Ability of 3M KC1-extracted histocompatibility antigen to potentiate the immunosuppressive effect of cyclosporine to prolong the survival of heterotopic rat cardiac allografts.
A soluble histocompatibility antigen preparation (HAg) derived by 3M KCl extraction of donor spleen cells has been shown to prolong rat renal allografts in CsA-treated hosts. In the present study, the effect of combined soluble antigen-CsA treatment on cardiac allograft survival was studied in WFu hosts grafted with BUF hearts. Cardiac allograft survival was prolonged in WFu recipients treated with both BUF HAg and CsA compared with survival time in untreated controls or controls treated with HAg or CsA alone. In addition, experiments were performed to test the antigenicity of the HAg extract. BUF extract given sc to WFu hosts before grafting specifically sensitized the hosts to BUF grafts, as shown by the accelerated rejection of BUF grafts but not third-party grafts. Assays to determine the major histocompatibility antigenic determinants present in the extract showed that class I and class II determinants were present.
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Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77030.
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D000818:Animals; D003524:Cyclosporins / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004285:Dogs; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000187:drug effects*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007108:Immune Tolerance / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D051381:Rats; D011914:Rats, Inbred BN; D011915:Rats, Inbred BUF
D003524:Cyclosporins; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens; C038353:histocompatibility antigens RT, rat; D011189:Potassium Chloride