HLA mismatches. Some of these mismatches seem to be more harmful than others. By studying the effect of single HLA mismatches in the context of the patients' own HLA, we have previously identified donor/recipient combinations with a significantly higher incidence of early graft failure, the so-called taboo combinations. In the present study we investigated whether a higher cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response towards taboo mismatches may be involved in this phenomenon. CTL reactivity was determined both in taboo and control combinations by in vitro CTL precursor assays, using peripheral blood mononuclear cells and proximal tubular epithelial cells as target cells. Inhibition studies with CD8-antibody as well as Cyclosporin A were performed to identify high avidity and primed CTLs. Furthermore, in committed CTLp assays indirect recognition of the taboo mismatch was tested using synthetic peptides. The CTL precursor frequencies in taboo combinations were always lower than the CTL precursor frequencies in control combinations. No difference in avidity and activation status of the CTLs could be detected when taboo combinations were compared with the controls. In the committed CTLp assays no reactivity towards any of the synthetic peptides was observed. The significantly poorer graft survival of taboo combinations cannot be explained by a higher number of donor-specific CTLs. Furthermore, the avidity or activation status of these CTLs does not provide a clue to the taboo phenomenon.
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- I Stobbe
- Department of Immunohaematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
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Heeger PS, Greenspan NS, Kuhlenschmidt S, Dejelo C, Hricik DE, Schulak JA, Tary-Lehmann M. Pretransplant Frequency of Donor-Specific, IFN-γ-Producing Lymphocytes Is a Manifestation of Immunologic Memory and Correlates with the Risk of Posttransplant Rejection Episodes. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.163.4.2267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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While matching for MHC Ags improves renal allograft survival, closely matched grafts sometimes fail due to rejection, and poorly matched allografts are often well tolerated by the recipient. The severity of the rejection process may partially depend on the presence of environmentally primed T cells in the recipient that cross-react with donor Ags. To test for the presence of primed, donor-specific T cells in humans before transplantation, we used an enzyme-linked immunospot assay for detection of allospecific cytokines produced by individual human PBLs. We demonstrate that this approach detects cytokine production at single cell resolution and detects production of IFN-γ only when there is defined immunologic priming, thus representing a measure of primed donor-specific immunity. Because the environmental Ag exposure of the recipient is not a function of the HLA mismatch between donor and potential recipient, the number of HLA mismatches may not correlate with the frequency of pretransplant, donor-specific IFN-γ-producing PBLs. Studies of donor-specific IFN-γ-producing lymphocytes in a cohort of patients being evaluated for renal transplantation corroborated this hypothesis. Moreover, for recipients of both living and cadaver renal allografts, the pretransplant frequency of donor-specific memory cells correlated with the posttransplant risk of developing acute rejection episodes. This improved ability to define the strength of the allospecific immune response by enzyme-linked immunospot assay may allow improved pairing of recipients with donors and identification of kidney allograft donor-recipient pairs at high risk for acute rejection, thus permitting targeted interventions aimed at prolonging graft survival.
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- §Histocompatibility Laboratory, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106
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- §Histocompatibility Laboratory, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106
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Burrows SR, Khanna R, Silins SL, Moss DJ. The influence of antiviral T-cell responses on the alloreactive repertoire. IMMUNOLOGY TODAY 1999; 20:203-7. [PMID: 10322297 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5699(98)01429-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- S R Burrows
- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, The Bancroft Centre, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane 4029, Australia.
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Lord GM, Matarese G, Howard JK, Baker RJ, Bloom SR, Lechler RI. Leptin modulates the T-cell immune response and reverses starvation-induced immunosuppression. Nature 1998; 394:897-901. [PMID: 9732873 DOI: 10.1038/29795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1484] [Impact Index Per Article: 57.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Nutritional deprivation suppresses immune function. The cloning of the obese gene and identification of its protein product leptin has provided fundamental insight into the hypothalamic regulation of body weight. Circulating levels of this adipocyte-derived hormone are proportional to fat mass but maybe lowered rapidly by fasting or increased by inflammatory mediators. The impaired T-cell immunity of mice now known to be defective in leptin (ob/ob) or its receptor (db/db), has never been explained. Impaired cell-mediated immunity and reduced levels of leptin are both features of low body weight in humans. Indeed, malnutrition predisposes to death from infectious diseases. We report here that leptin has a specific effect on T-lymphocyte responses, differentially regulating the proliferation of naive and memory T cells. Leptin increased Th1 and suppressed Th2 cytokine production. Administration of leptin to mice reversed the immunosuppressive effects of acute starvation. Our findings suggest a new role for leptin in linking nutritional status to cognate cellular immune function, and provide a molecular mechanism to account for the immune dysfunction observed in starvation.
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- G M Lord
- Imperial College School of Medicine, Department of Immunology, The Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
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Paliard X, Doe B, Walker CM. The T cell repertoire primed by antiviral vaccination is influenced by self-tolerance. Cell Immunol 1998; 188:73-9. [PMID: 9743560 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.1998.1338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Vaccination can elicit CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) that recognize peptides presented by class I MHC molecules. Relatively little is known, however, about the genetic factors that shape the repertoire of T cell clonotypes responding to any given epitope. We report here that H-2(b) mice immunized with a plasmid DNA vaccine or vaccinia virus encoding for HIV-1SF2p55gag elicit CD8(+) CTL against the H-2Db-restricted immunodominant epitope (pgagb). This response involved three different T cell populations based on their recognition of alloantigens: one that cross-reacted with the alloantigen H-2Ld, one that cross-reacted with H-2Kd, and one that did not cross-react with either H-2(d) or H-2(k) molecules. Using the TAP-deficient cell line T2-Ld, we showed that pgagb-specific CTL cross-react with H-2Ld and a yet unidentified self-peptide. In mice expressing H-2(b) and H-2(d) allotypes, we investigated whether tolerance to H-2(d) influenced the HIVp55gag-specific CTL repertoire as a consequence of thymic deletion of the cross-reactive CTL repertoire. In (H-2(dxb))F1 mice heterogygosity at the MHC-I level prevented maturation of some but not all TCR combinations specific for H-2Db+pgagb, illustrating the concept that self-tolerance can influence the repertoire of antiviral T cells.
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- X Paliard
- Chiron Corporation, 4560 Horton Street, Emeryville, California, 94608, USA
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Subauste CS, Fuh F, de Waal Malefyt R, Remington JS. αβ T Cell Response to Toxoplasma gondii in Previously Unexposed Individuals. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.160.7.3403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The mechanisms by which T cells from previously unexposed hosts respond in vitro to certain intracellular pathogens remain to be fully understood. We report and characterize the in vitro reactivity to Toxoplasma gondii of human αβ T cells from T. gondii-seronegative individuals. Resting αβ T cells from these individuals proliferated in response to PBMC infected with T. gondii or pulsed with T. gondii lysate Ags. This was accompanied by an increase in the percentage of CD4+ αβ T cells. Purified CD4+ αβ T cells but not CD8+ αβ T cells proliferated in response to these T. gondii preparations. Both CD4+ αβ T cells with naive (CD45RA+) and memory (CD45RO+) phenotypes from adults as well as αβ T cells from T. gondii-seronegative newborns proliferated after incubation with T. gondii. This αβ T cell response to the parasite was inhibited by anti-HLA-DR mAb and to a lesser degree by anti-HLA-DQ mAb. Use of paraformaldehyde-fixed PBMC completely abrogated the proliferation of αβ T cells, indicating the need for processing of T. gondii Ags. Analysis of the TCR Vβ expression did not show evidence for restriction in TCR Vβ usage during T. gondii stimulation of αβ T cells. αβ T cells secreted significant amounts of IFN-γ after incubation with T. gondii-infected monocytes. This rapid and remarkable αβ T cell response may play an important role in the early events of the immune response to T. gondii.
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- Carlos S. Subauste
- * Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267
- †Research Institute Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA 94301
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- †Research Institute Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA 94301
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- ‡DNAX Research Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Inc., Palo Alto, CA 94304; and
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- †Research Institute Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA 94301
- §Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305
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Burrows SR, Silins SL, Khanna R, Burrows JM, Rischmueller M, McCluskey J, Moss DJ. Cross-reactive memory T cells for Epstein-Barr virus augment the alloresponse to common human leukocyte antigens: degenerate recognition of major histocompatibility complex-bound peptide by T cells and its role in alloreactivity. Eur J Immunol 1997; 27:1726-36. [PMID: 9247584 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830270720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In the present report, cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) clones are described that display dual specificity for one of two common human leukocyte antigens (HLA B14 or B35) as alloantigens, and an immunodominant epitope (FLRGRAYGL) from Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) that binds to HLA B8. These T cell clonotypes were isolated from several unrelated HLA B8+, EBV-exposed individuals, and each distinct cross-reactivity pattern was associated with a common, public T cell receptor (TCR). In some individuals, CTL cross-reactive with these alloantigens completely dominated the memory response to this EBV epitope. Moreover, these memory T cells to EBV could be reactivated as a significant component of the repertoire of CTL responding to allogeneic stimulator cells expressing either HLA B14 or B35. These data illustrate how a history of infection with an immunogenic virus such as EBV can augment responsiveness to particular alloantigens; such influences may underlie the observed clinical association between herpesvirus infection and both allograft rejection and graft-versus-host disease. We have also explored the molecular basis for T cell cross-reactivity with alloantigens using the HLA B35 allo-reactive CTL clonotype. To elucidate the structural features of peptides that may be cross-recognized by these T cells, mono-substituted analogs of the viral epitope were screened for recognition, revealing broad specificity for major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-bound peptide. Based on the particular amino acid changes tolerated by the CTL at each peptide position, the human protein sequence database was searched for possible sequences that were recognized in association with HLA B35. Four peptides were identified (MPEATVYGL, IPIAPVYGM, KPSPPYFGL, and KPIVVLHGY) that were powerful activating ligands for the CTL when presented on HLA B35 but not B8. Thus, equivalent epitopes, capable of fully activating a single TCR, were formed by peptides with minimal obvious sequence homology bound to either HLA B8 or B35. These data indicate that degenerate peptide recognition by TCR may play an important role in the vigorous response of self-MHC-restricted T cells to alloantigens.
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- S R Burrows
- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Bancroft Centre, Brisbane, Australia.
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Kirby JA, Cunningham AC. Intragraft antigen presentation: The contribution of bone-marrow derived, epithelial and endothelial presenting cells. Transplant Rev (Orlando) 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0955-470x(97)80013-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Flynn K, Müllbacher A. Memory alloreactive cytotoxic T cells do not require costimulation for activation in vitro. Immunol Cell Biol 1996; 74:413-20. [PMID: 8912004 DOI: 10.1038/icb.1996.71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We have studied the costimulation requirements for the generation of cytotoxic T (Tc) cells in an in vitro recall response to alloantigens. Firstly, we demonstrate that recombinant vaccinia viruses encoding class I MHC can stimulate primary in vivo responses and prime for secondary in vitro responses specific for the immunizing alloantigen. The secondary in vitro response comprises both naive and memory components that are distinguishable kinetically. Naive alloreactive Tc cell precursors are dependent upon the presence of CD80 on the in vitro stimulating population for activation and generation of effector function, as described previously. However, Tc cells from animals primed in vivo with vaccinia virus (VV) encoding allo-MHC do not require CD28-CD80 interactions to respond to the alloantigen presented in vitro. This finding provides further evidence that memory Tc cells have less stringent activation requirements in vitro than naive cells. From limiting dilution analysis of the relative contribution of naive and memory Tc cell precursors in 'primary' responses, to MHC class I alloantigen, memory alloreactive Tc cell precursors, possibly primed by cross-reactive environmental antigens, contribute approximately one-fifth of the precursors. Memory responses exhibit similar precursor frequencies as primary responses. Thus, we conclude that memory is largely a result of qualitative rather than quantitative changes in Tc cell precursors.
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- K Flynn
- Division of Immunology and Cell Biology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Immunological T cell memory manifest itself in an accelerated second-set graft, or allogeneic tumour cell, rejection. Memory viral-immune cytotoxic T cells have shortened kinetics of induction in vivo and differentiate into more potent effector cells in vitro. The requirements for induction of memory T cells are less stringent than for naive T cells. Memory T cells can be activated by antigen (signal 1) or interaction with co-stimulatory molecules (CD28/CD80, signal 2) alone. Memory T cells are phenotypically distinguishable from naive T cells by a number of cell surface markers, but not from activated T cells. Persistence of antigen is not required for the maintenance of long-lived memory. Continuous stimulation by signal 2 alone and or longevity is sufficient to explain life-long persistence of T cell memory. All available data on memory T cells are consistent with a deterministic model of T cell memory formation, following a precise pathway of T cell differentiation.
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- A Müllbacher
- Division of Immunology and Cell Biology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Parker DC, Greiner DL, Phillips NE, Appel MC, Steele AW, Durie FH, Noelle RJ, Mordes JP, Rossini AA. Survival of mouse pancreatic islet allografts in recipients treated with allogeneic small lymphocytes and antibody to CD40 ligand. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995; 92:9560-4. [PMID: 7568172 PMCID: PMC40841 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.21.9560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 350] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Combined treatment with allogeneic small lymphocytes or T-depleted small lymphocytes plus a blocking antibody to CD40 ligand (CD40L) permitted indefinite pancreatic islet allograft survival in 37 of 40 recipients that differed from islet donors at major and minor histocompatibility loci. The effect of the allogeneic small lymphocytes was donor antigen-specific. Neither treatment alone was as effective as combined treatment, although anti-CD40L by itself allowed indefinite islet allograft survival in 40% of recipients. Our interpretation is that small lymphocytes expressing donor antigens in the absence of appropriate costimulatory signals are tolerogenic for alloreactive host cells. Anti-CD40L antibody may prevent host T cells from inducing costimulatory signals in donor lymphocytes or islet grafts.
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- D C Parker
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
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Henderson DC, Rippin JJ. Stimulus-dependent production of cytokines and pterins by peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Immunol Lett 1995; 45:29-34. [PMID: 7622184 DOI: 10.1016/0165-2478(94)00222-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The cytokine profiles produced by peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) cultures were dependent upon the nature of the stimulus used. Powerful lymphocyte activators such as mitogens induced rapid cell proliferation together with the production of both inflammatory (IL-1 alpha, IL-1 beta, IL-6 and TNF alpha) and immune (IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha and TNF-beta) cytokines, and immune activation markers (soluble IL-2 receptor, neopterin and xanthopterin). Bacterial endotoxin failed to induce cell proliferation but resulted in the rapid production of inflammatory cytokines together with a short burst of IFN-gamma production, without the production of the other immune cytokines or activation markers. Alloantigen stimulation gave a typical immune cytokine and marker profile, with little or no production of inflammatory cytokines. Re-call antigens (candida and PPD) induced maximal cell proliferation at days 5 to 6, but induced little or no production of inflammatory cytokines. Markedly different immune cytokine profiles were obtained with these re-call antigens. Candida induced an early burst of IFN-gamma production on day 1 followed by later production of TNF-alpha. In cultures stimulated with PPD, both IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha were detected from day 2. With both re-call antigens, the levels of production of the activation markers were equivalent to the proliferative responses obtained.
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- D C Henderson
- Department of Immunology, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK
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Burrows SR, Khanna R, Burrows JM, Moss DJ. An alloresponse in humans is dominated by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) cross-reactive with a single Epstein-Barr virus CTL epitope: implications for graft-versus-host disease. J Exp Med 1994; 179:1155-61. [PMID: 7511682 PMCID: PMC2191444 DOI: 10.1084/jem.179.4.1155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 234] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The phenomenon of T cell allorecognition is difficult to accommodate within the framework of a T cell repertoire positively selected in the thymus, unless allorecognition results from the cross-reactions of self-major histocompatibility complex restricted T cells. Herein, we demonstrate the dual specificity of cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) clones for the immunodominant Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) epitope FLRGRAYGL, presented on HLA-B8, and the alloantigen HLA-B*4402. CTL which recognized peptide FLRGRAYGL in association with HLA-B8 could be reactivated in vitro from healthy individuals who had been exposed previously to EBV, using stimulator cells expressing the cross-reacting alloantigen HLA-B*4402. Limiting dilution analysis of the alloresponse to HLA-B*4402 in eight healthy individuals revealed that HLA-B8+, EBV-sero+ donors had higher CTL precursor frequencies for alloantigen HLA-B*4402 than EBV-sero- control donors. It is surprising that the majority (65-100%) of anti-HLA-B*4402 CTL, generated in limiting dilution mixed lymphocyte reactions between responder cells from HLA-B8+, EBV-sero+ individuals and HLA-B*4402+ stimulators, also recognized the EBV CTL epitope FLRGRAYGL/HLA-B8. In contrast to previous studies showing extensive diversity in the T cell repertoire against individual alloantigens, these data demonstrate that the response to an alloantigen can be dominated by CTL cross-reactive with a single viral epitope, thus illustrating a possible mechanism for the frequent clinical association between herpesvirus exposure and graft-versus-host disease after bone marrow transplants.
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- S R Burrows
- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Bancroft Centre, Herston, Brisbane, Australia
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Schanz U, Roelen DL, Bruning JW, Kardol MJ, van Rood JJ, Claas FH. The relative radioresistance of interleukin-2 production by human peripheral blood lymphocytes: consequences for the development of a new limiting dilution assay for the enumeration of helper T lymphocyte precursor frequencies. J Immunol Methods 1994; 169:221-30. [PMID: 8133082 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(94)90266-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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We describe a limiting dilution assay for the enumeration of alloreactive helper T lymphocyte precursor frequencies in human peripheral blood. The proliferation rate of the murine indicator cell line, cytotoxic T lymphoblastic line 2 (CTLL-2) induced by interleukin-2 (IL-2) culture supernatants was determined by staining with the fluorescent DNA dye propidium-iodide. Lymphocytes from healthy individuals as well as from patients with end stage kidney disease and no previous allosensitization exhibited a relative radioresistance of their IL-2 production up to gamma irradiation doses of 40-60 Gy. This differs from previous findings in the literature, showing a total inhibition of the IL-2 production in unsensitized individuals using a gamma irradiation dose of 20 Gy. The consequences of this relative radioresistance are that for a reliable stimulator cell inactivation in assays for the enumeration of helper T lymphocyte precursors gamma irradiation doses of at least 50 (-60) Gy are needed. Increasing the gamma irradiation dose for the inactivation of the stimulator cells can result in a decrease of the antigen presenting capacity of these cells.
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- U Schanz
- Department of Immunohematology and Blood Bank, University Hospital, Leiden, Netherlands
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Warrens AN, Heaton T, Sidhu S, Lombardi G, Lechler RI. Transfected murine cells expressing HLA class II can be used to generate alloreactive human T cell clones. J Immunol Methods 1994; 169:25-33. [PMID: 7907639 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(94)90121-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Alloreactive human T cells are conventionally generated in vitro using peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). The disadvantage of such an approach is that PBMCs express multiple HLA class II molecules and, as a consequence, it is difficult to generate T cells specific for an individual HLA alloantigen. This paper describes a technique in which T cell clones can be generated using stimulators which do express only one alloantigen. This has permitted the generation of HLA-DR-specific T cell clones and will be applied to produce T cell clones specific for other isotypes which cannot easily be obtained using other techniques. Murine DAP.3 cells were transfected with cDNAs encoding human class II molecules and used to stimulate primary alloresponses by purified human CD4+ T cells. The cloning of these T cells provided a good yield of cells allospecific for the class II molecule expressed by the transfected cells. A large percentage of the T cell clones were able to recognise human cells, suggesting that specificity for DR-bound peptides of mouse origin does not limit the applicability of this approach. Despite having been raised against mouse stimulators cells, the responses of the T cell clones to alloantigen-expressing human B cell lines were profoundly inhibited by anti-human LFA-3 monoclonal antibody. The possible mechanisms responsible for these results are discussed.
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- A N Warrens
- Department of Immunology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
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A major mechanism for establishing tolerance to some murine self antigens is clonal deletion of self reactive T cells in the thymus. This mechanism is responsible for the near absence of T cells displaying particular T cell receptor (TcR) V beta in strains of mice that express the major histocompatibility complex class II E molecule and a protein encoded within the 3' open reading frame (ORF) of certain endogenous mammary tumor viruses (Mtv). However, clonal deletion does not operate in these same strains during the first few days after birth. This defect could be explained by a difference in any (or any combination of) the three elements involved: the T cell, the thymic stromal cell(s) or the antigen. We have explored these different possibilities and have come to the conclusion that a lack of antigen is the most likely explanation. Yet, neonatal and adult thymi have quite similar levels of messenger ribonucleic acid corresponding to Mtv 3' ORF.
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- K Signorelli
- Laboratoire de Génétique, Moléculaire des Eucaryotes du CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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Eynon EE, Parker DC. Small B cells as antigen-presenting cells in the induction of tolerance to soluble protein antigens. J Exp Med 1992; 175:131-8. [PMID: 1730913 PMCID: PMC2119092 DOI: 10.1084/jem.175.1.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 351] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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We have investigated the ability of resting B cells, acting as antigen-presenting cells, to induce tolerance to soluble protein antigens in mice, using an antigen targeted specifically to B cells. We inject mice intravenously with ultracentrifuged Fab fragments of rabbit anti-mouse immunoglobulin D (IgD) (Fab anti-delta). Treatment with Fab anti-delta results in profound tolerance to challenge with 100 micrograms Fab nonimmune rabbit Ig (Fab NRG), precipitated in alum, as measured by antibody production. Tolerance to rabbit Fab is antigen specific, since the treated mice make normal antibody responses to a control antigen, chicken Ig. Tolerance is dependent on antigen presentation by B cells, since intravenous injection of soluble Fab NRG, which is not targeted to B cells, results in a much lower frequency and degree of tolerance, especially at lower doses. T cell help in this system is affected, since T cells from Fab anti-delta-treated mice fail to provide help for an adoptive primary antibody response to Fab NRG when transferred together with normal B cells into severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice. The antigen-specific B cell compartment is also affected during tolerance induction, since B cells from treated animals make less antibody than normal B cells when transferred into SCID mice with normal T cells. Although the mechanism of nonresponsiveness in the helper T cell compartment remains to be determined, we think it is likely that the precursors of helper T cells are inactivated or deleted by encountering antigen presented by small, resting B cells, which lack accessory signals necessary to induce helper T cell proliferation and differentiation to effector function.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- E E Eynon
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655
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The phenomenon of T-cell allorecognition of foreign major histocompatibility molecules has been one of the more enigmatic aspects of T-cell immunology. The molecular basis for allorecognition is unfolding as a result of the application of major histocompatibility complex structure/function analyses in the light of current insights into the three-dimensional structure of major histocompatibility complex products.
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- R Lechler
- Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, UK
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Lombardi G, Matsui M, Moots R, Aichinger G, Sidhu S, Batchelor R, Frelinger J, Lechler R. Limited regions of the alpha 2-domain alpha-helix control anti-A2 allorecognition: an analysis using a panel of A2 mutants. Immunogenetics 1991; 34:149-56. [PMID: 1894309 DOI: 10.1007/bf00205817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The regions of the HLA-A2 molecule controlling anti-A2 alloreactivity were explored using naturally occurring allelic variants of HLA-A, and a panel of transfectants expressing the products of A2.1 genes that had been mutated at multiple positions encoding residues in the alpha 2 domain alpha-helix. As a means of detecting distant conformational effects, these altered A2.1 molecules were also examined serologically. Amino acid substitutions at the carboxy-terminal end of the alpha 2 domain alpha-helix led to diminished staining with the monoclonal antibody (mAb) MA2.1. The epitope for this antibody has previously been mapped to the alpha 1 domain alpha-helix (residues 62-65). This suggests that interdomain contacts may cause conformational alteration, and that mutants can have distant, as well as local effects. Of the 24 positions where substitutions were made, only six led to loss of the anti-A2 alloresponse by the three clones and three lines that were tested. In addition, the mutations that altered the MA2.1 epitope, located on the alpha 1 domain alpha-helix, did not inhibit allorecognition. This suggests that a limited number of regions on the A2.1 molecule are responsible for allodeterminant expression. The most influential substitutions were those at positions 152, 154, 162, and 166. It is notable that three of these are predicted to be T-cell receptor (Tcr)-contacting residues, and one (152) to contribute to peptide binding. These results suggest that the specificity of alloreactive T cells is determined by exposed polymorphisms, directly contacted by the Tcr, and by concealed polymorphisms which influence peptide binding.
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- G Lombardi
- Department of Immunology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, England
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Lechler R, Batchelor R, Lombardi G. The relationship between MHC restricted and allospecific T cell recognition. Immunol Lett 1991; 29:41-50. [PMID: 1916923 DOI: 10.1016/0165-2478(91)90197-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The existence in the mature T cell repertoire of a high precursor frequency of cells which recognise allogeneic MHC molecules appears to contradict the well-established dogma of positive selection for self MHC restriction. In order to explore the possibility that alloreactive cells are derived from a fraction of the repertoire that is not self-MHC-restricted, the contribution of in vivo-primed T cells to "primary" alloresponses was investigated. Peripheral blood T cells were separated into virgin and memory populations by sorting for low and high levels of LFA-3 expression, and their proliferative responses to MHC incompatible stimulator cells was quantitated. The results demonstrated that approximately half of a "primary" alloresponse is contributed by previously primed T cells that, by definition, must be self-MHC restricted. Furthermore it was possible to define the original MHC-restricted antigen specificity of two T cell clones raised against the allospecific HLA-DR1 from a DR4Dw4/DRw13DW19 responder. The emerging consensus view that anti-MHC alloreactive T cells, like antigen-specific T cells, are specific for MHC/peptide complexes, and have a parental self-MHC restriction, begs a structural explanation. Comparison of multiple DR beta 1 domain sequences reveals that DR molecules fall into groups that have extensive homology in the residues on the beta 1 domain alpha-helix that are predicted to point up towards the T cell receptor (histotopic), and thus to determine MHC restriction. Given that the DR alpha chain is invariant this creates the possibility that anti-DR allorecognition can mimic self-restricted recognition. Within these groups of histotopically similar DR products there are multiple differences in the peptide-binding residues that lie on the inner aspects of the alpha-helix or on the floor of the antigen-binding groove. As a consequence, it is predicted that a different array of endogenous peptides will be bound, due to determinant selection. Thus, allorecognition within these groups may result from the recognition of endogenous peptides that are bound by stimulator but not by responder MHC products, seen in a self-restricted manner. In combinations where histotopic similarity does not exist, allorecognition may be best explained by the chance occurrence of a receptor selected for intermediate affinity for thymically expressed MHC molecules having a higher affinity for an allogeneic histotope. Such a receptor would have been deleted in a thymus expressing the allospecificity, but would be perceived as "safe" in the absence of this MHC product.
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- R Lechler
- Department of Immunology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, U.K
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