CC chemokine receptor 8 potentiates donor Treg survival and is critical for the prevention of murine graft-versus-host disease
CC chemokine receptor 8 potentiates donor Treg survival and is critical for the prevention of murine graft-versus-host disease
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DOI:
10.1182/blood-2012-06-435735
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发表时间:
2013-08-01
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20.3
通讯作者:
Serody, Jonathan S.
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作者:
Coghill, James M.;Fowler, Kenneth A.;Serody, Jonathan S.
The infusion of donor regulatory T cells (T-regs) has been used to prevent acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in mice and has shown promise in phase 1 clinical trials. Previous work suggested that early T-reg migration into lymphoid tissue was important for GVHD prevention. However, it is unclear how and where T-regs function longitudinally to affect GVHD. To better understand their mechanism of action, we studied 2 T-reg-associated chemokine receptors in murine stem cell transplant models. CC chemokine receptor (CCR) 4 was dispensable for donor T-reg function in the transplant setting. Donor T-regs lacking CCR8 (CCR8(-/-)), however, were severely impaired in their ability to prevent lethal GVHD because of increased cell death. By itself, CCR8 stimulation was unable to rescue T-regs from apoptosis. Instead, CCR8 potentiated T-reg survival by promoting critical interactions with dendritic cells. In vivo, donor bone marrow-derived CD11c(+) antigen-presenting cells (APCs) were important for promoting donor T-reg maintenance after transplant. In contrast, host CD11c(+) APCs appeared to be dispensable for early activation and expansion of donor T-regs. Collectively, our data indicate that a sustained donor T-reg presence is critical for their beneficial properties, and that their survival depends on CCR8 and donor but not host CD11c(+) APCs.