Toll like receptor expression in spleen of rat skin transplantation model / 中国免疫学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:The expression patterns of TLR4,9,10 in the rat spleen were compared between the rat model of acute skin-transplant rejection and physiologically normal rats ,and their physiological significance were accessed.Methods:6 Wistar and 6 SD rats were used as donors ,and another 24 SD rats were used as recipients which were divided into 4 groups of 6.The same back skin slices were transplanted from donor to recipient , Group Aallograft ( Wistar to SD );Group Bhomograft ( SD to SD );Group Cautograft;and Group Dnormal SD rats as control.Rat spleens were collected at 1,4,7,10,14,and 21 days after surgery ,and mRNA levels of TLR4,9,10 in splenic mononuclear cells were determined by real-time PCR and corresponding protein expression was accessed by immunohistochemistry.Results:TLR4,9,10 mRNA levels of Group A were significantly higher than that of Group B and C ( P0.05).TLR4,9,10 expressions were moderate (++) to strong (+++) in Group A,and generally weak (+) in Group B,C and D.Conclusion:The patterns of TLR4,9,10 mRNA and protein expression in the rat model of acute skin-transplant rejection indicate that the three genes are involved in acute transplant rejection;the three genes may be expressed coordinately;inhibition of the Toll-like receptors may provide therapeutic targets for acute transplant rejection.