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Int J Mol Sci ; 25(4)2024 Feb 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38396887

RESUMO

Kidney transplantation is preferred for end-stage renal disease. The current gold standard for kidney preservation is static cold storage (SCS) at 4 °C. However, SCS contributes to renal graft damage through ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). We previously reported renal graft protection after SCS with a hydrogen sulfide donor, sodium thiosulfate (STS), at 4 °C. Therefore, this study aims to investigate whether SCS at 10 °C with STS and Hemopure (blood substitute), will provide similar protection. Using in vitro model of IRI, we subjected rat renal proximal tubular epithelial cells to hypoxia-reoxygenation for 24 h at 10 °C with or without STS and measured cell viability. In vivo, we preserved 36 donor kidneys of Lewis rats for 24 h in a preservation solution at 10 °C supplemented with STS, Hemopure, or both followed by transplantation. Tissue damage and recipient graft function parameters, including serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, urine osmolality, and glomerular filtration rate (GFR), were evaluated. STS-treated proximal tubular epithelial cells exhibited enhanced viability at 10 °C compared with untreated control cells (p < 0.05). Also, STS and Hemopure improved renal graft function compared with control grafts (p < 0.05) in the early time period after the transplant, but long-term function did not reach significance. Overall, renal graft preservation at 10 °C with STS and Hemopure supplementation has the potential to enhance graft function and reduce kidney damage, suggesting a novel approach to reducing IRI and post-transplant complications.


Assuntos
Hemoglobinas , Transplante de Rim , Traumatismo por Reperfusão , Tiossulfatos , Ratos , Animais , Preservação de Órgãos , Sobrevivência de Enxerto , Ratos Endogâmicos Lew , Rim , Traumatismo por Reperfusão/tratamento farmacológico , Traumatismo por Reperfusão/prevenção & controle
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Int J Mol Sci ; 24(18)2023 Sep 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37762319

RESUMO

The global donor kidney shortage crisis has necessitated the use of suboptimal kidneys from donors-after-cardiac-death (DCD). Using an ex vivo porcine model of DCD kidney transplantation, the present study investigates whether the addition of hydrogen sulfide donor, AP39, to University of Wisconsin (UW) solution improves graft quality. Renal pedicles of male pigs were clamped in situ for 30 min and the ureters and arteries were cannulated to mimic DCD. Next, both donor kidneys were nephrectomized and preserved by static cold storage in UW solution with or without AP39 (200 nM) at 4 °C for 4 h followed by reperfusion with stressed autologous blood for 4 h at 37 °C using ex vivo pulsatile perfusion apparatus. Urine and arterial blood samples were collected hourly during reperfusion. After 4 h of reperfusion, kidneys were collected for histopathological analysis. Compared to the UW-only group, UW+AP39 group showed significantly higher pO2 (p < 0.01) and tissue oxygenation (p < 0.05). Also, there were significant increases in urine production and blood flow rate, and reduced levels of urine protein, serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, plasma Na+ and K+, as well as reduced intrarenal resistance in the UW+AP39 group compared to the UW-only group. Histologically, AP39 preserved renal structure by reducing the apoptosis of renal tubular cells and immune cell infiltration. Our finding could lay the foundation for improved graft preservation and reduce the increasingly poor outcomes associated with DCD kidney transplantation.


Assuntos
Sulfeto de Hidrogênio , Transplante de Rim , Humanos , Masculino , Suínos , Animais , Sulfeto de Hidrogênio/farmacologia , Criopreservação , Mitocôndrias
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Biomed Pharmacother ; 145: 112435, 2022 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34798469

RESUMO

INTRODUCTION: Cold ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is an inevitable event that increases post-transplant complications. We have previously demonstrated that supplementation of University of Wisconsin (UW) solution with non-FDA-approved hydrogen sulfide (H2S) donor molecules minimizes cold IRI and improves renal graft function after transplantation. The present study investigates whether an FDA-approved H2S donor molecule, sodium thiosulfate (STS), will have the same or superior effect in a clinically relevant rat model of syngeneic orthotopic kidney transplantation. METHOD: Thirty Lewis rats underwent bilateral nephrectomy followed by syngeneic orthotopic transplantation of the left kidney after 24-hour preservation in either UW or UW+STS solution at 4 °C. Rats were monitored to post-transplant day 14 and sacrificed to assess renal function (urine output, serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen). Kidney sections were stained with H&E, TUNEL, CD68, and myeloperoxidase (MPO) to detect acute tubular necrosis (ATN), apoptosis, macrophage infiltration, and neutrophil infiltration. RESULT: UW+STS grafts showed significantly improved graft function immediately after transplantation, with improved recipient survival compared to UW grafts (p < 0.05). Histopathological examination revealed significantly reduced ATN, apoptosis, macrophage and neutrophil infiltration and downregulation of pro-inflammatory and pro-apoptotic genes in UW+STS grafts compared to UW grafts (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: We show for the first time that preservation of renal grafts in STS-supplemented UW solution protects against prolonged cold IRI by suppressing apoptotic and inflammatory pathways, and thereby improving graft function and prolonging recipient survival. This could represent a novel clinically applicable therapeutic strategy to minimize the detrimental clinical outcome of prolonged cold IRI in kidney transplantation.


Assuntos
Transplante de Rim/métodos , Soluções para Preservação de Órgãos/farmacologia , Traumatismo por Reperfusão/prevenção & controle , Tiossulfatos/farmacologia , Adenosina/administração & dosagem , Adenosina/farmacologia , Alopurinol/administração & dosagem , Alopurinol/farmacologia , Animais , Apoptose/fisiologia , Nitrogênio da Ureia Sanguínea , Isquemia Fria/efeitos adversos , Creatinina/sangue , Glutationa/administração & dosagem , Glutationa/farmacologia , Insulina/administração & dosagem , Insulina/farmacologia , Testes de Função Renal , Masculino , Soluções para Preservação de Órgãos/administração & dosagem , Rafinose/administração & dosagem , Rafinose/farmacologia , Ratos , Ratos Endogâmicos Lew , Taxa de Sobrevida , Tiossulfatos/administração & dosagem
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Transplantation ; 90(12): 1278-85, 2010 Dec 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21079552

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Recombinant human soluble CD83 had previously exhibited significant immunosuppressive properties that involved interference with dendritic cell maturation in both mouse and humans, inhibition of autoimmunity in mice, and induction of antigen-specific mouse cardiac allograft tolerance when used in combination with other immunosuppressive drugs. Our current research focus turned to examining the effects of peritransplant soluble CD83 (sCD83) administration on prevention of chronic renal allograft rejection. METHODS: Fisher344-to-Lewis orthotopic rat renal transplants were performed with sequential recipient killing on postoperative days (PODs) 2, 14, and 140 to examine both the acute and chronic effects of peritransplant sCD83 treatment in rat recipients. RESULTS: Recipients treated with sCD83 exhibited a marked decrease in IgM and IgG deposition in the graft and antidonor antibody levels in the circulation, as early as POD14 and persisting until POD140. sCD83 treatment also reduced the infiltration of T cells and monocytes into the graft tissue and inhibited intragraft expression of MyD88 and inflammatory cytokine levels during the observation period. sCD83-treated grafts demonstrated normal histology beyond POD140, including dramatic reductions in tubular atrophy and interstitial fibrosis compared with untreated recipients. CONCLUSION: We have demonstrated that peritransplant treatment with recombinant sCD83 attenuates both innate and adaptive immune responses and leads to prevention of chronic rejection in a rat renal transplant model. Because sCD83 is of human origin, the therapeutic approach used in our rodent transplant model holds significant promise for clinical transplantation.


Assuntos
Antígenos CD/uso terapêutico , Rejeição de Enxerto/prevenção & controle , Imunoglobulinas/uso terapêutico , Transplante de Rim/imunologia , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/uso terapêutico , Imunidade Adaptativa/efeitos dos fármacos , Animais , Antígenos CD/genética , Ciclosporina/uso terapêutico , Citocinas/efeitos dos fármacos , Citocinas/genética , Regulação para Baixo , Rejeição de Enxerto/imunologia , Humanos , Imunidade Inata/efeitos dos fármacos , Imunoglobulinas/genética , Imunossupressores/uso terapêutico , Isoanticorpos/imunologia , Transplante de Rim/patologia , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/genética , Camundongos , Fator 88 de Diferenciação Mieloide/genética , Fator 88 de Diferenciação Mieloide/imunologia , Ratos , Ratos Endogâmicos F344 , Ratos Endogâmicos Lew , Proteínas Recombinantes/uso terapêutico , Transplante Homólogo/imunologia , Antígeno CD83
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Transplantation ; 90(12): 1312-20, 2010 Dec 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21042238

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: The immunoregulatory properties of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been observed in vitro and in vivo. However, the underlying mechanisms of this immunomodulation remain undefined. Recent research demonstrated that MSCs express the tryptophan-catabolizing enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), known to suppress T-cell responses. This study was designed to address whether MSCs induce kidney allograft tolerance and whether IDO contributes to the immunoregulatory functions of MSCs in vivo. METHODS: MSCs (1×10(6), intravenously) from wild-type (WT-MSCs) or IDO knockout (IDO(-/-)-MSCs) C57BL/6 mice were injected into BALB/c recipients 24 hr after receiving a life-supporting orthotopic C57BL/6 renal graft. RESULTS: WT-MSC-treated recipients achieved allograft tolerance with normal histology and undetectable antidonor antibody levels. Tolerant recipients demonstrated increased circulating kynurenine levels and significantly high frequencies of tolerogenic dendritic cells. They also exhibited significantly impaired CD4+ T-cell responses consisting of decreased donor-specific proliferative ability and a Th2-dominant cytokine shift. In addition, high frequencies of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) were found in recipient spleens and donor grafts, with antibody-induced CD25+ cell depletion confirming the critical role of Tregs in the MSC-induced tolerance. Interestingly, renal allograft recipients treated with WT MSCs concomitant with the IDO inhibitor 1-methyl-tryptophan, or those treated with IDO(-/-)-MSCs alone, were unable to achieve allograft tolerance--revealing that functional IDO was necessary for the immunosuppression observed with WT-MSC treatment. CONCLUSIONS: IDO secreted by MSCs was responsible, at least in part, for induction of kidney allograft tolerance through generation of Tregs. This study supports the clinical application of MSCs in transplantation.


Assuntos
Indolamina-Pirrol 2,3,-Dioxigenase/genética , Transplante de Rim/imunologia , Ativação Linfocitária/imunologia , Células-Tronco Mesenquimais/imunologia , Linfócitos T Reguladores/imunologia , Anastomose Cirúrgica , Animais , Aorta Abdominal/cirurgia , Indolamina-Pirrol 2,3,-Dioxigenase/deficiência , Subunidade alfa de Receptor de Interleucina-2/imunologia , Transplante de Rim/métodos , Depleção Linfocítica , Masculino , Células-Tronco Mesenquimais/enzimologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Camundongos Endogâmicos C3H , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Ratos , Veias Renais/cirurgia , Tolerância ao Transplante , Transplante Homólogo/imunologia , Veia Cava Inferior/cirurgia
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Transplantation ; 90(12): 1286-93, 2010 Dec 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21076370

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Tolerogenic dendritic cells (Tol-DCs) play a critical role in inducing and maintaining tolerance. Recognizing that both T-cell inactivation and activation are contingent on signals provided by DCs and that graft-specific activated T cells are major mediators of transplant rejection, we aimed to create an environment favoring Tol-DCs with a novel reagent, human soluble CD83 (hsCD83). METHODS: Life-supporting orthotopic kidney transplantation was performed in a C57BL/6-to-BALB/c mouse model. The study group was treated with hsCD83 (100 µg/mouse/day, postoperative days -1 to +7, intravenously) and compared with untreated controls. RESULTS: Treatment with hsCD83 achieved kidney allograft tolerance (>100 days), with negligible antidonor antibody detected. In contrast, kidney grafts in untreated recipients demonstrated severe rejection after 35 days, characterized by cellular infiltration, interstitial hemorrhage and edema, and glomerular and tubular necrosis, as well as high antidonor antibody titers. In addition, splenic DCs of tolerant recipients exhibited significantly decreased levels of surface major histocompatibility complex class II, CD40, CD80, and intracellular interleukin-12, as well as reduced allogeneic stimulatory capacity. Adoptive transfer of CD11c+ DCs from tolerant hsCD83-treated animals induced kidney allograft tolerance in syngeneic recipients. Blocking indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase with 1-methyl-tryptophan (15 mg/mouse/day; gavage) prevented the immunosuppressive effect of hsCD83, abrogating hsCD83-induced Tol-DCs and graft tolerance, and leading to acute kidney graft rejection in 22 days. CONCLUSION: hsCD83 alone was capable of inducing kidney allograft tolerance through a mechanism involving Tol-DC generation and, at least in part, indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activity. Because sCD83 is of human origin, the therapeutic approach used in our mouse transplant model holds significant promise for clinical transplantation.


Assuntos
Antígenos CD/uso terapêutico , Rejeição de Enxerto/imunologia , Tolerância Imunológica/imunologia , Imunoglobulinas/uso terapêutico , Transplante de Rim/imunologia , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/uso terapêutico , Transferência Adotiva , Animais , Anticorpos/sangue , Células Dendríticas/imunologia , Rejeição de Enxerto/tratamento farmacológico , Sobrevivência de Enxerto/efeitos dos fármacos , Sobrevivência de Enxerto/imunologia , Humanos , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Transplante de Pele/imunologia , Fatores de Tempo , Tolerância ao Transplante/imunologia , Transplante Homólogo/imunologia , Antígeno CD83
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Transplantation ; 90(11): 1145-56, 2010 Dec 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20861805

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Dendritic cells (DCs) are crucial regulators of immunity and important in inducing and maintaining tolerance. Here, we investigated the potential of a novel DC-immunomodulating agent, soluble CD83 (sCD83), in inducing transplant tolerance. METHODS: We used the C3H-to-C57BL/6 mouse cardiac transplantation model that exhibits a combination of severe cell-mediated rejection and moderate antibody-mediated rejection and investigated whether sCD83 could augment a combination therapy consisting of Rapamycin (Rapa) and anti-CD45RB monoclonal antibody (α-CD45) to prolong allograft survival. RESULTS: Monotherapies consisting of Rapa and α-CD45 were incapable of preventing rejection. However, all treatments involving sCD83 were capable of (1) down-modulating expression of various DC surface molecules, such as major histocompatibility complex class II and costimulatory molecules, (2) reducing the allogeneic stimulatory capacity of the DCs, and (3) significantly inhibiting antidonor antibody responses. Most striking results were observed in the triple therapy-treated group, sCD83Rapaα-CD45, where cell-mediated rejection and antibody-mediated rejection were abrogated for over 100 days. Donor-specific tolerance was achieved in long-term surviving recipients, because donor skin transplants were readily accepted for an additional 100 days, whereas third-party skin grafts were rejected. Success of triple therapy treatment was accompanied by enhancement of tolerogenic-DCs that conferred antigen-specific protection on adoptive transfer to recipients of an allogeneic heart graft. CONCLUSIONS: Our study revealed that sCD83 is capable of attenuating DC maturation and function, and inducing donor-specific allograft tolerance, in the absence of toxicity. Thus, sCD83 seems to be a safe and valuable counterpart to current DC-modulating agents.


Assuntos
Antígenos CD/farmacologia , Células Dendríticas/efeitos dos fármacos , Rejeição de Enxerto/prevenção & controle , Transplante de Coração/imunologia , Imunoglobulinas/farmacologia , Imunossupressores/farmacologia , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/farmacologia , Tolerância ao Transplante/efeitos dos fármacos , Transferência Adotiva , Animais , Anticorpos Monoclonais/farmacologia , Antígenos CD/genética , Antígeno CD11c/imunologia , Células Dendríticas/imunologia , Células Dendríticas/transplante , Quimioterapia Combinada , Rejeição de Enxerto/imunologia , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidade Classe II/imunologia , Humanos , Imunidade Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Imunidade Humoral/efeitos dos fármacos , Imunoglobulinas/genética , Imunofenotipagem , Antígenos Comuns de Leucócito/imunologia , Masculino , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/genética , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Camundongos Endogâmicos C3H , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , Proteínas Recombinantes/farmacologia , Sirolimo/farmacologia , Transplante de Pele , Fatores de Tempo , Transplante Homólogo , Antígeno CD83
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Protein Expr Purif ; 73(2): 140-6, 2010 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20566323

RESUMO

The formation of aberrant disulfide bonds is a structural consideration for the manufacturing of the extracellular domain of human CD83 (hCD83ext), a potential therapeutic protein. In certain instances, hCD83ext protein products, even when stored frozen, tended to dimerize or even multimerize through the formation of aberrant intermolecular disulfide bonds. Herein, we discovered an analytical inconsistency and applied a modified sample preparation protocol for proper structural analysis of hCD83ext products which are heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli and subsequently purified. In addition, a mutant derivative with the Cys100Ser mutation was identified as an improved version which did not form dimers or multimers. The identification of this mutant variant as a more potent therapeutic protein than other hCD83ext species demonstrated that the structural variation associated with disulfide bond formation can be a critical issue for rigorous control of the quality and bioactivity of therapeutic proteins. The application of this mutant variant for protein therapeutics is currently under exploration.


Assuntos
Antígenos CD/genética , Imunoglobulinas/genética , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/genética , Mutação , Substituição de Aminoácidos , Antígenos CD/química , Antígenos CD/uso terapêutico , Dimerização , Dissulfetos/química , Dissulfetos/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Fermentação , Variação Genética , Glutationa Transferase/metabolismo , Humanos , Imunoglobulinas/química , Imunoglobulinas/uso terapêutico , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/química , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/uso terapêutico , Mutagênese Sítio-Dirigida , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional , Proteínas Recombinantes/química , Proteínas Recombinantes/uso terapêutico , Serina/metabolismo , Fator de von Willebrand/genética , Fator de von Willebrand/metabolismo , Antígeno CD83
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J Immunol ; 182(10): 5970-81, 2009 May 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19414748

RESUMO

We report on a novel approach aimed at preventing acute vascular rejection (AVR), one of the major unresolved hurdles of clinical transplantation. In a C3H-to-BALB/c heterotopic heart transplant model, we demonstrate that free bone transplantation combined with cyclosporin A suppresses antidonor Ab responses, induces indefinite cardiac allograft survival (>100 days), and preserves graft architecture. In contrast, untreated- or cyclosporin A alone-treated recipients rejected their cardiac grafts on days 7.7 +/- 0.6 and 15.5 +/- 1.1, respectively, with graft histology indicative of AVR. Splenic dendritic cells from nonrejecting recipients expressed low levels of MHC II, CD40, and CD86, reduced ability to stimulate donor cell proliferation, and augmented IL-10 production of responding T cells in vitro. Adoptive transfer of dendritic cells from long-term surviving recipients 1 day before cardiac grafting was able to confer hyporesponsiveness to naive BALB/c recipients of cardiac allografts. To determine whether graft survival was associated with hematopoietic or stromal elements of the transplanted free bone, we administered isolated bone marrow mononuclear cells or free bone that was irradiated to deplete hematopoietic elements. Although bone marrow mononuclear cells had no effect on cardiac graft survival, irradiated free bone transplantation was capable of prolonging graft survival. Most interestingly, the prolongation effect was Ag nonspecific, because third party irradiated bone graft was also effective. Due to the fact that current immunosuppressive approaches are clinically ineffective at preventing AVR, this study provides promise for further investigations of BM components as a means of addressing a currently unmet medical need.


Assuntos
Transplante Ósseo/imunologia , Ciclosporina/uso terapêutico , Rejeição de Enxerto/prevenção & controle , Sobrevivência de Enxerto/imunologia , Transplante de Coração , Imunossupressores/uso terapêutico , Transferência Adotiva , Animais , Transplante de Medula Óssea/imunologia , Citocinas/biossíntese , Citocinas/imunologia , Células Dendríticas/imunologia , Células Dendríticas/transplante , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Citometria de Fluxo , Rejeição de Enxerto/imunologia , Sobrevivência de Enxerto/efeitos dos fármacos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Teste de Cultura Mista de Linfócitos , Masculino , Camundongos , Transplante Homólogo
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Transplantation ; 84(9): 1158-67, 2007 Nov 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17998872

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Innate immunity provides obstacles to successful organ transplantation, which cannot be prevented by cyclosporine (CsA). Here we have determined the potential of a myxoma viral serpin, Serp-1, with proven anti-inflammatory and antiatherogenic actions, to modulate innate immunity and contribute synergistically with CsA in the prevention of acute cardiac allograft rejection. METHODS: Brown-Norway rat hearts were heterotopically transplanted into Lewis rats and given either a monotherapy treatment of Serp-1, a subtherapeutic dose of CsA, or the two drugs in combination. RESULTS: A brief treatment of Serp-1 alone, or a subtherapeutic dose of CsA, resulted in a marked decrease in intragraft macrophage infiltration and downregulation of toll-like receptor (TLR)-2, TLR4 and MyD88 at 48 hours posttransplantation, which was associated with significantly reduced numbers of mature dendritic cells. A significant reduction in intragraft T-lymphocyte infiltration was observed with both Serp-1 monotherapy and Serp-1 and CsA combination therapy, with the combination treatment achieving indefinite graft survival (>100 days) with normal histology. The CsA monotherapy group displayed partially reduced lymphocyte infiltration compared to the untreated controls, but failed to inhibit early innate immune graft recognition events such as macrophage infiltration and TLR 2, TLR4, and MyD88, and was ultimately unsuccessful in preventing rejection (36.3+/-7.8 days). CONCLUSION: Observed suppressive effects of Serp-1 on early innate immune response components such as TLR-2 and 4, and on adaptive responses such as T-cell intragraft infiltration suggests that Serp-1 may modulate the transition from innate to adaptive immunity, exhibiting a synergistic effect on allograft survival when used in combination with a subtherapeutic dose of CsA.


Assuntos
Sobrevivência de Enxerto/fisiologia , Transplante de Coração/fisiologia , Serpinas/uso terapêutico , Receptor 2 Toll-Like/genética , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/genética , Animais , Ciclosporina/uso terapêutico , Regulação para Baixo , Transplante de Coração/imunologia , Transplante de Coração/patologia , Imunossupressores , Masculino , Modelos Animais , Ratos , Ratos Endogâmicos BN , Receptor 2 Toll-Like/efeitos dos fármacos , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/efeitos dos fármacos , Transplante Homólogo
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J Immunol ; 179(7): 4451-63, 2007 Oct 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17878341

RESUMO

Ab-mediated rejection (AMR) remains the primary obstacle in presensitized patients following organ transplantation, as it is refractory to anti-T cell therapy and can lead to early graft loss. Complement plays an important role in the process of AMR. In the present study, a murine model was designed to mimic AMR in presensitized patients. This model was used to evaluate the effect of blocking the fifth complement component (C5) with an anti-C5 mAb on prevention of graft rejection. BALB/c recipients were presensitized with C3H donor skin grafts 7 days before heart transplantation from the same donor strain. Heart grafts, transplanted when circulating anti-donor IgG Abs were at peak levels, were rejected in 3 days. Graft rejection was characterized by microvascular thrombosis and extensive deposition of Ab and complement in the grafts, consistent with AMR. Anti-C5 administration completely blocked terminal complement activity and local C5 deposition, and in combination with cyclosporine and short-term cyclophosphamide treatment, it effectively prevented heart graft rejection. These recipients achieved permanent graft survival for >100 days with normal histology despite the presence of systemic and intragraft anti-donor Abs and complement, suggesting ongoing accommodation. Furthermore, double-transplant experiments demonstrated that immunological alterations in both the graft and the recipient were required for successful graft accommodation to occur. These data suggest that terminal complement blockade with a functionally blocking Ab represents a promising therapeutic approach to prevent AMR in presensitized recipients.


Assuntos
Anticorpos/imunologia , Proteínas do Sistema Complemento/metabolismo , Rejeição de Enxerto/imunologia , Sobrevivência de Enxerto/imunologia , Animais , Ciclofosfamida/farmacologia , Ciclosporina/farmacologia , Rejeição de Enxerto/patologia , Rejeição de Enxerto/prevenção & controle , Transplante de Coração/imunologia , Transplante de Coração/patologia , Masculino , Camundongos , Necrose/imunologia , Necrose/patologia , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-2/metabolismo , Transplante de Pele/imunologia , Transplante de Pele/patologia , Taxa de Sobrevida , Fatores de Tempo , Transplante Homólogo/imunologia
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J Immunol ; 177(10): 6920-9, 2006 Nov 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17082607

RESUMO

The ability to control the response of B cells is of particular interest in xenotransplantation as Ab-mediated hyperacute and acute xenograft rejection are major obstacles in achieving long-term graft survival. Regulatory T cells have been proven to play a very important role in the regulation of immune responses to self or non-self Ags. Previous studies have shown that TCRalphabeta+CD3+CD4-CD8- (double-negative (DN)) T cells possess an immune regulatory function, capable of controlling antidonor T cell responses in allo- and xenotransplantation through Fas-Fas ligand interaction. In this study, we investigated the possibility that xenoreactive DNT cells suppress B cells. We found that DNT cells generated from wild-type C57BL/6 mice expressed B220 and CD25 after rat Ag stimulation. These xenoreactive B220+CD25+ DNT cells lysed activated, but not naive, B and T cells. This killing, which took place through cell-cell contact, required participation of adhesion molecules. Our results indicate that Fas ligand, TGF-beta, TNF-alpha, and TCR-MHC recognition was not involved in DNT cell-mediated syngenic cell killing, but instead this killing was mediated by perforin and granzymes. The xenoreactive DNT cells expressed high levels of granzymes in comparison to allo- or xenoreactive CD8+ T cells. Adoptive transfer of DNT cells in combination with early immune suppression by immunosuppressive analog of 15-deoxyspergualin, LF15-0195, significantly prolonged rat heart graft survival to 62.1 +/- 13.9 days in mice recipients. In conclusion, this study suggests that xenoreactive DNT cells can control B and T cell responses in perforin/granzyme-dependent mechanisms. DNT cells may be valuable in controlling B and T cell responses in xenotransplantation.


Assuntos
Antígenos Heterófilos/fisiologia , Subpopulações de Linfócitos B/imunologia , Citotoxicidade Imunológica , Proteína Ligante Fas/fisiologia , Granzimas/fisiologia , Ativação Linfocitária , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/fisiologia , Proteínas Citotóxicas Formadoras de Poros/fisiologia , Transdução de Sinais/imunologia , Subpopulações de Linfócitos T/imunologia , Receptor fas/fisiologia , Transferência Adotiva , Animais , Antígenos Heterófilos/administração & dosagem , Subpopulações de Linfócitos B/citologia , Subpopulações de Linfócitos B/metabolismo , Comunicação Celular/genética , Comunicação Celular/imunologia , Morte Celular/genética , Morte Celular/imunologia , Técnicas de Cocultura , Citotoxicidade Imunológica/genética , Proteína Ligante Fas/deficiência , Proteína Ligante Fas/genética , Sobrevivência de Enxerto/genética , Sobrevivência de Enxerto/imunologia , Transplante de Coração/imunologia , Ativação Linfocitária/genética , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/deficiência , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/genética , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Perforina , Proteínas Citotóxicas Formadoras de Poros/deficiência , Proteínas Citotóxicas Formadoras de Poros/genética , Ratos , Ratos Endogâmicos BN , Ratos Endogâmicos Lew , Transdução de Sinais/genética , Baço/citologia , Baço/imunologia , Subpopulações de Linfócitos T/citologia , Subpopulações de Linfócitos T/transplante
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Transplantation ; 81(6): 908-14, 2006 Mar 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16570016

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: In previous studies we have demonstrated that Serp-1, a myxoma virus encoded serine protease inhibitor, dramatically inhibits neointimal hyperplasia in vascular injury and aortic transplant models. Here we examined the effect of peritransplant Serp-1 administration on chronic renal allograft rejection. METHODS: Rat renal transplants were performed with sequential recipient sacrifice on postoperative days 2, 10 and 140 to examine both the acute and chronic effects of Serp-1 in recipient rats. RESULTS: Serp-1 administration reduced early posttransplant injury (POD 2) with less acute tubular and vascular necrosis. This translated into a reduction of the characteristic late stage changes of chronic rejection (POD 140), with significantly decreased glomerulosclerosis and neointimal hyperplasia. Effects of Serp-1 treatment were already evident as early as POD 2 with markedly decreased levels of TGF-beta mRNA witnessed at both the early and late time points (POD 2, 10 and 140). CONCLUSION: We have demonstrated that peritransplant Serp-1 viral protein decreased early injury and allowed reduced chronic rejection in a rat renal model. Recipients treated with Serp-1 are associated with a decrease in TGF-beta mRNA levels in the allografts suggesting that the serine protease inhibitor may inhibit TGF-beta transcription and its profibrotic effects.


Assuntos
Rejeição de Enxerto/prevenção & controle , Transplante de Rim , Serpinas/uso terapêutico , Proteínas Virais/uso terapêutico , Animais , Doença Crônica , Rejeição de Enxerto/patologia , RNA Mensageiro/análise , Ratos , Ratos Endogâmicos F344 , Ratos Endogâmicos Lew , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta/genética , Transplante Homólogo
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J Immunol ; 176(6): 3525-35, 2006 Mar 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16517721

RESUMO

We determined whether distinct subclasses of dendritic cells (DC) could polarize cytokine production and regulate the pattern of xenograft rejection. C57BL/6 recipients, transplanted with Lewis rat hearts, exhibited a predominantly CD11c(+)CD8alpha(+) splenic DC population and an intragraft cytokine profile characteristic of a Th1-dominant response. In contrast, BALB/c recipients of Lewis rat heart xenografts displayed a predominantly CD11c(+)CD8alpha(-) splenic DC population and IL-4 intragraft expression characteristic of a Th2 response. In addition, the CD11c(+)IL-12(+) splenic DC population in C57BL/6 recipients was significantly higher than that in BALB/c recipients. Adoptive transfer of syngeneic CD8alpha(-) bone marrow-derived DC shifted a Th1-dominant, slow cell-mediated rejection to a Th2-dominant, aggressive acute vascular rejection (AVR) in C57BL/6 mice. This was associated with a cytokine shift from Th1 to Th2 in these mice. In contrast, transfer of CD8alpha(+) bone marrow-derived DC shifted AVR to cell-mediated rejection in BALB/c mice and significantly prolonged graft survival time from 6.0 +/- 0.6 days to 14.2 +/- 0.8 days. CD8alpha(+) DC transfer rendered BALB/c mice susceptible to cyclosporine therapy, thereby facilitating long-term graft survival. Furthermore, CD8alpha(+) DC transfer in IL-12-deficient mice reconstituted IL-12 expression, induced Th1 response, and attenuated AVR. Our data suggest that the pattern of acute xenogeneic rejection can be regulated by distinct DC subsets.


Assuntos
Ciclosporina/uso terapêutico , Células Dendríticas/imunologia , Rejeição de Enxerto/imunologia , Rejeição de Enxerto/prevenção & controle , Transplante Heterólogo/imunologia , Doença Aguda , Animais , Anticorpos/imunologia , Antígenos CD8/metabolismo , Vasos Coronários/imunologia , Ciclosporina/farmacologia , Citocinas/genética , Células Dendríticas/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Dendríticas/metabolismo , Rejeição de Enxerto/tratamento farmacológico , Sobrevivência de Enxerto/efeitos dos fármacos , Sobrevivência de Enxerto/imunologia , Transplante de Coração , Masculino , Camundongos , Miocárdio/imunologia , Miocárdio/metabolismo , Miocárdio/patologia , Ratos , Taxa de Sobrevida , Fatores de Tempo
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J Pharmacol Exp Ther ; 314(3): 1218-25, 2005 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15933158

RESUMO

Impairment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected cells to deal with reactive drug metabolites may be a mechanism for the increased rate of adverse drug reactions seen in AIDS. HIV Tat protein expression may be associated with increased oxidative stress within HIV-infected cells. To determine the relationship between expression of HIV Tat and sensitivity to reactive drug metabolites, we studied toxicity of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) and its reactive hydroxylamine intermediate (SMX-HA) in lymphocytes transfected with the HIV tat gene. Over a concentration range from 0 to 400 microM SMX-HA, there was a significant concentration-dependent increase in cell death in transfected cell lines expressing Tat compared with controls. Jurkat T cells transfected with a dose-dependent inducible tat gene showed increased toxicity in response to SMX-HA as more Tat expression was induced. Enhanced sensitivity to SMX-HA was accompanied by significantly lower concentrations of total intracellular glutathione compared with controls (P < 0.05). Sensitivity to reactive drug metabolites in HIV-infected cells seems to be mediated by the viral protein Tat.


Assuntos
Produtos do Gene tat/biossíntese , HIV-1/metabolismo , Sulfonamidas/efeitos adversos , Linhagem Celular , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Glutationa/análise , Humanos , Sulfonamidas/metabolismo , Produtos do Gene tat do Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana
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Mol Cell Biol ; 23(22): 8042-57, 2003 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14585965

RESUMO

Stimulation of T cells through their antigen receptors (TCRs) causes a transient increase in the intracellular concentration of cyclic AMP (cAMP). However, sustained high levels of cAMP inhibit T-cell responses, suggesting that TCR signaling is coordinated with the activation of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs). The molecular basis of such a pathway is unknown. Here we show that TCR-dependent signaling activates PDE4B2 and that this enhances interleukin-2 production. Such an effect requires the regulatory N terminus of PDE4B2 and correlates with partitioning within lipid rafts, early targeting of this PDE to the immunological synapse, and subsequent accumulation in the antipodal pole of the T cell as activation proceeds.


Assuntos
3',5'-AMP Cíclico Fosfodiesterases/metabolismo , Linfócitos T/enzimologia , Linfócitos T/imunologia , 3',5'-AMP Cíclico Fosfodiesterases/química , 3',5'-AMP Cíclico Fosfodiesterases/genética , Compartimento Celular , Nucleotídeo Cíclico Fosfodiesterase do Tipo 4 , Ativação Enzimática , Humanos , Técnicas In Vitro , Interleucina-2/biossíntese , Células Jurkat , Ativação Linfocitária , Microdomínios da Membrana/enzimologia , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T/metabolismo , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/química , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/metabolismo , Deleção de Sequência , Transdução de Sinais
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