TY - JOUR
T1 - Cobalt protoporphyrine IX-mediated heme oxygenase-I induction alters the inflammatory cytokine response, but not antigen presentation after experimental allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
AU - Ewing, Patricia
AU - Hildebrandt, Gerhard C.
AU - Planke, Simone
AU - Andreesen, Reinhard
AU - Holler, Ernst
AU - Gerbitz, Armin
PY - 2007/9
Y1 - 2007/9
N2 - Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGvHD) remains the major cause of mortality after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Acute GvHD can be partially prevented when heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is induced in the recipient prior to transplantation but the mechanisms are not fully understood. Using a murine haploidentical bone marrow transplantation (BMT) model (C57Bl/6→B6D2F1) we tested whether HO-1 induction altered the alloreactive T cell response or rather modulated the inflammatory cytokine profile early after BMT. In vivo administration of cobalt protoporphyrine IX (CoPP) did not affect the expression of MHC class I and II or the costimulatory molecules CD80 and CD86 on murine peritoneal and on splenic dendritic cells (DCs). Allospecific T cell proliferation and interferon γ secretion did not differ in mixed lymphocyte reactions using either CoPP-pretreated allogeneic recipients or control-treated DCs as stimulators. Furthermore, splenic DCs, isolated one to four days after BMT from CoPP-pretreated recipients did not show any differences in the expression of costimulatory molecules compared to untreated controls, and T cell expansion and the cytolytic capacity 14 days after BMT were equal in the control and CoPP-treated allogeneic groups. Serum tumor necrosis factor α levels were significantly reduced in CoPP-treated allogeneic recipients when compared to allogeneic controls and did not differ from the syngeneic recipients. Our results indicate that the protective effects of CoPP-mediated HO-1 induction on survival and aGvHD after allogeneic BMT involve a reduction in the proinflammatory cytokine milieu rather than alteration in allospecific T cell stimulation.
AB - Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGvHD) remains the major cause of mortality after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Acute GvHD can be partially prevented when heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is induced in the recipient prior to transplantation but the mechanisms are not fully understood. Using a murine haploidentical bone marrow transplantation (BMT) model (C57Bl/6→B6D2F1) we tested whether HO-1 induction altered the alloreactive T cell response or rather modulated the inflammatory cytokine profile early after BMT. In vivo administration of cobalt protoporphyrine IX (CoPP) did not affect the expression of MHC class I and II or the costimulatory molecules CD80 and CD86 on murine peritoneal and on splenic dendritic cells (DCs). Allospecific T cell proliferation and interferon γ secretion did not differ in mixed lymphocyte reactions using either CoPP-pretreated allogeneic recipients or control-treated DCs as stimulators. Furthermore, splenic DCs, isolated one to four days after BMT from CoPP-pretreated recipients did not show any differences in the expression of costimulatory molecules compared to untreated controls, and T cell expansion and the cytolytic capacity 14 days after BMT were equal in the control and CoPP-treated allogeneic groups. Serum tumor necrosis factor α levels were significantly reduced in CoPP-treated allogeneic recipients when compared to allogeneic controls and did not differ from the syngeneic recipients. Our results indicate that the protective effects of CoPP-mediated HO-1 induction on survival and aGvHD after allogeneic BMT involve a reduction in the proinflammatory cytokine milieu rather than alteration in allospecific T cell stimulation.
KW - Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
KW - Antigen presenting cells
KW - Cobalt protoporphyrine
KW - Heme oxygenase-1
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U2 - 10.3892/ijmm.20.3.301
DO - 10.3892/ijmm.20.3.301
M3 - Article
C2 - 17671733
AN - SCOPUS:35148856240
SN - 1107-3756
VL - 20
SP - 301
EP - 308
JO - International Journal of Molecular Medicine
JF - International Journal of Molecular Medicine
IS - 3
ER -