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Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol., Vol 17, No. 4, Oct 1997, 414-421.

The lung as a source and a target organ for T- and B-lymphocytes

T Tschernig, K Boeke, G Steinhoff, K Wonigeit, R Pabst and J Westermann
Department of Functional and Applied Anatomy, Medical School of Hannover, Germany. Tschernig.Thomas@MH-Hannover.DE

In lung transplantation, a substantial number of donor leukocytes are transferred from the donor to the recipient by the graft. Using a rat model, it was analyzed in this study to what extent leukocytes leave the lung, to which phenotype they belong, and to which organs they migrate. The model used was the orthotopic transplantation of the left lung of LEW.7B(RT7b) rats into LEW(RT7a) recipients. Lung allografts are not rejected in this strain combination, which differs only in the RT7 system, a genetic polymorphism of CD45. Using the RT7b marker (monoclonal antibody His41), the distribution of donor leukocytes passively transferred with the graft was studied by immunohistology 2 wk after transplantation. At this time, 2.9 +/- 0.1% (n = 6) of the peripheral blood leukocytes in the recipients were derived from the donor lung. The donor cell population detected in the blood consisted of T cells (59 +/- 4%), B cells (5.1 +/- 0.2%) and a surprisingly high fraction of natural killer (NK) cells (36 +/- 3%). No monocytes or granulocytes were found. In lymph nodes, spleen and thymus donor- derived T- and B-cells could be shown in typical T- and B-areas, respectively. Donor-derived leukocytes were found in the liver and the skin. In the tissue and the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) of the host lung, predominantly T cells were found. Furthermore, in the donor tissue and BAL more than 70% of T- and B-cells were host type, demonstrating that the donor lung had been repopulated to a great extent by host lymphocytes. This supports the relevance of BAL as a diagnostic tool in lung diseases. Thus, the lung is an immunologically important site, releasing lymphocytes which migrate to other organs and also attracting many lymphocytes from the circulation.


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