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The Degree of Phylogenetic Disparity of Islet Grafts Dictates the Reliance on Indirect CD4 T-Cell Antigen Recognition for Rejection

¹ Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado
² Surgical-Medical Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Cellular xenograft rejection involves a pronounced contribution of CD4 T-cells recognizing antigens in association with recipient MHC class II molecules. However, the requirement for such "indirect" antigen recognition for acute islet xenograft is not clear, especially as a function of the phylogenetic disparity between the donor and recipient species. In vitro studies show that C57BL/6 (B6) mouse T-cells respond directly to either allogeneic BALB/c or phylogenetically related xenogeneic WF rat stimulator cells while having undetectable responses to phylogenetically disparate porcine stimulator cells. Although all types of grafts rejected acutely in wild-type mice, this response demonstrated markedly differing dependence on host MHC class II antigen presentation, depending on the donor species. While BALB/c islet allografts were acutely rejected in B6 MHC class II-deficient (C2D) recipients, WF rat xenografts demonstrated marked prolongation in C2D hosts relative to wild-type recipients. Interestingly, neonatal porcine islet (NPI) xenografts uniformly survived long term (>100 days) in untreated C2D hosts despite transfer of wild-type CD4 T-cells, demonstrating that survival in C2D recipients was not secondary to a lack of CD4 T-cells seen in such mice. Taken together, these results show a marked hierarchy in the requirement for host MHC class II-restricted indirect pathway in the rejection of pancreatic islet grafts. Thus, while cellular rejection of porcine xenografts is generally quite vigorous, this pathway is relatively finite, displaying a major reliance on host MHC class II-dependent antigen presentation for acute rejection.

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