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Anti‐Complement Component C5 mAb Synergizes with CTLA4Ig to Inhibit Alloreactive T cells and Prolong Cardiac Allograft Survival in Mice
Authors:S Leisman  P Lakhani  W Kwan  M Yang  K Johnson  S J Faas  P Tamburini  P S Heeger
Institution:1. Division of Nephrology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY;2. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Cheshire, CT;3. Immunology Institute, and the Recanati‐Miller Transplant Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Abstract:While activation of serum complement mediates antibody‐initiated vascular allograft injury, increasing evidence indicates that complement also functions as a modulator of alloreactive T cells. We tested whether blockade of complement activation at the C5 convertase step affects T cell‐mediated cardiac allograft rejection in mice. The anti‐C5 mAb BB5.1, which prevents the formation of C5a and C5b, synergized with subtherapeutic doses of CTLA4Ig to significantly prolong the survival of C57BL/6 heart grafts that were transplanted into naive BALB/c recipients. Anti‐C5 mAb treatment limited the induction of donor‐specific IFNγ‐producing T cell alloimmunity without inducing Th2 or Th17 immunity in vivo and inhibited primed T cells from responding to donor antigens in secondary mixed lymphocyte responses. Additional administration of anti‐C5 mAb to the donor prior to graft recovery further prolonged graft survival and concomitantly reduced both the in vivo trafficking of primed T cells into the transplanted allograft and decreased expression of T cell chemoattractant chemokines within the graft. Together these results support the novel concept that C5 blockade can inhibit T cell‐mediated allograft rejection through multiple mechanisms, and suggest that C5 blockade may constitute a viable strategy to prevent and/or treat T cell‐mediated allograft rejection in humans.
Keywords:Complement  C5  CTLA4Ig  T cell  transplant rejection
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