Costimulation Blockade-Induced Cardiac Allograft Tolerance: Inhibition of T Cell Expansion and Accumulation of Intragraft cD4+Foxp3+ T Cells.
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Summary, in English
Background. Previous studies have demonstrated that anti-CD40L or anti-B7 requires the presence of CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells (Treg) to induce antigen specific hyporesponsiveness. Other tolerance strategies involving Treg have shown a dependency on interleukin (IL)-10. The objective of this study was to investigate the role of CD4(+)CD25(+) Treg and IL-10 when treating transplant recipients with cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen (CTLA)-4 immunoglobulin (Ig), anti-CD40L, and anti-lymphocyte function-associated antigen (LFA)-1. Methods. Recombinase activating gene-deficient (Rag1(-/-)) mice were transplanted with BALB/c hearts and adoptively transferred with IL-10(-/-) CD4(+) T cells, CD4(+)CD25(-) T cells or CD4(+)CD25(-)CD103(-) T cells and treated with costimulation blockade. Intragraft T cells from C57BL/6 recipients were analyzed for the expression of the Foxp3 protein after tolerance induction. Results. Mice reconstituted with IL-10(-/-) CD4(+) T cells, CD4(+)CD25(-) T cells or CD4(+)CD25(-) CD103(-) T cells and treated with costimulation blockade accepted allografts permanently. Analysis of cells from recipient mice adoptively transferred with CD4(+)CD25(-) T cells contained a population of CD4(low)CD25(+) T cells 100 days after transplantation. Costimulation blockade partially prevented the homeostatic proliferation of CD4(+)CD25(-)CD103(-) T cells in Rag-1(-/-) recipients. Accepted allografts contained an elevated number of CD4(+)Foxp3(+) T cells. Conclusions. These results indicate that T-cell derived IL-10 is not essential for induction of graft acceptance in mice treated with costimulation blockade, but that treatment limits T-cell expansion in the recipients. The results further indicate that tolerance is maintained by intragraft CD4(+)Foxp3(+) T cells.
Avdelning/ar
- Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Malmö
- Renal Research Unit
- Patologi, Malmö
- Immunology
Publiceringsår
2006
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
1493-1500
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Transplantation
Volym
82
Issue
11
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Ämne
- Surgery
Nyckelord
- Foxp3
- regulatory T cell
- heart transplantation
- costimulation blockade
- tolerance
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Renal Research Unit
- Pathology, Malmö
- Immunology
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1534-6080