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. 1993 Jun;92(3):527–531. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1993.tb03432.x

Comparison of potentiality to induce graft-versus-host reaction with small bowel, pancreas/spleen, and liver transplantation in the rat.

E Kobayashi 1, N Kamada 1, S Enosawa 1, N Toyama 1, L Delriviere 1, S Goto 1, Y I Kim 1, M Miyata 1
PMCID: PMC1554771  PMID: 8513585

Abstract

Although small bowel transplantation (SBT), or pancreas-spleen transplantation (PST) often lead to lethal graft-versus-host reaction (GVHR) in experimental animals, fatal GVHR is rare after clinical liver transplantation. This study describes a modified model of SBT and PST in the rat using cuff techniques applied to the renal artery and vein of the recipient. The ability of LEW (RT1(1)) or BN (RT1n) lymphocytes accompanying intestinal, splenic, or hepatic grafts to induce lethal GVHR in (LEW x BN) F1 hybrid recipients was compared. SBT and PST experiments showed that lethal GVHR always occurred in LEW-into-F1 combination, but was much less frequent in BN-into-F1 SBT. In mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR), LEW mesenteric or splenic T cells showed significantly higher proliferative responses against BN stimulators than did BN mesenteric or splenic T cells against LEW. Adoptive cell transfer experiments using mesenteric or splenic cells also showed that LEW cells were higher responders than BN. In contrast with SBT and PST results, a lethal GVHR was not induced after liver or pancreas grafting alone in either parent-to-F1 combination. In MLR, hepatic T cells from either parent failed to elicit a proliferative response against allostimulators. These results indicate that the occurrence of lethal GVHR is dependent upon the reactivity of parental lymphocytes against allo-antigenicity of F1 hybrids and also upon the lymphoid tissue transplanted. The lack of alloreactivity of hepatic T cells accounts for the absence of lethal GVHR after liver grafting.

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