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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
Rejection of renal and cardiac xenografts is initiated when natural antibodies of the recipient bind to donor endothelium, activating complement on the surface of endothelial cells. Pulmonary xenotransplants, however, reveal less evidence of antibody binding and complement activation and, in contrast to other xenografts, fare worse when the complement of the graft recipient is depleted. Accordingly, we asked whether distinct immunochemical reactions might occur after xenotransplantation of the lung and what implications such reactions might have for pulmonary pathophysiology. Analysis of serum from baboons after transplantation with porcine lungs revealed complexes containing baboon IgM and porcine von Willebrand factor. The baboon IgM in these complexes was specific for Galalpha1-3Gal. Immune complexes were also seen, albeit to a lesser extent, in the serum of kidney and heart xenotransplant recipients. Deposits of porcine von Willebrand factor and baboon C3 were detected in livers and spleens of transplanted baboons. These results indicate pulmonary xenotransplantation eventuates in formation of immune complexes and in the deposition of those complexes at distant sites. Immune complex formation could explain the peculiar fate of xenoreactive antibodies after pulmonary xenotransplantation and might contribute to the pathophysiology of the lung and systemic changes not previously considered a complication of xenotransplantation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0002-9440
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
158
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
627-37
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11159199-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11159199-Antibodies, Heterophile, pubmed-meshheading:11159199-Antigen-Antibody Complex, pubmed-meshheading:11159199-Antigens, Surface, pubmed-meshheading:11159199-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:11159199-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11159199-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:11159199-Graft Rejection, pubmed-meshheading:11159199-Heart-Lung Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:11159199-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:11159199-Kidney Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:11159199-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:11159199-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:11159199-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:11159199-Papio, pubmed-meshheading:11159199-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:11159199-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:11159199-Swine, pubmed-meshheading:11159199-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11159199-Transplantation, Heterologous, pubmed-meshheading:11159199-Transplantation Immunology
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Immune complex formation after xenotransplantation : evidence of type III as well as type II immune reactions provide clues to pathophysiology.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't