TY - JOUR
T1 - Metastable Tolerance to Rhesus Monkey Renal Transplants Is Correlated with Allograft TGF-β1+CD4+ T Regulatory Cell Infiltrates
AU - Torrealba, Jose R.
AU - Katayama, Masaaki
AU - Fechner, John H.
AU - Jankowska-Gan, Ewa
AU - Kusaka, Satoshi
AU - Xu, Qingyong
AU - Schultz, Jacqueline M.
AU - Oberley, Terry D.
AU - Hu, Huaizhong
AU - Hamawy, Majed M.
AU - Jonker, Margreet
AU - Wubben, Jacqueline
AU - Doxiadis, Gaby
AU - Bontrop, Ronald
AU - Burlingham, William J.
AU - Knechtle, Stuart J.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2004/5/1
Y1 - 2004/5/1
N2 - Approaches that prevent acute rejection of renal transplants in a rhesus monkey model were studied to determine a common mechanism of acceptance. After withdrawal of immunosuppression, all 14 monkeys retained normal allograft function for >6 mo. Of these, nine rejected their renal allograft during the study, and five maintained normal function throughout the study period. The appearance of TGF-β+ interstitial mononuclear cells in the graft coincided with a nonrejection histology, whereas the absence/ disappearance of these cells was observed with the onset of rejection. Analysis with a variety of TGF-β1-reactive Abs indicated that the tolerance-associated infiltrates expressed the large latent complex form of TGF-β1. Peripheral leukocytes from rejecting monkeys lacking TGF-β1+ allograft infiltrates responded strongly to donor Ags in delayed-type hypersensitivity transvivo assays. In contrast, allograft acceptors with TGF-β1+ infiltrates demonstrated a much weaker peripheral delayed-type hypersensitivity response to donor alloantigens (p < 0.01 vs rejectors), which could be restored by Abs that either neutralized active TGF-β1 or blocked its conversion from latent to active form. Anti-IL-10 Abs had no restorative effect. Accepted allografts had CD8 + and CD4+ interstitial T cell infiltrates, but only the CD4+ subset included cells costaining for TGF-β1. Our data support the hypothesis that the recruitment of CD4+ T regulatory cells to the allograft interstitium is a final common pathway for metastable renal transplant tolerance in a non-human primate model.
AB - Approaches that prevent acute rejection of renal transplants in a rhesus monkey model were studied to determine a common mechanism of acceptance. After withdrawal of immunosuppression, all 14 monkeys retained normal allograft function for >6 mo. Of these, nine rejected their renal allograft during the study, and five maintained normal function throughout the study period. The appearance of TGF-β+ interstitial mononuclear cells in the graft coincided with a nonrejection histology, whereas the absence/ disappearance of these cells was observed with the onset of rejection. Analysis with a variety of TGF-β1-reactive Abs indicated that the tolerance-associated infiltrates expressed the large latent complex form of TGF-β1. Peripheral leukocytes from rejecting monkeys lacking TGF-β1+ allograft infiltrates responded strongly to donor Ags in delayed-type hypersensitivity transvivo assays. In contrast, allograft acceptors with TGF-β1+ infiltrates demonstrated a much weaker peripheral delayed-type hypersensitivity response to donor alloantigens (p < 0.01 vs rejectors), which could be restored by Abs that either neutralized active TGF-β1 or blocked its conversion from latent to active form. Anti-IL-10 Abs had no restorative effect. Accepted allografts had CD8 + and CD4+ interstitial T cell infiltrates, but only the CD4+ subset included cells costaining for TGF-β1. Our data support the hypothesis that the recruitment of CD4+ T regulatory cells to the allograft interstitium is a final common pathway for metastable renal transplant tolerance in a non-human primate model.
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U2 - 10.4049/jimmunol.172.9.5753
DO - 10.4049/jimmunol.172.9.5753
M3 - Article
C2 - 15100322
AN - SCOPUS:11144357341
SN - 0022-1767
VL - 172
SP - 5753
EP - 5764
JO - Journal of Immunology
JF - Journal of Immunology
IS - 9
ER -