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Xia MJ, Shan J, Li YP, Zhou YN, Guo YJ, Sun GX, Wu WQ, Feng L. Adoptive transfusion of tolerant dendritic cells prolong the survival of renal allografts: a systematic review. J Evid Based Med 2013; 6:250-64. [PMID: 24325419 DOI: 10.1111/jebm.12070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to systematically review the effects of transfusing Tol-DCs induced by different methods on renal transplantation and survival time. METHOD PubMed and EMbase were searched for relevant articles from inception to July 20(th), 2013. Renal allograft survival time was regarded as the endpoint outcome. The effects of Tol-DCs on renal transplantation were evaluated semi-quantitatively. RESULTS Sixteen articles were included. There were three sources of Tol-DCs, including bone marrow, spleen, and thoracic duct lymph node. Rats were administrated cells intravenously and 83% of mice through the portal vein. Four subtypes of bone marrow Tol-DCs enhanced renal allograft time: immature DCs enhanced allograft survival 4.9-fold in rats and 2.0-fold in mice, gene modified DCs enhanced allograft survival 4.4-fold in rats and 2.2-fold in mice, and drug and cytokine induced enhanced allograft survival 2.9-fold and 2.7-fold, respectively, in rats. Tol-DCs from the spleen and thoracic duct lymph nodes prolonged allograft survival 2.7-fold and 1.8-fold, respectively, in rats. 1-2 × 10(6) doses of Tol-DCs extended the survival time of rats following renal transplantation. The key mechanisms by which Tol-DCs enhance allograft and overall survival included: (i) inducing T-cell hyporeactivity; (ii) reducing the effects of cytotoxic lymphocytes; and (iii) inducing Th2 differentiation. CONCLUSION Bone marrow Tol-DCs can extend allograft survival and induce immune tolerance in fully MHC-mismatched renal transplantation in rats and mice. The effects of imDCs and gene modified Tol-DCs in mice are less marked. In conclusion, a single-injection of 1-2 × 10(6) doses of bone marrow Tol-DCs (i.v.), in combination with an immune-suppressor, a co-stimulator, and accessory cells can significantly extend renal allograft survival.
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- Meng Juan Xia
- Key Laboratory of Transplant Engineering and Immunology of the National Health and family Planning Committee of China, Regenerative Medical Research Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Zhou J, Appleton SE, Stadnyk A, Lee TDG, Nashan BAP. CD8+γδ T regulatory cells mediate kidney allograft prolongation after oral exposure to alloantigen. Transpl Int 2008; 21:679-87. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2008.00669.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Wang FS, Yamaguchi Y, Furuhashi T, Uchino S, Kihara S, Yamada S, Mori K, Ogawa M. Recipient Blood Pre-Transplant Transfusion Prolongs Hepatic Allograft Survival in Rats. J Surg Res 2006; 135:52-60. [PMID: 16716354 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2005] [Revised: 03/08/2006] [Accepted: 04/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND The pre-transplant administration of donor antigens to recipients is reported to prolong transplanted organ survival. We investigated the effect of pre-transplant intraportal administration of recipient blood on rat hepatic allograft survival. MATERIALS AND METHODS Male LEW (RT1l) and ACI (RT1a) rats were used as transplant recipients and donors, respectively. Before transplantation, donors were transfused with recipient blood. Experimental animals were divided into groups as follows: group I, no treatment; group II, pre-treatment with recipient blood via the penile vein 7 days before transplantation; group III, pre-treatment with recipient blood via the portal vein 5 days before transplantation; and group IV, pre-treatment with recipient blood via the portal vein 7 days before transplantation. Serum interferon (IFN)-gamma concentrations were measured post-operatively. RESULTS Animals in group I survived a mean of 10.1 +/- 0.7 days. The survival of groups II and III was 10.6 +/- 1.6 and 13.1 +/- 0.9 days, respectively. The survival rate in group IV was prolonged significantly to 33.7 +/- 2.6 days. Serum concentrations of IFN-gamma were increased significantly in group IV, as compared with group I. The ratio of OX76+CD4+ or OX76+CD8+ T cells to OX76-CD4+ or OX76-CD8+ T cells was greater in group IV, as compared group I. OX76+CD8+ T cells from hepatic allografts in group IV expressed IFN-gamma and interleukin (IL)-10, but not IL-2 mRNA. Apoptotic hepatic infiltrates were greater in group IV, as compared to group I. CONCLUSION The cytokine profile of donor CD8+ T cells from allografts treated by the intraportal administration of recipient blood is associated with apoptosis of graft-infiltrating cells and the prolonged survival of hepatic allografts in rats.
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- Feng-Shan Wang
- Department of Surgery II, Kumamoto University Medical School, Kumamoto, Japan
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Klein I, Crispe IN. Complete differentiation of CD8+ T cells activated locally within the transplanted liver. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 203:437-47. [PMID: 16476766 PMCID: PMC2118211 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20051775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The transplanted liver elicits systemic tolerance, and the underlying mechanism may also account for the persistence of liver infections, such as malaria and viral hepatitis. These phenomena have led to the hypothesis that antigen presentation within the liver is abortive, leading to T cell tolerance or apoptosis. Here we test this hypothesis in an optimized orthotopic liver transplantation model. In direct contradiction to this model, the liver itself induces full CD8+ T cell activation and differentiation. The effects of microchimerism were neutralized by bone marrow transplantation in the liver donor, and the lack of liver-derived antigen-presenting cells was documented by eight-color flow cytometry and by sensitive functional assays. We conclude that local antigen presentation cannot explain liver tolerance. On the contrary, the liver may be an excellent priming site for naive CD8+ T cells.
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- Ingo Klein
- David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, Aab Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
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Limmer A, Ohl J, Wingender G, Berg M, Jüngerkes F, Schumak B, Djandji D, Scholz K, Klevenz A, Hegenbarth S, Momburg F, Hämmerling GJ, Arnold B, Knolle PA. Cross-presentation of oral antigens by liver sinusoidal endothelial cells leads to CD8 T cell tolerance. Eur J Immunol 2005; 35:2970-81. [PMID: 16163670 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200526034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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After ingestion, oral antigens distribute systemically and provoke T cell stimulation outside the gastrointestinal tract. Within the liver, scavenger liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSEC) eliminate blood-borne antigens and induce T cell tolerance. Here we investigated whether LSEC contribute to oral tolerance. Oral antigens were efficiently cross-presented on H-2K(b) by LSEC to naive CD8 T cells. Cross-presentation efficiency in LSEC but not dendritic cells was increased by antigen-exposure to heat or low pH. Mechanistically, cross-presentation in LSEC requires endosomal maturation, involves hsc73 and proteasomal degradation. H-2K(b)-restricted cross-presentation of oral antigens by LSEC in vivo induced CD8 T cell priming and led to development of CD8 T cell tolerance in two independent experimental systems. Adoptive transfer of LSEC from mice fed with antigen (ovalbumin) into RAG2-/- knockout mice, previously reconstituted with naive ovalbumin-specific CD8 T cells, prevented development of specific cytotoxicity and expression of IFN-gamma in CD8 T cells. Using a new transgenic mouse line expressing H-2K(b) only on endothelial cells, we have demonstrated that oral antigen administration leads to tolerance in H-2K(b)-restricted CD8 T cells. Collectively, our data demonstrate a participation of the liver, in particular scavenger LSEC, in development of CD8 T cell tolerance towards oral antigens.
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- Andreas Limmer
- Institut für Molekulare Medizin und Experimentelle Immunologie, Bonn, Germany.
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- Lloyd Mayer
- The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Immunobiology Center, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York 10029, USA.
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Park JK, Cho K, Johnson J, Perez RV. Induction of MIP-1α in Kupffer cell by portal venous transfusion. Transpl Immunol 2004; 13:33-8. [PMID: 15203126 DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2004.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2003] [Revised: 02/08/2004] [Accepted: 02/20/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Previous studies have shown that portal venous transfusion (PVT) induces a state of immunosuppression, and Kupffer cells may be involved in the mechanism. OBJECTIVE This study was aimed to investigate the effect of PVT on Kupffer cell gene expression. MATERIALS AND METHODS Each BALB/C mouse was subjected to laparotomy and received one of five treatments: PVT, portal venous saline injection (PVS), inferior vena caval transfusion (IVCT), inferior vena caval saline injection (IVCS) or sham operation (S). The blood for PVT and IVCT was sampled from C57BL/6J mice. Kupffer cells were then isolated 1 or 24 h after each of the 5 treatments, for a total of 10 experimental groups (1-h PVT, PVS, IVCT, IVCS and S, and 24-h PVT, PVS, IVCT, IVCS and S) from BALB/C mice. To examine the effect of PVT on Kupffer cell gene expression, RT-PCR differential display was performed. RESULTS Increase in the expression of MIP-1alpha mRNA post PVT and IVCT was identified by differential display. PVT groups revealed higher levels of serum MIP-1alpha than any other groups. CONCLUSION These results suggest that MIP-1alpha may be involved in a cascade of signaling events associated with the PVT-mediated immunologic modulation in Kupffer cells.
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- Jong Kwon Park
- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungnam 330-714, South Korea.
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Ju C, McCoy JP, Chung CJ, Graf MLM, Pohl LR. Tolerogenic role of Kupffer cells in allergic reactions. Chem Res Toxicol 2004; 16:1514-9. [PMID: 14680364 DOI: 10.1021/tx0341761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Drug-induced allergic reactions (DIARs), including allergic hepatitis, cutaneous reactions, and blood dyscrasias, are unpredictable and can be life threatening. Although current studies suggest that DIARs are caused by immunogenic drug-protein adducts, it remains unclear what factors determine the susceptibility to DIARs. We hypothesized that most individuals may be resistant to DIARs in part because they become immunologically tolerant to drug-protein adducts in the liver, an organ with tolerogenic properties. Because animal models of DIARs are elusive, we tested this hypothesis using a murine model of 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB)-induced delayed type hypersensitivity reaction that is mediated by immunogenic 2,4-dinitrophenylated (DNP)-protein adducts. Intravenous pretreatment of mice with DNP-BSA led to its accumulation in hepatic Kupffer cells (KC) and induced immunological tolerance to subsequent DNCB sensitization. Tolerance could be abrogated by prior depletion of KC or induced in naïve mice by transferring a T cell-depleted, KC-enriched fraction of liver nonparenchymal cells from mice tolerized 1 month earlier by DNP-BSA pretreatment. These findings implicate KC as a primary and sustained inducer of tolerance against DNP-protein adducts and suggest a similar role in modulating allergic reactions against drug-protein adducts. Perhaps genetic and/or environmental factors affecting the activities of these cells may play a role in determining individual susceptibility to DIARs.
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- Cynthia Ju
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA.
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Troppmann C, Gjertson DW, Cecka JM, McVicar JP, Perez RV. Impact of portal venous pancreas graft drainage on kidney graft outcome in simultaneous pancreas-kidney recipients reported to UNOS. Am J Transplant 2004; 4:544-53. [PMID: 15023146 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00378.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Clinical data on the potential immunologic impact of portal (PD) vs. systemic (SD) venous pancreas graft drainage on outcome remains controversial. We reviewed the UNOS database to study the effect of PD vs. SD on the incidence of kidney graft rejection and survival in first cadaveric simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) recipients transplanted 1994-2001. We studied three groups: all SPK (n=6629, 13% PD) (group I), SPK on tacrolimus (n=3563, 17% PD) (group II), and SPK on tacrolimus performed at centers with significant PD experience (n=948, 46% PD) (group III). The cumulative kidney graft rejection incidence for PD vs. SD was only significantly different in group I (for PD vs. SD, respectively: at 6 months, 31% vs. 36% [p=0.015]; at 1 year, 37% vs. 43% [p=0.006]). Kidney graft survival was similar in all groups for PD vs. SD. Multivariate analysis of group III showed only transplantation during the earlier era (1994-96), but not SD, to be an independent risk factor for kidney graft rejection. Portal venous pancreas graft drainage does not affect kidney graft rejection and survival in SPK recipients on tacrolimus. Our data suggests that the efficacy of current immunosuppressive protocols and increasing center experience are clinically much more relevant than any potential immunologic advantage of portal venous drainage in SPK recipients.
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- Christoph Troppmann
- Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA.
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Itoh H, Takahashi HK, Iwagaki H, Yoshino T, Morimoto Y, Saito S, Yagi T, Akagi T, Nishibori M, Tanaka N. Effect of histamine on intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression and production of interferon-gamma and interleukin-12 in mixed lymphocyte reaction stimulated with interleukin-18. Transplantation 2002; 74:864-70. [PMID: 12364868 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200209270-00021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Interleukin (IL)-18 was identified as an interferon (IFN)-gamma-inducing factor and was demonstrated to up-regulate the expression of intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 on human monocytes. In organ transplantation, elevation of plasma IL-18 levels has been reported during acute rejection. In the present study, we examined the effect of IL-18 on human mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR), an in vitro model of acute rejection after organ transplantation. We also investigated the modulatory effects of histamine on IL-18 action because histamine has been demonstrated to be a modulator of IL-18 effect and a mediator of inflammation. METHODS We measured the expression of ICAM-1 on human monocytes in MLR in the presence or absence of IL-18 by flow cytometer and determined the associated production of IFN-gamma and IL-12 by ELISA. The modulatory effects of histamine and the relevant histamine receptor subtypes were characterized pharmacologically. RESULTS The expression of ICAM-1 on monocytes in MLR was markedly enhanced by the addition of IL-18 in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. In parallel to ICAM-1 up-regulation, IL-18 significantly enhanced the production of IFN-gamma and IL-12 in MLR. Histamine concentration-dependently inhibited ICAM-1 expression and cytokine production in MLR stimulated with IL-18, whereas histamine alone did not show any effects on these responses in the absence of IL-18. The effects of histamine on both ICAM-1 expression and cytokine production were mimicked by the selective H2-receptor agonists 4-methylhistamine and dimaprit and were antagonized by the H2-receptor antagonist famotidine but not by H1- and H3-receptor antagonists. CONCLUSION IL-18 strongly enhanced human MLR with respect to ICAM-1 expression and cytokine production. The fact that histamine could inhibit the IL-18-stimulated MLR implies that immunomodulation by histamine and selective H2-receptor agonists may have an important role in future immunosuppressive strategies.
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- Hideyuki Itoh
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery and Transplant, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama City, Japan
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Chen Y, McKenna GJ, Ong C, Mui ALF, Chung SW. Liver nonparenchymal cells involved in hyporesponsiveness induced by portal vein injection of alloantigen. Immunol Lett 2002; 81:1-11. [PMID: 11841840 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2478(01)00322-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Intrahepatic injection of alloantigen prolongs allograft survival and inhibits T-lymphocyte release of both IL-2 and IFN-gamma but not IL-4. This suggests that intrahepatic processing of antigen lead to a predominance of Th2 cell population with inhibition of Th1 cell type. This study examines the effects of hepatic nonparenchymal cells (NPCs) on T cell function and cytokine mRNA expression profiles. MATERIALS AND METHODS Following portal vein (p.v.) injection of allogeneic splenic mononuclear cells (SMNC) in mice, heterotopic cardiac allograft survival and donor-specific immune responses were assessed. The cytokine profiles were evaluated in heart grafts and spleens from transplanted mice, or in recipient lymphocytes stimulated in vitro with alloantigen. The immunoregulatory role of NPCs from p.v. injected mice was evaluated. RESULTS Transplanted mice with prolonged graft survival demonstrated increased IL-4, TGF-beta and IL-10 and/or decreased IFN-gamma and IL-2 mRNA expression within the spleen and the transplanted graft. This correlated with increased antigen-specific IL-4, IL-10 and TGF-beta expression in lymphocytes isolated from the p.v. injected mice. In mixed lymphocyte cultures using NPC from p.v. injected mice as regulatory cells, there was decreased proliferation of lymphocytes from the p.v. injected mice in response to allogeneic stimulation, associated with increased IL-4, TGF-beta and IL-10 production and decreased IFN-gamma and IL-2 production. The regulatory effects of the NPC was reversed by prostaglandin E inhibitor. CONCLUSIONS Interactions between allogeneic lymphocytes and NPCs results in an impaired Th1 response and preferential shift towards a Th2 cytokine response which may regulate allograft rejection.
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- Yongliang Chen
- Department of Surgery, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia, 3100-910 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 4E3
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Zhou J, Carr RI, Liwski RS, Stadnyk AW, Lee TD. Oral exposure to alloantigen generates intragraft CD8+ regulatory cells. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 167:107-13. [PMID: 11418638 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.1.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We have previously reported that oral administration of allogeneic rat spleen cells before kidney allotransplantation significantly prolongs graft survival. This prolongation was alloantigen specific and was associated with a decrease in graft-infiltrating cells (GIC) and an increase in transcription of IL-4 mRNA in the GIC. In this study increased splenic mixed lymphocyte responses from animals orally exposed to alloantigen before kidney transplantation suggested that the kidney allograft prolongation was not due to a masking of allorecognition, but to an immunomodulation of the immune response. We have assessed GIC T cell subsets on day 5 post-transplant and found decreased numbers of CD4(+) T cells in fed animals compared with controls, but there was no change in CD8(+) T cell numbers. The CD8(+) GIC from fed animals transcribed substantial levels of perforin, granzyme, and Fas ligand mRNA, indicating the presence of active CTL. Direct CTL assays showed that the GIC from fed recipients exhibited higher allo-CTL activity than GIC from control unfed recipients. In addition, the CD8(+) GIC exhibited high levels of IL-4 mRNA, suggesting Tc2-type regulatory cells. Prolonged graft survival in the face of active CTL and Tc2 cells suggests the presence of a CD8(+) regulatory cell population in the allograft. To confirm this, cell transfer experiments were performed. Prolongation of graft survival was transferred from rats orally exposed to alloantigen to naive animals by transfer of CD8(+) GIC. This is the first report that oral exposure to alloantigen prolongs kidney allograft survival by the generation of intragraft CD8(+) regulatory cells.
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- J Zhou
- Department of Microbiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Nakagawa K, Matsuno T, Iwagaki H, Morimoto Y, Fujiwara T, Sadamori H, Inagaki M, Urushihara N, Yagi T, Tanaka N. Donor dendritic cells and recipient Kupffer cells in the induction of donor-specific immune hyporesponsiveness. J Int Med Res 2001; 29:119-30. [PMID: 11393345 DOI: 10.1177/147323000102900209] [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: 11/17/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to investigate the ability of portovenously administered donor antigens to induce immune hyporesponsiveness. Lewis (LEW, RT-1l) rats received Brown Norway (BN, RT-1n) rat donor splenocytes, via either the portal vein (PV group) or the peripheral vein (IV group). The immune responses of LEW rats, treated with either donor BN or third party Wistar King A (WKA, RT-1k) splenocytes were established by the persistence of donor dendritic cells (DCs) in the host liver measured using fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry and by the mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR). The effect of intravenous gadolinium chloride (GDCl3) on the blockade of Kupffer cell function prior to portovenous administration of splenocytes was also assessed. The MLR response was strongly inhibited in a BN-restricted manner after portovenous administration of donor BN splenocytes, but not by venous nor by portovenous administration of WKA splenocytes. Immunosuppression was blocked by pretreatment with GDCl3. The percentage of donor DCs in hepatic non-parenchymal cells (NPCs) was significantly higher in the PV group compared with the IV group. Treatment with GDCl3 decreased the percentage of donor DCs. In addition, cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA4/CD152), which may function as an immune attenuator, was strongly stained, and B7 was weakly stained in recipient liver in the PV group compared with the IV group. These results suggest that both donor DCs and recipient Kupffer cells (self DCs) are involved in the induction of immune hyporesponsiveness by donor cells. This occurs via portovenous administration, in which a signal of the CTLA4-B7 pathway played an important part in inhibiting the interaction of CD28 and its B7 ligands.
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- K Nakagawa
- First Department of Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Chen Y, Ong CR, McKenna GJ, Mui AL, Smith RM, Chung SW. Induction of immune hyporesponsiveness after portal vein immunization with ovalbumin. Surgery 2001; 129:66-75. [PMID: 11150035 DOI: 10.1067/msy.2001.109059] [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: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous work has demonstrated prolonged allograft survival after donor-specific portal vein immunization before the transplantation. The purpose of this study was to examine the potential mechanism of portal vein-induced hyporesponsiveness after portal vein immunization with the soluble protein ovalbumin. METHODS Balb/c mice were immunized with a portal vein injection of ovalbumin. After the immunization, in vivo delayed-type hypersensitivity response and in vitro proliferative response of ovalbumin-specific T cells were assessed to determine host immune response. Type 1 (IL-2, IL-12, IFN-gamma) and type 2 (IL-4, TGF-beta) regulatory cytokines were assessed by semiquantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. Sera anti-ovalbumin IgG, IgG1, and IgG2a were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and the antigen-presenting ability of liver nonparenchymal cells (NPCs) was assessed by T-cell proliferation to ovalbumin in vitro. RESULTS There was significant inhibition of ovalbumin-specific delayed-type hypersensitivity and T-cell proliferation in portal vein-immunized mice compared with intraperitoneal-immunized or control mice. Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction analysis results showed that lymphocytes from portal vein-immunized mice exhibited decreased type 1 and increased type 2 cytokine messenger RNA expression compared with intraperitoneal-immunized or control animals. The type 2 cytokine response of lymphocytes from ovalbumin portal vein-immunized mice correlated with increased sera ovalbumin-IgG1 and decreased IgG2a. The results of an antigen-presenting assay revealed that liver NPCs were deficient antigen-presenting cells compared with adherent cells from heart or spleen. CONCLUSIONS Processing of ovalbumin by hepatic NPCs results in hyporesponsiveness to ovalbumin by an impaired type 1 cytokine response and a preferential shift toward a type 2 cytokine response, possibly because of defective antigen presentation by hepatic NPCs. Intrahepatic processing of antigen may play an important role in the development of strategies to reduce host immunoreactivity against transplanted allografts.
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- Y Chen
- Department of Surgery, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia, Canada
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Holán V, Zajícová A, Krulová M, Plsková J, Fric J, Filipec M. Induction of specific transplantation immunity by oral immunization with allogeneic cells. Immunology 2000; 101:404-11. [PMID: 11106945 PMCID: PMC2327093 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2000.00111.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Oral administration of antigen has been shown to be effective for both positive and negative modulation of immune responses. In the present study we characterized changes in the reactivity of the immune system after oral immunization with allogeneic spleen cells. Mice were orally immunized for 10 consecutive days with fresh allogeneic spleen cells, and the phenotype, proliferative response, cytotoxic activity and cytokine production profile of recipient spleen cells were assessed 1 or 7 days after the last immunization dose. Although no significant changes in the proportion of CD4+, CD8+ or CD25+ cells were observed in the spleen of orally immunized mice, significant activation of alloreactivity in spleen cells was found. Cells from orally immunized mice exhibited enhanced proliferation and cytotoxic activity after stimulation with specific allogeneic cells in vitro, and produced considerably higher concentrations of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and significantly less interleukin (IL)-4 than did cells from control mice. The production of IL-2 was essentially unchanged and that of IL-10 was only slightly increased. The systemic allosensitization induced by oral immunization was demonstrated in vivo by increased resistance to the growth of allogeneic tumours induced by subcutaneous inoculation of high doses of tumour cells. In addition, orthotopic corneal allografts in orally immunized recipients were rejected more rapidly (in a second-set manner) than in control, untreated recipients. These data show that oral immunization with allogeneic cells modulates individual components of the immune response and that specific transplantation immunity, rather than tolerance, is induced in the treated recipients.
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- V Holán
- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Department of Ophthalmology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Liwski R, Zhou J, McAlister V, Lee TD. Prolongation of allograft survival by Nippostrongylus brasiliensis is associated with decreased allospecific cytotoxic T lymphocyte activity and development of T cytotoxic cell type 2 cells. Transplantation 2000; 69:1912-22. [PMID: 10830231 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200005150-00029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND We have demonstrated that infection with Nippostrongylus brasiliensis (Nb), which induces strong type 2 responses, prolongs kidney allograft survival in rats. Here, we confirm that this effect is not species-specific and address immune modulation in allospecific T-cell responses mediated by nematode infection. METHODS C57BL/6 mice were injected with Nb or phosphate-buffered saline. Four days later, mice were transplanted with BALB/c hearts and graft survival was assessed. In other experiments, Nb-infected mice were immunized with BALB/c spleen cells and allospecific T-cell responses were determined in vitro. RESULTS In this study, we show that Nb prolongs cardiac allograft survival in mice. Further, spleen T cells from Nb-infected, allo-immunized mice exhibit reduced allospecific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte activity. In contrast, allospecific proliferation of T cells in the mixed lymphocyte reaction was not reduced by Nb, ruling out immunosuppression as the mechanism of Nb-induced allograft survival. Nb infection induced IL-4 and IL-6 and inhibited IFN-gamma production by T cells in response to allo-antigen. Furthermore, anti-IL-4 treatment reduced allospecific T-cell proliferation from Nb-infected but not control mice, indicating that type 2 allospecific T cells develop in the presence of Nb. We also double-stained T cells for CD8 and IL-4 and showed that Nb induces an 8-fold increase in Tc2 cell numbers. CONCLUSIONS These results are consistent with a hypothesis that Nb mediates prolongation of allograft survival through induction of type 2 immunity, including the development of regulatory Tc2 cells, and subsequent inhibition of allospecific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte activity.
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- R Liwski
- Department of Microbiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Yamada A, Konishi K, Cruz GL, Takehara M, Morikawa M, Nakagawa I, Murakami M, Abe T, Todo S, Uede T. Blocking the CD28-B7 T-cell costimulatory pathway abrogates the development of obliterative bronchiolitis in a murine heterotopic airway model. Transplantation 2000; 69:743-9. [PMID: 10755520 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200003150-00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND CTLA4IgG that binds to B7 effectively inhibits the signaling of CD28/B7 pathway and induces antigen-specific T-cell unresponsiveness in vitro and in vivo. We examined whether the development of obliterative bronchiolitis in a murine heterotopic airway transplantation model is T cell dependent and whether CTLA4IgG abrogates the development of obliterative bronchiolitis. METHODS Tracheae with main bronchi from C3H/He (H2k), BALB/C (H2d), or C57BL/6 (H2b) mice were transplanted heterotopically into subcutaneous pockets on the backs of BALB/C or BALB/C nu/nu mice on day 0. Recipient mice were untreated or intraperitoneally treated with either CTLA4IgG or human IgG with different time and dose schedules. RESULTS The development of obliterative bronchiolitis, which leads to luminal obliteration by fibrous tissue in a murine heterotopic airway transplantation model, was T cell dependent and the development of obliterative bronchiolitis was significantly abrogated by the CTLA4IgG treatment. However, the normal ciliated columnar respiratory epithelial cells in allografts were lost and replaced by flattened attenuated epithelial cells even after the CTLA4IgG treatment. We further demonstrated that CTLA4IgG treatment did not result in the induction of donor-specific unresponsiveness. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated that the development of obliterative bronchiolitis in a murine heterotopic airway model involves both CD28/B7-dependent and -independent processes. The luminal obliteration by fibrous tissue is clearly CD28/B7 dependent and can be inhibited by CTLA4IgG. The luminal obliteration of allografted trachea by fibrous tissues and the loss of ciliated columnar respiratory epithelial cells represent distinct disease processes.
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- A Yamada
- Section of Immunopathogenesis, Institute of Immunological Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- H Rabb
- Division of Nephrology, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, USA
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Gorczynski L, Chen Z, Hu J, Kai Y, Lei J, Ramakrishna V, Gorczynski RM. Evidence That an OX-2-Positive Cell Can Inhibit the Stimulation of Type 1 Cytokine Production by Bone Marrow-Derived B7-1 (and B7-2)-Positive Dendritic Cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.162.2.774] [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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We reported that hepatic mononuclear, nonparenchymal cells (NPC) can inhibit the immune response seen when allogeneic C57BL/6 dendritic cells (DC) are incubated with C3H spleen responder cells. Cells derived from these cultures transfer increased survival of C57BL/6 renal allografts in C3H mice. We also found that increased expression of OX-2 on DC was associated with inhibition of cytokine production and renal allograft rejection. We explored whether inhibition by hepatic NPC was a function of OX-2 expression by these cells. Fresh C57BL/6 spleen-derived DC were cultured with C3H spleen responder cells and other putative coregulatory cells. The latter were derived from fresh C3H or C57BL/6 liver NPC, or from C3H or C57BL/6 mice treated for 10 days by i.v. infusion of human Flt3 ligand. Different populations of murine bone marrow-derived DC from cultures of bone marrow with IL-4 plus granulocyte-macrophage-CSF were also used as a source of putative regulator cells. Supernatants of all stimulated cultures were examined for functional expression of different cytokines (IL-2, IL-4, IFN-γ, and TGFβ). We found that fresh C57BL/6 splenic DC induced IL-2, not IL-4, production. Cells from the sources indicated inhibited IL-2 and IFN-γ production and promoted IL-4 and TGFβ production. Inhibition was associated with increased expression of OX-2 on these cells, as defined by semiquantitative PCR and FACS analysis. By size fractionation, cells expressing OX-2 were a subpopulation of NLDC145+ cells. Our data imply a role for cells expressing OX-2 in the regulation of induction of cytokine production by conventional allostimulatory DC.
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- Laura Gorczynski
- Transplant Research Division, Toronto Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Transplant Research Division, Toronto Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Transplant Research Division, Toronto Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Transplant Research Division, Toronto Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Transplant Research Division, Toronto Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Transplant Research Division, Toronto Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Transplant Research Division, Toronto Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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