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Gu R, Pan J, Awan MUN, Sun X, Yan F, Bai L, Bai J. The major histocompatibility complex participates in Parkinson's disease. Pharmacol Res 2024; 203:107168. [PMID: 38583689 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2024.107168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2023] [Revised: 03/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and the aggregation of alpha-synuclein (α-syn). The central nervous system (CNS) has previously been considered as an immune-privileged area. However, studies have shown that the immune responses are involved in PD. The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) presents antigens from antigen-presenting cells (APCs) to T lymphocytes, immune responses will be induced. MHCs are expressed in microglia, astrocytes, and dopaminergic neurons. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in MHC are related to the risk of PD. The aggregated α-syn triggers the expression of MHCs by activating glia cells. CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes responses and microglia activation are detected in brains of PD patients. In addiction immune responses further increase blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability and T cell infiltration in PD. Thus, MHCs are involved in PD through participating in immune and inflammatory responses.
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- Rou Gu
- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China; Medical School, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Medical School, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Medical School, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China; Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China; Medical School, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China; Medical School, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Medical School, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Medical School, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.
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Cell therapy for Parkinson′s disease is coming of age: current challenges and future prospects with a focus on immunomodulation. Gene Ther 2019; 27:6-14. [DOI: 10.1038/s41434-019-0077-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Revised: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Veng LM, Bjugstad KB, Freed CR, Marrack P, Clarkson ED, Bell KP, Hutt C, Zawada WM. Xenografts of MHC-Deficient Mouse Embryonic Mesencephalon Improve Behavioral Recovery in Hemiparkinsonian Rats. Cell Transplant 2017. [DOI: 10.3727/096020198389735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The limited availability of human embryonic tissue for dopamine cell transplants in Parkinson's patients has led to an increased interest in using xenogeneic donor tissue. Unfortunately, without aggressive immunosup-pression, such brain xenografts are rejected by the host immune system. Chronic brain xenograft rejection is largely mediated by helper T cells, which require presentation of xenoantigens by major histocompatability complex (MHC) class II for their activation. We examined survival and function of xenografts of E13 mouse mesencephalon deficient in either MHC class I, class II, or both after transplantation into adult hemiparkinsonian rats without immunosuppression. Recipients received grafts from C57BL/6 mice that were either: 1) wild-type (wt), 2) MHC class I knockout (KO), 3) MHC class II KO, 4) MHC class I and II double KO, or 5) saline sham transplants. At 6 weeks after transplantation, recipients of MHC class I KO, class II KO, and double KO xenografts significantly reduced methamphetamine-induced circling rate while rats with wt xenografts and sham-operated rats showed no improvement. MHC class II KO grafts had the greatest number of surviving dopamine neurons. All transplants, including saline sham controls, contained infiltrating host MHC class II-positive cells. Saline sham grafts and MHC class II KO xenografts contained significantly fewer infiltrating host MHC class II-positive cells than did wt grafts. Our results show that MHC class II-deficient xenografts survive transplantation for at least 6 weeks in the absence of immunosup-pression, reduce rotational asymmetry, and provoke lesser immune reaction than wt grafts.
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- Lone M. Veng
- Neuroscience Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80262
- Departments of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80262
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80262
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- Neuroscience Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80262
- Departments of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80262
- Departments of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80262
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80262
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80262
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80262
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80262
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- Neuroscience Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80262
- Departments of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80262
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80262
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Liang C, Xu Y, Zheng D, Sun X, Xu Q, Duan D. RNAi-mediated silencing of HLA A2 suppressed acute rejection against human fibroblast xenografts in the striatum of 6-OHDA lesioned rats. J Neuroimmunol 2016; 297:28-37. [PMID: 27397073 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2016.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2015] [Revised: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 05/02/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Major histocompatibility complex class l (MHC I) molecules play a role in determining whether transplanted cells will be accepted or rejected, and masking of MHC I on donor cells has been found useful for immunoprotection of neural xenografts. In the present study, primary human embryonic lung fibroblasts (HELF), HELF treated with lentivirus-mediated small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) targeting human leukocyte antigen A2 (HLA A2, MHC I in humans) (siHELF), and rat embryonic lung fibroblasts (RELF) were stereotaxically grafted into the striatum of 6-hydroxydopamine lesioned rats to explore whether knockdown of HLA A2 could reduce host immune responses against xenografts. Before lentiviral infection, the cells were transduced with retroviruses harboring tyrosine hydroxylase cDNA. Knockdown of HLA A2 protein was examined by Western blotting. The immune responses (the number of CD4 and CD8 T-cells in the brain and peripheral blood), glial reaction, and survival of human fibroblasts were quantitatively evaluated by flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry at 4d, 2w, and 6w post-graft. Animal behaviors were assessed by counting apomorphine-induced rotations pre- and post-grafts. It was shown that a lower level of HLA A2 was observed in siHELF grafts than in HELF grafts, and knockdown of HLA A2 decreased rat immune responses, as indicated by less remarkable increases in the number of CD8 and CD4 T-cells in the brain and the ratio of CD4:CD8 T-cells in the peripheral blood in rats grafted with siHELF. Rats grafted with siHELF exhibited a significant improvement in motor asymmetry post-transplantation and a better survival of human fibroblasts at 2w. The increasing number of activated microglia and the decreasing number of astrocytes were found in three groups of rats post-implantation. These data suggested that RNAi-mediated knockdown of HLA A2 could suppress acute rejection against xenogeneic human cell transplants in the rat brain.
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- Caixia Liang
- Department of Neurobiology, Beijing Center of Neural Regeneration and Repair, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Disorders of the Ministry of Education, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Beijing Center of Neural Regeneration and Repair, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Disorders of the Ministry of Education, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Beijing Center of Neural Regeneration and Repair, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Disorders of the Ministry of Education, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Beijing Center of Neural Regeneration and Repair, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Disorders of the Ministry of Education, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Beijing Center of Neural Regeneration and Repair, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Disorders of the Ministry of Education, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Beijing Center of Neural Regeneration and Repair, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Disorders of the Ministry of Education, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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Cell therapy for Parkinson's disease: Functional role of the host immune response on survival and differentiation of dopaminergic neuroblasts. Brain Res 2015; 1638:15-29. [PMID: 26239914 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2015.06.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2015] [Revised: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder, whose cardinal pathology is the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Current treatments for PD have side effects in the long term and do not halt disease progression or regenerate dopaminergic cell loss. Attempts to compensate neuronal cell loss by transplantation of dopamine-producing cells started more than 30 years ago, leading to several clinical trials. These trials showed safety and variable efficacy among patients. In addition to variability in efficacy, several patients developed graft-induced dyskinesia. Nevertheless, they have provided a proof of concept that motor symptoms could be improved by cell transplantation. Cell transplantation in the brain presents several immunological challenges. The adaptive immune response should be abolished to avoid graft rejection by the host. In addition, the innate immune response will always be present after transplanting cells into the brain. Remarkably, the innate immune response can have dramatic effects on the survival, differentiation and proliferation of the transplanted cells, but has been hardly investigated. In this review, we analyze data on the functional effects of signals from the innate immune system on dopaminergic differentiation, survival and proliferation. Then, we discussed efforts on cell transplantation in animal models and PD patients, highlighting the immune response and the immunomodulatory treatment strategies performed. The analysis of the available data lead us to conclude that the modulation of the innate immune response after transplantation can increase the success of future clinical trials in PD by enhancing cell differentiation and survival. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled SI: PSC and the brain.
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Piquet AL, Venkiteswaran K, Marupudi NI, Berk M, Subramanian T. The immunological challenges of cell transplantation for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Brain Res Bull 2012; 88:320-31. [PMID: 22521427 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2012.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2012] [Revised: 03/07/2012] [Accepted: 03/09/2012] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Dopaminergic cell transplantation is an experimental therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD). It has many potential theoretical advantages over current treatment strategies such as providing continuous local dopaminergic replenishment, eliminating motor fluctuations and medication-induced dyskinesias, slowing down disease progression or even reversing disease pathology in the host. Recent studies also show that dopaminergic cell transplants provide long-term neuromodulation in the basal ganglia that simulates the combined effects of oral dopaminergic therapy and surgical therapies like deep brain stimulation, the contemporary therapeutic approach to advanced PD. However, dopaminergic cell transplantation in PD as not been optimized and current experimental techniques have many drawbacks. In published experiments to date of attempted dopaminergic grafting in PD, the major challenges are unacceptable graft-induced dyskinesias or failure of such grafts to exceed the benefits afforded by sham surgery. A deleterious host immune response to the transplant has been implicated as a major putative cause for these adverse outcomes. This article focuses on recent advances in understanding the immunology of the transplantation in PD and possible methods to overcome adverse events such that we could translate cell replacement strategies into viable clinical treatments in the future.
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- Amanda L Piquet
- Department of Neurology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, United States
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Fagerlund M, Pérez Estrada C, Jaff N, Svensson M, Brundin L. Neural stem/progenitor cells transplanted to the hypoglossal nucleus integrates with the host CNS in adult rats and promotes motor neuron survival. Cell Transplant 2011; 21:739-47. [PMID: 22182695 DOI: 10.3727/096368911x612459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Transplantation of neural stem cells and the mobilization of endogenous neuronal precursors in the adult brain have been proposed as therapeutic strategies for central nervous system disorders and injuries. The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible survival and integration of grafted neural progenitor cells (NPCs) from the subventricular zone (SVZ) in a hypoglossal nerve avulsion model with substantial neuronal loss. Adult neural progenitor cells (NPCs) from the subventricular zone (SVZ) were cultured from inbred transgenic eGFP Lewis rats and transplanted to the hypoglossal nucleus of inbred Lewis rat from the same family but that were not carrying the eGFP strain after avulsion of the hypoglossal nerve. Grafted cells survived in the host more than 3 months and differentiated into neurons [βIII tubulin (Tuj-1 staining)] with fine axon- and dendrite-like processes as well as astrocytes (GFAP) and oligodendrocytes (O4) with typical morphology. Staining for synaptic structures (synaptophysin and bassoon) indicated integration of differentiated cells from the graft with the host CNS. Furthermore, transplantation of NPCs increased the number of surviving motoneurons in the hypoglossal nucleus after nerve avulsion that, if untreated, result in substantial neuronal death. The NPCs used in this study expressed VEGF in vitro as well as in vivo following transplantation that may mediate the rescue effect of the axotomized motoneurons.
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- Michael Fagerlund
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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de la Garza-Rodea AS, Verweij MC, Boersma H, van der Velde-van Dijke I, de Vries AAF, Hoeben RC, van Bekkum DW, Wiertz EJHJ, Knaän-Shanzer S. Exploitation of herpesvirus immune evasion strategies to modify the immunogenicity of human mesenchymal stem cell transplants. PLoS One 2011; 6:e14493. [PMID: 21253016 PMCID: PMC3017051 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2010] [Accepted: 12/06/2010] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent cells residing in the connective tissue of many organs and holding great potential for tissue repair. In culture, human MSCs (hMSCs) are capable of extensive proliferation without showing chromosomal aberrations. Large numbers of hMSCs can thus be acquired from small samples of easily obtainable tissues like fat and bone marrow. MSCs can contribute to regeneration indirectly by secretion of cytokines or directly by differentiation into specialized cell types. The latter mechanism requires their long-term acceptance by the recipient. Although MSCs do not elicit immune responses in vitro, animal studies have revealed that allogeneic and xenogeneic MSCs are rejected. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We aim to overcome MSC immune rejection through permanent down-regulation of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I proteins on the surface of these MHC class II-negative cells through the use of viral immune evasion proteins. Transduction of hMSCs with a retroviral vector encoding the human cytomegalovirus US11 protein resulted in strong inhibition of MHC class I surface expression. When transplanted into immunocompetent mice, persistence of the US11-expressing and HLA-ABC-negative hMSCs at levels resembling those found in immunodeficient (i.e., NOD/SCID) mice could be attained provided that recipients' natural killer (NK) cells were depleted prior to cell transplantation. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Our findings demonstrate the potential utility of herpesviral immunoevasins to prevent rejection of xenogeneic MSCs. The observation that down-regulation of MHC class I surface expression renders hMSCs vulnerable to NK cell recognition and cytolysis implies that multiple viral immune evasion proteins are likely required to make hMSCs non-immunogenic and thereby universally transplantable.
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Fu ZQ, Shao QL, Shen JL, Zhang YJ, Zhao XX, Yao L. Effect of carbamylated erythropoietin on major histocompatibility complex expression and neural differentiation of human neural stem cells. J Neuroimmunol 2010; 221:15-24. [PMID: 20163877 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2010.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2009] [Revised: 01/13/2010] [Accepted: 01/25/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) on human neural stem cells (hNSCs) is tightly related to the fate of these cells in transplantation, therefore strategies to relieve rejection and promote graft survival are necessary to be applied. This study investigated the effect of carbamylated erythropoietin (CEPO) on MHC expression and differentiation of hNSCs with or without IFN-gamma incubation. Results showed that low levels of MHC molecules were expressed on hNSCs and increased by IFN-gamma. CEPO enhanced MHC-I antigens in both proliferative and differentiated hNSCs, but decreased MHC-II antigens in differentiated hNSCs and those cells exposed to IFN-gamma. Furthermore, CEPO promoted neural differentiation of hNSCs and outgrowth of neurites. Western blot analysis revealed activation of Stat3, Stat5 and Akt during these processes. These results suggest that CEPO may have immunoregulatory function in hNSCs besides its neuroprotection.
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- Zhong-Qiu Fu
- Department of Pediatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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Johansson S, Price J, Modo M. Effect of inflammatory cytokines on major histocompatibility complex expression and differentiation of human neural stem/progenitor cells. Stem Cells 2008; 26:2444-54. [PMID: 18635871 DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2008-0116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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To develop transplantation of neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs) as a successful treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, the possible induction of an inflammatory response following implantation needs to be taken into consideration. Inflammatory cytokines can upregulate major histocompatibility complex (MHC) expression on transplanted cells, thereby rendering them more susceptible to graft rejection. Furthermore, cytokines also have a profound effect on cell differentiation, migration, and proliferation, which can greatly affect the outcome of transplantation. Here we studied the effect of three inflammatory cytokines, interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and interleukin-6 (IL-6), from three different species (human, monkey, rat) on expression of MHC molecules and differentiation of two human NSPC lines derived from striatum and hippocampus. Human and monkey IFN-gamma strongly upregulate MHC expression in both NSPC lines in a dose-dependent manner, whereas rat IFN-gamma has an effect on MHC expression only in hippocampal cells. Furthermore, TNF-alpha, but not IL-6, upregulates MHC expression in both NSPC lines. Differentiation of NSPCs in the presence of cytokines showed that IFN-gamma increased the neuronal yield threefold in striatal NSPC cultures and increased the number of oligodendrocytes twofold in hippocampal NSPC cultures. Addition of TNF-alpha enhanced gliogenesis in both cell lines, whereas IL-6 stimulated neurogenesis. Human NSPC lines' response to cytokines is therefore species specific and also dependent on the NSPCs' region of origin. The successful translation of different cell lines from animal models to clinical trials could be substantially influenced by the species-specific regulation of MHC and differentiation as reported here. Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest is found at the end of this article.
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- Saga Johansson
- Centre for the Cellular Basis of Behavior, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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Yin L, Fu SL, Shi GY, Li Y, Jin JQ, Ma ZW, Lu PH. Expression and regulation of major histocompatibility complex on neural stem cells and their lineages. Stem Cells Dev 2008; 17:53-65. [PMID: 18230026 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2007.0063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigens on neural stem cells (NSCs) and their lineages is tightly related to the fate of these cells as grafts in allogenic transplantation. In this study, we observed that NSCs derived from embryonic rat forebrain expressed MHC class I and class II molecules at a low level, whereas the cells differentiated from NSCs, including neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes, lost their MHC expression. However, a proinflammatory factor, interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), could induce and up-regulate the expression of MHC in both NSCs and their differentiated lineages in vitro. These results suggest that predifferentiating NSCs into lineage-limited cells prior to transplantation combined with controlling the local production of proinflammatory cytokines moderately may potentially benefit the survival of transplants.
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- Lan Yin
- Department of Neurobiology, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, PR China
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Shamekh R, Newcomb J, Mallery J, Cassady CJ, Saporta S, Cameron DF, Sanberg PR, Willing AE. Survival of rat or mouse ventral mesencephalon neurons after cotransplantation with rat sertoli cells in the mouse striatum. Cell Transplant 2006; 14:551-64. [PMID: 16358409 DOI: 10.3727/000000005783982747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Transplanting cells across species (xenotransplantation) for the treatment of Parkinson's disease has been considered an option to alleviate ethical concerns and shortage of tissues. However, using this approach leads to decreased cell survival; the xenografted cells are often rejected. Sertoli cells (SCs) are testis-derived cells that provide immunological protection to developing germ cells and can enhance survival of both allografted and xenografted cells. It is not clear whether these cells will maintain their immunosuppressive support of cografted cells if they are transplanted across species. In this study, we investigated the immune modulatory capacity of SCs and the feasibility of xenografting these cells alone or with allografted and xenografted neural tissue. Transplanting xenografts of rat SCs into the mouse striatum with either rat or mouse ventral mesencephalon prevented astrocytic infiltration of the graft site, although all transplants showed activated microglia within the core of the graft. Surviving tyrosine hydroxylase-positive neurons were observed in all conditions, but the size of the grafts was small at best. SCs were found at 1 and 2 weeks posttransplant. However, few SCs were found at 2 months posttransplant. Further investigation is under way to characterize the immune capabilities of SCs in a xenogeneic environment.
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- R Shamekh
- Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa 33612, USA
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Zhao LR, Spellman S, Kim J, Duan WM, McCarthy JB, Low WC. Synthetic fibronectin peptide exerts neuroprotective effects on transient focal brain ischemia in rats. Brain Res 2005; 1054:1-8. [PMID: 16054115 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.04.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2005] [Revised: 04/18/2005] [Accepted: 04/19/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Leukocytes have been investigated during the past decade for their roles in secondary tissue damage after ischemia/reperfusion injury. Peptide PRARIY, a synthetic fibronectin peptide, has shown an anti-adhesion effect in in vitro studies. Previous studies have demonstrated that anti-adhesion agents lead to reductions in apoptosis. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether the peptide PRARIY displays anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, and neuroprotective effects following transient focal brain ischemia in rats. Twenty-six male Sprague-Dawley rats (300-350 g) were randomly divided into three groups: phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) controls, PRARI controls, and PRARIY treatments. The right middle cerebral artery was transiently occluded using a 4-0 nylon suture. One hour later, the occluder was withdrawn, and reperfusion was maintained for 48 h. Immediately after reperfusion, the peptides (20 mg/kg, dissolved in PBS) and the same volume of PBS were continuously infused through the right external carotid artery using an osmotic minipump for 24 h. Neurological deficits were examined at 3, 24, and 48 h after ischemia. Forty-eight hours after reperfusion, the rats were sacrificed for determining infarction size, leukocyte infiltration, and apoptosis in the ischemia area. Unexpectedly, PRARIY did not influence leukocyte infiltration. However, PRARIY-treated rats showed significantly functional outcome, reduction of infarction size, decrease of TUNEL positive cells, and increase of Bcl-2 (anti-apoptotic protein) positive cells in the ischemic areas when compared to the controls. These data indicate that the peptide PRARIY exerts its neuroprotective effects via supporting neural cell survival rather than anti-leukocyte recruitment following brain ischemia/reperfusion injury.
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- Li Ru Zhao
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Kuan WL, Barker RA. New therapeutic approaches to Parkinson's disease including neural transplants. Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2005; 19:155-81. [PMID: 16093408 DOI: 10.1177/1545968305277219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder of the brain and typically presents with a disorder of movement. The core pathological event underlying the condition is the loss of the dopaminergic nigrostriatal pathway with the formation of alpha-synuclein positive Lewy bodies. As a result, drugs that target the degenerating dopaminergic network within the brain work well at least in the early stages of the disease. Unfortunately, with time these therapies fail and produce their own unique side-effect profile, and this, coupled with the more diffuse pathological and clinical findings in advancing disease, has led to a search for more effective therapies. In this review, the authors will briefly discuss the emerging new drug therapies in PD before concentrating on a more detailed discussion on the state of cell therapies to cure PD.
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- W-L Kuan
- Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, Cambridge University, UK
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Robichon R, Jaafar A, Terqui M, Brachet P, Peschanski M. Pig xenografts to the immunocompetent rat brain: Survival rates using distinct neurotoxic lesions in the nigrostriatal pathway and two rat strains. Exp Neurol 2005; 194:333-40. [PMID: 16022861 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2004.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2004] [Revised: 12/01/2004] [Accepted: 12/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Porcine foetal neurons for xenotransplantation in Parkinson's disease (PD) is an alternative source to human fetuses. One of the obstacles facing brain xenotransplantation is the existence of an immune response, which prevents long-term graft survival. Experimental results concerning the survival time of porcine foetal neurons implanted into the brain of immunocompetent rats have been quite different from one study to another, suggesting an effect on graft survival of uncontrolled experimental parameters. To identify such parameters, we have first analyzed the survival of porcine foetal nigral neurons at 5 and 10 weeks after implantation into the striatum of immunocompetent rats having different types of brain lesion affecting cells (quinolinic acid) or projections to the striatum (MPP+, 6-OHDA). In a second experiment, graft survival was analyzed in two strains of recipient rats (female Sprague-Dawley and male Lewis rats) in conditions of ipsilateral dopaminergic denervation using 6-OHDA. The characteristics of surviving grafts were assessed by measuring the graft volume, the number of TH+ neurons, the size of TH+ neurons soma, and CD5+ cell infiltration. Long-term survival (> or = 10 weeks) of porcine neurons could be observed in all experimental models. However, there was no significant difference in graft survival rates and characteristics of the surviving grafts between the lesioned groups, or between Sprague-Dawley and Lewis rats. Altogether, results were highly variable within groups of grafts exposed to similar experimental procedures at both 5 and 10 weeks post-grafting. We conclude that the distinct neurotoxins and host rat strains used in our experimental design are not major factors influencing the rejection time-course of primary neural xenografts.
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- R Robichon
- INSERM/UPVM U 421, Plasticité cellulaire et Thérapeutique, Faculté de Médecine, 8 rue du General Sarrail, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
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Factors affecting neuronal cell xenotransplantation. Curr Opin Organ Transplant 2005. [DOI: 10.1097/01.mot.0000174043.67944.6d] [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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Melchior B, Nérrière-Daguin V, Degauque N, Brouard S, Guillet M, Soulillou JP, Brachet P. Compartmentalization of TCR repertoire alteration during rejection of an intrabrain xenograft. Exp Neurol 2005; 192:373-83. [PMID: 15755555 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2004.11.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2004] [Revised: 10/20/2004] [Accepted: 11/15/2004] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Xenograft rejections of embryonic pig neural cells implanted into the adult rat striatum occurs within 3-4 weeks, following a dramatic T cell infiltration. Little is known about the cross-talk between the brain and peripheral lymphoid tissues which results in this recruitment and lymphocyte homing. To better characterize the dynamics of the T cell response against xenogeneic neural cells implanted into the brain parenchyma, we used both qualitative and quantitative methods to follow the alterations of the CDR3 length distribution (CDR3-LD) of the TCR (T cell receptor) beta chain in the transplanted striatum and compared this response to that observed in the deep cervical lymph nodes, spleen, and blood. Data showed that the T cell repertoire diversity was highly altered in the recipient brain during xenograft rejection. Comparison of the alterations of the CDR3-LD between several animals revealed a single public alteration in the Vbeta20 family, and many private alterations of the CDR3-LD which differed from one infiltrated brain to another. Alterations of the T cell repertoire were also observed in lymphocytes homed into the deep cervical lymph nodes. However, they differed from the alterations detected in the infiltrated brains. Conversely, no significant alteration of the CDR3-LD was detected in the spleen or in the blood. These data suggest that the deep cervical lymph nodes play an active role in the process of xenograft recognition or/and rejection. However, they also indicate that the fate of T cells homed in the brain and deep cervical lymph nodes differs.
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- Benoît Melchior
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, 44093 Nantes, Cedex 01, France
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Boulanger LM, Shatz CJ. Immune signalling in neural development, synaptic plasticity and disease. Nat Rev Neurosci 2004; 5:521-31. [PMID: 15208694 DOI: 10.1038/nrn1428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Lisa M Boulanger
- Section of Neurobiology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, Pacific Hall 1212A, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California, USA.
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Al Nimer F, Wennersten A, Holmin S, Meijer X, Wahlberg L, Mathiesen T. MHC expression after human neural stem cell transplantation to brain contused rats. Neuroreport 2004; 15:1871-5. [PMID: 15305127 DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200408260-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Human neural stem cells survive and improve motor function after transplantation to the contused brain. However, the transplants might be rejected and that depends on the graft immunogenicity, the host immunological status and the immunosuppression strategy. We transplanted human neural stem cells to rats with brain contusion and analyzed the donor and host MHC antigen expression and the effect of a short-term immunosuppression with cyclosporine. In vitro human neural stem cells expressed only MHC-II antigens. This expression was down-regulated 6 weeks after transplantation. The host response was characterized by an increased MHC-II expression which was down-regulated by a longer term of immunosuppression. These findings are novel and necessary in order to understand the immunogenicity of human neural stem cell grafts.
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- Faiez Al Nimer
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Section of Neurosurgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Duan WM, Westerman MA, Wong G, Low WC. Rat nigral xenografts survive in the brain of MHC class II-, but not class I-deficient mice. Neuroscience 2003; 115:495-504. [PMID: 12421616 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(02)00382-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We have examined the role of the indirect pathway of antigen recognition and T cells in neural xenografts rejection by using major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II-deficient mice as xenograft recipients. Dissociated embryonic ventral mesencephalic tissue from Sprague-Dawley rats was stereotaxically injected as a cell suspension into the striatum of MHC class II-deficient adult mice as well as MHC class I-deficient and wild-type mice as controls. All of the MHC class II-deficient mice had surviving grafts in the striatum 4 weeks post-grafting. In contrast, only a few of the MHC class I-deficient mice exhibited very small grafts and none of the wild-type mice had any surviving grafts. The mean number of surviving transplanted dopamine neurons in the MHC class II-deficient group was significantly larger than that observed in the other two groups. Moderate levels of MHC class I antigen expression were seen in the transplantation sites of some animals in the MHC class II-deficient group. No helper or cytotoxic T cells were observed infiltrating into the graft sites of this group. However, there were markedly increased levels of expression of MHC class I and class II antigens, and a number of T cells infiltrating in the graft sites in both the MHC class I-deficient and wild-type groups. These results show that rat embryonic nigral tissue can survive transplantation in the brain of the MHC class II-deficient mice for at least 4 weeks without any overt signs of rejection, suggesting that the indirect pathway of foreign antigen recognition mediated by host MHC class II molecules and helper T cells plays an important role in the rejection responses to intracerebral xenografts.
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- W-M Duan
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55455, USA
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Modo M, Rezaie P, Heuschling P, Patel S, Male DK, Hodges H. Transplantation of neural stem cells in a rat model of stroke: assessment of short-term graft survival and acute host immunological response. Brain Res 2002; 958:70-82. [PMID: 12468031 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)03463-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The use of progenitors and stem cells for neural grafting is promising, as these not only have the potential to be maintained in vitro until use, but may also prove less likely to evoke an immunogenic response in the host, when compared to primary (fetal) grafts. We investigated whether the short-term survival of a grafted conditionally immortalised murine neuroepithelial stem cell line (MHP36) (2 weeks post-implantation, 4 weeks post-ischaemia) is influenced by: (i) immunosuppression (cyclosporin A (CSA) vs. no CSA), (ii) the local (intact vs. lesioned hemisphere), or (iii) global (lesioned vs. sham) brain environment. MHP36 cells were transplanted ipsi- and contralateral to the lesion in rats with middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo) or sham controls. Animals were either administered CSA or received no immunosuppressive treatment. A proliferation assay of lymphocytes dissociated from cervical lymph nodes, grading of the survival of the grafted cells, and histological evaluation of the immune response revealed no significant difference between animals treated with or without CSA. There was no difference in survival or immunological response to cells grafted ipsi- or contralateral to the lesion. Although a local upregulation of immunological markers (MHC class I, MHC class II, CD45, CD11b) was detected around the injection site and the ischaemic lesion, these were not specifically upregulated in response to transplanted cells. These results provide evidence for the low immunogenic properties of MHP36 cells during the initial period following implantation, known to be associated with an acute host immune response and ensuing graft rejection.
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- Michel Modo
- Neuroimaging Research Group-Neurology P042, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK.
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Melchior B, Rémy S, Nerrière-Daguin V, Heslan JM, Soulillou JP, Brachet P. Temporal analysis of cytokine gene expression during infiltration of porcine neuronal grafts implanted into the rat brain. J Neurosci Res 2002; 68:284-92. [PMID: 12111858 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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A large array of evidence supports the involvement of infiltrating T lymphocytes in the rejection process of intracerebral neuronal xenografts. Little is known, however, about the molecular mechanisms that drive the recruitment of this cell type. In the present work, we used real-time RT-PCR methodology to investigate the kinetics of cytokine gene expression during the infiltration of fetal porcine neurons (PNEU) implanted into the striatum of LEW.1A rats. T lymphocyte infiltration was followed by measuring the intracerebral levels of transcripts encoding the beta chain of the T cell receptor. These transcripts remained barely detectable until the fourth week (28 days) postimplantation, when a sudden accumulation occurred. Their kinetics, which support previous immunohistochemical observations, indicate that alphabetaT lymphocyte recruitment occurs rapidly after a delay of several weeks in this experimental model. Infiltration of PNEU grafts by T lymphocytes was accompanied by a concomitant, dramatic augmentation of transcripts coding for monocyte chemotactic protein-1 and RANTES (for regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted), two chemokines targeting this cell type, among others. Likewise, a sudden accumulation of transcripts of proinflammatory lymphokines [interleukin (IL)-1alpha, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, IL-6] as well as Th1 cytokines (IL-2, interferon-gamma) was also detected. In contrast, IL-4, -10, and -13 mRNA remained barely detectable at the different time points. No significant changes were noticed for IL-12 or transforming growth factor-beta transcripts. These data support the concept that T lymphocyte infiltration of PNEU grafts is actively promoted by a local production of chemokines and proinflammatory lymphokines and is based on a Th1 polarization.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD
- Antigens, Neoplasm
- Antigens, Surface
- Avian Proteins
- Basigin
- Blood Proteins
- Brain Tissue Transplantation/adverse effects
- Brain Tissue Transplantation/methods
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemokine CCL2/metabolism
- Chemokine CCL5/metabolism
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/immunology
- Cytokines/genetics
- Fetus
- Gene Expression Regulation/immunology
- Graft Rejection/immunology
- Graft Rejection/metabolism
- Graft Rejection/physiopathology
- Immunohistochemistry
- Interferon-gamma/metabolism
- Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit
- Interleukins/metabolism
- Kinetics
- Male
- Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/immunology
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Lew
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Interleukin/metabolism
- Swine
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Time Factors
- Transforming Growth Factor beta/metabolism
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Benoît Melchior
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 437, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Nantes, France
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