Chemokine and chemokine receptor expression analysis in target organs of acute graft-versus-host disease
| Autor: | Elisabeth Huber, Gerhard C. Hildebrandt, Gunnar Mueller, Sandra Miklos, Abdellatif Bouazzaoui, Elena Spacenko, Reinhard Andreesen, Ernst Holler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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CCR1
CCR2 Immunology CCR3 Graft vs Host Disease Biology CXCR3 CCL8 Chemokine receptor Mice immune system diseases Genetics Animals CCL12 Genetics (clinical) CXCL16 Bone Marrow Transplantation hemic and immune systems surgical procedures operative Gene Expression Regulation Organ Specificity Acute Disease Female Receptors Chemokine Chemokines |
| Zdroj: | Genes and immunity. 10(8) |
| ISSN: | 1476-5470 |
| Popis: | Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) is a major complication after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (allo-BMT), and infiltration of donor leukocytes into aGVHD target organs is partially orchestrated by chemokines. Using a murine BMT model, the expression of 30 chemokines or chemokine receptors in the lung, liver, gut and tongue was analyzed using real-time PCR at 1, 2, 3 and 6 weeks after BMT during the development of clinical aGVHD and target organ histopathology. CXCL9-11 expression was linked to elevated expression of CXCR3 in the gut, lung and tongue. In contrast, hepatic CXCR3 expression was not changed, whereas a clear association was seen for CXCL16 and CXCR6 expression. An elevated intestinal CCL3 expression 1 week after allo-BMT was associated with an increased expression of CCR5 but not CCR1 or CCR3, and in the lung and liver CCL3-CCL5 expression was associated with increases in CCR1 and CCR5. Overexpression of CCL2, CCL8, CCL12 and their receptor CCR2 was found in the liver and lung, but not in the gut and tongue. On the basis of the differences in kinetics and organ distribution, more studies are required to better characterize specific targets within this network, as this will allow the development of novel preventive and therapeutic approaches by using single or multiple targeting reagents. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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