Islet allografts expressing a PD-L1 and IDO fusion protein evade immune rejection and reverse preexisting diabetes in immunocompetent mice without systemic immunosuppression

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Allogeneic islet transplantation is a promising experimental therapy for poorly controlled diabetes. Despite pharmacological immunosuppression, long-term islet engraftment remains elusive. Here, we designed a synthetic fusion transgene coupling PD-L1 and indoleamine dioxygenase [hereafter PIDO] whose constitutive expression prevents immune destruction of genetically engineered islet allograft transplanted in immunocompetent mice. PIDO expressing murine islets maintain robust dynamic insulin secretion in vitro and when transplanted in allogeneic hyperglycemic murine recipients reverse pre-existing streptozotocin-induced and autoimmune diabetes in the absence of pharmacological immunosuppression for more than 50 and 8 weeks, respectively, and is dependent on host CD4 competence. Additionally, PIDO expression in allografts preserves endocrine functional viability of islets and promotes a localized tolerogenic milieu characterized by the suppression of host CD8 T cell and phagocyte recruitment and accumulation of FOXP3+ Tregs. Furthermore, in the canine model of xenogeneic islet transplantation, muscle implanted PIDO-expressing porcine islets displayed physiological glucose-responsive insulin secretion competency in euglycemic recipient for up to 20 weeks. In conclusion, the PIDO transgenic technology enables host CD4+ T cell-modulated immune evasiveness and long-term functional viability of islet allo- and xenografts in immune-competent recipients without the need for pharmacological immune suppression and would allow for improved outcomes for tissue transplantation.

Errataetall:

ErratumIn: Am J Transplant. 2023 May;23(5):693. - PMID 36907701

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons - 22(2022), 11 vom: 27. Nov., Seite 2571-2585

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Paul, Pradyut K [VerfasserIn]
Das, Rahul [VerfasserIn]
Drow, Travis [VerfasserIn]
Nylen, Emily A [VerfasserIn]
de Souza, Arnaldo Henrique [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zunyi [VerfasserIn]
Wood, Michael W [VerfasserIn]
Davis, Dawn B [VerfasserIn]
Bjorling, Dale E [VerfasserIn]
Galipeau, Jacques [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

B7-H1 Antigen
Diabetes
IDO
Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase
Islets
Journal Article
PD-L1
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tolerance
Transplantation

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Date Completed 16.11.2022

Date Revised 12.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

ErratumIn: Am J Transplant. 2023 May;23(5):693. - PMID 36907701

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/ajt.17162

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM344169030