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* Multi-Organ Transplant Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada; Departments of
Surgery,
Microbiology and Immunology, and
Pathology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada; and
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Transplantation Group, Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
We determined the role of cytokines in regulating the pattern of rejection and recipient susceptibility to cyclosporine (CsA) in a mouse cardiac allograft model. Hearts from C3H mice transplanted into untreated BALB/c (Th2-dominant) and C57BL/6 (Th1-dominant) mice showed different patterns of rejection. C3H allografts in BALB/c mice showed typical acute vascular rejection (AVR) with strong intragraft deposition and high serum levels of anti-donor IgG with predominant IgG1, while C3H allografts in C57BL/6 mice showed typical acute cellular rejection (ACR) with massive intragraft infiltration of CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes and low serum levels of anti-donor IgG with predominant IgG2a. Elevated intragraft mRNA expression of IL-2, IFN-
, and IL-12 mRNA was present in C57BL/6 recipients, whereas allografts in BALB/c mice displayed increased IL-4 and IL-10 mRNA levels. CsA therapy completely inhibited ACR and induced indefinite allograft survival in C57BL/6 recipients, while the same therapy failed to prevent AVR, and only marginally prolonged graft survival in BALB/c recipients. In contrast, rapamycin blocked AVR, achieving indefinite survival in BALB/c recipients, but was less effective at preventing ACR in C57BL/6 recipients. The disruption of the IL-12 or IFN- genes in C57BL/6 mice shifted ACR to AVR, and resulted in concomitant recipient resistance to CsA therapy. Conversely, disruption of IL-4 gene in BALB/c mice markedly attenuated AVR and significantly prolonged allograft survival. These data suggest that the distinct cytokine profiles expressed by different mouse strains play an essential role in regulating the pattern of rejection and outcome of CsA/rapamycin therapy.
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