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Mechanisms of rejection, new pharmacologic approaches, and genomic medicine are major foci for current research in transplantation. It is hoped that these new agents and personalized immunosuppression will provide for less toxic regimens that are effective in preventing both acute and chronic allograft rejection. Until new agents are available, practitioners must use various combinations of currently approved agents to find the best regimens for improved long-term outcomes.
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- Curtis D Holt
- Clinical Research Program, UCLA Department of Surgery, Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 650 CE Young Drive South, Room 77-123CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7054, USA.
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Keller MR, Haynes LD, Jankowska-Gan E, Sullivan JA, Agashe VV, Burlingham SR, Burlingham WJ. Epitope analysis of the collagen type V-specific T cell response in lung transplantation reveals an HLA-DRB1*15 bias in both recipient and donor. PLoS One 2013; 8:e79601. [PMID: 24265781 PMCID: PMC3827168 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2013] [Accepted: 09/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background IL-17-dependent cellular immune responses to the α1 chain of collagen type V are associated with development of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation, and with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and coronary artery disease, primary indications for lung or heart transplantation, respectively. Methodology/Principal Findings We found that 30% of the patients awaiting lung transplantation exhibited a strong cell-mediated immune response to col(V). Of these, 53% expressed HLA-DR15, compared to a 28% HLA-DR15 frequency in col(V) low-responders (p=0.02). After transplantation, patients with HLA-DR1 and -DR17, not -DR15, developed anti-col(V) responses most frequently (p=0.04 and 0.01 vs. controls, respectively). However, recipients of a lung from an HLA-DR15+donor were at significantly elevated risk of developing anti-col(V) responses (p=0.02) and BOS (p=0.03). To determine the molecular basis of this unusual pattern of DR allele bias, a peptide library comprising the collagenous region of the α1(V) protein was screened for binding to HLA-DR0101, -DR1501, -DR0301 (DR17) or to HLA-DQ2 (DQA1*0501: DQB1*0201; in linkage disequilibrium with -DR17) and -DQ6 (DQA1*0102: DQB1*0602; linked to -DR15). Eight 15-mer peptides, six DR-binding and two DQ-binding, were identified. HLA-DR15 binding to two peptides yielded the highest binding scores: 650 (where 100 = positive control) for p799 (GIRGLKGTKGEKGED), and 193 for p1439 (LRGIPGPVGEQGLPG). These peptides, which also bound weakly to HLA-DR1, elicited responses in both HLA-DR1+ and -DR15+ col(V) reactive hosts, whereas binding and immunoreactivity of p1049 (KDGPPGLRGFPGDRG) was DR15-specific. Remarkably, a col(V)-reactive HLA-DR1+DR15neg lung transplant patient, whose donor was HLA-DR15+, responded not only to p799 and p1439, but also to p1049. Conclusions/Significance HLA-DR15 and IPF disease were independently associated with pre-transplant col(V) autoimmunity. The increased risk of de novo immunity to col(V) and BOS, associated with receiving a lung transplant from an HLA-DR15+ donor, may result from presentation by donor-derived HLA- DR15, of novel self-peptides to recipient T cells.
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- Melissa R. Keller
- Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Comparative Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Controlled clinical trials of cell transplantation for Parkinson's disease yielded disappointing results. Significant long-term functional improvement was not observed and cell survival was low. Although the brain was traditionally considered as "immunologically privileged" recent findings demonstrated late increase in the number of microglia around the grafts, therefore implying an involvement of immune mechanisms. The immunology of organ and cell transplantation to other body locations is scrupulously investigated and significant stepping-stones have been achieved. Ample evidence regarding the role of antigen-presenting cells in graft rejection has been documented. However, this knowledge did not benefit the discipline of cell transplantation to the central nervous system, and the minimal consideration of potential immune responses remain empirical in nature. In this review we summarize current knowledge of the major histo-compatibility complex and its role in transplant immunology. Resident cells of the brain that take part in immune responses are also discussed. Based on this information we hypothesize that the immune mechanisms involved with the long-term graft failure of cell transplantation to the central nervous system are likely to be chronic, and not acute, rejection. This, in turn, should have significant importance in the choice of anti-rejection drugs to be used.
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- Anat R Tambur
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago 60612, USA.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Here, we review the pathways of allorecognition and their potential relevance to the balance between regulatory and effector responses following transplantation. RECENT FINDINGS Transplantation between nonidentical members of the same species elicits an immune response that manifests as graft rejection or persistence. Presentation of foreign antigen to recipient T cells can occur via three nonmutually exclusive routes, the direct, indirect and semi-direct pathways. Allospecific T cells can have effector or regulatory functions, and the relative proportions of the two populations activated following alloantigen presentation are two of the factors that determine the clinical outcome. Regulatory T cells have been the subject of significant research, and there is now greater understanding of their recruitment and function in the context of allorecognition. SUMMARY A greater understanding of the mechanisms underlying allorecognition may be fundamental to appreciating how these different populations are recruited and could in turn inform novel strategies for immunomodulation.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Here, we review the pathways of allorecognition and their potential relevance to the balance between regulatory and effector responses following transplantation. RECENT FINDINGS Transplantation between nonidentical members of the same species elicits an immune response that manifests as graft rejection or persistence. Presentation of foreign antigen to recipient T cells can occur via three nonmutually exclusive routes, the direct, indirect and semi-direct pathways. Allospecific T cells can have effector or regulatory functions, and the relative proportions of the two populations activated following alloantigen presentation are two of the factors that determine the clinical outcome. Regulatory T cells have been the subject of significant research, and there is now greater understanding of their recruitment and function in the context of allorecognition. SUMMARY A greater understanding of the mechanisms underlying allorecognition may be fundamental to appreciating how these different populations are recruited and could in turn inform novel strategies for immunomodulation.
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Samsonov D, Geehan C, Woda CB, Briscoe DM. Differential activation of human T cells to allogeneic endothelial cells, epithelial cells and fibroblasts in vitro. Transplant Res 2012; 1:4. [PMID: 23369287 PMCID: PMC3552572 DOI: 10.1186/2047-1440-1-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2012] [Accepted: 04/24/2012] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED BACKGROUND In the direct pathway, T cells recognize intact donor major histocompatability complexes and allogeneic peptide on the surface of donor antigen presenting cells (APCs). Indirect allorecognition results from the recognition of processed alloantigen by self MHC complexes on self APCs. In this study, we wished to evaluate the relative contribution of different intragraft cells to the alloactivation of nave and memory T cells though the direct and the indirect pathway of allorecognition. METHODS The processing of membrane fragments from IFN-treated single donor endothelial cells (EC), fibroblasts or renal epithelial cells (RPTEC) was evaluated by DiOC labeling of each cell type and flow cytometry following interaction with PBMC. Direct pathway activation of nave CD45RA+ or memory CD45RO+ CD4+ T cells was evaluated following coculture with IFN-treated and MHC class II-expressing EC, fibroblasts or RPTEC. Indirect pathway activation was assessed using CD45RA+ or CD45RO+ CD4+ T cells cocultured with autologous irradiated APCs in the absence or presence of sonicates derived from IFN-treated allogeneic EC, fibroblasts or RPTEC. Activation of T cells was assessed by [3H]thymidine incorporation and by ELISpot assays. RESULTS We find that CD14+ APCs readily acquire membrane fragments from fibroblasts and RPTEC, but fail to acquire membrane fragments from intact EC. However, APCs process membranes from EC undergoing apoptosis.There was a notable direct pathway alloproliferative response of CD45RO+ CD4+ T cells to IFN-treated EC, but not to fibroblasts or RPTEC. Also, there was a minimal direct pathway response of CD45RA+ CD4+ T cells to all cell types. In contrast, we found that both CD45RA+ and CD45RO+ CD4+ T cells proliferated following coculture with autologous APCs in the presence of sonicates derived from IFN-treated EC, fibroblasts or RPTEC. By ELISpot, we found that these T cells stimulated via the indirect pathway also produced the cytokines IFN, IL-2, IL-4 and IL-5. CONCLUSIONS Recipient APCs may readily process membrane fragments from allogeneic intragraft cells, but not from EC unless they are undergoing apoptosis. This processing is sufficient for indirect pathway alloactivation of both CD45RA+ and CD45RO+ CD4+ T cells. Only graft vascular EC mediate direct pathway reactivation of CD4+ T cells.
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- Dmitry Samsonov
- Division of Nephrology, Childrens Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
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Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease Is Associated With an Immune Response to Autologous Human Leukocyte Antigen–Derived Peptides. Transplantation 2010; 90:555-63. [DOI: 10.1097/tp.0b013e3181e86b58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Xu Q, Lee J, Keller M, Burlingham WJ. Analysis of indirect pathway CD4+ T cells in a patient with metastable tolerance to a kidney allograft: possible relevance to superior graft survival of HLA class II closely matched renal allografts. Transpl Immunol 2009; 20:203-8. [PMID: 19166935 DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2008.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2008] [Accepted: 12/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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MHC class I mismatched, but class II matched kidney transplants are tolerogenic in large animal models. CD4(+) T regulatory cells specific for HLA-B1501-derived peptide p37-MA (DSDAASPRMAPRAPWIEQ) developed in a long term (>12 years) tolerant patient who received an HLA-B1501 mismatched, HLA class II closely matched renal allograft. We hypothesized that class II matching favored T regulatory cell development by allowing allopeptide presentation on either recipient (DR4/DQ7(+)) or donor (DR4/DQ8(+)) antigen presenting cells (APC). Indirect pathway CD4(+) T cell clones were generated from recipient PBMC by sorting antigen-stimulated, proliferating cells. Most clones responded to p37-MA-pulsed B1501(-) autologous, but not to DQ8(+)B1501(+) donor B-lymphoblastoid cell lines (B-LCL). However, some clones responded to both; in fact, one responded even more strongly to donor B-LCL than to p37-MA-pulsed autologous B-LCL. P37-MA contained a DQ8-binding motif and induced strong TH1 responses from DQ8 but not DQ6 transgenic mice. Microchimerism was found to be enriched in the dendritic cells (DC) cultured from adherent PBMC. This indicates donor APC could possibly present p37-MA peptide directly to p37-MA specific T cells. These data support the concept that, when the donor is MHC class II closely matched, a "hybrid" form of allorecognition (direct/indirect) occurs. This may favor the generation of a beneficial form of indirect pathway alloreactivity, i.e. allopeptide-specific CD4(+) T regulatory cells, in the context of long term DC microchimerism.
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- Qingyong Xu
- Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53792, United States.
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Waanders MM, Heidt S, Koekkoek KM, Zoet YM, Doxiadis IIN, Amir A, Heemskerk MHM, Mulder A, Brand A, Roelen DL, Claas FHJ. Monitoring of indirect allorecognition: wishful thinking or solid data? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 71:1-15. [PMID: 18096006 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2007.00979.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Monitoring of T cells involved in the alloimmune response after transplantation requires the availability of reliable in vitro assays for the detection of T cells with both direct and indirect allospecificity. While generally accepted assays exist to measure helper and cytotoxic T cells involved in direct allorecognition, consensus about an assay for monitoring indirect T-cell allorecognition in clinical transplantation is lacking. Many studies claim a relationship between the reactivity of T cells with indirect allospecificity and graft rejection, but different protocols are used and essential controls are often lacking. In this review, the disadvantages and pitfalls of the current approaches are discussed, in some cases supported by the results of our own in vitro experiments. We conclude that an international workshop is necessary to establish and validate a uniform, robust and reliable assay for the monitoring of transplant recipients and to study the actual role of indirect allorecognition in acute and chronic rejection.
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- M M Waanders
- Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Ardalan MR, Maljaei H, Shoja MM, Piri AR, Khosroshahi HT, Noshad H, Argani H. Calcitriol started in the donor, expands the population of CD4+CD25+ T cells in renal transplant recipients. Transplant Proc 2007; 39:951-3. [PMID: 17524860 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Alloreactive T cells recognize antigens via direct and indirect pathways. The competency of costimulatory molecules on antigen-presenting cells (APC) is important. An active form of vitamin D (1,25(OH)(2)D(3), calcitriol) inhibits APC cell maturation and expression of costimulatory molecules. Herein we studied the immunosuppressive effects of calcitriol, which was started in the donors and continued in the kidney recipients. METHODS In this prospective study, candidates for living donor renal transplantation were randomly assigned into two groups: the treatment group were prescribed calcitriol (0.5 microg/day) started in the donor 6 days before donation and continued in recipient side for 6 months after transplantation. The control group received the conventional immunosuppressive regimen, namely, cyclosporine/mycophenolate mofetil and prednisolone. In each group, a recipient blood sample was obtained before and 6 months after transplantation. Diagnostic study of the T-cell markers-CD3, CD4, and CD25-were performed with a flow cytometry technique. RESULTS The mean values of CD3(+)CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells in the treatment group (four women and five men; 40.8 +/- 8.5 years) and the control group (four women and six men; 37.2 +/- 10 years) were at 14.2 +/- 4.2% and 15.4 +/- 4.5% of total peripheral lymphocytes. Six months after transplantation, these percentages increased to 29 +/- 6.3% in the treatment group and decreased to 12.1 +/- 4.5% in the controls (P<.0001). No clinical rejection was detected in either group during the study period. CONCLUSION Calcitriol started in the donors and continued in the kidney allograft recipients lead to expansion of CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells in recipients. We speculated that costimulatory deficient APC for both direct and in-direct pathways may play a role.
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- M R Ardalan
- Department of Nephrology, Tabriz Medical University, Tabriz.
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Hanvesakul R, Maillere B, Briggs D, Baker R, Larché M, Ball S. Indirect recognition of T-cell epitopes derived from the alpha 3 and transmembrane domain of HLA-A2. Am J Transplant 2007; 7:1148-57. [PMID: 17355239 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01743.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Indirect allorecognition has been implicated in the mechanism of chronic rejection and alloantibody formation but precise definition of the epitopes involved has been limited. We have undertaken a detailed assessment of the antigenic properties of peptides derived from HLA-A2. Candidate epitopes were identified in vitro by assessment of MHC class II binding. The immune response to these epitopes was determined in patients awaiting a renal transplant by the assessment of PBMC activation using gamma-interferon ELISPOT. Twenty-two of fifty-five patients responded to peptides from HLA-A2 and this was associated with but not confined to those who had made antibody to HLA-A2 (14/18). Nineteen of twenty-two patients responded to peptides derived from the hypervariable alpha1 and alpha2 domains and 18/22 responded to peptides from the alpha 3 and transmembrane domain, the sequences of which show little polymorphism. In six patients, the sequence of these peptides was identical to self, that is, the response was autoimmune. The finding of indirect epitopes derived from regions of MHC class I that exhibit little polymorphism provides a novel perspective on the immune response to alloantigen and has potential implications for the development of specific therapies.
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- R Hanvesakul
- Department of Renal Medicine, University Hospital Birmingham and Division of Medical Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
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Xu Q, Lee J, Jankowska-Gan E, Schultz J, Roenneburg DA, Roennburg DA, Haynes LD, Kusaka S, Sollinger HW, Knechtle SJ, VanBuskirk AM, Torrealba JR, Burlingham WJ. Human CD4+CD25low Adaptive T Regulatory Cells Suppress Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity during Transplant Tolerance. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 178:3983-95. [PMID: 17339499 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.6.3983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Adaptive T regulatory (T(R)) cells mediate the suppression of donor-specific, delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) in tolerant organ transplant recipients. We hypothesized that cells belonging to the CD4(+)CD25(+) T cell subset but distinct from natural T(R) cells may fulfill this role. To test this hypothesis, PBMC and biopsy samples from two tolerant kidney transplant recipients (K1 and K2) were analyzed. When transferred with recipient APC into a SCID mouse footpad, CD4(+) T cells were hyporesponsive in DTH to donor type HLA-B Ags and derivative allopeptides. However, anti-human TGF-beta1 Ab revealed a response to immunodominant allopeptides in both patients, suggesting that CD4(+) T effector (T(E)) cells coexisted with suppressive, TGF-beta1-producing CD4(+) T(R) cells. During in vitro culture, allopeptide stimulation induced both IFN-gamma-producing and surface TGF-beta1(+) T cells. The relative strength of the latter response in patient K1 was inversely correlated with the level of systemic anti-donor DTH, which varied over a 6-year interval. Allopeptide-induced surface TGF-beta1 expression was found primarily in Forkhead box P3 (FoxP3)-negative CD4(+)CD25(low) T cells, which could adoptively transfer suppression of donor-specific DTH. Biopsy samples contained numerous surface TGF-beta1(+) mononuclear cells that costained for CD4 and, less frequently CD25, but were negative for FoxP3. The CD4(+)TGF-beta1(+) T cells were localized primarily to the tubulointerstitium, whereas TGF-beta1(-)FoxP3(+)CD25(+) cells were found mainly in lymphoid aggregates. Thus, adaptive T(R) cells suppressing T(E) cell responses to donor allopeptides in two tolerant patients appear to be functionally and phenotypically distinct from CD4(+)CD25(high)FoxP3(+) T cells.
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- Qingyong Xu
- Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792, 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, Jiang S, Tsang J, Garin MI, Mottet C, Lechler RI. In vitro–expanded donor alloantigen–specific CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells promote experimental transplantation tolerance. Blood 2006; 109:827-35. [PMID: 17003369 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-05-025460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 259] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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CD4+CD25+ regulatory T (Treg) cells play a critical role in the induction and maintenance of peripheral immune tolerance. In experimental transplantation models in which tolerance was induced, donor-specific Treg cells could be identified that were capable of transferring the tolerant state to naive animals. Furthermore, these cells appeared to have indirect allospecificity for donor antigens. Here we show that in vivo alloresponses can be regulated by donor alloantigen-specific Treg cells selected and expanded in vitro. Using autologous dendritic cells pulsed with an allopeptide from H2-Kb, we generated and expanded T-cell lines from purified Treg cells of CBA mice (H2k). Compared with fresh Treg cells, the cell lines maintained their characteristic phenotype, suppressive function, and homing capacities in vivo. When cotransferred with naive CD4+CD25− effector T cells after thymectomy and T-cell depletion in CBA mice that received CBK (H2k+Kb) skin grafts, the expanded Treg cells preferentially accumulated in the graft-draining lymph nodes and within the graft while preventing CBK but not third-party B10.A (H2k+Dd) skin graft rejection. In wild-type CBA, these donor-specific Treg cells significantly delayed CBK skin graft rejection without any other immunosuppression. Taken together, these data suggest that in vitro–generated tailored Treg cells could be considered a therapeutic tool to promote donor-specific transplant tolerance.
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- Dela Golshayan
- Department of Immunology, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
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Rodriguez DS, Jankowska-Gan E, Haynes LD, Leverson G, Munoz A, Heisey D, Sollinger HW, Burlingham WJ. Immune regulation and graft survival in kidney transplant recipients are both enhanced by human leukocyte antigen matching. Am J Transplant 2004; 4:537-43. [PMID: 15023145 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00385.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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We hypothesized that donor/recipient sharing of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) involved in allopeptide presentation to the T regulatory cell increases the incidence of immune regulation, thus contributing to long-term graft survival. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were obtained from 40 living related donor (LRD) and 31 cadaver renal transplant recipients. The trans vivo delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) assay was used to assign patients to regulator, nonregulator, and sensitized categories. In a large cohort (n=1934 patients), primary graft survival and rejection episodes were analyzed using a log rank test for comparison with the DTH results. The highest incidence of regulated anti-donor DTH was observed in the LRD HLA-identical group (6/6; 100%) followed by the LRD HLA 1 haplotype matched group (18/27; 67%). Within the cadaver population, two DR-matched recipients had a higher frequency of regulated anti-donor DTH (6/11; 55%) than 1 & 0 DR-matched recipients (3/18; 17%). In a multivariate model, matching for HLA-DR alone, or for DR plus DQ was significantly (p=0.045, p=0.041) correlated with DTH regulation. The better HLA-matched groups showed the highest incidence of DTH regulation and, in a larger retrospective analysis, displayed better graft survival and freedom from acute rejection (p<0.0001). HLA matching, and HLA-DR matching in particular, correlates with the incidence of immune regulation after kidney transplantation.
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Crompton JA. Transplant Immunology. J Pharm Pract 2003. [DOI: 10.1177/0897190003259349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Since the early days of transplantation, it has been known that the immune system is the major barrier to long-term graft survival. Due to the unique “fingerprint” of different individuals’ cells, donor organs are detected as foreign, invasivematerial by the recipient’s immunesystem and, subsequently, attacked and rejected. The difficulty that has continuously faced the transplant community is the multifaceted nature of the immune response and halting the numerous pathways of immune stimulation. The ultimate goal of all transplant research is graft acceptance, also known as tolerance, without the use of long-term immunosuppressant medication. Various reviews of the different facets of transplant rejection exist. The following summary will attempt to outline the major known pathways involved in organ recognition and acute rejection.
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Game DS, Hernandez-Fuentes MP, Chaudhry AN, Lechler RI. CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells do not significantly contribute to direct pathway hyporesponsiveness in stable renal transplant patients. J Am Soc Nephrol 2003; 14:1652-61. [PMID: 12761268 DOI: 10.1097/01.asn.0000067411.03024.a9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells have been shown to regulate a variety of autoimmune and allogeneic responses in mice and humans. The role of CD4(+)CD25(+) cells in regulating alloresponses in human transplant recipients remains uncertain. Previous research has demonstrated a reduced frequency of direct pathway donor-specific T cells in renal transplant recipients when compared with the frequency of T cells reactive to an HLA-matched third party. A number of mechanisms have been proposed to account for this finding; the purpose of this study was to determine whether CD4(+)CD25(+) cells play a significant role. Twelve stable renal transplant patients were investigated using limiting dilution assay (LDA) and ELISPOT for interferon-gamma to determine the effect of depleting CD4(+)CD25(+) cells on the direct pathway alloresponse. The percentage of CD4(+)CD25(+) cells in the peripheral blood of the study patients was equivalent to that of healthy controls. Furthermore, in no case did depletion of CD4(+)CD25(+) cells significantly increase the frequency of donor-specific T cells detected by LDA. This was also found with ELISPOT in all except one patient, in whom depletion revealed an increased frequency of alloreactive T cell to both donor and third party. Finally, kinetic analysis of the LDA data did not indicate regulation against donor when compared with third party. It is concluded that the action of CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory cells is not the main mechanism of donor-specific hyporesponsiveness in the direct pathway of allorecognition.
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- David S Game
- Department of Immunology, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
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Tadaki DK, Williams A, Lee KP, Kirk AD, Harlan DM. Porcine CD80: cloning, characterization, and evidence for its role in direct human T-cell activation. Xenotransplantation 2003; 10:252-8. [PMID: 12694545 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3089.2003.02004.x] [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] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Previous studies has shown that human anti-pig reactivity in mixed lymphocyte cultures require the indirect presentation of antigens by human antigen presenting cells (APC). Xenoreactivity was inhibited by blockade of human costimulatory molecules. We investigated the role of porcine costimulatory molecules in their ability to activate human T cells directly. Porcine CD80 was cloned from lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated porcine lymphocytes. Sequence analysis showed a high degree of conservation in residues involved in CD28/CTLA4. COS cells transfected with porcine CD80 was able to activate human T cells in a cyclosporine independent manner, demonstrating that porcine CD80 can costimulate human T cells. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) activated porcine splenocytes have been shown to up-regulate B7s. In order to test the effect of costimulation blockade in a xeno system, activated splenocytes were cultured with purified CD4+ T cells. The results demonstrated that these cells were capable of activating human T cells and this activation can be blocked by using an antihuman CD80 antibody that demonstrated cross-reactivity to porcine CD80. Non-cross reactive antibodies had no effect, again suggesting direct activation of the human T cells. These data suggest that a reagent that can block both the direct and indirect activation is necessary for a discordant xenotransplant.
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- D K Tadaki
- NIDDK/Navy Transplantation and Autoimmunity Branch, Naval Medical Research Center, Bethesda, MD 20889-5600, USA.
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Roelen DL, van Bree S, van Hulst P, van Beelen E, Claas FHJ. Regulatory functions of human CD4(+) T cells recognizing allopeptides in the context of self-HLA class II. Hum Immunol 2002; 63:902-11. [PMID: 12368043 DOI: 10.1016/s0198-8859(02)00453-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Pretransplant blood transfusions sharing one human leukocyte antigen DR (HLA-DR) with the recipient have been shown to enhance graft survival, whereas HLA-DR mismatched blood transfusions will lead to immunization of the patient. The involvement of self HLA-DR suggests a role for CD4(+) regulatory T cells recognizing allopeptides in the context of self HLA class II molecules. Specific immunoregulation may be due to recognition of these allopeptides in the DR molecules of autologous T cells or dendritic cells. We tested this hypothesis on the basis of the reactivity of cell line ThoU6 which recognizes a peptide derived from an allo DR3 molecule, in the context of self DPB1*0301, and EL26, a CD4(+) T-cell clone recognizing HLA-A2 peptide in the presence of DRB1*1501. Addition of the line and clone to an assay in which the alloreactive cytotoxic T cell response (in a limiting dilution analysis) of PBLs sharing the restriction element was measured, resulted in a suppression of the anti-donor response but only when the proper peptide was added. These regulatory CD4(+) T cells were cytotoxic for targets presenting the proper peptide in the context of self MHC class II. Furthermore, these cells produced IL-10 after stimulation with the specific MHC/peptide combinations. Despite the similarity in function, EL26 and ThoU6 showed some differences in their phenotypic characteristics. Although both were CD25(+), EL26 expressed surface TGF-beta and CTLA-4, while ThoU6 did not. Similar regulatory T cells may explain the enhanced graft survival after HLA-DR shared blood transfusions either by their interaction with autologous alloreactive T cells or by modulation of autologous dendritic cells presenting the peptide involved.
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- Dave L Roelen
- Department of Immunohaematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Centre, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Hamar P, Szabo A, Muller V, Heemann U. The involvement of activated T cells and growth-factor production in the early and late phase of chronic kidney allograft nephropathy in rats. Transpl Int 2002. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2002.tb00198.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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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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Papassavas AC, Barnardo MCNM, Bunce M, Welsh KI. Is there MHC Class II restriction of the response to MHC Class I in transplant patients? Transplantation 2002; 73:642-51. [PMID: 11889447 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200202270-00030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND In this study, we evaluated distinct HLA-DRB1 alleles to determine class II restriction of the production of HLA-A2-specific antibodies in renal transplant patients. METHODS Data from 217 renal transplant patients who received an HLA-A2-mismatched renal graft were analyzed with regard to HLA-A2 humoral responsiveness. High-resolution DNA typing of class II HLA-DR alleles was performed by polymerase chain reaction-sequence-specific primer. Patients who had one of the following eight HLA-DRB1 alleles were included in the study: -*0101, -*0301, -*0401, -*0701, -*1101, -*1301, -*1401, and -*1501. Serum samples were screened posttransplantation with the standard complement-dependent cytotoxicity procedure. In addition, recombinant HLA-A2 monomers (the "MonoLISA" assay) were used as a target for the detection of HLA-A2 group-specific antibodies. The following HLA-A2 amino acid positions (termed "epitopes") that are responsible for the induction of an antibody response were defined: 74H, 65-66GK, 62G, 114H, 142-145TTKH, and 107W-127K. The definition of the "HLA-DR permittors" of anti-HLA-A2 response was based on a "class II restriction table" designed for this purpose. Prediction of immunogenic and/or nonimmunogenic HLA-A2 peptides was based on an MHC database. RESULTS The HLA-DRB1-*0101 and -*1401 alleles had a trend toward a positive correlation with the production of HLA class I-specific antibodies against the HLA-A2 shared (public) epitopes 65-66GK and -62G, respectively. Only the DRB1-*1501 allele had higher trend toward a positive correlation with the production of antibodies against the HLA-A2 private (74H) epitope. In 42 patients with the HLA-DRB1-*1501 allele, 11 (26%) patients produced HLA-specific antibodies against the HLA-A2 group of epitope(s). Moreover, in these patients, spreading of the alloreactivity against "other" HLA antigens was detected. Many of these other HLA antigens did not belong to HLA-A2 group but had newly defined shared epitopes with this group. Furthermore, the epitope prediction, based on an MHC database, revealed differences in the ligation strength (score) to the HLA allele (class I and II) for a specific HLA-A2 peptide in the 42 patients (responders and nonresponders). CONCLUSIONS The data presented in this paper suggest that the HLA class II allele and the type of the bound allopeptide may influence the humoral and cellular response. The immunogenicity of these allopeptides could be predicted with an MHC database (high-scored peptide=activating peptide and low-scored peptide=suppressor peptide). In the future, production of synthetic peptide analogues, on the basis of these predictions, could be used for induction of T-cell anergy and/or tolerance. In the short term, algorithms, on the basis of our approach, could be tested for influence on graft survival and allosensitization in current high-quality data sets.
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- Andreas C Papassavas
- Transplantation Immunology, Oxford Transplant Centre, Churchill Hospital, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust, United Kingdom.
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Frasca L, Scottà C, Lombardi G, Piccolella E. Human anergic CD4+ T cells can act as suppressor cells by affecting autologous dendritic cell conditioning and survival. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 168:1060-8. [PMID: 11801639 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.3.1060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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T cell suppression exerted by regulatory T cells represents a well-established phenomenon, but the mechanisms involved are still a matter of debate. Recent data suggest that anergic T cells can suppress responder T cell activation by inhibiting Ag presentation by dendritic cells (DC). In this study, we focused our attention on the mechanisms that regulate the susceptibility of DC to suppressive signals and analyzed the fate of DC and responder T cells. To address this issue, we have cocultured human alloreactive or Ag-specific CD4+ T cell clones, rendered anergic by incubation with immobilized anti-CD3 Ab, with autologous DC and responder T cells. We show that anergic T cells affect either Ag-presenting functions or survival of DC, depending whether immature or mature DC are used as APC. Indeed, MHC and costimulatory molecule expression on immature DC activated by responder T cells is inhibited, while apoptotic programs are induced in mature DC and in turn in responder T cells. Ligation of CD95 by CD95L expressed on anergic T cells in the absence of CD40-CD40L (CD154) interaction are critical parameters in eliciting apoptosis in both DC and responder T cells. In conclusion, these findings indicate that the defective activation of CD40 on DC by CD95L+ CD154-defective anergic T cells could be the primary event in determining T cell suppression and support the role of CD40 signaling in regulating both conditioning and survival of DC.
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- Loredana Frasca
- Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, La Sapienza University, Via dei Sardi, 70-00185 Rome, Italy
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Pimenta-Araujo R, Mascarell L, Huesca M, Cumano A, Bandeira A. Embryonic thymic epithelium naturally devoid of APCs is acutely rejected in the absence of indirect recognition. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 167:5034-41. [PMID: 11673512 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.9.5034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Transplants of tissues depleted of passenger leukocytes are upon in vitro culture usually accepted in allogeneic recipients. Accordingly, fully allogeneic embryonic thymic epithelium was suggested to be poorly immunogenic. However, this tissue is capable of inducing donor-specific tolerance to peripheral tissues, when restoring T cell development in nude mice, through the production of regulatory cells. In the present work, adult immunocompetent allogeneic recipients were grafted with embryonic tissues isolated at stages before hemopoietic colonization or even before the establishment of circulation. Allogeneic thymic epithelium of day 10 embryos and heart primordium of day 8 embryonic donors were always rejected. Acute rejection of the thymic anlagen takes place in less than 12 days, with maximal CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cell infiltrates at 10 days post-transplant. In addition, a significant infiltrate of NK1.1(+) cells is observed, although without any essential role in this process. Furthermore, recipients lacking the indirect pathway of Ag presentation to CD4(+) T cells do not reveal any significant delay in rejection, even when CD8(+) T cells are also eliminated. Thus, our experimental approach reveals acute allograft rejection in the absence of all known pathways of naive T cell activation and therefore unveils a novel graft rejection mechanism that should be mediated by direct recognition of parenchymal cells. Given the importance of dendritic cells in naive T cell activation, it is likely that cross-reactive memory T cells may also drive rejection.
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- R Pimenta-Araujo
- Unité du Développement des Lymphocytes and Unité d'Immunophysiologie Moléculaire, Centre National de Recherche Médical, Unité de Recherche Associée 1961, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
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Womer KL, Sayegh MH, Auchincloss H. Involvement of the direct and indirect pathways of allorecognition in tolerance induction. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2001; 356:639-47. [PMID: 11375067 PMCID: PMC1088451 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2001.0843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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It is generally accepted that there are two pathways of allorecognition, direct and indirect, that together contribute to allograft rejection. Although it has been suggested that the direct pathway predominates during early acute rejection and that the indirect pathway provides a continuous supply of alloantigen responsible for chronic rejection, the true relative contribution of each pathway to the overall rejection process is still not entirely known. It is clear, however, that any strategies designed to achieve the ultimate goal in transplantation, the induction of tolerance, will need to take into account both pathways. This review seeks to explore the involvement of the direct and indirect pathways of allorecognition on a mechanistic level as it relates to the induction of tolerance. A brief historical perspective is included for each pathway as well as a comprehensive review of the mechanisms felt to be active during tolerance induction.
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- K L Womer
- Laboratory of Immunogenetics and Transplantation, Renal Division, Brigham and Women'sHospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Frasca L, Tamir A, Jurcevic S, Marinari B, Monizio A, Sorrentino R, Carbonari M, Piccolella E, Lechler RI, Lombardi G. Tolerance induction in indirect alloresponses by analogs of HLA-derived peptides. Transplant Proc 2001; 33:169-70. [PMID: 11266763 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01959-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- L Frasca
- Department of Cell Development and Biology, "La Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy
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Paraoan MT, Sells RA, Bakran A, Hammad A, Christmas SE. Proliferative responses to allogeneic HLA class I peptides. Transplant Proc 2001; 33:334-5. [PMID: 11266848 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)02035-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- M T Paraoan
- Sir Peter Medawar Regional Transplant Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK
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Frasca L, Tamir A, Jurcevic S, Marinari B, Monizio A, Sorrentino R, Carbonari M, Piccolella E, Lechler RI, Lombardi G. Peptide analogues as a strategy to induce tolerance in T cells with indirect allospecificity. Transplantation 2000; 70:631-40. [PMID: 10972222 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200008270-00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND It has been demonstrated that indirect recognition of allogeneic MHC molecules might play an important role in provoking graft rejection. Although direct recognition of allogeneic molecules on antigen presenting cells of the graft may induce a state of tolerance, the continuous presentation of processed alloantigens by specialized antigen presenting cells does not allow the same phenomenon to occur. Tolerance to interleukin-2 secreting T cells can be achieved in different ways, among these is the exposure to mutants of the wild type allopeptide. We have investigated whether peptide analogues of the allopeptide can induce tolerance in T cells with indirect allospecificity. METHODS T cell clones with indirect anti-HLA-A2-specificity generated from a HLA-A2-DRB1*1502+ patient who chronically rejected a HLA-A2-expressing kidney allograft were used for this study. Nine peptide analogues of HLA-A2 (residues: 103-120) were produced with single amino acid substitutions at the putative T cell receptor for antigen contact positions. Their effect on the proliferation of a panel of T cell clones was evaluated. RESULTS Peptide analogues and wild type peptide had similar capacity to bind to the restriction molecule HLA-DRB1*1502. Co-presentation of the peptide analogues 111R/A, H, K and 114H/K, with the wild type peptide inhibited T cell responses, indicative of antagonism. In addition, one analogue 112G/S induced unresponsiveness in the T cells to subsequent culture with the wild type peptide. CONCLUSIONS The data presented here suggest that using reagents such as altered peptides may represent a strategy to prevent the activation of T cells with indirect alloreactivity and allograft rejection in vivo.
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- L Frasca
- Department of Cell Development and Biology, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
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Hornick PI, Mason PD, Baker RJ, Hernandez-Fuentes M, Frasca L, Lombardi G, Taylor K, Weng L, Rose ML, Yacoub MH, Batchelor R, Lechler RI. Significant frequencies of T cells with indirect anti-donor specificity in heart graft recipients with chronic rejection. Circulation 2000; 101:2405-10. [PMID: 10821818 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.101.20.2405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine whether T cells with indirect allospecificity could be detected in heart transplant recipients with chronic rejection. METHOD AND RESULTS Human T-cell clones were used to determine the most effective way to deliver major histocompatibility complex alloantigens for indirect presentation. Seven allograft recipients with evidence of progressive, chronic rejection were selected. Four heart graft recipients with no evidence of chronic rejection were used as controls. Peripheral blood T cells and antigen-presenting cells from the recipients were cultured with frozen/thawed stored donor cells or major histocompatibility complex class I-derived synthetic peptides in limiting dilution cultures and then compared with controls using tetanus toxoid and frozen/thawed third-party cells with no human leukocyte antigens in common with the donor. In 5 of 7 patients analyzed who had chronic rejection, elevated frequencies of T cells with indirect, anti-donor specificity (iHTLf) were detected. No such elevated iHTLf were detected in recipients without chronic rejection. DISCUSSION iHTLf can be obtained from human transplant recipients, which supports the contention that the indirect pathway is involved in chronic transplant rejection.
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- P I Hornick
- Department of Immunology, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
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Recent advances in transplant immunology are wide ranging. These include the testing of new approaches to tolerance induction by the interruption of co-stimulatory pathways, the analysis of molecular events underlying the development of chronic rejection, efforts to increase the donor pool by consideration of the role of brain death in donor-dependent outcomes of allografting, and progress towards renal xenografting. In addition, current molecular approaches are paramount to understanding key events from ischemia/reperfusion injury and the role of apoptosis in remodelling of the host immune response to an allograft. Important papers relevant to the field from the past year are reviewed with an eye to clinically relevant new data involving renal transplantation.
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