Amelioration of graft-versus-host disease by pretreatment of allogeneic cells with Fab fragments

Transplantation
S S KulkarniJ J Trentin

Abstract

We have previously reported the protective effect of pretreatment of semiallogeneic marrow and spleen cells with Fab fragments of horse anti-mouse thymocyte globulin against otherwise 100% fatal acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). We have now examined the effect of this pretreatment in three allogeneic strain combinations of mice, namely, A leads to C57, CBA leads to CAF1, and CBA leads to BALB/c. Acute GVHD mortality at 15 days postirradiation and transplantation of untreated marrow and spleen cells was 100% in all the strain combinations. However, pretreatment of cells with Fab reduced acute GVHD mortality to 6, 13, and 33% for the CBA leads to CAF1, CBA leads to BALB/c, and A leads to C57 strain combinations, respectively. The combined mortality from both acute and secondary GVHD and all other causes at 60 and 200 days postirradiation was 6 and 11%, 20 and 39%, 50 and 66% for each of these strain combinations, respectively. These results provide additional evidence for the effectiveness of Fab in ameliorating acute GVHD and establish its applicability to allogeneic strain combinations.

Citations

Jun 20, 2006·Autoimmunity Reviews·Germán A BiancoGabriel A Rabinovich

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