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Han DK, Hong SK, Yun IH, Yan JJ, Park J, Kim SW, Seok SH, Kim H, Ji G, Choi Y, Lee KW, Suh KS, Yang J, Yi NJ. Anti-intercellular adhesion molecule 1 monomaintenance therapy induced long-term liver allograft survival without chronic rejection. Am J Transplant 2024:S1600-6135(24)00247-8. [PMID: 38561059 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2024.03.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) are essential in liver transplantation (LT); however, their long-term use leads to various adverse effects. The anti-intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 monoclonal antibody MD3 is a potential alternative to CNI. Despite its promising results with short-term therapy, overcoming the challenge of chronic rejection remains important. Thus, we aimed to investigate the outcomes of long-term MD3 therapy with monthly MD3 monomaintenance in nonhuman primate LT models. Rhesus macaques underwent major histocompatibility complex-mismatched allogeneic LT. The conventional immunosuppression group (Con-IS, n = 4) received steroid, tacrolimus, and sirolimus by 4 months posttransplantation. The induction MD3 group (IN-MD3, n = 5) received short-term MD3 therapy for 3 months with Con-IS. The maintenance MD3 group (MA-MD3, n = 4) received MD3 for 3 months, monthly doses by 2 years, and then quarterly. The MA-MD3 group exhibited stable liver function without overt infection and had significantly better liver allograft survival than the IN-MD3 group. Development of donor-specific antibody and chronic rejection were suppressed in the MA-MD3 group but not in the IN-MD3 group. Donor-specific T cell responses were attenuated in the MA-MD3 group. In conclusion, MD3 monomaintenance therapy without maintenance CNI provides long-term liver allograft survival by suppressing chronic rejection, offering a potential breakthrough for future human trials.
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- Dong Kyu Han
- Graduate School of Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; The Research Institute for Transplantation, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; The Research Institute for Transplantation, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Veterinary Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon, Republic of Korea; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Institute of Endemic Disease, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Institute of Endemic Disease, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Kumho HT, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; The Research Institute for Transplantation, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Bremer W, Blasczyk H, Yin X, Duron ES, Grakoui A, Feng Z, Walker C. Resolution of hepatitis E virus infection in CD8+ T cell-depleted rhesus macaques. J Hepatol 2021; 75:557-564. [PMID: 33961939 PMCID: PMC8603813 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.04.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Revised: 04/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS HEV is a significant cause of acute hepatitis globally. Some genotypes establish persistent infection when immunity is impaired. Adaptive immune mechanisms that mediate resolution of infection have not been identified. Herein, the requirement for CD8+ T cells to control HEV infection was assessed in rhesus macaques, a model of acute and persistent HEV infection in humans. METHODS Rhesus macaques were untreated or treated with depleting anti-CD8α monoclonal antibodies before challenge with an HEV genotype (gt)3 isolate derived from a chronically infected human patient. HEV replication, alanine aminotransferase, anti-capsid antibody and HEV-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses were assessed after infection. RESULTS HEV control in untreated macaques coincided with the onset of a neutralizing IgG response against the ORF2 capsid and liver infiltration of functional HEV-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. Virus control was delayed by 1 week in CD8+ T cell-depleted macaques. Infection resolved with onset of a neutralizing IgG antibody response and a much more robust expansion of CD4+ T cells with antiviral effector function. CONCLUSIONS Liver infiltration of functional CD8+ T cells coincident with HEV clearance in untreated rhesus macaques, and a 1-week delay in HEV clearance in CD8+ T cell-depleted rhesus macaques, support a role for this subset in timely control of virus replication. Resolution of infection in the absence of CD8+ T cells nonetheless indicates that neutralizing antibodies and/or CD4+ T cells may act autonomously to inhibit HEV replication. HEV susceptibility to multiple adaptive effector mechanisms may explain why persistence occurs only with generalized immune suppression. The findings also suggest that neutralizing antibodies and/or CD4+ T cells should be considered as a component of immunotherapy for chronic infection. LAY SUMMARY The hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major cause of liver disease globally. Some genetic types (genotypes) of HEV persist in the body if immunity is impaired. Our objective was to identify immune responses that promote clearance of HEV. Findings indicate that HEV may be susceptible to multiple arms of the immune response that can act independently to terminate infection. They also provide a pathway to assess immune therapies for chronic HEV infection.
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- William Bremer
- Center for Vaccines and Immunity, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s, 700 Children’s Drive, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Center for Vaccines and Immunity, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s, 700 Children’s Drive, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Center for Vaccines and Immunity, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s, 700 Children’s Drive, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory Vaccine Center and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory Vaccine Center and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Center for Vaccines and Immunity, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s, 700 Children’s Drive, Columbus, OH, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Center for Vaccines and Immunity, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH, USA; Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory Vaccine Center and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Hong SK, Han D, Lee SK, Kim J, Hwang ES, Kim H, Lee JI, Hong K, Han ES, Cho JH, Lee JM, Choi Y, Lee KW, Yi NJ, Yang J, Suh KS. Short-term therapy with anti-ICAM-1 monoclonal antibody induced long-term liver allograft survival in nonhuman primates. Am J Transplant 2021; 21:2978-2991. [PMID: 33423374 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Revised: 12/20/2020] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Tolerance induction remains challenging following liver transplantation and the long-term use of immunosuppressants, especially calcineurin inhibitors, leads to serious complications. We aimed to test an alternative immunosuppressant, a chimeric anti-ICAM-1 monoclonal antibody, MD-3, for improving the outcomes of liver transplantation. We used a rhesus macaque liver transplantation model and monkeys were divided into three groups: no immunosuppression (n = 2), conventional immunosuppression (n = 4), and MD-3 (n = 5). Without immunosuppression, liver allografts failed within a week by acute rejection. Sixteen-week-long conventional immunosuppression that consisted of prednisolone, tacrolimus, and an mTOR inhibitor prolonged liver allograft survival; however, recipients died of acute T cell-mediated rejection (day 52), chronic rejection (days 62 and 66), or adverse effects of mTOR inhibitor (day 32). In contrast, 12-week-long MD-3 therapy with transient conventional immunosuppression in the MD-3 group significantly prolonged the survival of liver allograft recipients (5, 96, 216, 412, 730 days; p = .0483). MD-3 effectively suppressed intragraft inflammatory cell infiltration, anti-donor T cell responses, and donor-specific antibody with intact anti-cytomegalovirus antibody responses. However, this regimen ended in chronic rejection. In conclusion, short-term therapy with MD-3 markedly improved liver allograft survival to 2 years without maintenance of immunosuppressant. MD-3 is therefore a promising immune-modulating agent for liver transplantation.
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- Suk Kyun Hong
- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Department of Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Department of Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Transplantation Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Wang Z, Metcalf B, Kasheta M, Kasala-Hallinan C, Tran D, Johnson RP, Else JG, Karl J, O'Connor D, Apetrei C, Kaur A. Characterization of MHC class I alleles in sooty mangabeys as a tool for evaluating cellular immunity in natural hosts of SIV infection. Immunogenetics 2015; 67:447-61. [PMID: 26129855 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-015-0853-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2015] [Accepted: 06/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Although immune pressure exerted by MHC class I-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) are an important determinant of outcome in pathogenic HIV and SIV infection, lack of data on MHC class I genes has hampered study of its role in natural hosts with nonpathogenic SIV infection. In this study, we cloned and characterized full-length MHC class I genes derived from the cDNA library of two unrelated naturally infected sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) in whom SIV-specific CTL epitopes were previously mapped. Twenty one full-length MHC class I alleles consisting of five MHC-A (Ceat-A), 13 MHC-B (Ceat-B), and three MHC-E (Ceat-E) alleles were identified. Sequence-specific primers (SSP) for high-throughput screening of genomic DNA by PCR were developed for 16 of the 18 Ceat-A and Ceat-B alleles. Screening of 62 SIV-negative and 123 SIV-infected sooty mangabeys at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center (YNPRC) revealed the presence of up to four MHC-A and eight MHC-B alleles in individual mangabeys, indicating that similar to macaque species, mangabeys have at least two duplications of the MHC-A locus and four duplications of the MHC-B locus in the absence of an MHC-C locus. Using stable transfectants of Ceat MHC Class I alleles in the MHC-null 721.221 cell line, we identified Ceat-B*12:01 as the restricting allele of a previously reported Nef20-28 CTL epitope. Ceat-B*1201/Nef20-28 tetramers identified tetramer-positive CD8+ T lymphocytes in Ceat-B*1201-positive SIV-infected mangabeys. This study has laid the groundwork for comprehensive analysis of CTL and SIV evolution in a natural host of SIV infection.
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- Zichun Wang
- Division of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, New England Primate Research Center, One Pine Hill Drive, Southborough, MA, 01772-9102, USA
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Ramakrishnan SK, Page A, Farris AB, Singh K, Leopardi F, Hamby K, Sen S, Polnett A, Deane T, Song M, Stempora L, Strobert E, Kirk AD, Larsen CP, Kean LS. Evidence for kidney rejection after combined bone marrow and renal transplantation despite ongoing whole-blood chimerism in rhesus macaques. Am J Transplant 2012; 12:1755-64. [PMID: 22642491 PMCID: PMC3387328 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04045.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Although there is evidence linking hematopoietic chimerism induction and solid organ transplant tolerance, the mechanistic requirements for chimerism-induced tolerance are not clearly elucidated. To address this, we used an MHC-defined primate model to determine the impact of impermanent, T cell-poor, mixed-chimerism on renal allograft survival. We compared two cohorts: one receiving a bone marrow and renal transplant ("BMT/renal") and one receiving only a renal transplant. Both cohorts received maintenance immunosuppression with CD28/CD40-directed costimulation blockade and sirolimus. As previously demonstrated, this transplant strategy consistently induced compartmentalized donor chimerism, (significant whole-blood chimerism, lacking T cell chimerism). This chimerism was not sufficient to prolong renal allograft acceptance: the BMT/renal mean survival time (MST, 76 days) was not significantly different than the renal transplant alone MST (85 days, p = 0.46), with histopathology documenting T cell mediated rejection. Flow cytometric analysis revealed significant enrichment for CD28-/CD95+ CD4+ and CD8+ Tem cells in the rejected kidney, suggesting a link between CD28-negative Tem and costimulation blockade-resistant rejection. These results suggest that in some settings, transient T cell-poor chimerism is not sufficient to induce tolerance to a concurrently placed renal allograft and that the presence of this chimerism per se is not an independent biomarker to identify tolerance.
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- Swetha K Ramakrishnan
- The Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- The Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- The Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322,Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta GA 30322
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- The Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- The Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- The Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- The Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- The Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- The Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- The Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- The Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- The Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- The Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- The Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322,Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service, Department of Pediatrics and The Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322,Corresponding Author Contact Information: Leslie S. Kean, 101 Woodruff Circle, NE, Room 5203, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, Department Fax: 404-727-3660 Phone: 404-727-5265
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Thompson P, Cardona K, Russell M, Badell IR, Shaffer V, Korbutt G, Cano J, Song M, Jiang W, Strobert E, Rajotte R, Pearson T, Kirk AD, Larsen CP, Larsen CP. CD40-specific costimulation blockade enhances neonatal porcine islet survival in nonhuman primates. Am J Transplant 2011; 11:947-57. [PMID: 21521467 PMCID: PMC4845096 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03509.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The widespread clinical implementation of alloislet transplantation as therapy for type 1 diabetes has been hindered by the lack of suitable islet donors. Pig-to-human islet xenotransplantation is one strategy with potential to alleviate this shortage. Long-term survival of porcine islets has been achieved using CD154-specific antibodies to interrupt the CD40/CD154 costimulation pathway; however, CD154-specific antibodies seem unlikely candidates for clinical translation. An alternative strategy for CD40/CD154 pathway interruption is use of CD40-specific antibodies. Herein, we evaluate the ability of a chimeric CD40-specific monoclonal antibody (Chi220) to protect islet xenografts. Neonatal porcine islets (~50,000 IEQ/kg) were transplanted intraportally into pancreatectomized diabetic macaques. Immunosuppression consisted of induction therapy with Chi220 and the IL-2 receptor-specific antibody basiliximab, and maintenance therapy with sirolimus and the B7-specific fusion protein belatacept. Chi220 effectively promoted xenoislet engraftment and survival, with five of six treated recipients achieving insulin-independent normoglycemia (median rejection-free survival 59 days; mean 90.8 days, maximum 203 days). No thromboembolic phenomena were observed. CD40 represents a promising alternative to CD154 as a therapeutic target, and the efficacy of CD40-specific antibodies in islet xenotransplantation warrants further investigation.
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- P Thompson
- Emory T ransplant Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA 30322
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- Emory T ransplant Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA 30322
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- Emory T ransplant Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA 30322
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- Emory T ransplant Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA 30322
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- Emory T ransplant Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA 30322
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- Surgical-Medical Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T 6G 2N8, Canada
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- Emory T ransplant Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA 30322
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- Emory T ransplant Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA 30322
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- Emory T ransplant Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA 30322
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- Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Atlanta, GA, USA 30322
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- Surgical-Medical Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T 6G 2N8, Canada
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- Emory T ransplant Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA 30322
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- Emory T ransplant Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA 30322
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- Emory T ransplant Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA 30322
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Imai A, Suzuki T, Sugitani A, Itoh T, Ueki S, Aoyagi T, Yamashita K, Taniguchi M, Takahashi N, Miura T, Shimamura T, Furukawa H, Todo S. A novel fully human anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody, 4D11, for kidney transplantation in cynomolgus monkeys. Transplantation 2008; 84:1020-8. [PMID: 17989608 DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000286058.79448.c7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND CD40-CD154 pathway blockade by anti-CD154 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) significantly prolongs allograft survival in nonhuman primates. However, thromboembolic complications have prevented clinical application. Thus, blockade of the counter molecule by a novel fully human anti-CD40 mAb, 4D11, is an attractive alternative. METHODS Kidney transplantations were performed between outbred cynomolgus monkeys (stimulation index >3 in a mixed lymphocyte reaction). The animals were divided into five groups: nontreatment control (Group 1, n=3), 10-week treatment with either 10 mg/kg (Group 2, n=3), 20 mg/kg (Group 3, n=3), or 40 mg/kg (Group 4, n=1), and 4-week treatment (Group 5, n=1 each) with 10 mg/kg, 20 mg/kg, or 40 mg/kg followed by monthly administration. Graft survival, biochemistry, complete blood counts, lymphocyte phenotypes, blood drug levels, antidonor and antidrug antibodies, and renal histology were examined. RESULTS Survival (days) was as follows: Group 1 (5, 6, 7), Group 2 (150, 108, 108), Group 3 (84, 108, 379), Group 4 (147), and Group 5 (147, 102, 112). Two animals in Group 3 with normal graft function were killed upon development of hydronephrosis and cerebral infarction. B lymphocytes fell to one-third of the preoperative value at 4 weeks after transplantation in all animals. Antidonor antibodies developed in most of the animals after stopping drug treatment or at the time of death. No animals except for one formed anti-4D11 antibody. CONCLUSION 4D11 appears to be a promising agent for antirejection treatment in clinical organ transplantation.
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- Atsushi Imai
- First Department of Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Cardona K, Milas Z, Strobert E, Cano J, Jiang W, Safley SA, Gangappa S, Hering BJ, Weber CJ, Pearson TC, Larsen CP. Engraftment of adult porcine islet xenografts in diabetic nonhuman primates through targeting of costimulation pathways. Am J Transplant 2007; 7:2260-8. [PMID: 17845561 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01933.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [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: 01/25/2023]
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Recent advances in human allogeneic islet transplantation have established beta-cell replacement therapy as a potentially viable treatment option for individuals afflicted with Type 1 diabetes. Two recent successes, one involving neonatal porcine islet xenografts transplanted into diabetic rhesus macaques treated with a costimulation blockade-based regimen and the other involving diabetic cynomolgus monkeys transplanted with adult porcine islet xenografts treated with an alternative multidrug immunosuppressive regimen have demonstrated the feasibility of porcine islet xenotransplantation in nonhuman primate models. In the current study, we assessed whether transplantation of adult porcine islet xenografts into pancreatectomized macaques, under the cover of a costimulation blockade-based immunosuppressive regimen (CD28 and CD154 blockade), could correct hyperglycemia. Our findings suggest that the adult porcine islets transplanted into rhesus macaques receiving a costimulation blockade-based regimen are not uniformly subject to hyperacute rejection, can engraft (2/5 recipients), and have the potential to provide sustained normoglycemia. These results provide further evidence to suggest that porcine islet xenotransplantation may be an attainable strategy to alleviate the islet supply crisis that is one of the principal obstacles to large-scale application of islet replacement therapy in the treatment of Type 1 diabetes.
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- K Cardona
- Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Kean LS, Adams AB, Strobert E, Hendrix R, Gangappa S, Jones TR, Shirasugi N, Rigby MR, Hamby K, Jiang J, Bello H, Anderson D, Cardona K, Durham MM, Pearson TC, Larsen CP. Induction of chimerism in rhesus macaques through stem cell transplant and costimulation blockade-based immunosuppression. Am J Transplant 2007; 7:320-35. [PMID: 17241112 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01622.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [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: 01/25/2023]
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A strategy for producing high-level hematopoietic chimerism after non-myeloablative conditioning has been established in the rhesus macaque. This strategy relies on hematopoietic stem cell transplantation after induction with a non-myeloablative dose of busulfan and blockade of the IL2-receptor in the setting of mTOR inhibition with sirolimus and combined CD28/CD154 costimulation blockade. Hematopoietic stem cells derived from bone marrow and leukopheresis products both were found to be successful in inducing high-level chimerism. Mean peripheral blood peak donor chimerism was 81% with a median chimerism duration of 145 days. Additional immune modulation strategies, such as pre-transplant CD8 depletion, donor-specific transfusion, recipient thymectomy or peritransplant deoxyspergualin treatment did not improve the level or durability of chimerism. Recipient immunologic assessment suggested that chimerism occurred amidst donor-specific down-regulation of alloreactive T cells, and the reappearance of vigorous T-mediated alloreactivity accompanied rejection of the transplants. Furthermore, viral reactivation constituted a significant transplant-related toxicity and may have negatively impacted the ability to achieve indefinite survival of transplanted stem cells. Nevertheless, this chimerism-induction regimen induced amongst the longest-lived stem cell chimerism reported to date for non-human primates and thus represents a platform upon which to evaluate emerging tolerance-induction strategies.
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- L S Kean
- The Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Blancher A, Tisseyre P, Dutaur M, Apoil PA, Maurer C, Quesniaux V, Raulf F, Bigaud M, Abbal M. Study of Cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) MhcDRB (Mafa-DRB) polymorphism in two populations. Immunogenetics 2006; 58:269-82. [PMID: 16572321 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-006-0102-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2005] [Accepted: 02/06/2006] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Cynomolgus monkey is one of the macaque species currently used as an animal model for experimental surgery and medicine, in particular, to experiment new drugs or therapy protocols designed for the prevention of allograft rejection. In this field, it is of utmost importance to select histoincompatible recipient-donor pairs. One way to ensure incompatibility between donor and recipient is to check their major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genotypes at the loci playing a determinant role in histocompatibility. We report in this paper on the cynomolgus monkey DRB polymorphism evidenced by sequencing of amplified exon 2 separated either by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), or by cloning. By the study of 253 unrelated animals from two populations (Mauritius and The Philippines), we characterized 50 exon 2 sequences among which 28 were identical to sequences already reported in Macaca fascicularis or other macaque species (Macaca mulatta, Macaca nemestrina). By cloning and sequencing DRB cDNA, we revealed two additional DRB alleles. Out of the 20 haplotypes that we defined here, only two were found in both populations. The functional impact of DR incompatibility was studied in vitro by mixed lymphocyte culture.
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- Antoine Blancher
- Laboratoire d'Immunogenetique moleculaire, Universite Paul Sabatier, Faculte de Medecine de Rangueil, Batiment A2, 133, Route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse cedex 4, France.
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Doxiadis GGM, Rouweler AJM, de Groot NG, Louwerse A, Otting N, Verschoor EJ, Bontrop RE. Extensive sharing of MHC class II alleles between rhesus and cynomolgus macaques. Immunogenetics 2006; 58:259-68. [PMID: 16470376 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-006-0083-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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] [Received: 11/18/2005] [Accepted: 12/27/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In contrast to rhesus monkeys, substantial knowledge on cynomolgus monkey major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II haplotypes is lacking. Therefore, 17 animals, including one pedigreed family, were thoroughly characterized for polymorphic Mhc class II region genes as well as their mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences. Different cynomolgus macaque populations appear to exhibit unique mtDNA profiles reflecting their geographic origin. Within the present panel, 10 Mafa-DPB1, 14 Mafa-DQA1, 12 Mafa-DQB1, and 35 Mafa-DRB exon 2 sequences were identified. All of these alleles cluster into lineages that were previously described for rhesus macaques. Moreover, about half of the Mafa-DPB1, Mafa-DQA1, and Mafa-DQB1 alleles and one third of the Mafa-DRB exon 2 sequences are identical to rhesus macaque orthologues. Such a high level of Mhc class II allele sharing has not been reported for primate species. Pedigree analysis allowed the characterization of nine distinct Mafa class II haplotypes, and seven additional ones could be deduced. Two of these haplotypes harbor a duplication of the Mafa-DQB1 locus. Despite extensive allele sharing, rhesus and cynomolgus monkeys do not appear to possess identical Mhc class II haplotypes, thus illustrating that new haplotypes were generated after speciation by recombination-like processes.
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- Gaby G M Doxiadis
- Department of Comparative Genetics and Refinement, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
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The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has become one of the most important tools in molecular diagnostics, providing exquisite sensitivity and specificity for detection of nucleic acid targets. Real-time monitoring of PCR has simplified and accelerated PCR laboratory procedures and has increased information obtained from specimens including routine quantification and differentiation of amplification products. Clinical diagnostic applications and uses of real-time PCR are growing exponentially, real-time PCR is rapidly replacing traditional PCR, and new diagnostic uses likely will emerge. This review analyzes the scope of present and potential future clinical diagnostic applications of this powerful technique. Critical discussions focus on basic concepts, variations, data analysis, instrument platforms, signal detection formats, sample collection, assay design, and execution of real-time PCR.
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- Bernhard Kaltenboeck
- Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA
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Asiedu CK, Goodwin KJ, Balgansuren G, Jenkins SM, Le Bas-Bernardet S, Jargal U, Neville DM, Thomas JM. Elevated T Regulatory Cells in Long-Term Stable Transplant Tolerance in Rhesus Macaques Induced by Anti-CD3 Immunotoxin and Deoxyspergualin. J Immunol 2005; 175:8060-8. [PMID: 16339543 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.12.8060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are implicated in immune tolerance and are variably dependent on IL-10 for in vivo function. Brief peritransplant treatment of multiple nonhuman primates (NHP) with anti-CD3 immunotoxin and deoxyspergualin has induced stable (5-10 years) rejection-free tolerance to MHC-mismatched allografts, which associated with sustained elevations in serum IL-10. In this study, we demonstrate that resting and activated PBMC from long-term tolerant NHP recipients are biased to secrete high levels of IL-10, compared with normal NHP PBMC. Although IL-10-producing CD4+ Tregs (type 1 regulatory cells (TR1)/IL-10 Tregs) were undetectable (<0.5%) in normal rhesus monkeys, 7.5 +/- 1.7% of circulating CD4+ T cells of tolerant rhesus recipients expressed IL-10. In addition to this >15-fold increase in Tr1/IL-10 Tregs, the tolerant monkeys exhibited a nearly 3-fold increase in CD4+CD25+ Tregs, 8.1 +/- 3.0% of CD4 T cells vs 2.8 +/- 1.4% in normal cohorts (p < 0.02). The frequency of CD4+CD25+IL-10+ cells was elevated 5-fold in tolerant vs normal NHP (1.8 +/- 0.9% vs 0.4 +/- 0.2%). Rhesus CD4+CD25+ Tregs exhibited a memory phenotype, and expressed high levels of Foxp3 and CTLA-4 compared with CD4+CD25- T cells. Also, NHP CD4+CD25+ Tregs proliferated poorly after activation and suppressed proliferation of CD4+CD25- effector T cells, exhibiting regulatory properties similar to rodent and human CD4+CD25+ Tregs. Of note, depletion of CD4+CD25+ Tregs restored indirect pathway antidonor responses in tolerant NHP. Our study demonstrates an expanded presence of Treg populations in tolerant NHP recipients, suggesting that these adaptations may be involved in maintenance of stable tolerance.
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- Clement K Asiedu
- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Immunology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294
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Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica), whose only natural habitat in the world is the Gir forest sanctuary of Gujarat State in India, are highly endangered and are considered to be highly inbred with narrow genetic diversity. An objective assessment of genetic diversity in their immune loci will help in assessing their survivability and may provide vital clues in designing strategies for their scientific management and conservation. We analyzed the comparative sequence polymorphism at exon 2 and exon 3 of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I in three groups of lions, i.e. wild Asiatic (from Gir forest), captive-bred Asiatic (from zoological parks in India), and Afro-Asiatic hybrid groups (from zoological parks in India) through polymorphism chain reaction-assisted sequence-based typing. The two exons were amplified, cloned, sequenced, and analyzed for polymorphism at nucleotide and putative translated product level. The analysis revealed extensive sequence polymorphism not only between clones derived from different lions but also the clones derived from a single lion. Furthermore, the wild Asiatic lions of Gir forest exhibited abundant sequence polymorphism at MHC class I comparable with that of Afro-Asiatic hybrid lions and significantly higher than that of captive-bred Asiatic lions. We hypothesize that Asiatic lions of Gir forest are not highly inbred as thought earlier and they possess abundant sequence polymorphism at MHC class I loci. During this study, 52 new sequences of the multigene MHC class I family were also identified among Asiatic lions.
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- M Sachdev
- Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
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The recent success of "steroid-free" immunosuppressive protocols and improvements in islet preparation techniques have proven that pancreatic islet transplantation (PIT) is a valid therapeutic approach for patients with type 1 diabetes. However, there are major obstacles to overcome before PIT can become a routine therapeutic procedure, such as the need for chronic immunosuppression, the loss of functional islet mass after transplantation requiring multiple islet infusion to achieve euglycemia without exogenous administration of insulin, and the shortage of human tissue for transplantation. With reference to the first obstacle, stable islet allograft function without immunosuppressive therapy has been achieved after tolerance was induced in diabetic primates. With reference to the second obstacle, different strategies, including gene transfer of antiapoptotic genes, have been used to protect isolated islets before and after transplantation. With reference to the third obstacle, pigs are an attractive islet source because they breed rapidly, there is a long history of porcine insulin use in humans, and there is the potential for genetic engineering. To accomplish islet transplantation, experimental opportunities must be balanced by complementary characteristics of basic mouse and rat models and preclinical large animal models. Well-designed preclinical studies in primates can provide the quality of information required to translate islet transplant research safely into clinical transplantation.
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- Juan L Contreras
- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
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The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) has been studied extensively in humans and in mice and many methods are available for MHC typing of these well-characterized species. Studies of MHC variation in other species are ever increasing and researchers can choose one of a number of approaches for MHC typing of their species of interest. DNA sequencing is regarded as the 'gold standard' and it is frequently used for MHC typing. However, DNA sequencing is impractical when many individuals must be typed. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) offers a flexible and sensitive method for identifying and characterizing MHC alleles in any vertebrate species. This article reviews the theory and the practice of DGGE and examines the use of DGGE for MHC identification in various species. DGGE is compared to other similar techniques for MHC typing, such as single-stranded conformational polymorphism and reference strand-mediated conformational analysis. The advantages, problems, pitfalls and limitations of DGGE are considered and future perspectives on the use of DGGE for MHC typing are discussed.
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- L A Knapp
- Primate Immunogenetics and Molecular Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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Adams AB, Shirasugi N, Jones TR, Durham MM, Strobert EA, Cowan S, Rees P, Hendrix R, Price K, Kenyon NS, Hagerty D, Townsend R, Hollenbaugh D, Pearson TC, Larsen CP. Development of a Chimeric Anti-CD40 Monoclonal Antibody That Synergizes with LEA29Y to Prolong Islet Allograft Survival. J Immunol 2004; 174:542-50. [PMID: 15611281 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.1.542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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In recent years, reagents have been developed that specifically target signals critical for effective T cell activation and function. Manipulation of the CD28/CD80/86 and CD40/CD154 pathways has exhibited extraordinary efficacy, particularly when the pathways are blocked simultaneously. Despite the reported efficacy of anti-CD154 in rodents and higher models, its future clinical use is uncertain due to reported thromboembolic events in clinical trials. To circumvent this potential complication, we developed and evaluated a chimeric Ab targeting CD40 (Chi220, BMS-224819) as an alternative to CD154. Although Chi220 blocks CD154 binding, it also possesses partial agonist properties and weak stimulatory potential. The anti-CD40 was tested alone and in combination with a rationally designed, high affinity variant of CTLA4-Ig, LEA29Y (belatacept), in a nonhuman primate model of islet transplantation. Although either agent alone only modestly prolonged islet survival (Chi220 alone: 14, 16, and 84 days; LEA29Y alone: 58 and 60 days), their combination (LEA29Y and Chi220) dramatically facilitated long term survival (237, 237, 220, >185, and 172 days). We found that the effects of Chi220 treatment were not mediated solely through deletion of CD20-bearing cells and that the combined therapy did not significantly impair established antiviral immunity.
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- Andrew B Adams
- Department of Surgery, Emory Transplant Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Woodruff Memorial Research Building, 101 Woodruff Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Doxiadis GGM, Otting N, de Groot NG, de Groot N, Rouweler AJM, Noort R, Verschoor EJ, Bontjer I, Bontrop RE. Evolutionary stability of MHC class II haplotypes in diverse rhesus macaque populations. Immunogenetics 2003; 55:540-51. [PMID: 14566434 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-003-0590-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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] [Received: 03/17/2003] [Revised: 06/24/2003] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A thoroughly characterized breeding colony of 172 pedigreed rhesus macaques was used to analyze exon 2 of the polymorphic Mamu- DPB1, -DQA1, -DQB1, and - DRB loci. Most of the monkeys or their ancestors originated in India, though the panel also included animals from Burma and China, as well as some of unknown origin and mixed breeds. In these animals, mtDNA appears to correlate with the aforementioned geographic origin, and a large number of Mamu class II alleles were observed. The different Mamu- DPB1 alleles were largely shared between monkeys of different origin, whereas in humans particular alleles appear to be unique for ethnic populations. In contrast to Mamu-DPB1, the highly polymorphic - DQA1/DQB1 alleles form tightly linked pairs that appear to be about two-thirds population specific. For most of the DQA1/DQB1 pairs, Mamu- DRB region configurations present on the same chromosome have been ascertained, resulting in 41 different -DQ/DRB haplotypes. These distinct DQ/DRB haplotypes seem to be specific for monkeys of a determined origin. Thus, in evolutionary terms, the Mamu-DP, -DQ, and -DR regions show increasing instability with regard to allelic polymorphism, such as for -DP/DQ, or gene content and allelic polymorphism, such as for -DR, resulting in population-specific class II haplotypes. Furthermore, novel haplotypes are generated by recombination-like events. The results imply that mtDNA analysis in combination with Mhc typing is a helpful tool for selecting animals for biomedical experiments.
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- Gaby G M Doxiadis
- Department of Comparative Genetics and Refinement and Department of Virology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Lange Kleiweg 139, 2288 GJ Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
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Contreras JL, Jenkins S, Eckhoff DE, Hubbard WJ, Lobashevsky A, Bilbao G, Thomas FT, Neville DM, Thomas JM. Stable alpha- and beta-islet cell function after tolerance induction to pancreatic islet allografts in diabetic primates. Am J Transplant 2003; 3:128-38. [PMID: 12603208 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2003.00031.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 01/25/2023]
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Pancreatic islet transplantation (PIT) is an attractive alternative for type 1 diabetic patients. PIT is not yet an effective clinical reality due in part to early loss of functional islet mass. In addition, current immunosuppressive drugs have toxic effects on islets and increase the risk of morbidity and mortality. Precise and durable alpha- and beta-cell function is essential for the success of PIT. Therefore, it is important to establish whether PIT can produce adequate long-term metabolic control, especially in the absence of chronic immunosuppressive therapy (CIT). In the present study, the stability of functional alpha- and beta-cell mass and metabolic function was assessed in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic primates following PIT in the absence of CIT. Diabetes was induced in rhesus macaques with STZ, 140 mg/kg. Hyperglycemia was reversed rapidly by PIT coupled with a 14-day tolerance induction protocol based on F(Ab)2-IT and DSG (n = 7). Two diabetic animals received the tolerance induction protocol without PIT. Acute rejection was presented in three animals at 70, 353 and 353 days post transplant in the tolerance induction protocol, whereas the controls [F(Ab)2-IT or DSG alone] showed early 10-day function but all lost islet function by days 15-70. One recipient [F(Ab)2-IT or DSG] died euglycemic after a surgical procedure on day 187. At 2 years, three animals studied had a normal FIM evaluated by oral glucose tolerance test, mixed meal test, acute insulin response to glucose, glucose disposal rate, and hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemic clamp. PIT in STZ-induced diabetic primates resulted in restoration of normal alpha- and beta-cell function. Operational tolerance induction was achieved with only peritransplant administration of F(Ab)2-IT and DSG sparing the animals from chronic exposure of diabetogenic immunosuppressive drugs. These results offer an exciting new potential for treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus.
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- Juan L Contreras
- The Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, and Gene Therapy Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
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Adams AB, Shirasugi N, Durham MM, Strobert E, Anderson D, Rees P, Cowan S, Xu H, Blinder Y, Cheung M, Hollenbaugh D, Kenyon NS, Pearson TC, Larsen CP. Calcineurin inhibitor-free CD28 blockade-based protocol protects allogeneic islets in nonhuman primates. Diabetes 2002; 51:265-70. [PMID: 11812731 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.51.2.265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Recent success using a steroid-free immunosuppressive regimen has renewed enthusiasm for the use of islet transplantation to treat diabetes. Toxicities associated with the continued use of a calcineurin inhibitor may limit the wide-spread application of this therapy. Biological agents that block key T-cell costimulatory signals, in particular the CD28 pathway, have demonstrated extraordinary promise in animal models. LEA29Y (BMS-224818), a mutant CTLA4-Ig molecule with increased binding activity, was evaluated for its potential to replace tacrolimus and protect allogeneic islets in a preclinical primate model. Animals received either the base immunosuppression regimen (rapamycin and anti-IL-2R monoclonal antibody [mAb]) or the base immunosuppression and LEA29Y. Animals receiving the LEA29Y/rapamycin/anti-IL-2R regimen (n = 5) had significantly prolonged islet allograft survival (204, 190, 216, 56, and >220 days). In contrast, those animals receiving the base regimen alone (n = 2) quickly rejected the transplanted islets at 1 week (both at 7 days). The LEA29Y-based regimen prevented the priming of anti-donor T- and B-cell responses, as detected by interferon-gamma enzyme-linked immunospot and allo-antibody production, respectively. The results of this study suggest that LEA29Y is a potent immunosuppressant that can effectively prevent rejection in a steroid-free immunosuppressive protocol and produce marked prolongation of islet allograft survival in a preclinical model.
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- Andrew B Adams
- Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Dzuris JL, Sidney J, Horton H, Correa R, Carter D, Chesnut RW, Watkins DI, Sette A. Molecular determinants of peptide binding to two common rhesus macaque major histocompatibility complex class II molecules. J Virol 2001; 75:10958-68. [PMID: 11602736 PMCID: PMC114676 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.22.10958-10968.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Major histocompatibility complex class II molecules encoded by two common rhesus macaque alleles Mamu-DRB1*0406 and Mamu-DRB*w201 have been purified, and quantitative binding assays have been established. The structural requirements for peptide binding to each molecule were characterized by testing panels of single-substitution analogs of the two previously defined epitopes HIV Env242 (Mamu-DRB1*0406 restricted) and HIV Env482 (Mamu-DRB*w201 restricted). Anchor positions of both macaque DR molecules were spaced following a position 1 (P1), P4, P6, P7, and P9 pattern. The specific binding motif associated with each molecule was distinct, but largely overlapping, and was based on crucial roles of aromatic and/or hydrophobic residues at P1, P6, and P9. Based on these results, a tentative Mamu class II DR supermotif was defined. This pattern is remarkably similar to a previously defined human HLA-DR supermotif. Similarities in binding motifs between human HLA and macaque Mamu-DR molecules were further illustrated by testing a panel of more than 60 different single-substitution analogs of the HLA-DR-restricted HA 307-319 epitope for binding to Mamu-DRB*w201 and HLA-DRB1*0101. The Mamu-DRB1*0406 and -DRB*w201 binding capacity of a set of 311 overlapping peptides spanning the entire simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) genome was also evaluated. Ten peptides capable of binding both molecules were identified, together with 19 DRB1*0406 and 43 DRB*w201 selective binders. The Mamu-DR supermotif was found to be present in about 75% of the good binders and in 50% of peptides binding with intermediate affinity but only in approximately 25% of the peptides which did not bind either Mamu class II molecule. Finally, using flow cytometric detection of antigen-induced intracellular gamma interferon, we identify a new CD4(+) T-lymphocyte epitope encoded within the Rev protein of SIV.
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- J L Dzuris
- Epimmune, Inc., San Diego, California 92121, USA
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Thomas JM, Contreras JL, Smyth CA, Lobashevsky A, Jenkins S, Hubbard WJ, Eckhoff DE, Stavrou S, Neville DM, Thomas FT. Successful reversal of streptozotocin-induced diabetes with stable allogeneic islet function in a preclinical model of type 1 diabetes. Diabetes 2001; 50:1227-36. [PMID: 11375321 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.50.6.1227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The recent focus on islet transplantation as primary therapy for type 1 diabetes has heightened interest in the reversal of type 1 diabetes in preclinical models using minimal immunosuppression. Here, we demonstrated in a preclinical rhesus model a consistent reversal of all measured glycemic patterns of streptozotocin-induced type 1 diabetes. The model used single-donor islet transplantation with induction of operational tolerance. The term "operational tolerance" is used to indicate durable survival of single-donor major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-mismatched islet allografts without maintenance immunosuppressive therapy and without rejection or loss of functional islet mass or insulin secretory reserve. In this operational tolerance model, all immunosuppression was discontinued after day 14 posttransplant, and recipients recovered with excellent health. The operational tolerance induction protocol combined peritransplant anti-CD3 immunotoxin to deplete T-cells and 15-deoxyspergualin to arrest proinflammatory cytokine production and maturation of dendritic cells. T-cell deficiency was specific but temporary, in that T-cell-dependent responses in long-term survivors recovered to normal, and there was no evidence of increased susceptibility to infection. Anti-donor mixed lymphocyte reaction responses were positive in the long-term survivors, but all showed clear evidence of systemic T-helper 2 deviation, suggesting that an immunoregulatory rather than a deletional process underlies this operational tolerance model. This study provides the first evidence that operational tolerance can protect MHC nonhuman primate islets from rejection as well as loss of functional islet mass. Such an approach has potential to optimize individual recipient recovery from diabetes as well as permitting more widespread islet transplantation with the limited supply of donor islets.
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- J M Thomas
- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
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Rhesus monkeys are relevant models for human diseases and transplantation. In each case, a complete understanding of these models requires knowledge of macaque MHC. Due to high polymorphism and multiple genes per haplotype, it has been difficult to develop a rapid typing method for rhesus monkey MHC class I. We developed a simple and rapid PCR-SSP strategy for rhesus monkey Mamu-A locus typing. Fifty-two rhesus monkeys were included in the study. Six rhesus monkey allel-specific primer pairs were designed based on published Mamu-A locus gene sequences. Allele-specific PCR products ranged in size from 346 to 788 bp; 5' and 3' Mamu-A locus allele specific primers were located in the second and third exons, respectively. Specific PCR product gel purification was followed by direct sequencing, without subcloning, in both directions. Our data showed variability in the number of Mamu-A alleles ranging from 1 to 4 per genotype. The highest frequencies were observed for Mamu-A*02, -A*04, and -A*03 alleles. Thus, we report here the first PCR-SSP typing method for Mamu-A*02, -03, -04, -05, -06, and -07 array of class I alleles. This technique appears to be a highly reproducible and discriminatory method for detecting this subset of class I A locus genes in rhesus monkeys.
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- A L Lobashevsky
- Department of Surgery, Transplantation Immunobiology Division, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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Sauermann U, Stahl-Hennig C, Stolte N, Mühl T, Krawczak M, Spring M, Fuchs D, Kaup FJ, Hunsmann G, Sopper S. Homozygosity for a conserved Mhc class II DQ-DRB haplotype is associated with rapid disease progression in simian immunodeficiency virus-infected macaques: results from a prospective study. J Infect Dis 2000; 182:716-24. [PMID: 10950764 DOI: 10.1086/315800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/1999] [Revised: 03/29/2000] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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In human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected individuals, disease progression varies considerably. This is also observed after experimental infection of macaques with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes may influence disease progression in both species. Homozygosity for Mhc-Mamu (Macaca mulatta)-DQB1*0601 was previously identified to be associated with rapid disease progression in SIV-infected macaques. To validate the association of this genotype with disease progression, a prospective study was carried out. Six unrelated monkeys homozygous for Mamu-DQB1*0601 and DRB1*0309-DRB*W201 and 6 heterozygous monkeys were infected with SIVmac. Five of the homozygous and only 1 of the heterozygous monkeys died rapidly after infection, with manifestations of AIDS. These results were validated by a retrospective survival analysis of 71 SIV-infected monkeys. The identified DQ-DRB genotype is frequent among monkeys of different breeding colonies and allows a fairly reliable selection before infection of monkeys predisposed for rapid disease progression.
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- U Sauermann
- Arbeitsgruppe Primatengenetik Deutsches Primatenzentrum, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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The Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC) rhesus macaque colony was started with a large number of wild-caught animals originating mainly from the Indian subcontinent. The contemporary self-sustaining colony comprises approximately 800 individuals. We screened a large section of the colony for Mamu-DRB polymorphisms by applying the denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) technique. Based on disparate DGGE profiles, animals were selected for nucleotide sequence analysis. This approach allowed the detection of 25 unreported Mamu-DRB alleles, bringing to 126 the total number of alleles documented in the literature. This communication demonstrates that rhesus macaques, like humans, display extensive allelic polymorphism at the DRB region. Phylogenetic analyses illustrate that humans and rhesus macaques share several Mhc-DRB loci and lineages. Identical exon 2 sequences, however, which are shared between humans and rhesus macaques, were not observed. This indicates that most primate Mhc-DRB alleles are of post-speciation origin.
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- N Otting
- Department of Immunobiology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
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Thomas JM, Eckhoff DE, Contreras JL, Lobashevsky AL, Hubbard WJ, Moore JK, Cook WJ, Thomas FT, Neville DM. Durable donor-specific T and B cell tolerance in rhesus macaques induced with peritransplantation anti-CD3 immunotoxin and deoxyspergualin: absence of chronic allograft nephropathy. Transplantation 2000; 69:2497-503. [PMID: 10910269 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200006270-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Tolerance induction can prevent acute kidney allograft rejection without chronic immunosuppression. It is uncertain whether specific tolerance can prevent chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN), which involves both nonimmune and immune injury. This report provides evidence that immunologically tolerant macaques, induced with immunotoxin and deoxyspergualin, developed neither acute rejection nor CAN. Long survivors, bearing MHC-mismatched grafts without chronic immunosuppression for 0.8 to 3.4 years, exhibited general immune competence with donor-specific T and B cell tolerance and no functional or histological evidence of CAN. Stringent criteria for tolerance were satisfied by specific prolongation of donor skin grafts with rapid rejection of third-party skin, followed by indefinite acceptance of a second donor kidney graft and establishment of microchimerism. Primate tolerance with documented absence of CAN may give impetus to the clinical application of tolerance.
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- J M Thomas
- Transplant Center, Department of Surgery and Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA.
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The rhesus macaque is an important model in preclinical transplantation research and for the study of chronic and infectious diseases, and so extensive knowledge of its MHC (MhcMamu) is needed. Nucleotide sequencing of exon 2 allowed the detection of 68 Mamu-DRB alleles. Although most alleles belong to loci/lineages that have human equivalents, identical Mhc-DRB alleles are not shared between humans and rhesus macaques. The number of -DRB genes present per haplotype can vary from two to seven in the rhesus macaque, whereas it ranges from one to four in humans. Within a panel of 210 rhesus macaques, 24 Mamu-DRB region configurations can be distinguished differing in the number and composition of loci. None of the Mamu-DRB region configurations has been described for any other species, and only one of them displays major allelic variation giving rise to a total of 33 Mamu-DRB haplotypes. In the human population, only five HLA-DRB region configurations were defined, which in contrast to the rhesus macaque exhibit extensive allelic polymorphism. In comparison with humans, the unprecedented polymorphism of the Mamu-DRB region configurations may reflect an alternative strategy of this primate species to cope with pathogens. Because of the Mamu-DRB diversity, nonhuman primate colonies used for immunological research should be thoroughly typed to facilitate proper interpretation of results. This approach will minimize as well the number of animals necessary to conduct experiments.
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- G G Doxiadis
- Department of Immunobiology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
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