Requirement for T-cell apoptosis in the induction of peripheral transplantation tolerance.
The mechanisms of allograft tolerance have been classified as deletion, anergy, ignorance and suppression/regulation. Deletion has been implicated in central tolerance, whereas peripheral tolerance has generally been ascribed to clonal anergy and/or active immunoregulatory states. Here, we used two distinct systems to assess the requirement for T-cell deletion in peripheral tolerance induction. In mice transgenic for Bcl-xL, T cells were resistant to passive cell death through cytokine withdrawal, whereas T cells from interleukin-2-deficient mice did not undergo activation-induced cell death. Using either agents that block co-stimulatory pathways or the immunosuppressive drug rapamycin, which we have shown here blocks the proliferative component of interleukin-2 signaling but does not inhibit priming for activation-induced cell death, we found that mice with defective passive or active T-cell apoptotic pathways were resistant to induction of transplantation tolerance. Thus, deletion of activated T cells through activation-induced cell death or growth factor withdrawal seems necessary to achieve peripheral tolerance across major histocompatibility complex barriers.
Wells
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Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
Li
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Li
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Walsh
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Zheng
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Wu
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Nuñez
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Tang
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Sayegh
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Hancock
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Strom
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Turka
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D000069594:Abatacept; D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation / Q000276:immunology; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000276:immunology*; D018106:CD28 Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000276:immunology; D060908:CTLA-4 Antigen; D002455:Cell Division; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000276:immunology*; D018796:Immunoconjugates; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000235:genetics; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D014181:Transplantation Immunology; D051020:bcl-X Protein
D015703:Antigens, CD; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; C494812:Bcl2l1 protein, mouse; D018106:CD28 Antigens; D017252:CD3 Complex; D060908:CTLA-4 Antigen; C556707:Ctla4 protein, mouse; D018796:Immunoconjugates; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D051020:bcl-X Protein; D000069594:Abatacept