Endogenous Memory CD8 T Cells Are Activated Within Cardiac Allografts Without Mediating Rejection |
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Authors: | W M Baldwin III R L Fairchild |
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Institution: | 1. Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, , Cleveland, OH;2. Department of Immunology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, , Cleveland, OH;3. Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, , Cleveland, OH |
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Abstract: | Endogenous memory CD8 T cells infiltrate MHC‐mismatched cardiac allografts within 12–24 h posttransplant in mice and are activated to proliferate and produce IFN‐γ. To more accurately assess the graft injury directly imposed by these endogenous memory CD8 T cells, we took advantage of the ability of anti‐LFA‐1 mAb given to allograft recipients on days 3 and 4 posttransplant to inhibit the generation of primary effector T cells. When compared to grafts from IgG‐treated recipients on day 7 posttransplant, allografts from anti‐LFA‐1 mAb‐treated recipients had increased numbers of CD8 T cells but these grafts had marked decreases in expression levels of mRNA encoding effector mediators associated with graft injury and decreases in donor‐reactive CD8 T cells producing IFN‐γ. Despite this decreased activity within the allograft, CD8 T cells in allografts from recipients treated with anti‐LFA‐1 mAb continued to proliferate up to day 7 posttransplant and did not upregulate expression of the exhaustion marker LAG‐3 but did have decreased expression of ICOS. These results indicate that endogenous memory CD8 T cells infiltrate and proliferate in cardiac allografts in mice but do not express sufficient levels of functions to mediate overt graft injury and acute rejection. |
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Keywords: | Cardiac allograft memory T cell activation/inactivation T cell graft infiltration |
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