title: Intragraft CD11b(+) IDO(+) cells mediate cardiac allograft tolerance by ECDI-fixed donor splenocyte infusions.
abstract: We have previously shown that pre- and post-transplant infusions of donor splenocytes treated with 1-ethyl-3-(3'-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide (ECDI-SPs) provide permanent donor-specific protection of islet allografts. The efficacy of donor ECDI-SPs in protecting vascularized cardiac allografts and mechanism(s) of protection are unknown. In this study, we show that infusions of ECDI-SPs significantly prolong cardiac allograft survival concomitant with an impressive accumulation of CD11b(+) IDO(+)  cells in the cardiac allograft, and that the presence of this population is dependent on Gr1(+)  cells. Consequently, depletion of Gr1(+)  cells or inhibition of indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase (IDO) activity abrogates graft protection by ECDI-SPs infusions. In addition, T cells from ECDI-SPs treated recipients secrete high levels of interleukin 10 and interleukin 13 upon in vitro restimulation, which are also dampened in recipients treated with the IDO inhibitor. Furthermore, combination of donor ECDI-SPs with a short course of rapamycin provides indefinite cardiac allograft survival in 100% of the recipients. These findings reveal a novel mechanism of donor ECDI-SPs in inducing cardiac transplant tolerance and provide several targets that are amenable to therapeutic manipulations for tolerance induction for cardiac transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kheradmand
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tasch
authors.forename: J-J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D039481:CD11b Antigen / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D017690:Cell Transplantation; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000517:prevention & control; D006085:Graft Survival; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D050503:Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007519:Isoantigens / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D011897:Random Allocation; D020123:Sirolimus / Q000494:pharmacology; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D023001:Transplantation Tolerance / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: D039481:CD11b Antigen; D050503:Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase; D007519:Isoantigens; D020123:Sirolimus