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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-11-15
pubmed:abstractText
Rapid and severe rejection remains a major obstacle to successful clinical intestinal transplantation (IT). The aggressive nature of rejection in IT has been attributed to the increased massive immune stimulus provided by large numbers of resident lymphocytes, antigen presentation capacity of enterocytes, and graft damage mediated by luminal microflora. Early small bowel expression of proinflammatory cytokines, MHC class II, and adhesion molecules may also promote IT rejection, but the lack of a mouse model has hampered extensive studies of gene expression in IT. Using a recently developed surgical model, we examined the temporal pattern of gene expression in CB6F1 (H-2b/d) vascularized, heterotopic intestinal allografts transplanted into BALB/c (H-2d) mice. Although histological evidence of rejection was not present until day 7 in allografts, Northern blot analysis demonstrated increases in TNF alpha gene transcripts as early as day 3, followed by the expression of IL-1 beta, intercellular adhesion molecule-1, and MHC class II by day 5. Using reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, IFN-gamma was detected in allografts by day 3 and persisted to day 10. In contrast, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, and IL-6 mRNA transcripts peaked by day 5 and then decreased, suggesting that both Th1 and Th2 subsets are involved in the rejection of unmodified small bowel allografts. The early and progressive expression of TNF alpha and IL-1 beta as well as IFN-gamma, intercellular adhesion molecule-1, and MHC class II in IT rejection may contribute to the difficulty in controlling IT rejection with present immunosuppression.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0041-1337
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
58
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
808-16
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7940716-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7940716-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7940716-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:7940716-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:7940716-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:7940716-Electrophoresis, Agar Gel, pubmed-meshheading:7940716-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:7940716-Graft Rejection, pubmed-meshheading:7940716-Histocompatibility Antigens Class II, pubmed-meshheading:7940716-Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1, pubmed-meshheading:7940716-Intestine, Small, pubmed-meshheading:7940716-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7940716-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:7940716-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:7940716-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:7940716-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7940716-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:7940716-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:7940716-Transplantation, Homologous
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Altered gene expression of cytokine, ICAM-1, and class II molecules precedes mouse intestinal allograft rejection.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't