The Role of Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells in Induction of Carbohydrate Reactive B Cells Tolerance Through the Programmed Death 1/Programmed Death Ligand 1 Pathway
The Role of Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells in Induction of Carbohydrate Reactive B Cells Tolerance Through the Programmed Death 1/Programmed Death Ligand 1 Pathway
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肝窦内皮细胞在通过程序性死亡 1/程序性死亡配体 1 途径诱导碳水化合物反应性 B 细胞耐受中的作用
DOI:
10.1097/tp.0000000000000831
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发表时间:
2015
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影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
Ohdan H.
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作者:
Igarashi Y;Onoe T;Ohdan H.
BackgroundA spontaneous tolerance of B cells responding to blood group antigens frequently develops in ABO-incompatible pediatric liver transplantation (LT). Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs), which exclusively express blood group antigens in the liver, possess a capacity to induce alloantigen-specific tolerance. In this study, we elucidated the role of LSECs in the tolerance induction of blood group antigen-reactive B cells after ABO-incompatible LT using mice that lack galactose-α (1, 3) galactose (Gal) epitopes resembling blood group carbohydrate antigens.MethodsUsing adoptive transfer of LSECs from wild type (WT) C57BL/6J mice to congenic α1, 3-galactosyltransferase gene knockout (GalT−/−) mice, we established orthotropic GalT+/+→ GalT−/− LSEC chimera mice. Anti-Gal Ab (antibody) production was evaluated after immunization of GalT+/+→ GalT−/− LSEC chimera mice with Gal+ rabbit RBC.ResultsAdoptive transfer of LSECs isolated from WT GalT+/+ mice via the portal vein resulted in persistent engraftment of Gal+ LSECs in congenic GalT−/− mouse livers. Only when GalT−/− mice were splenectomized before LSEC inoculation, the GalT+/+→ GalT−/− LSEC chimera lost the ability to produce anti-Gal Abs. The administration of blocking monoclonal Abs (mAbs) against programmed death ligand 1 to the splenectomized GalT+/+→ GalT−/− LSEC chimera resulted in the recovery of anti-Gal Ab production.ConclusionsThese findings suggest that LSECs take a part in tolerization of immature but not mature B cells specifically for Gal. Furthermore, the programmed death 1/programmed death ligand 1 pathway likely plays a crucial role in the mechanisms underlying spontaneous tolerization of B cells responding to ABO-blood group antigens in LT.