Toggle Main Menu Toggle Search

Open Access padlockePrints

Renal allograft rejection: β-Chemokine involvement in the development of tubulitis

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Helen Robertson, David Talbot, Keith Callanan, Emeritus Professor John Kirby

Downloads

Full text for this publication is not currently held within this repository. Alternative links are provided below where available.


Abstract

Background. Tubulitis is a defining feature of renal allograft rejection. Graft dysfunction may result from damage inflicted on tubular epithelial cells by intratubular cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Graft cells are known to produce chemokines during acute rejection, but it is not known whether changes in expression of specific chemokines can influence the composition of the intratubular lymphocyte population. We examined expression of individual chemokines in biopsy sections showing different pathological rejection grades. Methods. Sections from Banff-graded transplant biopsies were examined for the presence of β-chemokines (MCP-1, MIP-1α, MIP-1β, and RANTES) by immunofluorescence and semiquantitative confocal laser scanning microscopy. Results. β-Chemokines were expressed predominantly at the basolateral surface of tubular epithelial cells. Expression of MCP-1 and MIP- 1β was significantly higher in sections showing grade 2 rather than grade 1 acute rejection. RANTES and MIP-1α showed no significant variation in level of expression between rejection grades. Conclusions. β-Chemokines are expressed by tubular epithelial cells during acute rejection. Consistent expression of RANTES and MIP-1α suggests a general role in recruiting T lymphocytes. However, MCP-1 and MIP-1β may play a more subtle role in recruitment of specific T-cell subsets, such as Th1 cells, during acute cellular rejection.


Publication metadata

Author(s): Kirby JA; Robertson H; Callanan K; Talbot D; Morley AR

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Transplantation

Year: 2000

Volume: 69

Issue: 4

Pages: 684-687

ISSN (print): 0041-1337

ISSN (electronic): 1534-6080

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00007890-200002270-00039

DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200002270-00039

PubMed id: 10708134


Altmetrics

Altmetrics provided by Altmetric


Share