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Jackson JD, Zhou G, Kuszynski CA, Cai J, Fox IJ. Induction of Chimerism in Mice Using Human MHC Class I-Mismatched Hoechst 33342 Side Population Donor Stem Cells. Cell Transplant 2017. [DOI: 10.3727/000000002783985224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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A population of Hoechst 33342-stained cells, termed side population (SP) cells, can reconstitute the hematopoietic system of syngeneic mice. This study examined whether limiting numbers of SP cells can repopulate mice across a xenogeneic MHC class I barrier. SP cells were isolated from HLA.B7 and HLA.A2.1 transgenic mice by FACS and placed in colony assays or transplanted into irradiated C57BL/6 (B/6) recipients. SP cells contained few colony-forming cells when placed directly in culture. The number of GM-CFC and HPP-CFC increased up to 3000- and 300-fold, respectively, after 7 days in IL-3- and SCF-stimulated liquid culture. BMC-derived GM-CFC increased up to only 12-fold and HPP-CFC decreased after 7 days in culture. HLA-B7 SP cells (2500–5000) were transplanted into lethal-irradiated B/6 mice. Two-color flow analysis, 4–6 weeks after transplantation, showed that HLA-B7 expression in granulocyte-, macrophage-, and lymphocyte-specific lineages from reconstituted mice was similar to that in B7 transgenic mice. Secondary transplanted B/6 mice also showed a pattern of HLA-B7 expression similar to that in transgenic mice and were followed for longer than 16 weeks with stable chimerism. When HLA-A2.1 SP cells were transplanted into sublethally irradiated mice, 50% of the mice expressed HLA-A2 by PCR analysis in short-term repopulation studies. These data confirm that limiting numbers of SP cells can repopulate the major hematopoietic lineages in lethal and sublethally irradiated mice across a human MHC class I barrier. Therefore, SP cells may be useful for establishing mixed chimerism, which may induce immunologic nonresponsiveness to donor antigens in solid organ transplantation.
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- John D. Jackson
- Department of Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198
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- Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198
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- Department of Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198
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- Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198
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- Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198
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Recognition of donor antigens by recipient T cells in secondary lymphoid organs initiates the adaptive inflammatory immune response leading to the rejection of allogeneic transplants. Allospecific T cells become activated through interaction of their T cell receptors with intact allogeneic major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules on donor cells (direct pathway) and/or donor peptides presented by self-MHC molecules on recipient antigen-presenting cells (APCs) (indirect pathway). In addition, recent studies show that alloreactive T cells can also be stimulated through recognition of allogeneic MHC molecules displayed on recipient APCs (MHC cross-dressing) after their transfer via cell-cell contact or through extracellular vesicles (semi-direct pathway). The specific allorecognition pathway used by T cells is dictated by intrinsic and extrinsic factors to the allograft and can influence the nature and magnitude of the alloresponse and rejection process. Consequently, various organs and tissues such as skin, cornea, and solid organ transplants are recognized differently by pro-inflammatory T cells through these distinct pathways, which may explain why these grafts are rejected in a different fashion. On the other hand, the mechanisms by which anti-inflammatory regulatory T cells (Tregs) recognize alloantigen and promote transplantation tolerance are still unclear. It is likely that thymic Tregs are activated through indirect allorecognition, while peripheral Tregs recognize alloantigens in a direct fashion. As we gain insights into the mechanisms underlying allorecognition by pro-inflammatory and Treg cells, novel strategies are being designed to prevent allograft rejection in the absence of ongoing immunosuppressive drug treatment in patients.
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- Jose Marino
- Center for Transplantation Sciences, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Transplantation Sciences, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Transplantation Sciences, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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LeGuern C, Akiyama Y, Germana S, Tanaka K, Fernandez L, Iwamoto Y, Houser S, Benichou G. Intracellular MHC class II controls regulatory tolerance to allogeneic transplants. J Immunol 2010; 184:2394-400. [PMID: 20100928 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0803664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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MHC class II (MHCII) genes have been implicated in the regulation of T lymphocyte responses. However, the mechanism of MHCII-driven regulation remains unknown. Matching for MHCII between donors and recipients of allografts favors regulatory T cell tolerance to transplants and provides a unique opportunity to study this regulation. In this study, we investigated MHCII regulation using transfer of donor MHCII genes in recipients of cardiac allografts. Transfer of MHCII IA(b) genes in the bone marrow of CBA mice (H-2(k)) prior to the grafting of IA(b+) fully allogeneic C57BL/6 (B6, H-2(b)) heart transplants resulted in donor-specific tolerance associated with long-term survival of B6, but not third-party, allografts without sustained immunosuppression. Strikingly, the majority of accepted heart transplants (>170 d) were devoid of allograft vasculopathy. Further studies indicated that intracellular IA(b) initiated the tolerogenic process, which was mediated by regulatory T cells (Tregs) that polarized antigraft responses to Th2 cytokine producers. This mechanism seems to be unique to MHCII genes, because previous MHC class I gene-based therapies failed to produce Tregs. These results demonstrate the key role of MHCII in the induction of Tregs. They also underscore a potential mechanism of specific inactivation of T cells in this model; when activated by IA(b+) grafts, IA(b)-specific Tregs repress the entire alloresponse to C57BL/6 transplants (including MHC I and minor Ags), thus mediating T cell tolerance.
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- Christian LeGuern
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, MGH-East, Building 149-9019, 13th Street, Boston, MA 02129, USA.
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The inactivation of persisting T lymphocytes reactive to self- and non-self-antigens is a major arm of operational immune tolerance in mammals. Silencing of such T cells proceeds mostly by means of suppression, a process that is mediated by regulatory T-cell subsets and especially by CD4(+)CD(25high) regulatory T cells (Treg). Although Treg activation and ensuing suppressive activity appear to be major histocompatibility complex class II dependent, the fine specificity of Treg T-cell receptors has not yet been elucidated. Recent data from the author's laboratory on a class II gene therapy induction of tolerance to allogeneic kidney grafts suggest that class II peptides are involved as generic signals for Treg activation. A brief compilation of results that would support this hypothesis is discussed in the present article.
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- Christian LeGuern
- Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.
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Denaro M, Kolber-Simonds D, Schad V, Muthukumar S, Germana S, White-Scharf ME, Banerjee PT, LeGuern C, Andersson G. Expression of xenogeneic MHC class II molecules in HLA-DR(+) and -DR(-) cells: influence of retrovirus vector design and cellular context. Xenotransplantation 2002; 9:115-24. [PMID: 11897004 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3089.2002.1o038.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We recently established that molecular chimeras of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules, created via retroviral transfer of allogeneic class II cDNAs into bone marrow cells (BMCs), alleviated complications associated with mixed BMC chimeras while leading to T cell tolerance to renal grafts sharing the transferred class II. Initially demonstrated for allogeneic transplants in miniature swine, this concept was extended to T-dependent antibody (Ab) responses to xenogeneic antigens (Ags) in the pig --> baboon combination. Successful down-regulation of T cell responses appeared, however, to be contingent on a tight lineage-specific expression of transferred class II molecules. The present studies were, therefore, designed to evaluate the influence of construct design and cellular environment on expression of retrovirally transferred xenogeneic class II cDNAs. Proviral genomes for pig class II SLA-DR expression, differing only at the marker neo(r) or enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) gene, showed increased membrane SLA-DR density on HLA-DR(-) fibroblasts as well as HLA-DR(+), TF-1 erythroleukemia cells. More importantly, HLA-DR(+) human B cell lines, although efficiently transduced with pig DR retroviruses, exhibited unstable surface pig DR. Surface pig DR- B cells, nevertheless, stimulated autologous human T cells pre-sensitized to pig Ags, a proliferation likely occurring through presentation of class II-derived peptides. Collectively, these data suggest that surface expression of transferred class II molecules is not related to the ability of recipient cells to synthesize xenogeneic class II molecules but rather to their Ag processing capacities.
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- Maria Denaro
- BioTransplant Incorporated, Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, MA, USA
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Sonntag KC, Emery DW, Yasumoto A, Haller G, Germana S, Sablinski T, Shimizu A, Yamada K, Shimada H, Arn S, Sachs DH, LeGuern C. Tolerance to solid organ transplants through transfer of MHC class II genes. J Clin Invest 2001; 107:65-71. [PMID: 11134181 PMCID: PMC198548 DOI: 10.1172/jci11015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Donor/recipient MHC class II matching permits survival of experimental allografts without permanent immunosuppression, but is not clinically applicable due to the extensive polymorphism of this locus. As an alternative, we have tested a gene therapy approach in a preclinical animal model to determine whether expression of allogeneic class II transgenes (Tg's) in recipient bone marrow cells would allow survival of subsequent Tg-matched renal allografts. Somatic matching between donor kidney class II and the recipient Tg's, in combination with a short treatment of cyclosporine A, prolonged graft survival with DR and promoted tolerance with DQ. Class II Tg expression in the lymphoid lineage and the graft itself were sequentially implicated in this tolerance induction. These results demonstrate the potential of MHC class II gene transfer to permit tolerance to solid organ allografts.
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- K C Sonntag
- Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Sonntag KC, Nebhard N, Haller GW, Yasumoto A, Sachs DH, LeGuern C. Assessment of transduction rates of porcine bone marrow. J Hematother Stem Cell Res 2000; 9:721-6. [PMID: 11091496 DOI: 10.1089/15258160050196768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Although drug resistance is commonly used as an indicator of gene transfer in various cellular contexts, the assessment of drug resistance is often imprecise and over-estimated. To measure accurately transduction efficiencies of the retroviral-mediated transfer of genes encoding the neomycine phosphotransferase (Neo(r)) and porcine major histocompatibility (MHC) class II in pig bone marrow cells (BMC), the fraction of targeted progenitors was evaluated by both colony-forming unit granulocytes/macrophages assays (G418r CFU-GM) and by PCR analysis of the transgenes (Tg). Transduced and untransduced BMC were selected at different concentrations of G418 and revealed high individual variability of drug sensitivity. Comparison of the results obtained by estimating the CFU frequency and the PCR assays on drug-resistant colonies demonstrated a marked overestimation of BM transduction rates when determined by G418 resistance alone, because only approximately one-third of individual colonies were positive for both the Neo(r) and the class II Tg. Because this discrepancy is likely to affect the overall assessment of transduction rates using drug resistance markers, our data attest for the need of a combination of molecular assays to determine transduction efficiencies accurately.
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- K C Sonntag
- Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, MGH-East, Boston 02129, USA
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Sonntag KC, Haller GW, Giauffret D, Germana S, Reeves SA, Levy J, Sachs DH, LeGuern C. Regulated expression of an MHC class II gene from a promoter-inducible retrovirus. Hum Gene Ther 2000; 11:1961-9. [PMID: 11020796 DOI: 10.1089/10430340050143390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Specific immune tolerance to fully allogeneic kidney grafts can be achieved in a miniature swine transplantation model by retrovirus-mediated transfer of allogeneic MHC class II genes into bone marrow cells (BMCs) of recipient animals. Graft survival correlated with transient expression of the somatic transgene (Tg) in the induction phase of tolerance. With the aim of investigating the effects of timing and threshold levels of Tg expression on induction of hyporesponsiveness to the grafted tissues, two recombinant retrovirus constructs containing the tetracycline binary regulatory system were used to achieve conditional expression of either the green fluorescent protein (tetGFP) as a control, or the porcine MHC class II DRbeta chain (tetDRB). Effective downregulation of GFP gene transcription was demonstrated in transduced murine fibroblasts after doxycycline treatment, leading to a > 90% reduction of GFP fluorescence. Similar diminution of the DRB gene transcription was achieved in transduced pig endothelial cells (ECs). Drug-dependent downregulation of DRBc gene expression in SLAd pig ECs coincided with complete inhibition of allogeneic activation of anti-class IIc-primed SLAd T cells. These in vitro results suggest that the binary tetracycline retrovirus system may also be adequate to regulate MHC class II Tg expression in vivo.
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- K C Sonntag
- Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA
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Salmon H, Johnson I, Germana S, Haller GW, Sachs DH, Leguern C. Dendritic cells enriched from swine thymus co-express CD1, CD2 and major histocompatibility complex class II and actively stimulate alloreactive T lymphocytes. Scand J Immunol 2000; 52:164-72. [PMID: 10931384 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2000.00768.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Initial characterization and partial purification of thymic dendritic cells (DC) from miniature swine were carried out with the ultimate goal of using these cells to induce transplantation tolerance in this preclinical animal model. Immunohistochemical analysis of swine thymic tissue sections has shown DC to be large cells located in the medullary and the cortico-medullary regions as evidenced by the presence of surrounding Hassal bodies. These cells exhibit membrane processes and express the CD1, granulocyte/macrophage (G/M), and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II surface antigens, as well as the S100 cytosolic and nuclear markers found in humans to be specific for DC. Dendritic cells were purified from thymi following collagenase treatment, Percoll gradient centrifugation, and adhesion steps to plastic. Cells similar in morphology and phenotype to those described in tissue sections were detected in the lighter density layers of the gradient and represented 0.02% of the starting cell number. Removal of plastic nonadherent cells showed enrichment levels similar to those reported for murine and human DC. Two-colour flow cytometric analysis of purified pig DC identified these cells as MHC class IIhi, CD1+, CD2+, and G/M+. The dendritic nature of these cells was confirmed by their potent ability to stimulate alloreactive T lymphocytes. Modification of porcine thymic DC by transfer of allogeneic MHC genes and reinjection into the DC donor should permit testing of the role of this DC subset in the induction of transplantation tolerance.
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- H Salmon
- Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, MGH-East, Bldg 149-9019, 13th Street, Boston, MA 01229, USA
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Shimada H, Germana S, Sonntag KC, Banerjee P, Moore D, Sachs DH, LeGuern C. MHC class II alpha/beta heterodimeric cell surface molecules expressed from a single proviral genome. Hum Gene Ther 1999; 10:2397-405. [PMID: 10515459 DOI: 10.1089/10430349950017040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Transplantation tolerance to renal allografts can be induced in large animal preclinical models if the donor and recipient have identical major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II loci. Such class II matching is, however, not clinically achievable owing to the extreme diversity of class II sequences. With the ultimate goal of creating a somatic class II match in the bone marrow of an allograft recipient, the aim of the study is to develop a double-copy retrovirus construct to express both chains of the MHC class II DQ glycoprotein on a single transduced cell. Analysis of the expression patterns of the retroviral DQ transgenes in both virus producer and transduced fibroblasts revealed correct transcription and stable surface expression of the DQ heterodimers. In addition, we demonstrate that both the DQA and DQB sequences are functional within the same proviral copy, a prerequisite for efficient induction of transplantation tolerance following transduction of bone marrow precursor cells. The DQ double-copy retrovirus vector showed efficient expression of the transferred class II cDNA in murine colony-forming units for the granulocyte-monocyte lineage (CFU-GM), indicating that it is suitable for gene therapy of multimeric proteins in hematopoietic cells.
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- H Shimada
- Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston 02129, USA
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Aran JM, Fillat C, Estivill X. Genetic engineering approaches for organ transplantation. Transplant Proc 1999; 31:2228-9. [PMID: 10500555 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(99)00316-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- J M Aran
- Centre de Genètica Mèdica i Molecular, Hospital Duran i Reynals, Barcelona, Spain
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Shimada H, Alexander RC, Germana S, Sachs DH, LeGuern C. Recombinant retrovirus vectors for the expression of MHC class II heterodimers. Surg Today 1999; 29:533-41. [PMID: 10385368 DOI: 10.1007/bf02482348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Class II antigens are critical in determining the fate of vascularized allografts across major histocompatibility differences. We have recently developed a new approach to induce transplantation tolerance in miniature swine by creating MHC class II antigen "molecular chimerism" in bone marrow cells of potential recipients through retrovirus-mediated gene transfer. As part of this project, the ability of a recombinant double-expression vector (ZQ32N) to express MHC class II DQA and DQB was investigated. Flow cytometry analyses of ZQ32N transfected virus-producer cells demonstrated the cell surface expression of DQa/DQb heterodimers, thus suggesting a correct transcription, translation, and transport of the swine polypeptides to the cell surface. The analyses of RNA isolated from virus particles produced from ZQ32N transfected virus-producer cells indicated the DQ sequences to be correctly packaged. However, the DQ-negative cells transduced with the ZQ32N retrovirus did not show any DQ-retrovirus surface expression. Southern and Northern blot analyses of ZQ32N transfected and transduced cells strongly suggested DNA rearrangements and deletions which could account for transgene expression loss. An analysis of transduced cell genomes suggested DNA recombinations targeted to homologous sequences within the recombinant provirus. The implications of the sequence instability in designing vectors for gene therapy of organ transplantation are discussed.
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- H Shimada
- Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston 02129, USA
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Ierino FL, Gojo S, Banerjee PT, Giovino M, Xu Y, Gere J, Kaynor C, Awwad M, Monroy R, Rembert J, Hatch T, Foley A, Kozlowski T, Yamada K, Neethling FA, Fishman J, Bailin M, Spitzer TR, Cooper DK, Cosimi AB, LeGuern C, Sachs DH. Transfer of swine major histocompatibility complex class II genes into autologous bone marrow cells of baboons for the induction of tolerance across xenogeneic barriers. Transplantation 1999; 67:1119-28. [PMID: 10232561 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199904270-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND The present study examined the potential role of gene therapy in the induction of tolerance to anti-porcine major histocompatibility complex (SLA) class II-mediated responses after porcine renal or skin xenografts. METHODS Baboons were treated with a non-myeloablative or a myeloablative preparative regimen before bone marrow transplantation with autologous bone marrow cells retrovirally transduced to express both SLA class II DR and neomycin phosphotransferase (NeoR) genes, or the NeoR gene alone. Four months or more after bone marrow transplantation, the immunological response to a porcine kidney or skin xenograft was examined. Both the renal and skin xenografts were SLA DR-matched to the transgene, and recipients were conditioned by combinations of complement inhibitors, adsorption of natural antibodies, immunosuppressive therapy, and splenectomy. RESULTS Although the long-term presence of the SLA transgene was detected in the peripheral blood and/or bone marrow cells of all baboons, the transcription of the transgene was transient. Autopsy tissues were available from one animal and demonstrated expression of the SLA DR transgene in lymphohematopoietic tissues. After kidney and skin transplantation, xenografts were rejected after 8-22 days. Long-term follow-up of control animals demonstrated that high levels of induced IgG antibodies to new non-alphaGal epitopes developed after organ rejection. In contrast, induced non-alphaGal IgG antibody responses were minimal in the SLA DR-transduced baboons. CONCLUSIONS Transfer and expression of xenogeneic class II DR transgenes can be achieved in baboons. This therapy may prevent late T cell-dependent responses to porcine xenografts, which include induced non-alphaGal IgG antibody responses.
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- F L Ierino
- Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA
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Banerjee PT, Kaynor GC, Muthukumar S, Denaro M, Shimada H, Zhu S, Rosa MD, Sachs DH, LeGuern C. A polycistronic retrovirus vector for expression of swine MHC class II DRaα/β heterodimers. Xenotransplantation 1997. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3089.1997.tb00180.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Germana S, Shimada H, Sachs DH, LeGuern C. Retroviral vectors transfer functional MHC class II heterodimers into bone marrow: a genetic approach to tolerance induction. Transplant Proc 1997; 29:1129. [PMID: 9123230 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(96)00463-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- S Germana
- Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02129, USA
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