Abstract 760: Heme Oxygenase-1 expression in Dendritic Cells determines the Outcome of Transplantation Arteriosclerosis
| Autor: | Annemarie Noordeloos, Elza van Deel, Denise Hermes, Maarten L Simoons, Dirk J Duncker, Caroline Cheng, Henricus J Duckers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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| Zdroj: | Circulation. 116 |
| ISSN: | 1524-4539 0009-7322 |
| DOI: | 10.1161/circ.116.suppl_16.ii_146 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Although expression of heme oxygenase-1 (HO1) attenuates transplantation arteriosclerosis, the mechanism by which HO1 exerts its protective effect remains unclear. We studied the effect of HO1-deficient vs. wildtype (WT) dendritic cells (DCs) on the T-cell priming response and outcome in a murine transplant arteriosclerosis model. Methods: At day 0 C57bl6 mice received either WT (n=6) or HO1-knockout DCs (n=6) pre-sensitized with Balb/c splenocytes lysate to accelerate the development of arteriosclerosis. At day 10 an aorta segment from Balb/c mice was transplanted into the carotid artery position of C57Bl6 mice.14 days after transplantation allografts were excised and processed for immunohistochemical analysis. Results: HO1-deficient DCs significantly increased neointimal hyperplasia as compared to WT DCs (116995 vs. 46114μm 2 P2 P2 vs. 232μm 2 P Conclusions: HO1 expression in dendritic cells increases vascular cell infiltration with a higher CD8+/CD4+ T-cell ratio by stabilizing MHCII expression in vascular allografts resulting in inhibition of neointima formation and hence improved allograft survival. |
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