Both perforin and Fas ligand are required for the regulation of alloreactive CD8+ T cells during acute graft-versus-host disease
Both perforin and Fas ligand are required for the regulation of alloreactive CD8+ T cells during acute graft-versus-host disease
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DOI:
10.1182/blood-2004-08-3036
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发表时间:
2005-03-01
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影响因子:
20.3
通讯作者:
Ferrara, JLM
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作者:
Maeda, Y;Levy, RB;Ferrara, JLM
Fas ligand (FasL) and perforin pathways not only are the major mechanisms of T cell-mediated cytotoxicity but also are involved in homeostatic regulation of these T cells. In the present study, we tested whether CD8(+) donor T cells that are deficient in both perforin and FasL (cytotoxic double deficient [cdd]) could induce graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in a major histocompatibility complex class I-mismatched lethally irradiated murine model. Interestingly, recipients of cdd CD8(+) T cells demonstrated significantly greater serum levels of interferon gamma and tumor necrosis factor alpha and histopathologic damage from GVHD than wild-type (wt) T cells on day 30 after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (P < .05). Wt and either perforin-deficient or FasL-deficient CD8(+) T cells expanded early after transplantation followed by a contraction phase in which the majority of expanded CD8(+) T cells were eliminated. In contrast, cdd CD8(+) T cells exhibited prolonged expansion and reduced apoptosis to alloantigen stimulation in vivo and in vitro. Together these results suggest that donor cdd CD8(+) T cells expand continuously and cause lethal GVHD, and that both perforin and Fast-are required for the contraction of alloreactive CD8(+) T cells. (C) 2005 by The American Society of Hematology.