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Pre-clinical results in pig-to-non-human primate islet xenotransplantation using anti-CD40 antibody (2C10R4)-based immunosuppression

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Shin, Jun-Seop; Kim, Jong-Min; Min, Byoung-Hoon; Yoon, Il Hee; Kim, Hyun Je; Kim, Jung-Sik; Kim, Yong-Hee; Kang, Seong-Jun; Kim, Jiyeon; Kang, Hee-Jung; Lim, Dong-Gyun; Hwang, Eung-Soo; Ha, Jongwon; Kim, Sang-Joon; Park, Wan Beom; Park, Chung-Gyu

Issue Date
2018-01
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing Inc.
Citation
Xenotransplantation, Vol.25 No.1, p. e12356
Abstract
BackgroundIslet transplantation is an effective therapy for selected patients with type 1 diabetes with labile glycemic control and hypoglycemic unawareness, but donor organs are limited. Islet xenotransplantation using porcine islets will potentially solve this problem. Although successful proof of concept studies using clinically inapplicable anti-CD154 monoclonal antibody (mAb) in pig-to-non-human primate (NHP) islet xenotransplantation has been demonstrated by several groups worldwide, potentially clinically applicable anti-CD40 (2C10R4) mAb-based studies have not been reported. MethodsNine streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rhesus monkeys were transplanted with adult porcine islets isolated from designated pathogen-free (DPF) miniature pigs. They were treated with anti-CD40 mAb-based immunosuppressive regimen and were divided into 3 groups: anti-CD40 only group (n=2), belatacept group (anti-CD40 mAb+belatacept, n=2), and tacrolimus group (anti-CD40 mAb+tacrolimus, n=5). All monkeys received anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG), cobra venom factor (CVF), adalimumab, and sirolimus. Blood glucose levels (BGL) and serum porcine C-peptide concentrations were measured. Humoral and cellular immune responses were assessed by ELISA and ELISPOT, respectively. Liver biopsy and subsequent immunohistochemistry were conducted. ResultsAll animals restored normoglycemia immediately after porcine islet transplantation and finished the follow-up without any severe adverse effects except for one animal (R092). Most animals maintained their body weight. Median survival, as defined by a serum porcine C-peptide concentration of >0.15ng/mL, was 31, 27, and 60days for anti-CD40 only, belatacept, and tacrolimus groups, respectively. Anti-Gal IgG levels in serum and the number of interferon- secreting T cells in peripheral blood mononuclear cells did not increase in most animals. ConclusionThese results showed that anti-CD40 mAb combined with tacrolimus was effective in prolonging porcine islet graft survival, but anti-CD40 mAb was not as effective as anti-CD154 mAb in terms of preventing early islet loss.
ISSN
0908-665X
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/199669
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/xen.12356
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