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Mouse Sertoli Cells Inhibit Humoral-Based Immunity
Transplantation is used to treat many different diseases; however, without the use of immunosuppressants, which can be toxic to the patient, grafted tissue is rejected by the immune system. Humoral immune responses, particularly antibodies and complement, are significant components in rejection. Rem...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9656144/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36361551 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms232112760 |
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author | Washburn, Rachel L. Kaur, Gurvinder Dufour, Jannette M. |
author_facet | Washburn, Rachel L. Kaur, Gurvinder Dufour, Jannette M. |
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description | Transplantation is used to treat many different diseases; however, without the use of immunosuppressants, which can be toxic to the patient, grafted tissue is rejected by the immune system. Humoral immune responses, particularly antibodies and complement, are significant components in rejection. Remarkably, Sertoli cells (SCs), immunoregulatory testicular cells, survive long-term after transplantation without immunosuppression. The objective of this study was to assess SC regulation of these humoral-based immune factors. Mouse SCs survived in vitro human complement (model of robust complement-mediated rejection) and survived in vivo as allografts with little-to-no antibody or complement fragment deposition. Microarray data and ELISA analyses identified at least 14 complement inhibitory proteins expressed by mouse SCs, which inhibit complement at multiple points. Interestingly, a mouse SC line (MSC-1), which was rejected by day 20 post transplantation, also survived in vitro human complement, showed limited deposition of antibodies and complement, and expressed complement inhibitors. Together this suggests that SC inhibition of complement-mediated killing is an important component of SC immune regulation. However, other mechanisms of SC immune modulation are also likely involved in SC graft survival. Identifying the mechanisms that SCs use to achieve extended survival as allografts could be utilized to improve graft survival. |
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spelling | pubmed-96561442022-11-15 Mouse Sertoli Cells Inhibit Humoral-Based Immunity Washburn, Rachel L. Kaur, Gurvinder Dufour, Jannette M. Int J Mol Sci Article Transplantation is used to treat many different diseases; however, without the use of immunosuppressants, which can be toxic to the patient, grafted tissue is rejected by the immune system. Humoral immune responses, particularly antibodies and complement, are significant components in rejection. Remarkably, Sertoli cells (SCs), immunoregulatory testicular cells, survive long-term after transplantation without immunosuppression. The objective of this study was to assess SC regulation of these humoral-based immune factors. Mouse SCs survived in vitro human complement (model of robust complement-mediated rejection) and survived in vivo as allografts with little-to-no antibody or complement fragment deposition. Microarray data and ELISA analyses identified at least 14 complement inhibitory proteins expressed by mouse SCs, which inhibit complement at multiple points. Interestingly, a mouse SC line (MSC-1), which was rejected by day 20 post transplantation, also survived in vitro human complement, showed limited deposition of antibodies and complement, and expressed complement inhibitors. Together this suggests that SC inhibition of complement-mediated killing is an important component of SC immune regulation. However, other mechanisms of SC immune modulation are also likely involved in SC graft survival. Identifying the mechanisms that SCs use to achieve extended survival as allografts could be utilized to improve graft survival. MDPI 2022-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9656144/ /pubmed/36361551 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms232112760 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Washburn, Rachel L. Kaur, Gurvinder Dufour, Jannette M. Mouse Sertoli Cells Inhibit Humoral-Based Immunity |
title | Mouse Sertoli Cells Inhibit Humoral-Based Immunity |
title_full | Mouse Sertoli Cells Inhibit Humoral-Based Immunity |
title_fullStr | Mouse Sertoli Cells Inhibit Humoral-Based Immunity |
title_full_unstemmed | Mouse Sertoli Cells Inhibit Humoral-Based Immunity |
title_short | Mouse Sertoli Cells Inhibit Humoral-Based Immunity |
title_sort | mouse sertoli cells inhibit humoral-based immunity |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9656144/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36361551 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms232112760 |
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