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Single dose anti-CD4 monoclonal antibody for induction of tolerance to cardiac allograft in high- and low-responder rat strain combinations

Qi, Zhongquan LU ; Riesbeck, Kristian LU orcid ; Östraat, Öyvind LU ; Tufveson, Gunnar and Ekberg, Henrik LU (1997) In Transplant Immunology 5(3). p.204-211
Abstract

Repeated administration of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) directed against the CD4 lymphocyte receptor may induce specific, long-lasting unresponsiveness to fully MHC-mismatched cardiac allografts in rats without additional immunosuppression. We assessed the effect of a single dose of murine anti-rat depleting anti-CD4 mAb (OX-38) on allograft survival in high- and low-responder rat strain combinations. Isogenic strains of DA (RT1(av1)), PVG (RT1(c)), AUG (RT1(c)), and WF (RT1(u)) rats were used. Recipients in antibody treated groups were given one dose of 5 mg/kg OX-38 mAb on the day of transplant, a dose which was shown to effectively deplete (or block) circulating CD4+ T cells. Other groups were treated for 10 days with... (More)

Repeated administration of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) directed against the CD4 lymphocyte receptor may induce specific, long-lasting unresponsiveness to fully MHC-mismatched cardiac allografts in rats without additional immunosuppression. We assessed the effect of a single dose of murine anti-rat depleting anti-CD4 mAb (OX-38) on allograft survival in high- and low-responder rat strain combinations. Isogenic strains of DA (RT1(av1)), PVG (RT1(c)), AUG (RT1(c)), and WF (RT1(u)) rats were used. Recipients in antibody treated groups were given one dose of 5 mg/kg OX-38 mAb on the day of transplant, a dose which was shown to effectively deplete (or block) circulating CD4+ T cells. Other groups were treated for 10 days with cyclosporin A (CsA) and/or Linomide, a novel immunomodulator, which is the first compound able to fully eliminate the effect of CsA in the rat cardiac allograft model. The DA strain was identified as a low-responder to the allogeneic haplotype RT1(c) (PVG or AUG), but not to RT1(u) (WF), and developed true tolerance following RT1(c) grafting and OX-38 or low-dose CsA (5 mg/kg) induction, as verified by the response to retransplantation of a graft from the same donor strain or a third-party challenge. PVG recipients of DA grafts were characterized by high response and only modest (OX-38; median 9.5 days) or moderate (CsA; 23.5 days) prolongation of graft survival. Contrasting graft survival results were obtained in the low-responder combination, either very early rejection (at 10 days) or permanent graft survival (> 100 days). Linomide challenge affected CsA treatment in the high-responder combination but not tolerance induction in the low-responder combination, or the effect of OX-38. It was concluded that in rat heart transplantation a single-dose anti-CD4 mAb therapy may induce permanent donor-specific unresponsiveness in a low-responder strain combination, and that anti-CD4 mAb seems to be unique among immunosuppressive agents while being resistent to challenge by Linomide.

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  author       = {{Qi, Zhongquan and Riesbeck, Kristian and Östraat, Öyvind and Tufveson, Gunnar and Ekberg, Henrik}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{204--211}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Transplant Immunology}},
  title        = {{Single dose anti-CD4 monoclonal antibody for induction of tolerance to cardiac allograft in high- and low-responder rat strain combinations}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0966-3274(97)80039-1}},
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