Attenuation of donor-reactive T cells allows effective control of allograft rejection using regulatory T cell therapy.
Attenuation of donor-reactive T cells allows effective control of allograft rejection using regulatory T cell therapy.
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供体反应性T细胞的衰减可以使用调节性T细胞治疗有效控制同种异体移植的排斥。
DOI:
10.1111/ajt.12509
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发表时间:
2014-01
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Tang Q
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作者:
Lee K;Nguyen V;Lee KM;Kang SM;Tang Q
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are essential for the establishment and maintenance of immune tolerance, suggesting a potential therapeutic role for Tregs in transplantation. However, Treg administration alone is insufficient in inducing long-term allograft survival in normal hosts, likely due to the high frequency of alloreactive T cells. We hypothesized that a targeted reduction of alloreactive T effector cells would allow a therapeutic window for Treg efficacy. Here we show that preconditioning recipient mice with donor-specific transfusion followed by cyclophosphamide treatment deleted 70–80% donor-reactive T cells, but failed to prolong islet allograft survival. However, infusion of either 5 ×106 Tregs with direct donor reactivity or 25 ×106 polyclonal Tregs led to indefinite survival of BALB/c islets in more than 70% of preconditioned C57BL/6 recipients. Notably, protection of C3H islets in autoimmune nonobese diabetic mice required islet autoantigen-specific Tregs together with polyclonal Tregs. Treg therapy led to significant reduction of CD8+ T cells and concomitant increase in endogenous Tregs among graft-infiltrating cells early after transplantation. Together, these results demonstrate that reduction of the donor-reactive T cells will be an important component of Treg-based therapies in transplantation.