- 作者：Fan He ; Zhishui Chen ; Shengyuan Xu ; Ming Cai ; Min Wu ; Hongzhou Li ; Xiaoping Chen
- 刊名：Surgery
- 出版年：2009
- 出版时间：June 2009
- 年：2009
- 卷：145
- 期：6
- 页码：663-674
- 全文大小：1061 K
Background
A portal vein injection (PVI) of allogeneic donor antigen is known to prolong the survival of a subsequently transplanted allograft; however, the underlying mechanism remains to be clarified.Methods
Irradiated C57BL/6 (B6) splenocytes were injected into BALB/c mice via the portal vein. Seven days after injection, the proportions of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T (Treg) cells were determined in the blood, liver, and spleen. CD4+ and CD8+ T cells were isolated from BALB/c mice that received PVI of B6 splenocytes (PVI mice), adoptively transferred into recipient BALB/c mice 1 day before B6 or third-party C3H heart transplantation, and graft survival was compared. B6 or C3H heart allografts were implanted into anti-CD25 monoclonal antibody (mAb)-treated PVI and untreated PVI mice, and graft survivals were compared. The percentages of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Treg, cytokine profiles, and ratios of apoptosis were determined in anti-CD25 mAb-treated PVI and untreated PVI mice.
Results
PVI of allogeneic cells induced antigen-specific tolerance and increased the percentage of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Treg. Adoptive transfer of CD4+ T cells, but not CD8+ T cells, from PVI mice prolonged B6 heart allograft survival. Depletion of CD4+CD25+ T cells prevented the induction of tolerance and decreased the percentage of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Treg in the CD3+ T-cell pool, and thus was associated with decreased production of interleukin (IL)-4 and apoptosis of T cells.
Conclusion
Increased CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Treg play an important role in portal vein tolerance induction, at least partly via increasing the production of IL-4 and decreasing apoptosis of T cells.