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Böhmig GA, Halloran PF, Feucht HE. On a Long and Winding Road: Alloantibodies in Organ Transplantation. Transplantation 2023; 107:1027-1041. [PMID: 36944603 DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000004550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
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Today we know that both the humoral and the cellular arm of the immune system are engaged in severe immunological challenges. A close interaction between B and T cells can be observed in most "natural" challenges, including infections, malignancies, and autoimmune diseases. The importance and power of humoral immunity are impressively demonstrated by the current coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Organ transplant rejection is a normal immune response to a completely "artificial" challenge. It took a long time before the multifaceted action of different immunological forces was recognized and a unified, generally accepted opinion could be formed. Here, we address prominent paradigms and paradigm shifts in the field of transplantation immunology. We identify several instances in which the transplant community missed a timely paradigm shift because essential, available knowledge was ignored. Moreover, we discuss key findings that critically contributed to our understanding of transplant immunology but sometimes developed with delay and in a roundabout way, as was the case with antibody-mediated rejection-a main focus of this article. These include the discovery of the molecular principles of histocompatibility, the recognition of the microcirculation as a key interface of immune damage, the refinement of alloantibody detection, the description of C4d as a footmark of endothelium-bound antibody, and last but not least, the developments in biopsy-based diagnostics beyond conventional morphology, which only now give us a glimpse of the enormous complexity and pathogenetic diversity of rejection.
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- Georg A Böhmig
- Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre, ATAGC, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Foote JB, Jagdale A, Yamamoto T, Hara H, Bikhet MH, Schuurman HJ, Nguyen HQ, Ezzelarab M, Ayares D, Anderson DJ, Fatima H, Eckhoff DE, Cooper DKC, Iwase H. Histopathology of pig kidney grafts with/without expression of the carbohydrate Neu5Gc in immunosuppressed baboons. Xenotransplantation 2021; 28:e12715. [PMID: 34644438 DOI: 10.1111/xen.12715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Revised: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Pigs deficient in three glycosyltransferase enzymes (triple-knockout [TKO] pigs, that is, not expressing the three known carbohydrate xenoantigens) and expressing 'protective' human transgenes are considered a likely source of organs for transplantation into human recipients. Some human sera have no or minimal natural antibody binding to red blood cells (RBCs) and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from TKO pigs. However, all Old World monkeys exhibit natural antibody binding to TKO pig cells. The xenoantigen targets of Old World monkey natural antibodies are postulated to be carbohydrate moieties exposed when the expression of the carbohydrate N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc) is deleted. The aim of this study was to compare the survival in baboons and histopathology of renal grafts from pigs that either (a) expressed Neu5Gc (GTKO pigs; Group 1) or (b) did not express Neu5Gc (GTKO/CMAHKO [DKO] or TKO pigs; Group 2). METHODS Life-supporting renal transplants were carried out using GTKO (n = 5) or DKO/TKO (n = 5) pig kidneys under an anti-CD40mAb-based immunosuppressive regimen. RESULTS Group 1 baboons survived longer than Group 2 baboons (median 237 vs. 35 days; mean 196 vs. 57 days; p < 0.07) and exhibited histopathological features of antibody-mediated rejection in only two kidneys. Group 2 exhibited histopathological features of antibody-mediated rejection in all five grafts, with IgM and IgG binding to renal interstitial arteries and peritubular capillaries. Rejection-free survival was significantly longer in Group 1 (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS The absence of expression of Neu5Gc on pig kidney grafts is associated with increased binding of baboon antibodies to pig endothelium and reduced graft survival.
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- Jeremy B Foote
- Department of Microbiology and Animal Resources Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.,Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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Yamamoto T, Hara H, Foote J, Wang L, Li Q, Klein EC, Schuurman HJ, Zhou H, Li J, Tector AJ, Zhang Z, Ezzelarab M, Lovingood R, Ayares D, Eckhoff DE, Cooper DKC, Iwase H. Life-supporting Kidney Xenotransplantation From Genetically Engineered Pigs in Baboons: A Comparison of Two Immunosuppressive Regimens. Transplantation 2019; 103:2090-2104. [PMID: 31283686 DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000002796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND The aims of this study were to evaluate the efficacy of US Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs in genetically engineered pig-to-baboon kidney xenotransplantation and compare the results with those using an anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody (mAb)-based regimen. METHODS Ten life-supporting kidney transplants were carried out in baboons using α1,3-galactosyltransferase gene-knockout/CD46 pigs with various other genetic manipulations aimed at controlling coagulation dysregulation. Eight transplants resulted in informative data. Immunosuppressive therapy consisted of induction with antithymocyte globulin and anti-CD20mAb, and maintenance based on either (1) CTLA4-Ig and/or tacrolimus (+rapamycin or mycophenolate mofetil) (GroupA [US Food and Drug Administration-approved regimens], n = 4) or (2) anti-CD40mAb + rapamycin (GroupB, n = 4). All baboons received corticosteroids, interleukin-6R blockade, and tumor necrosis factor-α blockade. Baboons were followed by clinical and laboratory monitoring of kidney function, coagulation, and immune parameters. At euthanasia, morphological and immunohistochemical studies were performed on the kidney grafts. RESULTS The median survival in GroupB was 186 days (range 90-260), which was significantly longer than in GroupA; median 14 days (range 12-32) (P < 0.01). Only GroupA baboons developed consumptive coagulopathy and the histopathological features of thrombotic microangiopathic glomerulopathy and interstitial arterial vasculitis. CONCLUSIONS Recognizing that the pig donors in each group differed in some genetic modifications, these data indicate that maintenance immunosuppression including anti-CD40mAb may be important to prevent pig kidney graft failure.
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- Takayuki Yamamoto
- Xenotransplantation Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Xenotransplantation Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Department of Microbiology and Animal Resources Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Xenotransplantation Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
- Second Affiliated Hospital, University of South China, Hengyang City, Hunan, China
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- Xenotransplantation Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
- Second Affiliated Hospital, University of South China, Hengyang City, Hunan, China
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- Division of Laboratory Animal Resources, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Xenotransplantation Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Xenotransplantation Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
- Second Affiliated Hospital, University of South China, Hengyang City, Hunan, China
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- Xenotransplantation Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- Department of General Surgery and Organ Transplantation, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Kirklin Clinic Pharmacy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Xenotransplantation Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Xenotransplantation Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Xenotransplantation Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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Fujita E, Nagahama K, Shimizu A, Aoki M, Higo S, Yasuda F, Mii A, Fukui M, Kaneko T, Tsuruoka S. Glomerular capillary and endothelial cell injury is associated with the formation of necrotizing and crescentic lesions in crescentic glomerulonephritis. J NIPPON MED SCH 2016; 82:27-35. [PMID: 25797872 DOI: 10.1272/jnms.82.27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND The associations of glomerular capillary and endothelial injury with the formation of necrotizing and crescentic lesions in cases of crescentic glomerulonephritis (GN) have not been evaluated in detail. METHODS Glomerular capillary and endothelial cell injury were assessed in renal biopsy specimens of crescentic GN, including those from patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA) -associated GN (n=45), anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) GN (n=7), lupus GN (n=21), and purpura GN (n=45) with light and electron microscopy and immunostaining for CD34. RESULTS In ANCA-associated GN, anti-GBM GN, lupus GN, and purpura GN, almost all active necrotizing glomerular lesions began as a loss of individual CD34-positive endothelial cells in glomerular capillaries, with or without leukocyte infiltration. Subsequently, necrotizing lesions developed and were characterized by an expansive loss of CD34-positive cells with fibrin exudation, GBM rupture, and cellular crescent formation. With electron microscopy, capillary destruction with fibrin exudation were evident in necrotizing and cellular crescentic lesions. During the progression to the chronic stage of crescentic GN, glomerular sclerosis developed with the disappearance of both CD34-positive glomerular capillaries and fibrocellular-to-fibrous crescents. In addition, the remaining glomerular lobes without crescents had marked collapsing tufts, a loss of endothelial cells, and the development of glomerular sclerosis. CONCLUSIONS The loss of glomerular capillaries with endothelial cell injury is commonly associated with the formation of necrotizing and cellular crescentic lesions, regardless of the pathogeneses associated with different types of crescentic GN, such as pauci-immune type ANCA-associated GN, anti-GBM GN, and immune-complex type GN. In addition, impaired capillary regeneration and a loss of endothelial cells contribute to the development of glomerular sclerosis with fibrous crescents and glomerular collapse.
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Li J, Xiong J, Yang B, Zhou Q, Wu Y, Luo H, Zhou H, Liu N, Li Y, Song Z, Zheng Q. Endothelial Cell Apoptosis Induces TGF-β Signaling-Dependent Host Endothelial-Mesenchymal Transition to Promote Transplant Arteriosclerosis. Am J Transplant 2015; 15:3095-111. [PMID: 26372910 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2015] [Revised: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 05/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Endothelial cells (ECs) apoptosis is an initial event in transplant arteriosclerosis (TA), resulting in allograft function loss. To elucidate the precise mechanisms of ECs apoptosis leading to neointimal smooth muscle cells (SMCs) accumulation during TA. We induced apoptosis in cultured ECs by overexpressing p53 through lentivirus-mediated transfection. ECs apoptosis induced the production of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 in both apoptotic and neighboring viable cells, leading to increased TGF-β1 in the culture media. Conditioned media from Ltv-p53-transfected ECs further promoted transition of cultured ECs to SM-like cells by activating TGF-β/Smad3, PI3K/Akt/mTOR, and MAPK/ERK signaling in a TGF-β-dependent manner. In transgenic rat aorta transplantation models, inhibition of ECs apoptosis in Bcl-xL(+/+) knock-in rat aortic allografts significantly reduced TGF-β1 production both in allograft endothelia and in blood plasma, which in turn decreased accumulation of SM22α+ cells from transgenic recipient ECs originally marked with EGFP knock-in in neointima and alleviated TA. Systemic treatment with SIS3, AP23573, or PD98059 also prevented recipient ECs-originated SM-like cells accumulation and intima hyperplasia in aortic allografts. These data suggest that allograft EC apoptosis induced recipient endothelial-mesenchymal (smooth muscle) transition via TGF-β signaling, resulting in recipient EC-derived SMC accumulation as a major mechanism of vascular remodeling during TA.
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- J Li
- Department of Urology Oncological Surgery, Chongqing Cancer Hospital & Institute & Cancer Center, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Chongqing Cancer Hospital & Institute & Cancer Center, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Chongqing Cancer Hospital & Institute & Cancer Center, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Urology Oncological Surgery, Chongqing Cancer Hospital & Institute & Cancer Center, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Urology Oncological Surgery, Chongqing Cancer Hospital & Institute & Cancer Center, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Urology Oncological Surgery, Chongqing Cancer Hospital & Institute & Cancer Center, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Urology Oncological Surgery, Chongqing Cancer Hospital & Institute & Cancer Center, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province, China
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Rogers NM, Ferenbach DA, Isenberg JS, Thomson AW, Hughes J. Dendritic cells and macrophages in the kidney: a spectrum of good and evil. Nat Rev Nephrol 2014; 10:625-43. [PMID: 25266210 PMCID: PMC4922410 DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2014.170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Renal dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages represent a constitutive, extensive and contiguous network of innate immune cells that provide sentinel and immune-intelligence activity; they induce and regulate inflammatory responses to freely filtered antigenic material and protect the kidney from infection. Tissue-resident or infiltrating DCs and macrophages are key factors in the initiation and propagation of renal disease, as well as essential contributors to subsequent tissue regeneration, regardless of the aetiological and pathogenetic mechanisms. The identification, and functional and phenotypic distinction of these cell types is complex and incompletely understood, and the same is true of their interplay and relationships with effector and regulatory cells of the adaptive immune system. In this Review, we discuss the common and distinct characteristics of DCs and macrophages, as well as key advances that have identified the renal-specific functions of these important phagocytic, antigen-presenting cells, and their roles in potentiating or mitigating intrinsic kidney disease. We also identify remaining issues that are of priority for further investigation, and highlight the prospects for translational and therapeutic application of the knowledge acquired.
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- Natasha M Rogers
- Vascular Medicine Institute and Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, W1544 Biomedical Science Tower, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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- MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK
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- Vascular Medicine Institute and Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, W1544 Biomedical Science Tower, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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- Vascular Medicine Institute and Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, W1544 Biomedical Science Tower, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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- MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK
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Glomerular inflammation correlates with endothelial injury and with IL-6 and IL-1β secretion in the peripheral blood. Transplantation 2014; 97:1034-42. [PMID: 24406453 DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000441096.22471.36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Transplant glomerulitis is an active form of glomerular injury associated with suboptimal graft outcome, inadequate histologic reproducibility, and poorly understood pathogenesis. Using a modified pathologic schema where glomerular inflammation is defined by the presence of five or more leukocytes per glomerulus, we sought to assess the reproducibility of transplant glomerulitis and to prospectively investigate the pathogenesis of glomerular inflammation. METHODS Our cohort includes 59 kidney transplant recipients who underwent 60 "for cause" allograft biopsies. In addition to light microscopy, the majority of the biopsies were assessed using immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, and electron microscopy studies. Biopsies were classified as noninflamed (n=21), inflamed (borderline changes or above) without glomerulitis (n=21), and transplant glomerulitis (n=18). Peripheral blood was collected on the day of biopsy and cytokines secreted by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were measured ex vivo. RESULTS Our modified schema had higher inter-observer agreement for detecting glomerulitis than that of the current Banff schema. Biopsies with glomerulitis showed ultrastructural signs of glomerular capillary wall remodeling. In contrast to other anatomic compartments, intraglomerular leukocytes in glomerulitis group consisted largely of monocytes. Patients with glomerulitis had high levels of IL-6 and IL-1β secreted by PBMCs. Furthermore, the percentage of inflamed glomeruli and the number of intraglomerular monocytes showed independent association with IL-6 and IL-1β levels, which tended to correlate with subsequent estimated glomerular filtration rate decline. CONCLUSIONS Inter-observer reproducibility of transplant glomerulitis can be improved by using more stringent histologic criteria. Glomerular inflammation correlates with endothelial injury, monocyte influx, and IL-6 and IL-β secretion by circulating immune cells.
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Shimatsu Y, Yamada K, Horii W, Hirakata A, Sakamoto Y, Waki S, Sano J, Saitoh T, Sahara H, Shimizu A, Yazawa H, Sachs DH, Nunoya T. Production of cloned NIBS (Nippon Institute for Biological Science) and α-1, 3-galactosyltransferase knockout MGH miniature pigs by somatic cell nuclear transfer using the NIBS breed as surrogates. Xenotransplantation 2013; 20:157-64. [PMID: 23581451 DOI: 10.1111/xen.12031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2012] [Accepted: 02/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Nuclear transfer (NT) technologies offer a means for producing the genetically modified pigs necessary to develop swine models for mechanistic studies of disease processes as well as to serve as organ donors for xenotransplantation. Most previous studies have used commercial pigs as surrogates. METHOD AND RESULTS In this study, we established a cloning technique for miniature pigs by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) using Nippon Institute for Biological Science (NIBS) miniature pigs as surrogates. Moreover, utilizing this technique, we have successfully produced an α-1, 3-galactosyltransferase knockout (GalT-KO) miniature swine. Fibroblasts procured from a NIBS miniature pig fetus were injected into 1312 enucleated oocytes. The cloned embryos were transferred to 11 surrogates of which five successfully delivered 13 cloned offspring; the production efficiency was 1.0% (13/1312). In a second experiment, lung fibroblasts obtained from neonatal GalT-KO MGH miniature swine were used as donor cells and 1953 cloned embryos were transferred to 12 surrogates. Six cloned offspring were born from five surrogates, a production efficiency of 0.3% (6/1953). CONCLUSIONS These results demonstrate successful establishment of a miniature pig cloning technique by SCNT using NIBS miniature pigs as surrogates. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of successful production of GalT-KO miniature swine using miniature swine surrogates. This technique could help to ensure a stable supply of the cloned pigs through the use of miniature pig surrogates and could expand production in countries with limited space or in facilities with special regulations such as specific pathogen-free or good laboratory practice.
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- Yoshiki Shimatsu
- Research & Development Department, Nippon Institute for Biological Science, Hokuto, Japan
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Ripoll È, Nacher V, Vidal A, Herrero E, Bolaños N, Torras J, Grinyó JM, Ruberte J, Herrero-Fresneda I. Cold ischaemia, innate immunity and deterioration of the glomerular filtration barrier in antibody-mediated acute rejection. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2012; 27:3296-305. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfs003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Hye-Jung Yeom
- Transplantation Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Transplantation Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Transplantation Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Transplantation Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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Shimizu A, Yamada K, Robson SC, Sachs DH, Colvin RB. Pathologic characteristics of transplanted kidney xenografts. J Am Soc Nephrol 2011; 23:225-35. [PMID: 22114174 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2011040429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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For xenotransplantation to become a clinical reality, we need to better understand the mechanisms of graft rejection or acceptance. We examined pathologic changes in α1,3-galactosyltransferase gene-knockout pig kidneys transplanted into baboons that were treated with a protocol designed to induce immunotolerance through thymic transplantation (n=4) or were treated with long-term immunosuppressants (n=3). Hyperacute rejection did not occur in α1,3-galactosyltransferase gene-knockout kidney xenografts. By 34 days, acute humoral rejection led to xenograft loss in all three xenografts in the long-term immunosuppression group. The failing grafts exhibited thrombotic microangiopathic glomerulopathy with multiple platelet-fibrin microthrombi, focal interstitial hemorrhage, and acute cellular xenograft rejection. Damaged glomeruli showed IgM, IgG, C4d, and C5b-9 deposition. They also demonstrated endothelial cell death, diffuse endothelial procoagulant activation with high expression of tissue factor and vWF, and low expression of the ectonucleotidase CD39. In contrast, in the immunotolerance group, two of four grafts had normal graft function and no pathologic findings of acute or chronic rejection at 56 and 83 days. One of the remaining kidneys had mild but transient graft dysfunction with reversible, mild microangiopathic glomerulopathy, probably associated with preformed antibodies. The other kidney in the immunotolerance group developed unstable graft function at 81 days and developed chronic xenograft glomerulopathy. In summary, the success of pig-to-primate xenotransplantation may necessitate immune tolerance to inhibit acute humoral and cellular xenograft rejection.
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- Akira Shimizu
- Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.
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Soulez M, Pilon EA, Dieudé M, Cardinal H, Brassard N, Qi S, Wu SJ, Durocher Y, Madore F, Perreault C, Hébert MJ. The perlecan fragment LG3 is a novel regulator of obliterative remodeling associated with allograft vascular rejection. Circ Res 2011; 110:94-104. [PMID: 22076637 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.111.250431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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RATIONALE Endothelial apoptosis is increased in association with acute and chronic vascular rejection (VR) of solid allografts. Apoptotic endothelial cells (EC) release LG3, a C-terminal fragment of perlecan of potential importance in vascular remodeling and neointima formation. OBJECTIVE Our 2 goals were to determine whether circulating levels of LG3 are increased in association with acute VR of renal allografts and to evaluate the impact of LG3 on vascular remodeling. METHODS AND RESULTS We conducted a case-control study to compare serum LG3 levels in human renal transplant patients with acute VR, tubulo-interstitial rejection (ATIR) and normal graft function. Aorta transplantation between fully MHC-mismatched mice in association with intravenous LG3 injection was used to characterize the impact of LG3 on vascular remodeling. Scratch assays evaluated the promigratory activity of LG3 on vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) in vitro. Serum LG3 levels were significantly elevated in human renal transplant patients with acute VR (n = 16) compared to ATIR (n = 16) and normal graft function (n = 32, P = 0.004). In patients with acute VR, graft loss was associated with elevated LG3 levels. Increasing LG3 serum levels in aortic allograft recipients significantly increased neointima formation. LG3 injection fostered accumulation of α-smooth muscle actin-positive cells and decreased the number of CD31 positive EC. LG3 increased the migration of VSMC through extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2-dependent pathways. CONCLUSION These results indicate that LG3 is a novel regulator of obliterative vascular remodeling during rejection.
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- Mathilde Soulez
- Research Centre, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Hôpital Notre Dame and Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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Macrophages are present within the transplanted kidney in varying numbers throughout its lifespan. Because of their prominence during acute rejection episodes, macrophages traditionally have been viewed as contributors to T-cell-directed graft injury. With growing appreciation of macrophage biology, it has become evident that different types of macrophages exist within the kidney, subserving a range of functions that include promotion or attenuation of inflammation, participation in innate and adaptive immune responses, and mediation of tissue injury and fibrosis, as well as tissue repair. A deeper understanding of how macrophages accumulate within the kidney and of what factors control their differentiation and function may identify novel therapeutic targets in transplantation.
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BACKGROUND Transplant glomerulopathy (TG) is a renal allograft disease defined by glomerular basement membrane duplication with peritubular capillary basement membrane multilayering (PTCML), and associated with anti-human leukocyte antigen antibodies and C4d. Outcome in TG is poor but variable, and prognostic factors, particularly those affecting long-term outcome, are not well known. We investigated several potentially prognostic clinical and pathologic factors in TG and evaluated estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) slopes to assess graft function and early decline. METHODS We examined all cases of TG from 2001 to 2005 with at least 4-year follow-up after biopsy, excluding those with a second confounding diagnosis. RESULTS Among 36 cases of pure TG, mean graft age at biopsy was 8.8±6 years. C4d stain was positive in 11 (33%) cases. Clinical characteristics at biopsy were not different based on C4d. C4d was associated with greater PTCML (P=0.03), peritubular capillaritis (P=0.04), and glomerulitis (P=0.03). Death-censored graft survival was significantly associated with interstitial fibrosis (P=0.001), PTCML (P=0.001), and arteriolar hyalinosis (P=0.007), and it showed a trend with proteinuria (P=0.07) and C4d positivity (P=0.08). C4d-positive cases also showed a trend toward rapid graft loss. Analysis of eGFR slopes showed a pattern of preserved, slightly negative slope from transplant until approximately 1 year before biopsy, at which point the slope became significantly more negative (P<0.001). CONCLUSION Interstitial fibrosis, PTCML, and arteriolar hyalinosis were significant predictors of graft survival in TG. C4d positivity was associated with a more rapid rate of function decline. eGFR slope data showed significant deterioration in graft function well before the diagnostic biopsy.
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Soulez M, Sirois I, Brassard N, Raymond MA, Nicodème F, Noiseux N, Durocher Y, Pshezhetsky AV, Hébert MJ. Epidermal growth factor and perlecan fragments produced by apoptotic endothelial cells co-ordinately activate ERK1/2-dependent antiapoptotic pathways in mesenchymal stem cells. Stem Cells 2010; 28:810-20. [PMID: 20201065 DOI: 10.1002/stem.403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Mounting evidence indicates that mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are pivotal to vascular repair and neointima formation in various forms of vascular disease. Yet, the mechanisms that allow MSC to resist apoptosis at sites where other cell types, such as endothelial cells (EC), are dying are not well defined. In the present work, we demonstrate that apoptotic EC actively release paracrine mediators which, in turn, inhibit apoptosis of MSC. Serum-free medium conditioned by apoptotic EC increases extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) activation and inhibits apoptosis (evaluated by Bcl-xL protein levels and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage) of human MSC. A C-terminal fragment of perlecan (LG3) released by apoptotic EC is one of the mediators activating this antiapoptotic response in MSC. LG3 interacts with beta1-integrins, which triggers downstream ERK1/2 activation in MSC, albeit to a lesser degree than medium conditioned by apoptotic EC. Hence, other mediators released by apoptotic EC are probably required for induction of the full antiapoptotic phenotype in MSC. Adopting a comparative proteomic strategy, we identified epidermal growth factor (EGF) as a novel mediator of the paracrine component of the endothelial apoptotic program. LG3 and EGF cooperate in triggering beta1-integrin and EGF receptor-dependent antiapoptotic signals in MSC centering on ERK1/2 activation. The present work, providing novel insights into the mechanisms facilitating the survival of MSC in a hostile environment, identifies EGF and LG3 released by apoptotic EC as central antiapoptotic mediators involved in this paracrine response.
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- Mathilde Soulez
- Centre de recherche, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal - Hôpital Notre-Dame, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Jaimes Y, Figueiredo C, Blasczyk R. Silencing the expression of platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 prevents allogeneic T-cell cytotoxicity. Transfusion 2010; 50:1988-2000. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02677.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Lepage S, Cailhier JF. Chronic transplant vasculopathy microenvironment present in the renal allograft reprograms macrophage phenotype. Transplant Proc 2010; 41:3311-3. [PMID: 19857738 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.08.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Macrophages and monocytes are important in chronic allograft dysfunction. Chronic transplant vasculopathy is an important cause of chronic renal allograft dysfunction. It is characterized by the presence of apoptotic endothelial cells, which generate an apocrine loop that leads to typical myointimal proliferation. However, the exact nature of the reprogramming induced by this microenvironment on recruited monocyte and macrophage phenotypes is ill defined. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells with a serum-starved condition (SSC) for 4 hours were used as a model of apoptotic endothelial cells. This conditioned medium was centrifuged to isolate the apoptotic bodies. Monocytes were harvested from healthy donors using Ficoll gradient and immunomagnetic selection. Blood monocyte-derived macrophages (5-7 days of maturation) were exposed to centrifuged apoptotic cell-conditioned media for 24 hours. Cells were harvested for immunoblotting, and supernates were retained for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to determine cytokine and chemokine production. Macrophages generated less IL-6 and IL-8 when cultured in SSC compared with control. Immunoblotting for STAT3 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 3) in macrophages revealed that SSC increased STAT3 levels, which persisted after lipopolysaccharide stimulation. These results suggest that SSC attenuates the pro-inflammatory phenotype in macrophages, through a STAT3-dependent mechanism.
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- S Lepage
- CR Centre Hospitalier de I'Université de Montréal, Institut du Cancer de Montréal, Nephrology Division, Université de Montréal, Montréal H2L 4M1, Canada
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Ferlicot S, Vernochet A, Romana S, Ortin-Serrano M, Letierce A, Brégerie O, Durrbach A, Guettier C. Microchimerism in renal allografts: clinicopathological associations according to the type of chimeric cells. Histopathology 2010; 56:188-97. [PMID: 20102397 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2009.03466.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Sophie Ferlicot
- Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Université Paris-Sud 11, APHP Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
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Liu M, Gu M, Wu Y, Zhu P, Zhang W, Yin C, Zhang W. Therapeutic Effect of Y-27632 on Chronic Allograft Nephropathy in Rats. J Surg Res 2009; 157:e117-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2008] [Revised: 09/30/2008] [Accepted: 10/20/2008] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Huh KH, Ahn HJ, Park J, Ju MK, Song JS, Kim MS, Kim SI, Kim YS. Mycophenolic acid inhibits oleic acid-induced mesangial cell activation through both cellular reactive oxygen species and inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase 2 pathways. Pediatr Nephrol 2009; 24:737-45. [PMID: 19093139 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-008-1075-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2008] [Revised: 11/05/2008] [Accepted: 11/15/2008] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The synthesis of extracellular matrix (ECM) in mesangial cells (MCs) plays important roles in the development and progression of renal diseases, including chronic allograft nephropathy. Mycophenolic acid (MPA), an inhibitor of inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase 2 (IMPDH2), suppresses MC proliferation and ECM synthesis. However, the exact inhibitory mechanism of MPA on MCs has not been clearly elucidated. In this study we compared the inhibitory effects of MPA and IMPDH2 reduction [by using small interfering RNA (siRNA)] on oleic acid (OA)-induced fibronectin secretion and cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) in mouse MCs. Growth-arrested MCs were stimulated with OA in the presence or absence of MPA, IMPDH2 siRNA, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) antibody or exogenous guanosine. Fibronectin secretion into the medium was examined by Western blot, dichlorodihydrofluorescein (DCF)-sensitive cellular ROS by fluorescence-activated cell scanning (FACS), TGF-beta levels in the media by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). OA increased fibronectin secretion, TGF-beta and cellular ROS levels. A TGF-beta neutralizing antibody effectively suppressed OA-induced fibronectin secretion. NAC and MPA completely suppressed OA-induced fibronectin secretion and decreased the levels of TGF-beta and cellular ROS. However, IMPDH2 siRNA partly inhibited OA-induced MC activation. Exogenous guanosine successfully reversed the inhibitory effects of IMPDH2 siRNA on OA-induced MC activation. Pleiotropic inhibitory effect of MPA on OA-induced mouse MC activation was mediated via its antioxidant effect on cellular ROS production and partly via inhibition of IMPDH2 itself. Our results implicate ROS as an alternative therapeutic target for the prevention of hyperlipidemia-related glomerulopathy, chronic allograft nephropathy, and subsequent graft loss.
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- Kyu Ha Huh
- The Research Institute for Transplantation, Seoul, Korea
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Kitchens WH, Chase CM, Uehara S, Cornell LD, Colvin RB, Russell PS, Madsen JC. Macrophage depletion suppresses cardiac allograft vasculopathy in mice. Am J Transplant 2007; 7:2675-82. [PMID: 17924996 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01997.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is a major source of late posttransplant mortality. Although numerous cell types are implicated in the pathogenesis of CAV, it is unclear which cells actually induce the vascular damage that results in intimal proliferation. Because macrophages are abundant in CAV lesions and are capable of producing growth factors implicated in neointimal proliferation, they are leading end-effector candidates. Macrophages were depleted in a murine heterotopic cardiac transplant system known to develop fulminant CAV lesions. C57BL/6 hearts were transplanted into (C57BL/6 x BALB/c)F(1) recipients, which then received anti-macrophage therapy with intraperitoneal carrageenan or i.v. gadolinium. Intraperitoneal carrageenan treatment depleted macrophages by 30-80% with minimal effects upon T, B or NK cells as confirmed by flow cytometry and NK cytotoxicity assays. Carrageenan treatment led to a 70% reduction in the development of CAV, as compared to mock-treated controls (p = 0.01), which correlated with the degree of macrophage depletion. Inhibition of macrophage phagocytosis alone with gadolinium failed to prevent CAV. Macrophages may represent the end-effector cells in a final common pathway towards CAV independent of T-cell or B-cell alloreactivity and exert their injurious effects through mechanisms related to cytokine/growth factor production rather than phagocytosis.
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- W H Kitchens
- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Zhang W, Liu M, Wu Y, Zhu P, Yin C, Zhang W, Gu M. Protective effects of atorvastatin on chronic allograft nephropathy in rats. J Surg Res 2007; 143:428-36. [PMID: 17628598 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.12.557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2006] [Revised: 12/11/2006] [Accepted: 12/26/2006] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN) is the leading cause of late kidney allograft loss. Recent studies have suggested that atorvastatin (ATO) may interact with the acute inflammatory process in the renal interstitium and suppress the proliferation of mesangial cells. We hypothesized that ATO could also inhibit the chronic inflammatory process and prevent the progression of CAN. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fisher (F344) kidneys were orthotopically transplanted into Lewis rat recipients. Lewis-to-Lewis rat kidney transplantation was served as the syngeneic control (Syn group). Allograft recipients were randomized and treated with cyclosporine A alone (Allo group) or in combination with ATO (15 or 30 mg/kg/d intrgastric, respectively, the low dose treatment group/high dose treatment group [LT/HT] groups). Renal function and the urine protein excretion were analyzed. Animals were sacrificed 20 weeks posttransplantation for histological and immunohistochemical studies, as well as analysis of mRNA levels of cytokines and chemokines. RESULTS Renal function progressively deteriorated and substantial proteinuria developed in the Allo group compared with the Syn group. ATO-treated rats had significantly higher creatinine clearance rate and less amount of proteinuria. Histological examination revealed obvious features of CAN in the Allo group, whereas LT/HT groups demonstrated minimal glomerulosclerosis, interstitial fibrosis, intimal thickening, and tubular atrophy. The numbers of infiltrating mononuclear cells (ED1+, CD8+, and CD68+) decreased markedly, and the intragraft expression of transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-beta1) and collagen III were also significantly attenuated in the LT/HT groups, as compared with the Allo group. The mRNA levels of proinflammatory cytokines (interleukin-2, interferon-gamma, interleukin-10), chemokines (RANTES, MCP-1), and profibrotic genes (TGF-beta1, collagen III) were significantly down-regulated in ATO-treated rats. CONCLUSION Atorvastatin showed excellent favorable effects on blocking renal inflammation and fibrosis, and thus, efficiently inhibited the development and progression of CAN, which might improve the long-term survival rate of renal allografts.
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- Wei Zhang
- Division of Urology and Kidney Transplantation, Nanjing Medical University First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
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Fahim T, Böhmig GA, Exner M, Huttary N, Kerschner H, Kandutsch S, Kerjaschki D, Bramböck A, Nagy-Bojarszky K, Regele H. The cellular lesion of humoral rejection: predominant recruitment of monocytes to peritubular and glomerular capillaries. Am J Transplant 2007; 7:385-93. [PMID: 17283488 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01634.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Accumulation of inflammatory cells within capillaries is a common morphologic feature of humoral renal allograft rejection and is most easily appreciated if it occurs in glomeruli. The aim of our study was to determine the amount and composition of immune cells within glomeruli and peritubular capillaries (PTC) in cellular and humoral allograft rejection. Immunofluorescent double-labeling for CD31 and CD3 or CD68 was used for phenotyping and enumerating immune cells within glomeruli and PTC. The major findings are: (1) accumulation of immune cells in PTC is far more common than it would be anticipated based on the assessment by conventional histology; (2) it is not the absolute number of immune cells accumulating within capillaries, but rather the composition of the intracapillary cell population that distinguishes humoral rejection from cellular rejection and (3) in C4d positive biopsies a predominantly monocytic cell population accumulates not only within glomeruli but also within PTC. The median value of monocyte/T-cell ratio within PTC was 2.3 in C4d positive biopsies but only 1 (p = 0.0008) in C4d negative biopsies. Given their prominent presence within capillaries and their extensive biological versatility monocytes might contribute to the capillary damage observed in acute and chronic allograft rejection.
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- T Fahim
- Clinical Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Laplante P, Raymond MA, Labelle A, Abe JI, Iozzo RV, Hébert MJ. Perlecan proteolysis induces an alpha2beta1 integrin- and Src family kinase-dependent anti-apoptotic pathway in fibroblasts in the absence of focal adhesion kinase activation. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:30383-92. [PMID: 16882656 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m606412200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Dysregulation of apoptosis in endothelial cells (EC) and fibroblasts contributes to fibrosis. We have shown previously that apoptosis of EC triggers the proteolysis of extracellular matrix components and the release of a C-terminal fragment of perlecan, which in turn inhibits apoptosis of fibroblasts. Here we have defined the receptors and pathways implicated in this anti-apoptotic response in fibroblasts. Neutralizing alpha2beta1 integrin activity in fibroblasts exposed to either medium conditioned by apoptotic EC (SSC) or a recombinant perlecan C-terminal fragment (LG3) prevented resistance to apoptosis and is associated with decreased levels of Akt phosphorylation. Co-incubation of fibroblasts for 24 h with SSC or LG3 in the presence of PP2 (AG1879), a biochemical inhibitor of Src family kinases (SFKs) and focal adhesion kinase, showed a significantly decreased anti-apoptotic response. However, focal adhesion kinase gene silencing with RNA interference did not inhibit the anti-apoptotic response in fibroblasts. Src phosphorylation was increased in fibroblasts exposed to SSC, and transfection of fibroblasts with constitutively active Src mutants induced an anti-apoptotic response that was not further increased by SSC. Also, Src(-/-)Fyn(-/-) fibroblasts failed to mount an anti-apoptotic response in presence of SSC for 24 h but developed a complete anti-apoptotic response when exposed to SSC for 7 days. These results suggest that extracellular matrix fragments produced by apoptotic EC initiate a state of resistance to apoptosis in fibroblasts via an alpha2beta1 integrin/SFK (Src and Fyn)/phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-dependent pathway. In the long term, additional SFK members are recruited for sustaining the anti-apoptotic response, which could play crucial roles in abnormal fibrogenic healing.
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- Patrick Laplante
- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montreal, University of Montreal, 1560 Sherbrooke East, Montreal, Quebec H2L 4M1, Canada
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Ha H, Kim MS, Park J, Huh JY, Huh KH, Ahn HJ, Kim YS. Mycophenolic acid inhibits mesangial cell activation through p38 MAPK inhibition. Life Sci 2006; 79:1561-7. [PMID: 16740277 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2006.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2005] [Revised: 04/25/2006] [Accepted: 05/01/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Mesangial cell (MC) proliferation and extracellular matrix (ECM) accumulation are major pathologic features of chronic renal disease including chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN). Mycophenolic acid (MPA), a potent immunosuppressant, has emerged as a treatment to prevent CAN because it inhibits MC proliferation and ECM synthesis, but the mechanism involved has not been clarified. The present study examined relative role of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) activation in inhibitory effect of MPA on MC activation. Growth arrested and synchronized primary rat MC (passages 7-11) were stimulated by PDGF 10 ng/ml in the presence and absence of clinically attainable dose of MPA (0-10 microM). Cell proliferation was assessed by [(3)H]thymidine incorporation, fibronectin and the activation of ERK and p38 MAPK by Western blot analysis, and total collagen by [(3)H]proline incorporation. PDGF increased cell proliferation by 4.6-fold, fibronectin secretion by 3.2-fold, total collagen synthesis by 1.8-fold, and the activation of ERK and 38 MAPK by 5.6-fold and 3.1-fold, respectively, compared to control. MPA, at doses inhibiting PDGF-induced MC proliferation and ECM synthesis, effectively blocked p38 MAPK activation but reduced ERK activation by 23% at maximal concentration tested (10 microM). Exogenous guanosine partially reversed the inhibition of MPA on p38 MAPK activation. Inhibitor of ERK or p38 MAPK suppressed PDGF-induced MC proliferation and ECM synthesis. In conclusion, MPA inhibits p38 MAPK activation leading to inhibiting proliferation and ECM synthesis in MC. Guanosine reduction is partially responsible for inhibitory effect of MPA on p38 MAPK activation in MC.
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- Hunjoo Ha
- Ewha Womans University College of Pharmacy, Seoul, South Korea
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Cailhier JF, Laplante P, Hébert MJ. Endothelial apoptosis and chronic transplant vasculopathy: recent results, novel mechanisms. Am J Transplant 2006; 6:247-53. [PMID: 16426308 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.01165.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Chronic transplant vasculopathy (CTV) is a progressive form of vascular obliteration affecting the arteries, arterioles and capillaries of solid organ transplants. It is characterized by intimal accumulation of mononuclear cells, vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC), myofibroblasts and connective tissue. Mounting evidence, based on animal models and human biopsy results, suggests that acute and persistent rejection triggering apoptosis of endothelial cells (EC) plays a pivotal role in CTV. The precise mechanisms that underlie the induction of fibroproliferative changes in association with endothelial apoptosis have yet to be clearly delineated. Recent observations in the field of apoptosis research provide some important mechanistic clues. First, endothelial apoptosis creates a state of hyperadhesiveness for mononuclear cells, thus facilitating sustained leukocyte infiltration. Second, phosphatidylserine-dependent engulfment of apoptotic cells by infiltrating mononuclear leukocytes promotes transforming growth factor-beta1 production. Third, apoptosis of EC triggers extracellular matrix (ECM) proteolysis thus initiating the production of fibroproliferative/fibrogenic ECM fragments. The relative importance of these mechanisms in the pathophysiology of CTV will need to be addressed in vivo. Yet, these recent developments provide a new mechanistic framework that will help better define the importance of immune-mediated EC apoptosis in the regulation of vascular repair.
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- J-F Cailhier
- Renal and Transplantation Division, Research Centre CHUM (Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal), University of Montreal, 1560 Sherbrooke Est, Montreal, Quebec H2L 4M1, Canada
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Macrophage accumulation has long been recognized as a feature of allograft rejection, yet the role of macrophages in rejection remains underappreciated. Macrophages contribute to both the innate and acquired arms of the alloimmune response and thus may be involved in all aspects of acute and chronic allograft rejection. Recent advances in macrophage biology have allowed a better understanding of the mechanisms of macrophage accumulation, their state of activation and the pleuripotent roles they play in allograft rejection. Therapeutic attention to macrophages, in addition to T lymphocytes, may lead to improved outcomes in organ transplantation.
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- Kate R Wyburn
- Department of Transplantation, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Dor FJMF, Tseng YL, Kuwaki K, Gollackner B, Ramirez ML, Prabharasuth DD, Cina RA, Knosalla C, Nuhn MG, Houser SL, Huang CA, Ko DSC, Cooper DKC. Immunological Unresponsiveness in Chimeric Miniature Swine following MHC-Mismatched Spleen Transplantation. Transplantation 2005; 80:1791-804. [PMID: 16378076 DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000184625.27076.c8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND In rodents, spleen allotransplantation (SpTx) induces tolerance. We investigated the induction of chimerism and donor-specific unresponsiveness following pig SpTx. METHODS Thirteen pigs underwent splenectomy (day 0); all received a blood transfusion. In 11/13 pigs, SpTx was performed across a MHC class I (n=1) or full (n=10) barrier; two control pigs received no SpTx. All pigs were monitored for chimerism, and anti-donor immune responses, including suppressor assays. Four pigs (two asplenic controls and two with SpTx) underwent delayed donor-matched kidney transplantation without immunosuppression. RESULTS Six of the 11 spleen grafts were lost from rejection (n=5) or splenic vein thrombosis (n=1), and five remained viable. All 11 SpTx recipients developed multilineage chimerism, but chimerism was rapidly lost if the graft failed. Two control pigs showed <6% blood chimerism for 4 and 11 days only. Pigs with functioning spleen grafts had multilineage chimerism in blood, thymus and bone marrow for at least 2-6 months, without graft-versus-host disease. These pigs developed in vitro donor-specific hyporesponsiveness and suppression. In 2 pigs tolerant to the spleen graft, donor MHC-matched kidney grafts survived for >4 and >7 months in the absence of exogenous immunosuppression; in two asplenic pigs, kidney grafts were rejected on days 4 and 15. CONCLUSIONS Successful SpTx can result in hematopoietic cell engraftment and in vitro donor-specific unresponsiveness, enabling prolonged survival of subsequent donor-matched kidney grafts without immunosuppression.
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- Frank J M F Dor
- Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Ishii Y, Sawada T, Kubota K, Fuchinoue S, Teraoka S, Shimizu A. Injury and progressive loss of peritubular capillaries in the development of chronic allograft nephropathy. Kidney Int 2005; 67:321-32. [PMID: 15610258 DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00085.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN) remains the most important cause of late renal graft loss. However, the mechanism for graft dysfunction and the process of the development of CAN are not well understood. This study examined the role of microvascular injury in the development of CAN. METHODS We studied renal biopsies obtained from grafts with CAN (N= 79) and pretransplant control kidneys (N= 20). Microvascular injury was examined morphologically, and was correlated with interstitial fibrosis, glomerular sclerosis, graft function, and the severity of CAN. The humoral and cellular immunity involved in CAN were examined by C4d, CD3, and TIA-1 staining. RESULTS In all the cases of CAN, microvascular injury was evident with or without CD3-positive T cells, TIA-1-positive cytotoxic cells, and/or C4d+ complement deposition. Irrespective of chronic rejection (N= 14), C4d+ chronic humoral rejection (N= 6), or other CAN, the development process of CAN was characterized by injury and progressive loss of identifiable peritubular capillaries (PTCs) accompanied with the development of interstitial fibrosis. Injured PTCs were characterized morphologically by the process of angioregression with the presence of apoptotic cells, lamination of the basement membrane, and loss of PTCs. The low number of PTCs correlated significantly with the severity of CAN (r=-0.74, P < 0.001), the development of interstitial fibrosis (r=-0.75, P < 0.001), graft dysfunction (r=-0.69, P < 0.001), and also correlated weakly with proteinuria (r=-0.45, P < 0.05). In the glomeruli, capillary loss significantly correlated with the degree of glomerular sclerosis (r=-0.66, P < 0.001) and proteinuria (r=-0.65, P < 0.001), but did not correlate with the severity of CAN (r=-0.24, P > 0.05) or graft dysfunction (r=-0.32, P > 0.05). CONCLUSION CAN was characterized by progressive injury to the renal microvasculature and the development of renal scarring. In particular, injury, angioregression and progressive loss of the PTC network strongly contributed to the development of interstitial fibrosis and graft dysfunction in CAN, and might play a crucial role in the development of CAN.
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- Yasuo Ishii
- Department of Surgery, Kidney Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Raymond MA, Désormeaux A, Laplante P, Vigneault N, Filep JG, Landry K, Pshezhetsky AV, Hébert MJ. Apoptosis of endothelial cells triggers a caspase‐dependent anti‐apoptotic paracrine loop active on vascular smooth muscle cells. FASEB J 2004; 18:705-7. [PMID: 14977881 DOI: 10.1096/fj.03-0573fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Increased endothelial apoptosis and decreased apoptosis of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) are central to initiation of myo-intimal thickening. We hypothesized that apoptosis of endothelial cells (EC) induces the release of anti-apoptotic mediator(s) active on VSMC. We found that serum-free medium conditioned by apoptotic EC decreases apoptosis of VSMC compared with fresh serum-free medium. Inhibition of endothelial apoptosis during conditioning with a pan-caspase inhibitor ZVAD-FMK blocked the release of the anti-apoptotic factor(s) active on VSMC. VSMC exposed to serum-free medium conditioned by apoptotic EC showed increased ERK 1/2 phosphorylation, enhanced Bcl-xl expression, and inhibition of p53 expression. Fractionation of the conditioned medium followed by mass spectral analysis identified one bioactive component as a C-terminal fragment of the domain V of perlecan. Serum-free medium supplemented with either a synthetic peptide containing the EGF motif of the domain V of perlecan or chondroitin 4-sulfate, a glycosaminoglycan anchored on the domain V of perlecan, increased ERK 1/2 phosphorylation and Bcl-xl protein levels while inhibiting apoptosis of VSMC. These results suggest that a proteolytic activity developing downstream of activated caspases in apoptotic EC initiates degradation of pericellular proteoglycans and liberation of bioactive fragments with a robust impact on inhibition of VSMC apoptosis.
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Vongwiwatana A, Gourishankar S, Campbell PM, Solez K, Halloran PF. Peritubular capillary changes and C4d deposits are associated with transplant glomerulopathy but not IgA nephropathy. Am J Transplant 2004; 4:124-9. [PMID: 14678043 DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-6143.2003.00294.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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We examined our renal transplant population for glomerular diseases demonstrated on biopsy between January 1993 and April 2002, focusing on transplant glomerulopathy (TGP). Of 1156 patients followed in our clinics during this period, glomerular disease was diagnosed in 132 cases (11.4%). Glomerulonephritis was diagnosed in 86 transplants (7.4%), with IgA nephropathy (IgAN) being the commonest diagnosis [32 cases (2.8%)]. Thirty-one cases (2.7%) of biopsy-proven TGP were analyzed for associated factors compared with 27 cases (2.3%) of recurrent IgAN. Transplant glomerulopathy was less frequent with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and/or tacrolimus, whereas recurrent IgAN showed no such tendency (P= 0.02). Peritubular capillary (PTC) C4d deposition was observed in six of 24 cases (25%) with TGP but none with recurrent IgAN (P= 0.02). Peritubular capillary basement membrane (BM) multilayering was significantly greater in TGP (4.92 +/- 2.94) than in recurrent IgAN (1.86 +/- 1.04) (P < 0.001). The graft survival of TGP was worse than recurrent IgAN (P= 0.05). The association of TGP with BM multilayering and C4d deposits in PTC suggests a generalized disorder of the graft microcirculation and its BM, owing to antibody-mediated rejection in at least some cases. Transplant glomerulopathy has a serious prognosis but is less frequent in patients on newer immunosuppression, unlike recurrent IgAN.
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- Attapong Vongwiwatana
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Vongwiwatana A, Tasanarong A, Hidalgo LG, Halloran PF. The role of B cells and alloantibody in the host response to human organ allografts. Immunol Rev 2003; 196:197-218. [PMID: 14617206 DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-065x.2003.00093.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Some human organ transplants deteriorate slowly over a period of years, often developing characteristic syndromes: transplant glomerulopathy (TG) in kidneys, bronchiolitis obliterans in lungs, and coronary artery disease in hearts. In the past, we attributed late graft deterioration to "chronic rejection", a distinct but mysterious immunologic process different from conventional rejection. However, it is likely that much of chronic rejection is explained by conventional T-cell-mediated rejection (TMR), antibody-mediated rejection (AMR), and other insults. Recently, criteria have emerged to now permit us to diagnose AMR in kidney transplants, particularly C4d deposition in peritubular capillaries and circulating antibody against donor human leukocyte antigens (HLA). Some cases with AMR develop TG, although the relationship of TG to AMR is complex. Thus, a specific diagnosis of AMR in kidney can now be made, based on graft damage, C4d deposition, and donor-specific alloantibodies. Criteria for AMR in other organs must be defined. Not all late rejections are AMR; some deteriorating organs probably have smoldering TMR. The diagnosis of late ongoing AMR raises the possibility of treatment to suppress the alloantibody, but efficacy of the available treatments requires further study.
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- Attapong Vongwiwatana
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology & Transplantation Immunology, University of Alberta, 250 Heritage Medical Research Center, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2S2
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Recent research achievements might considerably alter scientific concepts of pathways involved in tissue injury and repair. RECENT FINDINGS Accumulating evidence for an important role of alloantibodies in acute and chronic allograft rejection led to a renewed interest in humoral kidney transplant rejection. Studies reassessing the mechanisms of antibody- and complement-mediated injury now shed new light on the pathogenic mechanisms underlying acute or chronic graft dysfunction and injury. A closer look at humoral effector mechanisms revealed that endothelial cell activation and injury may play a key role in humoral rejection, and further uncovered an important interplay between humoral and cellular alloimmunity. Regeneration of cells after injury has been thought to rely on activation of local progenitor cells. Recent investigation indicates that regeneration of grafted solid organs is not exclusively based on self-renewal of tissues but obviously also involves repopulation of the graft by recipient cells, creating chimerism in the vasculature and other compartments. Besides reparative compensation of cell loss, chimerism of endothelial cells might also alter immunologic properties of the graft, thus favoring adaptation and graft survival. On the other hand, however, myofibroblasts mediating deleterious arterial intimal proliferation may also be of recipient origin. A possible source of graft-repopulating recipient cells are bone marrow-derived adult stem cells with the amazing capacity of differentiating into cell types of all three germ cell layers. SUMMARY Reliable diagnosis of humoral mechanisms in allograft rejection and identification of involved effector mechanisms should provide the basis for development and targeted application of specific anti-humoral treatment. Recently emerged new concepts of mechanisms underlying tissue regeneration might pave the way for entirely new therapeutic approaches in human disease.
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- Heinz Regele
- Clinical Institute of Pathology and bDepartment of Internal Medicine III, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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