
pmid: 26720299
Human CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ T regulatory cells (huTreg) suppress CD4+ T cell-mediated antipig xenogeneic responses in vitro and might therefore be used to induce xenograft tolerance. The present study investigated the role of the adhesion molecules, their porcine ligands, and the chemoattractant factors that may promote the recruitment of huTreg to porcine aortic endothelial cells (PAEC) and their capacity to regulate antiporcine natural killer (NK) cell responses.Interactions between ex vivo expanded huTreg and PAEC were studied by static chemotaxis assays and flow-based adhesion and transmigration assays. In addition, the suppressive function of huTreg on human antiporcine NK cell responses was analyzed.The TNFα-activated PAEC released factors that induce huTreg chemotaxis, partially inhibited by antihuman CXCR3 blocking antibodies. Coating of PAEC with human CCL17 significantly increased the transmigration of CCR4+ huTreg under physiological shear stress. Under static conditions, transendothelial Treg migration was inhibited by blocking integrin sub-units (CD18, CD49d) on huTreg, or their respective porcine ligands intercellular adhesion molecule 2 (CD102) and vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (CD106). Finally, huTreg partially suppressed xenogeneic human NK cell adhesion, NK cytotoxicity and degranulation (CD107 expression) against PAEC; however, this inhibition was modest, and there was no significant change in the production of IFNγ.Recruitment of huTreg to porcine endothelium depends on particular chemokine receptors (CXCR3, CCR4) and integrins (CD18 and CD49d) and was increased by CCL17 coating. These results will help to develop new strategies to enhance the recruitment of host huTreg to xenogeneic grafts to regulate cell-mediated xenograft rejection including NK cell responses.
Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, Natural/immunology/metabolism, Swine, Cells, Cytotoxicity, T-Lymphocytes, Cell Communication, Cell Degranulation, Immunophenotyping, Regulatory/immunology/metabolism, Immunologic, 616, Cell Adhesion, Immune Tolerance, Killer Cells, Animals, Humans, Cells, Cultured, Cell Adhesion Molecules/immunology/metabolism, Immunophenotyping/methods, Cultured, Chemotaxis, Transendothelial and Transepithelial Migration, Endothelial Cells, Leukocyte, Flow Cytometry, Chemokine CCL17/immunology/metabolism, Coculture Techniques, Killer Cells, Natural, Chemotaxis, Leukocyte, Phenotype, Heterografts, Chemokine CCL17, Endothelial Cells/immunology/metabolism, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Signal Transduction, ddc: ddc:616
Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, Natural/immunology/metabolism, Swine, Cells, Cytotoxicity, T-Lymphocytes, Cell Communication, Cell Degranulation, Immunophenotyping, Regulatory/immunology/metabolism, Immunologic, 616, Cell Adhesion, Immune Tolerance, Killer Cells, Animals, Humans, Cells, Cultured, Cell Adhesion Molecules/immunology/metabolism, Immunophenotyping/methods, Cultured, Chemotaxis, Transendothelial and Transepithelial Migration, Endothelial Cells, Leukocyte, Flow Cytometry, Chemokine CCL17/immunology/metabolism, Coculture Techniques, Killer Cells, Natural, Chemotaxis, Leukocyte, Phenotype, Heterografts, Chemokine CCL17, Endothelial Cells/immunology/metabolism, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Signal Transduction, ddc: ddc:616
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