Alloreactive CD8 T cell tolerance requires recipient B cells, dendritic cells, and MHC class II |
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Authors: | Fehr Thomas Haspot Fabienne Mollov Joshua Chittenden Meredith Hogan Timothy Sykes Megan |
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Affiliation: | Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA. |
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Abstract: | Allogeneic bone marrow chimerism induces robust systemic tolerance to donor alloantigens. Achievement of chimerism requires avoidance of marrow rejection by pre-existing CD4 and CD8 T cells, either of which can reject fully MHC-mismatched marrow. Both barriers are overcome with a minimal regimen involving anti-CD154 and low dose (3 Gy) total body irradiation, allowing achievement of mixed chimerism and tolerance in mice. CD4 cells are required to prevent marrow rejection by CD8 cells via a novel pathway, wherein recipient CD4 cells interacting with recipient class II MHC tolerize directly alloreactive CD8 cells. We demonstrate a critical role for recipient MHC class II, B cells, and dendritic cells in a pathway culminating in deletional tolerance of peripheral alloreactive CD8 cells. |
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