Detection of feto-maternal immune tolerance by interferon-γ ELISPOT assay
Project/Area Number |
16590954
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Hematology
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Research Institution | Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine |
Principal Investigator |
SHIMAZAKI Chihiro Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Deprtment of Medicine, assistant Professor, 医学研究科, 講師 (50170931)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
AKATSUKA Yoshiki Aichi Cancer Center, Department of Tiumor Immunology, Head Reseacher, 腫瘍免疫学部, 主任研究員 (70333391)
丸屋 悦子 特定非営利活動法人HLA研究所, 主任研究員
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Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2005
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
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Keywords | feto-maternal immun tolerance / feto-matemal microchimerism / ELISPOT assay / haploidentical transplantation / allogeneic stem cell transplantation / 母児間マイクロキメリズム / ELISPOTアッセィ |
Research Abstract |
Reciprocal cell traffic between mother and fetus during pregnancy gives rise to postpartum fetal-maternal lymphohematopoietic microchimerism, which is frequently detected in blood and tissue from healthy individuals. Recent clinical experiences have suggested the association of microchimerism with acquired immunologic hyporesponsiveness to non-inherited maternal HLA antigens (NIMA) or inherited paternal HLA antigens (IPA). Based on these hypothesis we have started a non-T cell-depleted HLA haploidentical stem cell transplantation between mother and child or between NIMA-mismatched siblings. This study demonstrated a relatively low incidence of severe graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). However, no methods have been established to detect immune hyporesponsiveness to NIMA or IPA in vitro. In the present study, we developed a new method to detect the in vitro T cell reactivity of healthy individuals toward NIMA or IPA using interferon-γ (IFN-γ) Elispot analysis. CD3+ T cell reactivity from healthy individuals is very low toward autologous antigen presenting cells (CD19+ B cells), and is higher toward antigen presenting cells from the third party. CD3+ T cell reactivity toward NIMA is lower than that from the third party, but higher than autologous antigen presenting cells. In addition, CD3+ T cell reactivity toward IPA is similar to that from the third party. These observations suggest that this method using IFN-γ Elispot assay might be useful to speculate the immune tolerance toward NIMA and IPA, and predict GVHD after haploidentical stem cell transplantation between NIMA/IPA-mismatched family members.
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Research Products
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[Journal Article] Non-T-cell-depleted HLA- haploidentical stem cell transplantation after reduced-intensity conditioning in advanced hematological malignancies based on feto-maternal microchimerism.2004
Author(s)
Shimazaki C, Fuchida S, Ochiai N, nakano S, Yamada N, Uchida R, Okamoto M, Okano A, Inaba T, Maruya E, Saji H.
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Journal Title
Br J Haematol 127
Pages: 474-475
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[Journal Article] for the Japan Collaborative Study Group for NIMA-Complementary Haploidentical Stem-Cell Transplantation. Feasibility of HLA-haploidentical hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation between non-inherited maternal antigen (NIMA)- mismatched family members linked with long-term feto-maternal microchimerism.2004
Author(s)
Ichinohe T, Uchiyama T, Shimazaki C, Matsuo K, Tamaki S, Hino M, Watanabe A, Hamaguchi M, Adachi S, Gondo H, Uoshima N, Yoshihara T, Hatanaka K, Fujii H, Kawa K, Kawanishi K, Oka K, Kimura H, Itoh M, Inukai T, Maruya E, Saji H, Kodera Y
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Journal Title
Blood 104
Pages: 3821-3828
Description
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