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  • Title: Allograft rejection in athymic nude rats by transferred T-cell subsets. I. The response of naive CD4+ and CD8+ thoracic duct lymphocytes to complete allogeneic incompatibilities.
    Author: Whitby EH, Sparshott SM, Bell EB.
    Journal: Immunology; 1990 Jan; 69(1):78-84. PubMed ID: 2138126.
    Abstract:
    PVG.rnu/rnu nude rats were pre-grafted with two allogeneic skin grafts, AO(RTlu) and BN(RTln), 6-14 days in advance of cell transfer. Cellular requirements for rejection were established by transferring graded numbers of B cell-depleted (Ig-) thoracic duct lymphocytes (TDL) or purified W3/25+ (CD4+) or OX8+ (CD8+) TDL subsets. Allografts were rejected by 10(5) to 5 x 10(6) Ig- TDL in a dose-dependent fashion. A similar dose-response relationship was found by transferring 5 x 10(5) to 5 x 10(6) Ig- OX8- TDL (purified by depletion of B cells and OX8+ cells). Larger numbers of Ig- OX8- TDL (10-30 x 10(6)) did not significantly accelerate rejection. W3/25+ TDL alone (10(5)), highly purified by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS), were sufficient to induce allograft rejection in this athymic nude rat model. In contrast, 10 times more FACS purified OX8+ TDL (10(6)) were unable to initiate skin graft rejection despite the complete class I and class II MHC incompatibilities. Furthermore, the addition of 10(6) OX8+ cells did not accelerate or retard the rejection induced by 10(5) W3/25+ cells alone. Pre-grafted nude recipients, irradiated (500 R) 2 hr before W3/25+ TDL injection, in order to eliminate putative nude T cells, rejected allografts on the same day as unirradiated controls. We conclude that when confronted with complete MHC disparities, CD4+ T cells are necessary and sufficient to induce skin allograft rejection whereas CD8+ T cells do not appear to contribute.
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