Kidney-induced cardiac allograft tolerance in miniature swine is dependent on MHC-matching of donor cardiac and renal parenchyma

Madariaga, M. L. et al. (2015) Kidney-induced cardiac allograft tolerance in miniature swine is dependent on MHC-matching of donor cardiac and renal parenchyma. American Journal of Transplantation, 15(6), pp. 1580-1590. (doi: 10.1111/ajt.13131) (PMID:25824550) (PMCID:PMC4565499)

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Abstract

Kidney allografts possess the ability to enable a short course of immunosuppression to induce tolerance of themselves and of cardiac allografts across a full‐MHC barrier in miniature swine. However, the renal element(s) responsible for kidney‐induced cardiac allograft tolerance (KICAT) are unknown. Here we investigated whether MHC disparities between parenchyma versus hematopoietic‐derived “passenger” cells of the heart and kidney allografts affected KICAT. Heart and kidney allografts were co‐transplanted into MHC‐mismatched recipients treated with high‐dose tacrolimus for 12 days. Group 1 animals (n = 3) received kidney and heart allografts fully MHC‐mismatched to each other and to the recipient. Group 2 animals (n = 3) received kidney and heart allografts MHC‐matched to each other but MHC‐mismatched to the recipient. Group 3 animals (n = 3) received chimeric kidney allografts whose parenchyma was MHC‐mismatched to the donor heart. Group 4 animals (n = 3) received chimeric kidney allografts whose passenger leukocytes were MHC‐mismatched to the donor heart. Five of six heart allografts in Groups 1 and 3 rejected <40 days. In contrast, heart allografts in Groups 2 and 4 survived >150 days without rejection (p < 0.05). These data demonstrate that KICAT requires MHC‐matching between kidney allograft parenchyma and heart allografts, suggesting that cells intrinsic to the kidney enable cardiac allograft tolerance.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Leonard, Dr David
Authors: Madariaga, M. L., Michel, S. G., La Muraglia, G. M., Sekijima, M., Villani, V., Leonard, D. A., Powell, H. J., Kurtz, J. M., Farkash, E. A., Colvin, R. B., Allan, J. S., Cetrulo Jr, C. L., Huang, C. A., Sachs, D. H., Yamada, K., and Madsen, J. C.
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Molecular Biosciences
Journal Name:American Journal of Transplantation
Publisher:Wiley
ISSN:1600-6135
ISSN (Online):1600-6143
Published Online:30 March 2015

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