• J. Surg. Res. · May 2008

    Mixed chimerism achieved by a nonlethal conditioning regimen induces donor-specific tolerance to lung allografts.

    • Sen Li, Shashikumar K Salgar, Yoshihiko Kurimoto, Samuel Yousem, and Si M Pham.
    • Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136, USA.
    • J. Surg. Res. 2008 May 15; 146 (2): 289-97.

    BackgroundGraft rejection and toxicity associated with chronic immunosuppressive therapy remain a major problem in lung transplantation (Tx). Mixed hematopoietic chimerism has been shown to produce long-lasting donor-specific transplant tolerance without immunosuppressive drugs in animal models; however, most conditioning regimens required to achieve mixed chimerism are too toxic for clinical use. The aim of this study was to develop a nonlethal conditioning regimen to induce tolerance to lung allografts.MethodsFour to 6-wk old ACI (RT1.A(a)) and Wistar Furth (RT1.A(u)) rats were used as organ donors and recipients, respectively. The recipient conditioning regimen included: 10 mg/animal antilymphocyte globulin (on day-5), 1 mg/kg/d tacrolimus (days 1 to 10), total body irradiation (500 cGy; day 0), and donor bone marrow (DBM) Tx (100 x 10(6) T-cell depleted cells on day 0 following irradiation). Six weeks after DBM Tx, chimeric animals received orthotopic left lung Tx. Graft survival was monitored by chest X-ray and histology.ResultsLong-term DBM engraftment was observed: hematopoietic chimerism in the peripheral blood was 12.4 +/- 3.4%, 36.7 +/- 14.1%, and 31.9 +/- 14.1% at 30 d, 6 mo, and 16 mo following DBM Tx, respectively. There was no graft versus host disease. Chimeric recipients (RT1.A(u)) permanently accepted (>400 d) donor-specific lungs (RT1.A(a); n = 8), yet rapidly rejected (<8 d) third party hearts (RT1.A(l); n = 5). Graft (lung) tolerant (>150 d) chimeric recipients accepted secondary donor-specific heart grafts (>150 d; n = 4) but rejected third party heart grafts (<7 d; n = 3). Graft tolerant recipients demonstrated reduced (P < 0.05) in vitro donor-specific lymphoproliferative response and cytotoxicity, and no evidence of acute or chronic graft rejection.ConclusionMixed chimerism achieved by a nonlethal conditioning regimen induced long-term donor-specific tolerance to lung allografts.

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