Histologic studies on the hepatic lesions induced by graft-versus-host reaction in MHC class II disparate hosts compared with primary biliary cirrhosis.

Abstract	By light and electron microscopic examinations, histologic changes in the liver of mice with graft-versus-host reaction (GVHR) were analyzed. To induce GVHR, C57BL/6 (B6) spleen cells were injected into (B6Xbm1)F1, (B6Xbm12)F1, and (bm1Xbm12)F1 mice. In (B6Xbm12)F1 recipient mice, bile duct changes resembling chronic non-suppurative destructive cholangitis (CNSDC) and a formation of epithelioid granulomas were observed during the course of GVHR. An epithelioid granuloma in the liver of (B6Xbm1)F1 or (bm1.Xbm12)F1 recipients was not detected. By electron microscopy, the bile duct epithelia were seen to be in close contact with infiltrating cells, and marked alterations of their cytoplasm and microvilli were demonstrated; ie, vacuolation of the cytoplasm, deterioration of microvilli, and bleb formation were frequently observed in the liver of class II-disparate hosts. Concerning the basement membrane, no marked changes characteristic of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), such as many-layered basement membranes containing osmium positive substance, were detected. Because the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II-disparate system was used in our experimental system in the GVHR, the antigen expressed on the bile duct might be a target and be associated with the formation of the initial hepatic lesions in PBC such as CNSDC and epithelioid granuloma formation. Thus, GVHR across the MHC class II antigen is believed to play an important role in the development of PBC.
Authors	T Saitoh, M Fujiwara, M Nomoto, T Kamimura, K Ishihara, H Asakura
Journal	The American journal of pathology (Am J Pathol) Vol. 135 Issue 2 Pg. 301-7 (Aug 1989) ISSN: 0002-9440 [Print] United States
PMID	2782375 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References	Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
Topics	Animals Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic (pathology, ultrastructure) Epithelium (pathology, ultrastructure) Female Graft vs Host Reaction Histocompatibility Antigens Class II (immunology) Liver (pathology, ultrastructure) Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary (immunology, pathology) Male Mice Mice, Mutant Strains Microscopy, Electron

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