Novel insights into the mechanism of action of FTY720 in a transgenic model of allograft rejection: Implications for therapy of chronic rejection
Novel insights into the mechanism of action of FTY720 in a transgenic model of allograft rejection: Implications for therapy of chronic rejection
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DOI:
10.4049/jimmunol.176.1.36
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发表时间:
2006-01-01
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Sayegh, MH
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作者:
Habicht, A;Clarkson, MR;Sayegh, MH
FTY720 is a high-affinity agonist at the sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor I that prevents lymphocyte egress from lymphoid tissue and prolongs allograft survival in several animal models of solid organ transplantation. In this study we used a recently developed adoptive transfer model of TCR transgenic T cells to track allospecific CD4(+) T cell expansion and trafficking characteristics, cytokine secretion profiles, and surface phenotype in vivo in the setting of FTY720 administration. We report that FTY720 administration had no effect on alloantigen-driven T cell activation, proliferation, acquisition of effector-memory function, or T cell apoptosis. However, FTY720 caused a reversible sequestration of alloantigen-specific effector-memory T cells in regional lymphoid tissue associated with a decrease in T cell infiltration within the allograft and a subsequent prolongation in allograft survival. Furthermore, delayed administration of FTY720 in a cardiac model of chronic allograft rejection attenuated the progression of vasculopathy and tissue fibrosis consistent with the hypothesis that FTY720 interrupts the trafficking of activated effector-memory T cells. These data have important implications for targeting the sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 1 in solid organ transplantation.