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Blood, 1 December 2007, Vol. 110, No. 12, pp. 3936-3948. Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on September 5, 2007; DOI 10.1182/blood-2007-04-083139. This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) All Versions of this Article: blood-2007-04-083139v1 110/12/3936    most recent Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Rights and Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Naji, A. Articles by Rouas-Freiss, N. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Naji, A. Articles by Rouas-Freiss, N. Related Collections Transplantation Immunobiology Social Bookmarking                   What's this?  Previous Article  |  Table of Contents  |  Next Article  IMMUNOBIOLOGY CD3+CD4low and CD3+CD8low are induced by HLA-G: novel human peripheral blood suppressor T-cell subsets involved in transplant acceptance Abderrahim Naji1, Solene Le Rond1, Antoine Durrbach2, Irene Krawice-Radanne1, Caroline Creput2, Marina Daouya1, Julien Caumartin1, Joel LeMaoult1, Edgardo D. Carosella1, and Nathalie Rouas-Freiss1 1 Service de Recherches en Hemato-Immunologie, Commissariat à l'energie atomique-Direction des science, du vivant-Departement de la recherche medical (CEA-DSV-DRM), Hopital Saint-Louis, Institut Universitaire d'Hematologie (IUH), Paris; and 2 Departement de Nephrologie et Transplantation, Hopital du Kremlin-Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France HLA-G is a tolerogenic molecule whose detection in sera and within allografted tissues is associated with better graft acceptance. HLA-G mediates T-cell differentiation into suppressor cells, which are thought to promote tolerance. Here, we investigated such T cells phenotypically and functionally and assessed their clinical relevance in the peripheral blood of patients who have undergone transplantation. Our results demonstrate that HLA-G expressed by antigen-presenting cells or present as soluble protein down-regulates the expression of CD4 and CD8 on allostimulated T cells at both transcriptional and posttranslational levels. These CD3+CD4low and CD3+CD8low T-cell subsets are characterized by an increased proportion of cells expressing CD45RA and HLA-DR, and a decreased number of cells expressing CD62L. In addition, these HLA-G–induced CD3+CD4low and CD3+CD8low subpopulations are Foxp3-negative suppressor T cells whose function involves IL-10. Biologic relevance came from analysis of patients who underwent transplantation, with high HLA-G plasma concentrations associated with better graft survival. Peripheral blood from these patients contains increased levels of IL-10 concomitantly to an enhanced representation of CD3+CD4low and CD3+CD8low T cells compared with HLA-G–negative patients who underwent transplantation and healthy individuals. These data define novel immunosuppressive subpopulations of peripheral blood T cells induced by HLA-G with potent implications in peripheral tolerance. CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this? This article has been cited by other articles: E. D. Carosella, B. Favier, N. Rouas-Freiss, P. Moreau, and J. LeMaoult Beyond the increasing complexity of the immunomodulatory HLA-G molecule Blood, May 15, 2008; 111(10): 4862 - 4870. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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