title: Recruitment of mononuclear leucocytes to osteoarthritic human synovial xenografts in the ears of SCID mice.
abstract: A system has been established to assess the recruitment of 99mTc-hexamethylpropylene amine oxamine (99mTc-HMPAO)-labelled PBMC and [125I]iododeoxyuridine-labelled Con A stimulated lymphoblasts to allogeneic human synovial xenografts in the ears of SCID mice. Successful engraftment of osteoarthritic synovium was achieved in approximately 90% of cases and a connection between the human microvasculature of the xenograft and the circulation of the mouse was shown. Cells were delivered to the xenograft by a system of regional vascular perfusion, thus avoiding the major murine vascular beds. The accumulation of 99mTc-HMPAO-labelled PBMC in mouse ears was monitored in real time. Direct injection of xenograft-bearing ears with recombinant human TNF-alpha, 7 h prior to perfusion, increased the accumulation of both PBMC and lymphoblasts in cytokine-injected ears compared to contralateral control-injected ears. Autoradiography revealed the presence of [125I]iododeoxyuridine-labelled lymphoblasts associated with human microvasculature within the xenograft. However, the increased accumulation of lymphoblasts in cytokine-injected ears occurred in the tissues surrounding the xenograft, where lymphoblasts were associated more often with murine than human vessels. Although the system described offers advantages over similar models, the propensity for mouse endothelium to interact with human leucocytes is likely to be a generic disadvantage for models of human leucocyte recruitment to xenografts in immunodeficient mice.
authors.affiliation: The Arthritis Research Laboratory of the Hanson Centre for Cancer Research, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. lcleland@mail.rah.sa.gov.au
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Cleland
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fusco
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Proudman
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wing
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Spargo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mayrhofer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000378:metabolism; D004423:Ear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007065:Idoxuridine / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000378:metabolism; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000276:immunology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D016513:Mice, SCID; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000276:immunology*; D010091:Oximes / Q000378:metabolism; D010477:Perfusion; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000276:immunology* / Q000637:transplantation*; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D003208:Concanavalin A; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime; D007065:Idoxuridine