Apoptosis and increased expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in human allograft rejection

Transplantation
M J SzabolcsP J Cannon

Abstract

The mechanisms of myocyte death during cardiac allograft rejection are incompletely understood. In a previous study using a rat heterotopic cardiac allograft model, we showed that cardiac myocyte apoptosis, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) mRNA, protein and enzyme activity, and nitrotyrosine increased simultaneously during cardiac allograft rejection. This study was designed to investigate whether apoptosis and expression of iNOS occur in human cardiac allograft rejection. Right ventricular endomyocardial biopsies from 30 cases of allograft rejection (International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation grade 3A/B) were compared with 12 biopsies with no rejection (International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation grade 0). Samples were co-labeled for apoptosis and muscle actin. Serial sections were stained for iNOS, nitrotyrosine, and the leukocyte markers CD3, CD4, CD8, and CD68 to identify T-cell subpopulations and macrophages. Biopsies with cardiac allograft rejection showed a 30-fold increase of apoptotic cells when compared with controls. Most apoptotic cardiac myocytes were found in proximity to macrophage (CD68+)-rich inflammatory infiltrates. iNOS immunoreactivity was strongest in macrophages and adjacent...Continue Reading

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