Journal article
ENHANCED TYPE 2 AND DIMINISHED TYPE 1 CYTOKINES IN NEONATAL TOLERANCE
Transplantation, Vol.59(7), pp.933-941
04/1995
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199504150-00002
PMID: 7535960
Abstract
We examined the cytokine profiles associated with tolerance and rejection using the mouse model of neonatal tolerance. BALB/c mice primed with CAF1 splenocytes during the neonatal stage showed increased A/J skin graft survival of > 60 days and failed to develop anti-A/J cytotoxic responses, but rejected third-party C57BL/6 grafts. Lymph node cells that drained A/J grafts on neonatal-primed mice produced allospecific immune cytokine responses characterized by high IL-4 and low IFN-gamma levels. In contrast, lymph node cells that drained either rejected third-party grafts or rejected A/J grafts placed on adult controls produced less IL-4 and more IFN-gamma. Tolerogen-specific immune responses from neonatal-primed mice made up to 100 times higher IL-4 to IFN-gamma ratios than did controls. Alloantigen priming during the immediate neonatal stage induced constitutive expression of IL-4 mRNA in the spleen without IFN-gamma mRNA, whereas alloantigen stimulation during adulthood induced the opposite pattern. IL-4 production from neonatal primed mice was confined to the CD4 population. The altered cytokine profile of enhanced IL-4/IFN-gamma in neonatal primed mice persisted for up to 12 weeks after priming in in vitro secondary MLR assays, which suggests that the initial timing of antigen stimulation critically influenced CD4 maturation. The results support a model of immunoredirection as a mechanism of tolerance and provide rationale for examining the therapeutic use of cytokines in transplantation.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- ENHANCED TYPE 2 AND DIMINISHED TYPE 1 CYTOKINES IN NEONATAL TOLERANCE
- Creators
- Naixi ChenElizabeth H Field
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Transplantation, Vol.59(7), pp.933-941
- DOI
- 10.1097/00007890-199504150-00002
- PMID
- 7535960
- ISSN
- 0041-1337
- eISSN
- 1534-6080
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/1995
- Academic Unit
- Immunology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094763402771
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