ABSTRACT
Objective:To investigate the effect and mechanism of donor-Ag specific T cell vaccination on inducing specific immune tolerance of allogenic liver transplantation and the mechanism of immune privilege of liver transplantation .Methods:CBA mice were recipients,B6 mice were donors,T cell vaccination (TCV) were made from the attenuated spleen cells of CBA mice ,which were stimulated by Con A and were challenged with the spleen cells of B 6 mice.There are 3 groups in this experiment:Transplant control group:Orthotopic liver transplantation ( OLT) were performed with the recipients of CBA mice and donors of B 6 mice;Flt3-L treating group:OLT were performed with the recipients of CBA mice and donors of B 6 mice treated with Flt3-L;TCV group:OLT were performed with the recipients of CBA mice inoculated with TCV and donors of B 6 mice treated with Flt3-L.Median survival time (MST) of liver grafts was recorded, IL-4, IL-10 and IFN-γin peripheral blood were tested after transplantation in each group .One-way mixed lymphocyte reaction ( MLR) were carried out with effectors of spleen cells from CBA mice and stimulator of spleen cells from B 6 mice at the 5th day after transplantation.The apoptosis of liver graft infiltrating cells (GICs) were analyzed by flow cytometric analysis at the 5th day after transplantation.Results: Flt3-L treating donor activated allogenic acute rejecting reaction , TCV vaccinating recipient before and after transplantation significantly depressed the acute immune rejecting reaction mediated by Flt 3-L.The liver grafts were accepted by recipient without the presence of Flt 3-L.The cytokines test show that the serum value of IL-4 and IL-10 were increased in Transplant control group and TCV group ,but decreased in Flt3-L treating group.The value of IFN-γwas increased in Flt3-L treating.