title: Blockade of RAGE suppresses alloimmune reactions in vitro and delays allograft rejection in murine heart transplantation.
abstract: The receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE), a multiligand member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, interacts with proinflammatory AGEs, the products of nonenzymatic glycation and oxidation of proteins; high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), also known as amphoterin and S100/calgranulins to amplify inflammation and tissue injury. Previous studies showed that blockade of RAGE suppressed recruitment of proinflammatory mechanisms in murine models. We tested the hypothesis that RAGE contributes to alloimmune responses and report that in vivo, acute rejection of fully allogeneic cardiac allografts in a murine model of heterotopic cardiac transplantation is significantly delayed by pharmacological antagonism of RAGE. In parallel, allogeneic T-cell proliferation in the mixed lymphocyte reaction is, at least in part, RAGE-dependent. These data provide the first insights into key roles for RAGE in allorecognition responses and suggest that antagonism of this receptor may exert beneficial effects in allogeneic organ transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA. bm2011@columbia.edu [corrected]
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Szabolcs
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Ankersmit
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weinberg
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Herold
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017127:Glycation End Products, Advanced; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D000067759:Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000502:physiology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D023001:Transplantation Tolerance / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D017127:Glycation End Products, Advanced; D008024:Ligands; D000067759:Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic