| Project/Area Number | 09557202 |
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 展開研究 |
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| Research Field |
医薬分子機能学
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
TSUTSUMI Yasuo School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Osaka University Research Associate, 薬学研究科, 助手 (50263306)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MAYUMI Tadanori School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Professor, 薬学研究科, 教授 (00098485)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1998
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| Project Status |
Completed(Fiscal Year 1998)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost : ¥6,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1998 : ¥2,800,000 (Direct Cost : ¥2,800,000)
Fiscal Year 1997 : ¥3,700,000 (Direct Cost : ¥3,700,000)
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| Keywords | Cytomedicine / APA-microcapsule / Immunoisolation / Drug Delivery System |
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| Research Abstract |
Microencapsulation of living cells or tissues has been proposed to prevent their immune destruction following transplantation. In this study, we examined whether SK2 hybridoma cells microencapsulated in an alginate-poly(L)lysine-alginate (APA) membrane (APA-SK2 cells) were immunoisolated from the allogeneic host's immune system using a cytotoxicity test. The APA membrane inhibited the activation of the host's cellular immune response, but did not prevent the production of cytotoxic antibodies against entrapped SK2 cells following allogeneic transplantation. However, the APA-SK2 cells remained vital in SK2 cell-immunized mice as well as in intact mice. We considered that complement regulatory factors which were present on cell membrane and had species-specific restriction blocked the complement-mediated cell lysis on allogeneic transplantation, since APA-SK2 cells were destroyed by rabbit anti-SK2 cell antiserum. Our results demonstrated that APA membrane could inhibit cell-cell contact between entrapped cells and the host's lymphocytes, but could not completely protect the entrapped cells from xenogeneic hamoral immunity.
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