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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
Allorejection and recurrence of autoimmunity are the major barriers to transplantation of islets of Langerhans for the cure of type 1 diabetes in humans. CD40-CD154 (CD40 ligand) interaction blockade by the use of anti-CD154 monoclonal antibody (mAb) has shown efficacy in preventing allorejection in several models of organ and cell transplantation. Here we report the beneficial effect of the chronic administration of a hamster anti-murine CD154 mAb, MR1, in prolonging islet graft survival in NOD mice. We explored the transplantation of C57BL/6 islets into spontaneously diabetic NOD mice, a combination in which both allogeneic and autoimmune components are implicated in graft loss. Recipients were treated either with an irrelevant control antibody or with MR1. MR1 administration was effective in prolonging allograft survival, but did not provide permanent protection from diabetes recurrence. The autoimmune component of graft loss was studied in spontaneously diabetic NOD mice that received syngeneic islets from young male NOD mice. In this combination, a less dramatic yet substantial delay in diabetes recurrence was observed in the MR1-treated recipients when compared with the control group. Finally, the allogeneic component was explored by transplanting C57BL/6 islets into chemically induced diabetic male NOD mice. In this setting, long-term graft survival (>100 days) was achieved in MR1-treated mice, whereas control recipients rejected their grafts within 25 days. In conclusion, chronic blockade of CD154 results in permanent protection from allorejection and significantly delays recurrence of diabetes in NOD mice.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0012-1797
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
270-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11272136-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11272136-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:11272136-Antigens, CD40, pubmed-meshheading:11272136-CD4-CD8 Ratio, pubmed-meshheading:11272136-CD40 Ligand, pubmed-meshheading:11272136-Diabetes Mellitus, pubmed-meshheading:11272136-Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:11272136-Graft Survival, pubmed-meshheading:11272136-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:11272136-Islets of Langerhans, pubmed-meshheading:11272136-Islets of Langerhans Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:11272136-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11272136-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11272136-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:11272136-Mice, Inbred NOD, pubmed-meshheading:11272136-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:11272136-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11272136-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11272136-Transplantation, Homologous
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Prolonged islet graft survival in NOD mice by blockade of the CD40-CD154 pathway of T-cell costimulation.
pubmed:affiliation
Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33136, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't