期刊
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
卷 6, 期 6, 页码 880-891出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2005.12.009
关键词
anti-CD3 antibody; immune suppression; islet transplantation; T cells; cytokines
Suppression of T cell response is the key to enhance graft survival and control autoimmune diseases. A mitogenic anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (mAb), OKT3, has been used for decades to control acute rejection in organ transplantation. Although effective, the clinical use was limited by its side effects, such as cytokine release mediated by T cell activation. A low mitogenic humanized OKT3 with reduced FcR-binding (h gamma OKT3 Ala-Ala) was generated and tested in several clinical studies. Although h-yOKT3 Ala-Ala demonstrated maintained efficacy and better safety it still activated T cells. To investigate if a non-mitogenic anti-CD3 mAb can be equally effective in immune suppression, a chimeric non-FcR-binding anti-mouse CD3 mAb (anti-CD3 IgG2a Ala-Ala) was generated. Unlike the h-yOKT3 Ala-Ala, the mouse IgG2a Ala-Ala anti-CD3 mAb did not induce T cell activation as measured by proliferation, cytokine production and apoptosis. Nevertheless, the IgG2a Ala-Ala anti-CD3 mAb was equally effective in the inhibition of antigen-specific CD4(+) T cell activation in vitro to that of the mitogenic anti-CD3 mAb (Anti-CD3 IgG2a). In vivo, the IgG2a Ala-Ala anti-CD3 mAb only induced transient reduction of peripheral and spleen T cells and did not trigger detectable cytokine release. Nonetheless, this non-mitogenic anti-CD3 mAb significantly prolonged islet graft survival as effectively as the mitogenic anti-CD3 mAb in an allogenic islet transplantation model. These results demonstrated that a non-mitogenic anti-CD3 mAb could be used as an effective immune modulator. It may also indicate that a true non-mitogenic version of OKT3 could further improve its safety profile for clinical use. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.
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