T cells Exhibit Reduced Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 5 Phosphorylation and Upregulated Coinhibitory Molecule Expression After Kidney Transplantation

Transplantation
Anne P BouvyCarla C Baan

Abstract

T-cell depletion therapy is associated with diminished interleukin (IL)-7/IL-15-dependent homeostatic proliferation resulting in incomplete T-cell repopulation. Furthermore, it is associated with impaired T-cell functions. We hypothesized that this is the result of impaired cytokine responsiveness of T cells, through affected signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)5 phosphorylation and upregulation of coinhibitory molecules. Patients were treated with T cell-depleting rabbit antithymocyte globulin (rATG) (6 mg/kg, n = 17) or nondepleting, anti-CD25 antibody (basiliximab, 2 × 40 mg, n = 25) induction therapy, in combination with tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, and steroids. Before and the first year after transplantation, IL-7 and IL-2 induced STAT5 phosphorylation, and the expression of the coinhibitory molecules programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1), T cell immunoglobulin mucin-3 (TIM-3), lymphocyte activation gene-3 (LAG-3), cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4), cluster of differentiation (CD) 160, and CD244 was measured by flow cytometry. The first year after rATG, CD4+, and CD8+ T cells were affected in their IL-7-dependent phosphorylation of STAT5 (pSTAT5) which was most outspoken in the...Continue Reading

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