title: The role of experimental aluminum intoxication in allogeneic immunoresponse.
abstract: To evaluate the immunological properties of aluminum (Al) in experimental Al intoxication in rats, we performed heart transplantation and in vitro experiments. Lewis (Lew) rats were intoxicated with intraperitoneal injections of AlCl3. heart transplants were performed using Brown-Norway (BN) rats as donors. Isotransplants and normal Lew were used as controls. No differences in survival were observed. Unidirectional mixed lymphocyte cultures (MLC) and Concanavalin A (Con A)-stimulated cultures were prepared using spleen cells from normal and Al-intoxicated Lew rats. No differences were found in unidirectional MLC. Intoxicated cells showed a less intense response to con A than did normal cells. In conclusion, we could not detect an immunosuppressive role of Al intoxication in experimental cardiac transplantation or in MLC. However, the depressed Con A blastogenic response of Al-intoxicated cells may reflect an immunological role yet to be defined.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunogenetics and Experimental Transplantation, University of São Paulo Medical School, Brazil.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tzanno-Martins
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Azevedo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanji
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Tanji
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sabbaga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marcondes
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Duarte
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000276:immunology / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects*; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011914:Rats, Inbred BN; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew
chemical_list: D000535:Aluminum