1. Local Delivery of Regulatory T Cells Promotes Corneal Allograft Survival.
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Shao C, Chen Y, Nakao T, Amouzegar A, Yin J, Tahvildari M, Lužnik Z, Chauhan SK, and Dana R
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- Allografts, Animals, Antigen-Presenting Cells immunology, Antigen-Presenting Cells metabolism, Chemotaxis, Leukocyte, Cornea immunology, Cornea pathology, Cytokines immunology, Cytokines metabolism, Green Fluorescent Proteins genetics, Kinetics, Lymph Nodes immunology, Lymph Nodes metabolism, Lymphocyte Activation, Male, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory immunology, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory metabolism, Th1 Cells immunology, Th1 Cells metabolism, Adoptive Transfer methods, Cornea surgery, Corneal Transplantation, Graft Survival, Green Fluorescent Proteins metabolism, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory transplantation
- Abstract
Background: Regulatory T (Treg) cell-based immunotherapies have been studied as potential cell-based modalities for promoting transplant survival. However, the efficacy of local delivery of Treg cells in corneal transplantation has not been fully elucidated. Herein, we investigated the kinetics of migration of subconjunctivally injected Treg cells and their role in promoting corneal allograft survival., Methods: GFPCD4CD25Foxp3 Treg cells were isolated from draining lymph nodes (DLNs) of GFP transgenic mice and were subconjunctivally injected to corneal allograft recipients. Next, Treg cells, conventional T cells (Tconv) or a combination of both was locally injected to graft recipients, and graft survival was determined by evaluating opacity scores for 10 weeks. Transplanted mice without treatment served as controls. The frequencies of major histocompatibility complex-IICD11b antigen-presenting cells, IFNγCD4 Th1 cells, and CD45 cells in the DLNs and cornea were evaluated at week 2 posttransplantation using flow cytometry. Expressions of IFNγ, IL-10 and TGF-β in the grafts were assessed using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay., Results: GFP Treg cells were detected in the ipsilateral cornea and DLNs of recipients 6 hours after injection. Subconjunctival injection of Treg cells significantly decreased the frequencies of mature antigen-presenting cells in the graft and DLNs, suppressed Th1 frequencies in DLNs, and inhibited CD45 cell infiltration to the graft. Finally, locally delivered Treg cells significantly reduced the expression of IFN-γ, enhanced the levels of IL-10 and TGF-β in the graft, and promoted long-term allograft survival., Conclusions: Our study elucidates the kinetics of migration of locally delivered Treg cells and shows their role in suppressing host immune response against the allograft.
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- 2019
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