Abstract
We have recently demonstrated that three synthetic peptides corresponding to the donor class I RT1.Aa molecule induce long-term survival of cardiac allografts in the PVG.R8-to-PVG.1U rat strain combination (disparate for one isolated class I, RT1.A, molecule) when presented to the recipient immune system in the thymus. Long-term graft survivors had measurable levels of donor-reactive alloantibodies in their serum. In this study, we examined long-term allografts for the presence of chronic rejection and donor microchimerism to assess whether this regimen of immune modulation establishes true tolerance and whether this tolerance is dependent upon the presence of donor-recipient microchimerism. Histological examination of long-term heart grafts (>100 days) demonstrated chronic rejection, including a mild degree of myocardial infiltration by mononuclear cells, mild to moderate myocardial fibrosis, and various vascular changes ranging from focal intimal thickening to total vascular lumen blockade due to smooth muscle cell proliferation. In contrast, long-term syngeneic hearts transplanted under similar experimental conditions lacked these pathological manifestations. Donor microchimerism was analyzed using the polymerase chain react...Continue Reading
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