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Alterations in binding activity of T cell transcription factor CD28 responsive element binding complex (CD28RC) following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
Author(s) -
Tanaka Junji,
Mori Akio,
Ota Shuiti,
Yamamoto Yasushi,
Kobayashi Sumiko,
Hashino Satoshi,
Asaka Masahiro,
Imamura Masahiro
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
european journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1600-0609
pISSN - 0902-4441
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2000.90142.x
Subject(s) - cd28 , peripheral blood mononuclear cell , immunology , medicine , bone marrow , transplantation , t cell , immune system , biology , in vitro , biochemistry
The CD28 responsive element binding complex (CD28RC) has an important role in transducing CD28/B7 costimulatory signals. Using electrophoretic mobility‐shift assay (EMSA), we have analyzed the binding activity of CD28RC in the mixed lymphocyte culture (MLC) using peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) obtained from the patients before and after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (allo‐BMT). The binding activity of CD28RC was low in MLCs using PBMC from patients without acute GVHD and it was also low in MLCs using PBMC from patients without chronic GVHD (cGVHD). In contrast, this activity in patients with cGVHD was estimated to be high. The relative values of CD28RC in comparison with third party MLCs were significantly higher in MLCs using PBMC from patients with cGVHD than those in MLCs using PBMC from patients without GVHD (0.55±0.31 versus 0.23±0.12, respectively, n =10, p =0.05). IL‐2 concentrations in the MLC medium from patients without GVHD were undetectable; however, a detectable level of IL‐2 was present in MLC medium from a patient with extensive cGVHD. These data were interpreted to suggest that the CD28 costimulatory pathway was specifically activated against recipient antigen in allo‐BMT patients with GVHD. In other words, it was suggested that the CD28 costimulatory pathway was specifically suppressed in allo‐BMT patients without GVHD, and this suppression might contribute immunological tolerance after allo‐BMT.