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Prolongation of allograft and xenograft survival by pretreatment with prednisolone and donor-specific antigen.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  60786     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Sprague-Dawley rats were grafted with skin of Wistar rats. Surprisingly, pretreatment with donor-specific spleen homogenate and semisoluble antigens combined with prednisolone resulted in a prolonged survival of the skin grafts. The same effects were observed after transplantation of rabbit skin to Sprague-Dawley rats. Lewis rats were grafted with kidneys of LewisX brown-Norway F1 rats and simultaneously subjected to bilateral nephrectomy. The recipients were pretreated with soluble and with semisoluble donor-specific antigen. The recipients survived in definitely after pretreatment with semisoluble antigen combined with prednisolone. Combined administration of soluble antigen and prednisolone was ineffective. In the canine kidney allografts, the recipients were pretreated with semisoluble donor-specific spleen antigen; in the canine liver allografts, they were given soluble and semisoluble antigen. The canine kidney recipients survived significantly longer when they had been pretreated with antigens combined with high doses of prednisolone. Pretreatment with high doses of prednisolone alone did not prolong the survival of kidney grafted rats and dogs, and pretreatment with antigen alone had no effect on the survival of kidney grafted dogs. Pretreatment with antigen alone had no effect on the survival time of liver allografts in dogs, but the recipients of the liver grafts survived longer than and controls--some of them for more than 1,200 days--when they had been pretreated with antigens combined with prednisolone. In this respect, the semisoluble antigen was more effective than the soluble form. After three spaced antigen injections, the lymphocytotoxic antibody titers on the day of the grafting varied, but they were always low. There was no correlation between the titers on the day of transplantation and the duration of survival. Recipients pretreated with antigen showed lower postoperative antibody titers than those without antigen.
Authors:
T S Lie
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Surgery, gynecology & obstetrics     Volume:  143     ISSN:  0039-6087     ISO Abbreviation:  Surg Gynecol Obstet     Publication Date:  1976 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1976-10-29     Completed Date:  1976-10-29     Revised Date:  2009-11-11    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0101370     Medline TA:  Surg Gynecol Obstet     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  369-75     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Antigens / administration & dosage*
Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic
Dogs
Epitopes
Graft Rejection
Kidney Transplantation
Liver Transplantation
Lymphocytes / immunology
Male
Prednisolone / administration & dosage,  pharmacology*
Premedication
Rats
Skin Transplantation
Tissue Survival / drug effects*
Transplantation Immunology
Transplantation, Heterologous*
Transplantation, Homologous*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antigens; 0/Epitopes; 50-24-8/Prednisolone

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