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- Title
Mycophenolic acid derivative 118 improves outcome of skin grafts by suppressing IL-17 production.
- Authors
Kong, Fang-yuan; Chen, Wei; He, Shi-jun; Lin, Ze-min; Li, Xin; Zhang, Xiao-hui; Yang, Xiao-qian; Zhu, Feng-hua; Tong, Xian-kun; Zhou, Yu; Tang, Wei; Duan, Wen-hu; Zuo, Jian-ping
- Abstract
Aim:To investigate the effects and underlying mechanisms of 118, a novel derivative of mycophenolic acid, in a murine allogeneic skin graft model.Methods:Skin grafts were conducted by grafting BALB/c donor tail skin into C57BL/6 skin beds (allograft) or by grafting female C57BL/6 donor tail skin into female C57BL/6 skin beds (syngraft). The mice were treated with the derivative 118 (40 mg·kg−1·d−1, po) for 13 d (3 d before and 10 d after transplantation). Skin grafts, splenocytes and graft-infiltrated lymphocytes were isolated and examined ex vivo. The effects of the derivative 118 on naive CD4+ T cell differentiation were examined in vitro.Results:Treatment with the derivative 118 dramatically increased the survival rate of murine allogeneic skin grafts. Flow cytometric analysis and H&E staining showed that the derivative significantly decreased inflammatory cell infiltration into the grafts. The levels of the chemokines CXCL1, CXCL2, CCL7, and CCL2 were reduced in the derivative 118-treated grafts. Additionally, the derivative 118 significantly suppressed the IL-17 levels in the grafts but did not affect the differentiation of systemic helper T cells in the murine allogeneic skin graft model. Furthermore, IL-23p19 expression was suppressed in the grafts from the derivative 118-treated group, which might be due to decreases in TLR4 and MyD88 expression. Finally, the derivative 118 did not exert direct influences on helper T cell differentiation in vitro.Conclusion:Treatment with the mycophenolic acid derivative 118 improves murine allogeneic skin grafts by decreasing IL-23 expression and suppressing local IL-17 secretion in the grafts, rather than directly inhibiting Th17 differentiation.
- Subjects
INTERLEUKIN-17; MYCOPHENOLIC acid; SKIN grafting; LABORATORY mice; T cell differentiation; TOLL-like receptors; FLOW cytometry
- Publication
Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2013, Vol 34, Issue 7, p921
- ISSN
1671-4083
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/aps.2013.14