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Trogocytosis as a mechanistic link between chimerism and prenatal tolerance.

Abstract
In utero hematopoietic cellular transplantation (IUHCT) holds great promise for the treatment of congenital diseases of cellular dysfunction such as sickle cell disease, immunodeficiency disorders and inherited metabolic disorders. However, repeated failures in clinical cases of IUHCT that do not involve an immunodeficiency disease force a closer examination of the fetal immune system. While the mechanisms regulating T cell tolerance have been previously studied, the educational mechanisms leading to NK cell tolerance in prenatal chimeras remain unknown. As a low level of donor cells (1.8%) is required to induce and maintain this tolerance, it is likely that these mechanisms employ indirect host-donor interaction. This report examines donor-to-host MHC transfer (trogocytosis) as an intrinsic mechanism regulating the development and maintenance of NK cell tolerance in prenatal chimeras. The findings demonstrate that phenotypically tolerant host NK cells express low levels of transferred donor MHC antigens during development and later as mature cytotoxic lymphocytes. Further study is needed to understand how the cis-recognition of transferred donor MHC ligand influences the selection and maintenance of tolerant NK cells in prenatal chimeras.
AuthorsAmir M Alhajjat, Beverly S Strong, Emily T Durkin, Lucas E Turner, Ram K Wadhwani, Emily F Midura, Sundeep G Keswani, Aimen F Shaaban
JournalChimerism (Chimerism) 2013 Oct-Dec Vol. 4 Issue 4 Pg. 126-31 ISSN: 1938-1964 [Electronic] United States
PMID24121538 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
Topics
  • Animals
  • Chimerism (embryology)
  • Embryo, Mammalian (immunology)
  • Female
  • Fetus (immunology)
  • Graft vs Host Reaction (immunology)
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (adverse effects)
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class I (immunology)
  • Humans
  • Immune Tolerance
  • Killer Cells, Natural (immunology)
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Pregnancy
  • Transplantation Chimera (immunology)

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