Immunohistological observations of rat fetal pancreas allografts transplanted into unmodified and cyclosporine-treated recipients

Administration of CsA (15 mg/kg/day) prolonged the survival of DA (RT1a) rat fetal pancreas transplanted to the renal subcapular site of both PVG (RT1c) and Lewis (RT1(1] recipients. Sections of fetal pancreas examined 40 days after transplantation into allogeneic CsA-treated recipients showed growt...

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Published inTransplantation Vol. 46; no. 6; p. 800
Main Authors Brown, M W, Bolton, E M, More, I A, Bradley, J A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.12.1988
Subjects
Animals
Cyclosporins - administration & dosage
Cyclosporins - therapeutic use
Fetus
Gestational Age
Graft Survival - drug effects
Histocompatibility Antigens - analysis
Inflammation
Kidney Tubules - immunology
Pancreas Transplantation
Premedication
Rats
Rats, Inbred Lew
Rats, Inbred Strains
Transplantation, Homologous
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Summary:Administration of CsA (15 mg/kg/day) prolonged the survival of DA (RT1a) rat fetal pancreas transplanted to the renal subcapular site of both PVG (RT1c) and Lewis (RT1(1] recipients. Sections of fetal pancreas examined 40 days after transplantation into allogeneic CsA-treated recipients showed growth and development of the fetal pancreas tissue, and the presence of numerous insulin-containing islets. CsA treatment prevented the induction of MHC antigen within allografts. Whereas at day 4, both rejecting and CsA treated grafts showed donor class I MHC expression on duct epithelium and islet cells, only rejecting grafts displayed class I MHC induction on acinar cells. Rejecting grafts showed strong induction of class II MHC antigen expression on duct epithelium from day 4 onward but this was completely prevented by CsA treatment. Islet cells in both rejecting and CsA treated allografts remained class II-negative throughout. CsA also resulted in a reduction in the day 6 cellular infiltrate of allografts (median area leukocyte infiltrate reduced from 43% to 10%) with a marked decrease in the number of MRC OX-8-positive cells. These results show a favorable effect of CsA on rat fetal pancreas allografts with a reduction in MHC antigen expression within the graft and prolonged survival of insulin-rich endocrine tissue.
ISSN:0041-1337
DOI:10.1097/00007890-198812000-00003