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TRANSPLANTATION
卷 95, 期 2, 页码 301-308出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31827899fc
关键词
Tolerance; Vascularized composite allotransplantation; Mixed chimerism; Nonmyeloablative conditioning; Regulatory T cells
资金
- National Institutes of Health [R01 DK069766, 5RO1 HL063442]
- U. S. Army [W81XWH-07-1-0185, W81XWH-09-2-0124]
Background. Approaches to safely induce tolerance in vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) with chimerism through bone marrow transplantation (BMT) are currently being pursued. However, VCA was historically performed sequentially after donor chimerism was established. Delayed VCA is not clinically applicable due to the time constraints associated with procurement from deceased donors. A more clinically relevant approach to perform both BMT and VCA simultaneously was evaluated. Methods. Wistar Furth (RT1A(u)) rats were treated with a short course of immunosuppressive therapy (anti-alpha beta-TCR monoclonal antibody, FK-506, and anti-lymphocyte serum). One day before BMT, rats were treated with varying doses of total body irradiation (TBI) followed by transplantation of heterotopic osteomyocutaneous flaps from hindlimbs of August Copenhagen Irish (RT1A(abl)) rats. Results. Eighty percent of rats conditioned with 300 cGy TBI and 40% of rats receiving 400 cGy TBI accepted the VCA. Mixed chimerism was detected in peripheral blood at 1 month after VCA, but chimerism was lost in all transplant recipients by 4 months. Most peripheral donor cells originated from the BMT and not from the VCA. Acceptors of VCA were tolerant of a donor skin graft challenge and no anti-donor antibodies were detectable, suggesting a central deletional mechanism for tolerance. Regulatory T cells (Treg) from spleens of acceptors more potently suppressed lymphocyte proliferation than Treg from rejectors in the presence of donor stimulator cells. Conclusions. These studies suggest that simultaneous BMT and VCA may establish indefinite allograft survival in rats through Treg-mediated suppression and thymic deletion of alloreactive T cells.
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