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Human adult tonsil xenotransplantation into SCID mice for studying human immune responses and B cell lymphomagenesis.
Experimental Hematology 2000 Februrary
OBJECTIVE: To generate a human-mouse xenochimeric model where human cells remain clustered in the animal to optimize their interactions and recovery.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Severe combined immune deficient mice (SCID) were xenografted subcutaneously with human adult tonsil pieces (hu-ton-SCID mice). Such animals were: (a) compared with those receiving tonsil cells in suspension, and (b) immunized with de novo and recall antigens.
RESULTS: Human tonsil pieces survived a long period of time in SCID mice, while polyclonal human T- and B-lymphocytes persisted in close vicinity within the implantation area; however, little or no graft-versus-host disease was detectable. Not surprisingly, local development of lymphoproliferative disease was often observed in animals receiving lymphoid implants from donors previously infected by the Epstein-Barr virus. One month after surgery, higher serum levels of human IgG were found in SCID mice transplanted with tonsil pieces (2x10(7) cells/animal) than in animals injected with 5x10(7) tonsil cells in suspension (1.9 vs. 0.3 mg/mL, p < 0.002). Importantly, the production of human IgG in hu-ton-SCID mice remained polyclonal for at least 6 months and was linked to the presence of cells within the implants. Immunization of hu-ton-SCID mice with hepatitis B core, a de novo antigen, did not produce a significant IgG immune response; however immunization with tetanus toxoid (TT), a thymus-dependent recall antigen, yielded high (> 700-fold increase in anti-TT IgG levels) and long-lasting (> 6 months) secondary immune responses.
CONCLUSION: The hu-ton-SCID mouse xenochimeric model described in this report may improve our understanding of human lymphoid cell interactions, secondary immune responses, and lymphomagenesis.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Severe combined immune deficient mice (SCID) were xenografted subcutaneously with human adult tonsil pieces (hu-ton-SCID mice). Such animals were: (a) compared with those receiving tonsil cells in suspension, and (b) immunized with de novo and recall antigens.
RESULTS: Human tonsil pieces survived a long period of time in SCID mice, while polyclonal human T- and B-lymphocytes persisted in close vicinity within the implantation area; however, little or no graft-versus-host disease was detectable. Not surprisingly, local development of lymphoproliferative disease was often observed in animals receiving lymphoid implants from donors previously infected by the Epstein-Barr virus. One month after surgery, higher serum levels of human IgG were found in SCID mice transplanted with tonsil pieces (2x10(7) cells/animal) than in animals injected with 5x10(7) tonsil cells in suspension (1.9 vs. 0.3 mg/mL, p < 0.002). Importantly, the production of human IgG in hu-ton-SCID mice remained polyclonal for at least 6 months and was linked to the presence of cells within the implants. Immunization of hu-ton-SCID mice with hepatitis B core, a de novo antigen, did not produce a significant IgG immune response; however immunization with tetanus toxoid (TT), a thymus-dependent recall antigen, yielded high (> 700-fold increase in anti-TT IgG levels) and long-lasting (> 6 months) secondary immune responses.
CONCLUSION: The hu-ton-SCID mouse xenochimeric model described in this report may improve our understanding of human lymphoid cell interactions, secondary immune responses, and lymphomagenesis.
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