Journal: PLoS ONE
Article Title: Induction of Foxp3-Expressing Regulatory T-Cells by Donor Blood Transfusion Is Required for Tolerance to Rat Liver Allografts
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007840
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Adoptive transfer of whole splenocytes from DSTx4+LTx rats induces tolerance to liver allografts in naïve LEW recipients in a time-dependent manner. Splenocytes (250×10 6 cells) obtained from naïve (black diamonds, n = 7), DSTx4 (white diamonds,n = 9), DSTx4+LTx at 7 d post LTx (white circles, n = 4), DSTx4+LTx at 14 d post LTx (black circles, n = 5), DSTx4+LTx at 30 d post LTx (white squares, n = 4), DSTx4+LTx at 60 d post LTx (hash squares, n = 4) or DSTx4+LTx at 100 d post LTx (black squares, n = 9) were injected into lightly-irradiated (100rad) LEW rats one day before LTx. Control rats received 100 rad irradiation and received LTx but no cell transfer (black triangles, n = 14). *P<0.05 compared with no cell transfer. (B) Adoptive transfer of CD4 + but not CD8 + T-cells obtained from DST-primed LEW rats induces tolerance to liver allografts in naive LEW recipients. CD4 + (white squares, n = 6) or CD8 + (white diamonds, n = 6) T-cells (50×10 6 cells) obtained from spleens of naïve rats and CD4 + (black squares, n = 6) or CD8 + (black diamonds, n = 6) T-cells (50×10 6 cells) obtained from spleens of DSTx4 rats were injected into lightly-irradiated (100 rad) LEW rats one day before LTx. # P = 0.05 compared with naïve CD4 + (white squares). (C) Adoptive transfer of CD4 + CD45RC − , CD4 + CD25 + or CD4 + CD25 − T-cells induces tolerance to liver allografts in naïve LEW recipients. CD4 + T-cells (50×10 6 cells; (black squares, n = 7); CD4 + CD45RC − T-cells(20×10 6 cells; black diamonds, n = 5); CD4 + CD45RC + T-cells (20×10 6 cells; white diamonds,n = 5); CD4 + CD25 − T-cells (40×10 6 cells; black circles, n = 5); and CD4 + CD25 + T-cells (10×10 6 cells, white circles, n = 5) from DSTx4+LTx at 100days post LTx were transferred into lightly irradiated LEW rats one day prior to LTx. *P<0.05 compared with no cell transfer (black triangles).
Article Snippet: PerCP conjugated mouse anti-rat CD8a (OX-8), FITC conjugated mouse anti-rat CD25 (OX-39), FITC conjugated mouse anti-rat CD45RC (OX-22), PE conjugated mouse anti-rat CD45RC (OX-22) and APC conjugated mouse anti-rat CD3 (1F4) antibodies were purchased from BD Bioscience (San Jose, CA).
Techniques: Adoptive Transfer Assay, Injection, Irradiation