TY - JOUR
T1 - Lymph node occupancy is required for the peripheral development of alloantigen-specific Foxp3+ regulatory T cells
AU - Ochando, Jordi C.
AU - Yopp, Adam C.
AU - Yang, Yu
AU - Garin, Alexandre
AU - Li, Yansui
AU - Boros, Peter
AU - Llodra, Jaime
AU - Ding, Yaozhong
AU - Lira, Sergio A.
AU - Krieger, Nancy R.
AU - Bromberg, Jonathan S.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2005/6/1
Y1 - 2005/6/1
N2 - We previously demonstrated that L-selectin (CD62L)-dependent T cell homing to lymph nodes (LN) is required for tolerance induction to alloantigen. To explore the mechanisms of this observation, we analyzed the development and distribution of regulatory T cells (Treg), which play an important protective role against allograft rejection in transplantation tolerance. Alloantigen-specific tolerance was induced using either anti-CD2 plus anti-CD3 mAbs, or anti-CD40L mAbs plus donor-specific transfusion, in fully mismatched (BALB/c donor, C57BL/6 recipient) vascularized cardiac allografts. An expansion of CD4+CD25+CD62Lhigh T cells was observed specifically within the LN of tolerant animals, but not in other anatomic sites or under nontolerizing conditions. These cells exhibited a substantial up-regulation of Foxp3 expression as measured by real-time PCR and by fluorescent immunohistochemistry, and possessed alloantigen-specific suppressor activity. Neither LN nor other lymphoid cells expressed the regulatory phenotype if recipients were treated with anti-CD62L mAbs, which both prevented LN homing and caused early allograft rejection. However, administration of FTY720, a sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator that induces CD62L-independent T cell accumulation in the LNs, restored CD4+CD25+ Treg in the LNs along with graft survival. These data suggest that alloantigen-specific Foxp3+CD4+CD25+ Treg develop and are required within the LNs during tolerization, and provide compelling evidence that distinct lymphoid compartments play critical roles in transplantation tolerance.
AB - We previously demonstrated that L-selectin (CD62L)-dependent T cell homing to lymph nodes (LN) is required for tolerance induction to alloantigen. To explore the mechanisms of this observation, we analyzed the development and distribution of regulatory T cells (Treg), which play an important protective role against allograft rejection in transplantation tolerance. Alloantigen-specific tolerance was induced using either anti-CD2 plus anti-CD3 mAbs, or anti-CD40L mAbs plus donor-specific transfusion, in fully mismatched (BALB/c donor, C57BL/6 recipient) vascularized cardiac allografts. An expansion of CD4+CD25+CD62Lhigh T cells was observed specifically within the LN of tolerant animals, but not in other anatomic sites or under nontolerizing conditions. These cells exhibited a substantial up-regulation of Foxp3 expression as measured by real-time PCR and by fluorescent immunohistochemistry, and possessed alloantigen-specific suppressor activity. Neither LN nor other lymphoid cells expressed the regulatory phenotype if recipients were treated with anti-CD62L mAbs, which both prevented LN homing and caused early allograft rejection. However, administration of FTY720, a sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator that induces CD62L-independent T cell accumulation in the LNs, restored CD4+CD25+ Treg in the LNs along with graft survival. These data suggest that alloantigen-specific Foxp3+CD4+CD25+ Treg develop and are required within the LNs during tolerization, and provide compelling evidence that distinct lymphoid compartments play critical roles in transplantation tolerance.
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U2 - 10.4049/jimmunol.174.11.6993
DO - 10.4049/jimmunol.174.11.6993
M3 - Article
C2 - 15905542
AN - SCOPUS:21044449573
SN - 0022-1767
VL - 174
SP - 6993
EP - 7005
JO - Journal of Immunology
JF - Journal of Immunology
IS - 11
ER -