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Human NK Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity Triggered by CD86 and Gal1,3-Gal Is Inhibited in Genetically Modified Porcine Cells¹

Cristina Costa^2,*, Domingo F. Barber^2, and William L. Fodor^3,*

^* Department of Molecular Sciences, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Cheshire, CT 06410; and Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852

Delayed xenograft rejection is a major hurdle that needs to be addressed to prolong graft survival in pig-to-primate xenotransplantation. NK cell activation has been implicated in delayed xenograft rejection. Both Ab-dependent and independent mechanisms are responsible for the high susceptibility of porcine cells to human NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity. Previous reports demonstrated a role of Gal1,3-Gal Ag in triggering the Ab-independent responses. We hypothesize that expression of CD80 and/or CD86 on porcine cells may also play a role in NK cell activation as human NK cells express a variant of CD28. Our initial analysis showed that porcine endothelial cells and fibroblasts express CD86, but not CD80. Genetic engineering of these cells to express hCD152-hCD59, a chimeric molecule designed to block CD86 in cis, was accompanied by a reduction in susceptibility to human NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity. The use of a specific anti-porcine CD86-blocking Ab and the NK92 and YTS cell lines further confirmed the involvement of CD86 in triggering NK cell-mediated lysis of porcine cells. Maximal protection was achieved when hCD152-hCD59 was expressed in H transferase-transgenic cells, which show reduced Gal1,3-Gal expression. In this work, we describe two mechanisms of human NK cell-mediated rejection of porcine cells and demonstrate that genetically modified cells resist Ab-independent NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity.

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