title: The contribution of chemokines and chemokine receptors to the rejection of fetal proislet allografts.
abstract: Chemokines regulate the recruitment of leukocytes to sites of inflammation and may therefore play an important role in lymphocyte trafficking between draining lymph nodes and pancreatic islet tissue allografts. The intragraft expression of alpha- and beta-chemokine mRNA during the rejection of BALB/c proislet (fetal precursor islet tissue) allografts in CBA/H mice was assessed quantitatively and semiquantitatively by RT-PCR analyses. Allograft rejection was associated with the strongly enhanced (from day 4) and prolonged expression (up to day 10) of the alpha-chemokine IP-10 and enhanced intragraft mRNA expression of the beta-chemokines MCP-1, MIP-lalpha, MIP-1beta, RANTES, and eotaxin. Peak transcript expression was identified at day 4 (IP-10, MCP-1), day 5 (eotaxin), day 6 (MIP-1alpha, MIP-1beta), and day 14 (RANTES). To examine the role of beta-chemokine receptors in allograft rejection, additional allografts to CCR2-/- , CCR5-/-, and wild-type CCR+/+ mice were analyzed by histology, immunohistochemistry, and morphometry. In CCR5-/- mice, the intragraft recruitment of T cells and macrophages was slower and allograft destruction was delayed; in CCR2-/- mice, the initial entry of macrophages was retarded but graft survival was not prolonged. These findings suggest that IP-10 regulates the initial influx of T cells into proislet allografts, MCP-1/CCR2 signaling controls initial macrophage entry, and the MIP-1alpha, MIP-1beta, and RANTES/CCR5 pathway contributes to the rejection response by subsequently amplifying the recruitment of T cell subpopulations required for graft destruction.
authors.affiliation: Division of Immunology and Genetics, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, G.P.O. Box 334, Canberra, A.C.T 2601, Australia.
authors.forename: Michelle F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Kuziel
authors.forename: Charmaine J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Simeonovic
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017690:Cell Transplantation; D054413:Chemokine CCL11; D018932:Chemokine CCL2 / Q000097:blood; D054405:Chemokine CCL3; D054407:Chemokine CCL4; D018946:Chemokine CCL5 / Q000378:metabolism; D018925:Chemokines / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D019742:Chemokines, CC / Q000097:blood; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006085:Graft Survival; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007249:Inflammation; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology*; D016381:Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000166:cytology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins / Q000097:blood; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D054390:Receptors, CCR2; D019713:Receptors, CCR5 / Q000235:genetics; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D018121:Receptors, Cytokine / Q000097:blood; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D013997:Time Factors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: C515456:CCL11 protein, human; C111835:CCL2 protein, human; C515334:CCR2 protein, human; C515457:Ccl11 protein, mouse; C515335:Ccr2 protein, mouse; D054413:Chemokine CCL11; D018932:Chemokine CCL2; D054405:Chemokine CCL3; D054407:Chemokine CCL4; D018946:Chemokine CCL5; D018925:Chemokines; D019742:Chemokines, CC; C104577:IP10-Mig receptor; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D054390:Receptors, CCR2; D019713:Receptors, CCR5; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine; D018121:Receptors, Cytokine; D012313:RNA