PMID: 11923251Mar 30, 2002Paper

Effect of administration of CTLA4-Ig as protein or cDNA on corneal allograft survival

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
Richard M ComerD Frank P Larkin

Abstract

To examine the role of the CD28-CD80-CD86 pathway of T-lymphocyte costimulation in corneal allograft rejection and the effect of blockade of that pathway on graft survival. Kinetics of CD80 and CD86 expression in the cornea and draining lymph nodes were examined by RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry in untreated allograft recipients in a high-responder rat model. The effect of blockade of CD28-mediated costimulation was first examined by ex vivo incubation of excised Brown Norway rat donor cornea with the inhibitory protein CTLA4-Ig or an adenovirus vector (AdCTLA) expressing CTLA4-Ig, before grafting into Lewis rat recipients. A second group of graft recipients received systemic posttransplantation treatment with either CTLA4-Ig or AdCTLA. Expression of CD80 mRNA was increased in both donor and recipient cornea 16 hours after transplantation, whereas CD86 was detected constitutively, with no significant early increase. Immunohistochemistry on day 5 after transplantation demonstrated major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II expression, no CD80, and only a trace of CD86 in corneal allografts. In lymph nodes strong MHC class II, weak CD80, and moderate CD86 expression was noted. Both donor cornea and recipient treatment with ...Continue Reading

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