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de Lima Pereira Dos Santos C, Vacani-Martins N, Cascabulho CM, Pereira MCDS, Crispe IN, Henriques-Pons A. In the Acute Phase of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection, Liver Lymphoid and Myeloid Cells Display an Ambiguous Phenotype Combining Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Markers. Front Immunol 2022; 13:868574. [PMID: 35720410 PMCID: PMC9204308 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.868574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Multiple cell populations, cellular biochemical pathways, and the autonomic nervous system contribute to maintaining the immunological tolerance in the liver. This tolerance is coherent because the organ is exposed to high levels of bacterial pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP) molecules from the intestinal microbiota, such as lipopolysaccharide endotoxin (LPS). In the case of Trypanosoma cruzi infection, although there is a dramatic acute immune response in the liver, we observed intrahepatic cell populations combining pro- and anti-inflammatory markers. There was loss of fully mature Kupffer cells and an increase in other myeloid cells, which are likely to include monocytes. Among dendritic cells (DCs), the cDC1 population expanded relative to the others, and these cells lost both some macrophage markers (F4/80) and immunosuppressive cytokines (IL-10, TGF-β1). In parallel, a massive T cell response occured with loss of naïve cells and increase in several post-activation subsets. However, these activated T cells expressed both markers programmed cell death protein (PD-1) and cytokines consistent with immunosuppressive function (IL-10, TGF-β1). NK and NK-T cells broadly followed the pattern of T cell activation, while TCR-γδ cells appeared to be bystanders. While no data were obtained concerning IL-2, several cell populations also synthesized IFN-γ and TNF-α, which has been linked to host defense but also to tissue injury. It therefore appears that T. cruzi exerts control over liver immunity, causing T cell activation via cDC1 but subverting multiple populations of T cells into immunosuppressive pathways. In this way, T. cruzi engages a mechanism of hepatic T cell tolerance that is familiar from liver allograft tolerance, in which activation and proliferation are followed by T cell inactivation.
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- Laboratório de Inovaçõeses em Terapias, Ensino e Bioprodutos, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Inovaçõeses em Terapias, Ensino e Bioprodutos, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Laboratório de Inovaçõeses em Terapias, Ensino e Bioprodutos, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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BACKGROUND Although the liver is less immunogenic than other solid organs, most liver transplant recipients receive lifelong immunosuppression. In both experimental models and clinical transplantation, total lymphoid irradiation (TLI) has been shown to induce allograft tolerance. Our goal was to identify the microRNAs (miRNAs) expressed in tolerant liver allograft recipients in an experimental model of TLI-induced tolerance. METHODS To identify the miRNAs associated with TLI-induced tolerance, we examined syngeneic recipients (Lewis→Lewis) and allogeneic recipients (Dark Agouti→Lewis) of orthotropic liver transplants that received posttransplant TLI, allogeneic recipients that were not treated posttransplantation and experienced acute rejection, and native Dark Agouti livers. Quantitative-polymerase chain reaction miRNA array cards were used to profile liver grafts. RESULTS We identified 12 miRNAs that were specifically and significantly increased during acute rejection. In early tolerance, 33 miRNAs were altered compared with syngeneic livers, with 80% of the miRNAs increased. In established tolerance, 42 miRNAs were altered. In addition, miR-142-5p and miR-181a demonstrated increased expression in tolerant livers (both early and established tolerance) as compared with syngeneic livers. A principal component analysis of all miRNAs assayed demonstrated a profile in established tolerance that was closely related to that seen in syngeneic livers. CONCLUSIONS The miRNA profile of established tolerant allografts is very similar to syngeneic grafts, suggesting tolerance may be a return to an immunological state of quiescence.
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Bohne F, Londoño MC, Benítez C, Miquel R, Martínez-Llordella M, Russo C, Ortiz C, Bonaccorsi-Riani E, Brander C, Bauer T, Protzer U, Jaeckel E, Taubert R, Forns X, Navasa M, Berenguer M, Rimola A, Lozano JJ, Sánchez-Fueyo A. HCV-induced immune responses influence the development of operational tolerance after liver transplantation in humans. Sci Transl Med 2015; 6:242ra81. [PMID: 24964989 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3008793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Pathogen-induced immune responses prevent the establishment of transplantation tolerance in experimental animal models. Whether this occurs in humans as well remains unclear. The development of operational tolerance in liver transplant recipients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection allows us to address this question. We conducted a clinical trial of immunosuppression withdrawal in HCV-infected adult liver recipients to elucidate (i) the mechanisms through which allograft tolerance can be established in the presence of an ongoing inflammatory response and (ii) whether anti-HCV heterologous immune responses influence this phenomenon. Of 34 enrolled liver recipients, drug withdrawal was successful in 17 patients (50%). Tolerance was associated with intrahepatic overexpression of type I interferon and immunoregulatory genes and with an expansion of exhausted PD1/CTLA4/2B4-positive HCV-specific circulating CD8(+) T cells. These findings were already present before immunosuppression was discontinued and were specific for HCV infection. In contrast, the magnitude of HCV-induced proinflammatory gene expression and the breadth of anti-HCV effector T cell responses did not influence drug withdrawal outcome. Our data suggest that in humans, persistent viral infections exert immunoregulatory effects that could contribute to the restraining of alloimmune responses, and do not necessarily preclude the development of allograft tolerance.
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- Felix Bohne
- Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain. Institute of Virology, Technische Universität München-Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich 81675, Germany
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- Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain
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- Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain
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- Institute of Liver Studies, MRC Centre for Transplantation, King's College London, London SE5 9RS, UK
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- Clinical Cooperation Group Monitoring, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich 81675, Germany
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- Liver Unit, Hospital La Fe Valencia, CIBERehd, University of Valencia, Valencia 46026, Spain
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- Institute of Liver Studies, MRC Centre for Transplantation, King's College London, London SE5 9RS, UK
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- Irsicaixa AIDS Research Institute, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona 08916, Spain
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- Clinical Cooperation Group Monitoring, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich 81675, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, Technische Universität München-Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich 81675, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Medical School of Hannover, Hannover 30625, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Medical School of Hannover, Hannover 30625, Germany
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- Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain
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- Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain
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- Liver Unit, Hospital La Fe Valencia, CIBERehd, University of Valencia, Valencia 46026, Spain
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- Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain
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- Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain. Institute of Liver Studies, MRC Centre for Transplantation, King's College London, London SE5 9RS, UK.
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Krzych U, Zarling S, Pichugin A. Memory T cells maintain protracted protection against malaria. Immunol Lett 2014; 161:189-95. [PMID: 24709142 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2014.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2014] [Revised: 03/25/2014] [Accepted: 03/27/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Immunologic memory is one of the cardinal features of antigen-specific immune responses, and the persistence of memory cells contributes to prophylactic immunizations against infectious agents. Adequately maintained memory T and B cell pools assure a fast, effective and specific response against re-infections. However, many aspects of immunologic memory are still poorly understood, particularly immunologic memory inducible by parasites, for example, Plasmodium spp., the causative agents of malaria. For example, memory responses to Plasmodium antigens amongst residents of malaria endemic areas appear to be either inadequately developed or maintained, because persons who survive episodes of childhood malaria remain vulnerable to intermittent malaria infections. By contrast, multiple exposures of humans and laboratory rodents to radiation-attenuated Plasmodium sporozoites (γ-spz) induce sterile and long-lasting protection against experimental sporozoite challenge. Multifactorial immune mechanisms maintain this protracted and sterile protection. While the presence of memory CD4 T cell subsets has been associated with lasting protection in humans exposed to multiple bites from Anopheles mosquitoes infected with attenuated Plasmodium falciparum, memory CD8 T cells maintain protection induced with Plasmodium yoelii and Plasmodium berghei γ-spz in murine models. In this review, we discuss our observations that show memory CD8 T cells specific for antigens expressed by P. berghei liver stage parasites as an indispensable component for the maintenance of protracted protective immunity against experimental malaria infection; moreover, the provision of an Ag-depot assures a quick recall of memory T cells as IFN-γ-producing effector CD8 T cells and IL-4- producing CD4 T cells that collaborate with B cells for an effective antibody response.
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- Urszula Krzych
- Department of Cellular Immunology, Branch of Malaria Vaccine Development, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD 20910, United States.
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- Department of Cellular Immunology, Branch of Malaria Vaccine Development, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD 20910, United States
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- Department of Cellular Immunology, Branch of Malaria Vaccine Development, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD 20910, United States
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Kochat V, Baligar P, Maiwall R, Mukhopadhyay A. Bone marrow stem-cell therapy for genetic and chronic liver diseases. Hepatol Int 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s12072-013-9499-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Gulubova M, Manolova I, Ananiev J, Kjurkchiev D, Julianov A, Altunkova I. Relationship of TGF-β1 and Smad7 expression with decreased dendritic cell infiltration in liver gastrointestinal cancer metastasis. APMIS 2013; 121:967-75. [PMID: 23998914 DOI: 10.1111/apm.12096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2012] [Accepted: 03/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Immune responses and their modulation within the liver are critical to the outcome of liver malignancies. In late-stage tumors, secreted TGF-β promotes oncogenic functions and can confer tolerogenicity to some immune cells like DCs. The TGF-β signaling pathway is involved in the control of several biological processes, including immunosurveillance. The aim of the present study was to assess CD1a(+) and CD83(+) DCs and to evaluate the impact of TGF-β pathway on DCs maturation and distribution in the liver metastases from gastric and colorectal tumors. The percentage of CD83(+) DCs in the liver tissue, surrounding metastasis and in the metastasis-free liver was measured by flow cytometry, and TGF-β levels were assessed in the tissue supernatant from the peritumoral liver after mononuclear cell isolation and in the sera of the same patients. CD1a(+) and CD83(+) DCs were observed in the tumor stroma and border. Out of 73 patients, there was cytoplasmic reactivity: of TGF-β1 in 37 (50.7%); of Smad4 in 62 (84.9%); of Smad7 in 46 (63%), and of TGFβRII in 39 (53.4%) of the metastases. The TGF-β1 expression in tumor cell cytoplasm correlated with low CD1a(+) and low CD83(+) DCs infiltration. The tissue levels of TGF-β1, measured by ELISA in the supernatant were significantly increased in metastases than in normal liver. Using a two-color FACS analysis, we found that the percentage of HLA-DR(+) CD83(+) DCs in metastases was significantly decreased as compared with metastasis-free liver tissue. In conclusion, the positive and negative correlations between the mediators from the TGF-β pathway implied the existence of imbalance and suppression of this cytokine activity. The presence of increased TGF-β expression by immunohistochemistry in tumor cells was confirmed by detection of increased TGF-β tissue level in the supernatant from the tissue homogenate. The observation of low numbers of CD1a(+) and CD83(+) DCs in tumor stroma correlated with TGF-β overexpression in tumor cells, a fact that well documents the immunosuppressive role of TGF-β in metastasis development. The increased percentage of CD83(+) DCs in the peritumoral tissue supposes that there could be active recruitment or local differentiation of DCs in the metastasis border, but inside the tumor the immune cells recruitment and activity are suppressed by TGF-β and by other cytokines.
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- Maya Gulubova
- Department of General and Clinical Pathology, Medical Faculty, Trakia University, Stara Zagora
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The role of chemokines in acute and chronic hepatitis C infection. Cell Mol Immunol 2013; 11:25-40. [PMID: 23954947 DOI: 10.1038/cmi.2013.37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2013] [Revised: 07/08/2013] [Accepted: 07/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Hepatitis C imposes a significant burden on global healthcare. Chronic infection is associated with progressive inflammation of the liver which typically manifests in cirrhosis, organ failure and cancer. By virtue of elaborate evasion strategies, hepatitis C virus (HCV) succeeds as a persistent human virus. It has an extraordinary capacity to subvert the immune response enabling it to establish chronic infections and associated liver disease. Chemokines are low molecular weight chemotactic peptides that mediate the recruitment of inflammatory cells into tissues and back into the lymphatics and peripheral blood. Thus, they are central to the temporal and spatial distribution of effector and regulatory immune cells. The interactions between chemokines and their cognate receptors help shape the immune response and therefore, have a major influence on the outcome of infection. However, chemokines represent a target for modulation by viruses including the HCV. HCV is known to modulate chemokine expression in vitro and may therefore enable its survival by subverting the immune response in vivo through altered leukocyte chemotaxis resulting in impaired viral clearance and the establishment of chronic low-grade inflammation. In this review, the roles of chemokines in acute and chronic HCV infection are described with a particular emphasis placed on chemokine modulation as a means of immune subversion. We provide an in depth discussion of the part played by chemokines in mediating hepatic fibrosis while addressing the potential applications for these chemoattractants in prognostic medicine.
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Yadav N, Kanjirakkuzhiyil S, Ramakrishnan M, Das TK, Mukhopadhyay A. Factor VIII can be synthesized in hemophilia A mice liver by bone marrow progenitor cell-derived hepatocytes and sinusoidal endothelial cells. Stem Cells Dev 2011; 21:110-20. [PMID: 21480781 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2010.0569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Hemophilia A (HA) is caused by mutation in factor VIII (FVIII) gene in humans; it leads to inadequate synthesis of active protein. Liver is the primary site of FVIII synthesis; however, the specific cell types responsible for its synthesis remain controversial. We propose that the severity of the bleeding disorder could be ameliorated by partial replacement of mutated liver cells by healthy cells in HA mice. The aim of this investigation was to study the cellular origin of FVIII by examining bone marrow cell therapy for treatment of HA in mice. Recipient liver was perturbed with either acetaminophen or monocrotaline to facilitate the engraftment and differentiation of lineage-depleted (Lin(-)) enhanced green fluorescent protein-expressing bone marrow cells. Immunohistochemical analysis of liver tissue was conducted to identify the donor-derived cells that expressed FVIII. This identification was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy and quantitative gene expression analysis. The phenotypic correction in HA mice was determined by tail-clip challenge and FVIII level in plasma by Chromogenix and activated partial thromboplastin time assays. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that von Willebrand factor and cytokeratin-18-expressing endothelial cells and hepatocytes, respectively, were obtained from BM-derived cells. Both cell types expressed FVIII light chain mRNA and protein, which was further confirmed by transmission electron microscopy. The transplanted HA mice showed FVIII activity in plasma (P<0.01) and survived tail-clip challenge (P<0.001). Thus, we conclude that BM-derived hepatocytes and endothelial cells can synthesize FVIII in liver and correct bleeding phenotype in HA mice.
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- Neelam Yadav
- Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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Milks MW, Cripps JG, Lin H, Wang J, Robinson RT, Sargent JL, Whitfield ML, Gorham JD. The role of Ifng in alterations in liver gene expression in a mouse model of fulminant autoimmune hepatitis. Liver Int 2009; 29:1307-15. [PMID: 19490417 PMCID: PMC3038248 DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2009.02028.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS BALB/c mice with a homozygous deficiency in the Tgfb1 gene are a model of fulminant autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), spontaneously and rapidly developing Th1-mediated IFN-gamma-dependent necroinflammatory liver disease. We sought to understand the molecular basis for fulminant Th1 liver disease and the specific role of the Ifng gene. METHODS Global gene expression in livers from BALB/c Tgfb1(-/-) mice with and without an intact Ifng gene was assessed by microarray analysis. Expression patterns were confirmed by quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Gene ontology clustering analysis was performed to identify altered pathways. The contributions of Ifng to altered expression pathways were quantified. RESULTS Over 100 genes were strongly (>10-fold) upregulated, most encoding proteins involved in immune function/response. Chemokines were the most prominently upregulated group, with eight chemokine genes upregulated >10-fold. Ifng was necessary for the upregulation of CXC chemokines gene, but not of CC chemokine genes. By quantitative analysis, Ifng's role in liver gene upregulation varied greatly among overexpressed genes. CONCLUSIONS Gene expression changes indicate a particularly important and heretofore unappreciated role for chemokines in fulminant AIH. Ifng has an important role in expression of some but not all genes. Ifng is dichotomous in the regulation of distinct chemokine subfamilies: specifically, Ifng is critical for overexpression of specific CXCL genes but dispensable for overexpression of specific CCL genes. These results provide a clearer understanding of the role of Ifng in the molecular basis of necroinflammatory liver disease.
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- Michael W. Milks
- Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
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The therapeutic effect of bone marrow-derived liver cells in the phenotypic correction of murine hemophilia A. Blood 2009; 114:4552-61. [PMID: 19752394 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2009-02-202788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The transdifferentiation of bone marrow cells (BMCs) into hepatocytes has created enormous interest in applying this process to the development of cellular medicine for degenerative and genetic diseases. Because the liver is the primary site of factor VIII (FVIII) synthesis, we hypothesized that the partial replacement of mutated liver cells by healthy cells in hemophilia A mice could manage the severity of the bleeding disorder. We perturbed the host liver with acetaminophen to facilitate the engraftment and hepatic differentiation of lineage-depleted enhanced green fluorescent protein-expressing BMCs. Immunohistochemistry experiments with the liver tissue showed that the donor-derived cells expressed the markers of both hepatocytes (albumin and cytokeratin-18) and endothelial cells (von Willebrand factor). The results of fluorescent in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry experiments suggested that differentiation was direct in this model. The BMC-recipient mice expressed FVIII protein and survived in a tail clip challenge experiment. Furthermore, a coagulation assay confirmed that the plasma FVIII activity was maintained at 20.4% (+/- 3.6%) of normal pooled plasma activity for more than a year without forming its inhibitor. Overall, this report demonstrated that BMCs rescued the bleeding phenotype in hemophilia A mice, suggesting a potential therapy for this and other related disorders.
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Ye F, Yan S, Xu L, Jiang Z, Liu N, Xiong S, Wang Y, Chu Y. Tr1 regulatory T cells induced by ConA pretreatment prevent mice from ConA-induced hepatitis. Immunol Lett 2009; 122:198-207. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2009.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2008] [Revised: 12/14/2008] [Accepted: 01/12/2009] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Boonstra A, Woltman AM, Janssen HLA. Immunology of hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infections. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 2008; 22:1049-61. [PMID: 19187866 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2008.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) viruses are the two major causes of chronic liver inflammation worldwide. Despite distinct virologic features, both viruses are preferentially hepatotropic, not directly cytopathic, and elicit liver diseases that share several aspects of their natural history. HBV and HCV infections also share some important features of the adaptive antiviral immune response. We describe the innate immune response in the early phase following infection, and how these early events may influence the development of the adaptive immune response in these two important viral infections. The mechanisms by which high levels of viral antigens, liver immunological features, the presence of regulatory T cells and impaired dendritic cell functions may maintain the HBV- and HCV-specific immunological failure, characteristic of chronic hepatitis B and C patients, are also evaluated.
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- Andre Boonstra
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Tokita D, Sumpter TL, Raimondi G, Zahorchak AF, Wang Z, Nakao A, Mazariegos GV, Abe M, Thomson AW. Poor allostimulatory function of liver plasmacytoid DC is associated with pro-apoptotic activity, dependent on regulatory T cells. J Hepatol 2008; 49:1008-18. [PMID: 18926588 PMCID: PMC2631180 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.07.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2008] [Revised: 06/20/2008] [Accepted: 07/09/2008] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS The liver is comparatively rich in plasmacytoid (p) dendritic cells (DC), - innate immune effector cells that are also thought to play key roles in the induction and regulation of adaptive immunity. METHODS Liver and spleen pDC were purified from fms-like tyrosine kinase ligand-treated control or lipopolysaccharide-injected C57BL/10 mice. Flow cytometric and molecular biologic assays were used to characterize their function and interaction with naturally occurring regulatory T cells (Treg). RESULTS While IL-10 production was greater for freshly isolated liver compared with splenic pDC, the former produced less bioactive IL-12p70. Moreover, liver pDC expressed a low Delta4/Jagged1 Notch ligand ratio, skewed towards T helper 2 cell differentiation/cytokine production, and promoted allogeneic CD4(+)T cell apoptosis. T cell proliferation in response to liver pDC was, however, enhanced by blocking IL-10 function at the initiation of cultures. In the absence of naturally occurring CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells, similar levels of T cell proliferation were induced by liver and spleen pDC and the pro-apoptotic activity of liver pDC was reversed. CONCLUSIONS The inferior T cell allostimulatory activity of in vivo-stimulated liver pDC may depend on the presence and function of Treg, a property that may contribute to inherent liver tolerogenicity.
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- Daisuke Tokita
- Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute and Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute and Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute and Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute and Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute and Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute and Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute and Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute and Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute and Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA,Corresponding author: Dr. Angus W. Thomson, Departments of Surgery and Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, 200 Lothrop Street, Biomedical Science Tower, W1540, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, Office: (412) 624-6392, Fax: (412) 624-1172,
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Gulubova M, Manolova I, Cirovski G, Sivrev D. Recruitment of dendritic cells in human liver with metastases. Clin Exp Metastasis 2008; 25:777-85. [PMID: 18584294 DOI: 10.1007/s10585-008-9191-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2008] [Accepted: 06/06/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) play a key role in the generation of antitumor immune responses as the most potent professional antigen-presenting cells. In this study we examined the distribution of DCs subsets in selected areas of liver metastases and adjacent liver tissue of 74 patients with gastrointestinal cancers (14 gastric, 47 colon, and 13 rectal) using immunohistochemistry for the DCs markers S-100 protein, HLA-DR, CD1a, and CD83. S-100 protein-positive DCs were localized mainly in clusters in metastases and at the tumor border with the surrounding liver tissue, while HLA-DR-positive DCs were significantly more in number (P<0.0001) and were diffusely distributed in metastasis stroma and at the tumor border. S-100 protein-positive DCs with mature phenotype were presented around metastases and in the sinusoidal lumena, whereas S-100 protein-positive DCs with less mature phenotype based on their ultrastructure were scattered in the tumor stroma. CD1a- and CD83-positive DCs were observed predominantly in small groups or as single cells in the tumor stroma and in the invasive margin. The numbers of CD1a-positive DCs (immature) and CD83-positive DCs (mature) were comparable, but significantly lower than that of S-100 protein-positive (P<0.0001) and HLA-DR-positive cells (P<0.0001).We observed more S-100 protein-positive DCs and HLA-DR-expressing cells in the sinusoids and portal tracts of the liver tissue, surrounding metastases, than in control liver tissue. In conclusion, this study provides additional information on the functional subtypes and distribution of DCs infiltrating metastatic tissue and local liver environment in patients with liver metastases from gastrointestinal cancers.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Gulubova
- Department of General and Clinical Pathology, Medical Faculty, Thracian University, Stara Zagora, 11 Armeiska Str, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
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Lau AH, Thomson AW, Colvin BL. Chronic ethanol exposure affects in vivo migration of hepatic dendritic cells to secondary lymphoid tissue. Hum Immunol 2007; 68:577-85. [PMID: 17584579 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2007.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2006] [Revised: 02/09/2007] [Accepted: 03/15/2007] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The mechanisms by which chronic ethanol (EtOH) consumption results in an immune-compromised state have not been fully elucidated. No studies to date have ascertained whether EtOH affects the migratory capacity of dendritic cells (DC), potent immune regulators. We hypothesized that EtOH exposure might affect hepatic and splenic DC trafficking to secondary lymphoid tissues and the resulting immune response. Hepatic DC from EtOH-treated animals migrated in greater numbers to draining lymphoid tissue than controls, whereas spleen DC were unaffected. Moreover, hepatic EtOH-exposed (E) DC induced more vigorous priming of allogeneic T cells in vivo compared with splenic EDC or controls. Altered hepatic EDC migration was independent of either CCR7 or CD11a expression, with no striking changes in surface expression of other adhesion molecules analyzed. The modified trafficking to secondary lymphoid tissue observed for hepatic EDC may play a role in the altered immune response to microbial pathogens in chronic alcohol users.
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MESH Headings
- Alcohol-Induced Disorders/immunology
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- CD11 Antigens/biosynthesis
- CD11 Antigens/immunology
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/biosynthesis
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/immunology
- Cell Movement/drug effects
- Dendritic Cells/drug effects
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/physiology
- Ethanol/administration & dosage
- Ethanol/toxicity
- Lectins, C-Type/biosynthesis
- Lectins, C-Type/immunology
- Liver/drug effects
- Liver/immunology
- Lymphoid Tissue/immunology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/immunology
- Receptors, CCR7
- Receptors, Cell Surface/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Cell Surface/immunology
- Receptors, Chemokine/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Chemokine/immunology
- Spleen/immunology
- Spleen/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- Audrey H Lau
- Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Abe M, Tokita D, Raimondi G, Thomson AW. Endotoxin modulates the capacity of CpG-activated liver myeloid DC to direct Th1-type responses. Eur J Immunol 2006; 36:2483-93. [PMID: 16917958 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200535767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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DC are believed to play important roles in the induction and regulation of immune responses in the liver, an organ implicated in peripheral tolerance. Since the liver is located downstream of the gut, it is constantly exposed to bacterial LPS. Our recent observations indicate that prior exposure to endotoxin modulates subsequent liver DC responses to this TLR4 ligand. In this study, we demonstrate that endotoxin modifies the capacity of mouse liver myeloid DC (MDC) activated by CpG (TLR9 ligand) to direct Th1-type responses. IL-12 production by liver MDC was significantly lower than that of spleen MDC following CpG or Imiquimod (R837; TLR7 ligand) activation in vitro. In addition, allogeneic T cells stimulated by CpG-activated liver MDC secreted significantly lower levels of IFN-gamma than T cells stimulated with CpG-activated spleen MDC. A similar effect on liver DC was observed in response to in vivo CpG administration. This effect may be explained by exposure of the DC to endotoxin, because LPS attenuated IL-12 production by CpG-stimulated liver MDC, both in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, attenuation of the response to CpG was not observed in liver MDC from TLR4-mutant (C3H/HeJ) mice, in which TLR4 signaling is impaired. These data suggest that endotoxin-induced 'cross-tolerance' to TLR ligands in liver DC may contribute to down-regulation of hepatic immune responses.
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- Masanori Abe
- Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute and Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Hoves S, Krause SW, Schütz C, Halbritter D, Schölmerich J, Herfarth H, Fleck M. Monocyte-Derived Human Macrophages Mediate Anergy in Allogeneic T Cells and Induce Regulatory T Cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 177:2691-8. [PMID: 16888031 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.4.2691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Activation of alloreactive T cells by APCs such as dendritic cells (DC) has been implicated as crucial step in transplant rejection. In contrast, it has been proposed that macrophages (Mphi) maintain tolerance toward alloantigens. It was therefore the aim of this study to further analyze the T cell-stimulatory capacity of mature DC and Mphi in vitro using the model of allogeneic MLR. There was a strong proliferative response in T cells cocultured with DC, which was further increased upon restimulation in a secondary MLR. In contrast, T cells did not proliferate in cocultures with Mphi despite costimulation with anti-CD28 and IL-2. Cytokine analysis revealed considerable levels of IL-10 in cocultures of T cells with Mphi, whereas high amounts of IL-2 and IFN-gamma were present in cocultures with DC. There was only minimal T cell proliferation in a secondary MLR when T cells were rescued from primary MLR with Mphi and restimulated with DC of the same donor, or DC of an unrelated donor (third party), whereas a strong primary proliferative response was observed in resting T cells, demonstrating induction of T cell anergy by Mphi. Functional analysis of T cells rescued from cocultures with Mphi demonstrated that anergy was at least partly mediated by IL-10-producing regulatory T cells induced by Mphi. These results demonstrate that Mphi drive the differentiation of regulatory T cells and mediate anergy in allogeneic T cells, supporting the concept that Mphi maintain peripheral tolerance in vivo.
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- Sabine Hoves
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, 93042 Regensburg, Germany
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Block TM, Mehta AS, Blumberg BS, Dwek RA. Does rapid oligomerization of hepatitis B envelope proteins play a role in resistance to proteasome degradation and enhance chronicity? DNA Cell Biol 2006; 25:165-70. [PMID: 16569195 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2006.25.165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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This review discusses the nature of hepatitis B and C chronicity from a virological perspective. Work described in the literature and our in vitro studies of HBV polypeptide morphogenesis lead us to speculate about a role for HBsAg complex formation in immune evasion that may be especially important during the initial period of infection. Briefly, although viral structural proteins do eventually provide epitopes recognized by the host, we suggest that these HBs Ag complexes, which may themselves be refractory to proteasomal degradation, are an important way by which the virus shields its epitopes and evades early recognition by the cellular immune system. This suggests a central strategy by which the virus has evolved, structurally, to enable the establishment of persistent infection of its host. The concept offers an explanation for the nearly unidirectional and rapid kinetics whereby HBV proteins form multimers and generate a surplus of viral structures that have not been thought to serve any useful structural purpose.
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- Timothy M Block
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel Institute for Biotechnology and Virology Research, Drexel University College of Medicine, Doylestown, Pennsylvania 18901, USA.
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Sánchez-Fueyo A. [Immunological tolerance and liver transplantation]. GASTROENTEROLOGIA Y HEPATOLOGIA 2005; 28:250-6. [PMID: 15811269 DOI: 10.1157/13073096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The induction of tolerance to allografts has traditionally been one of the basic aims of transplantation research. Multiple data obtained in experimental models indicate that the outcome of transplantation (rejection versus acceptance/tolerance) depends on the balance between allo-reactive cytopathic lymphocytes and immunoregulatory lymphocytes. Thus, most tolerance-inducing treatments aim to reduce the number of allo-aggressive lymphocytes and, at the same time, to increase the population of regulatory lymphocytes, which ensure graft viability once drug therapy has been withdrawn. Liver allografts are singular in that they are accepted without the need for treatment in most experimental models. Likewise, in humans, liver grafts also show a lower susceptibility to rejection than any other organ and immunosuppressive treatment can be completely eliminated in approximately 25% of recipients. Many mechanisms have been proposed to explain the tolerogenic properties of the liver. Notable among these are the effects derived from the large number of passing leukocytes present in the liver and its peculiar anatomy that maximizes contact among blood lymphocytes and liver cells with tolerogenic potential. Although there are many cases of tolerance in human allograft recipients, therapeutic strategies that would allow predictable tolerance induction and without a high risk of adverse affects are still lacking. Therefore, most studies in humans have traditionally aimed to minimize doses of immunosuppressive drugs rather than eliminate them. However, recent results in preclinical models and pilot studies indicate that therapeutic protocols for tolerance induction may become available in the not too distant future.
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- A Sánchez-Fueyo
- Instituto de Enfermedades Digestivas, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Kuball J, Theobald M, Ferreira EA, Hess G, Burg J, Maccagno G, Barreiros AP, Lüth S, Schimanski CC, Schuchmann M, Schwarting A, Neurath M, Otto G, Galle PR, Lohse AW. Control of organ transplant-associated graft-versus-host disease by activated host lymphocyte infusions. Transplantation 2005; 78:1774-9. [PMID: 15614150 DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000144183.77279.ec] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Prolonged persistence of donor-derived T cells after organ transplantation has been proposed to improve long-term allograft survival. However, surviving transplant-derived T cells are also able to mediate devastating graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). Currently, GvHD after organ transplantation is usually refractory to conventional therapy and the disease outcome fatal. METHODS Graft-reactive host T cells were generated ex vivo from a patient suffering from a severe and refractory liver-transplant-associated GvHD. To control GvHD, activated alloreactive host T cells were repetitively retransferred into the patient (activated host lymphocyte infusion [aHLI]). RESULTS Adoptive transfer of ex vivo activated alloreactive host T cells (aHLI) led to the control and complete resolution of severe GvHD without inducing allograft rejection. CONCLUSIONS aHLI opens a novel therapeutic window to control solid-organ transplant-associated GvHD while preserving allograft integrity.
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- Jürgen Kuball
- Department of Hematology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.
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- Alberto Sánchez-Fueyo
- Liver Unit, Institut de Malalties Digestives, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomédiques August PiSunyer, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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