The Immunosuppressant Protosappanin A Diminished Recipient T Cell Migration into Allograft via Inhibition of IP-10 in Rat Heart Transplant
Figure 6
PrA reduced T cell migration to PBMC supernatant through inhibition of IP-10-CXCR3 receptor interaction.
IP-10 (50 ng/ml), Mig (100 ng/ml), or SDF-1 (100 ng/ml) was added to the PBMC supernatant. T cells were incubated with the isotype control Ab (20 µg/ml) or anti-CXCR3 Ab (20 µg/ml) prior to chemotactic migration assays (n = 3 in each group). (A) IP-10 addition to the supernatant of PrA-exposed PBMCs improved the migration of PrA-treated recipients T cells. Furthermore, addition of anti-CXCR3 Ab restored PrA inhibition of IP-10-induced T cell migration, but isotype Ab did not have the same effect. (B) The addition of Mig and SDF-1 did not significantly increase the migration of PrA-treated recipients T cells. However the addition of Mig, but not SDF-1 addition increased the migration of non PrA-treated recipients T cells. *indicates p<0.05, and bars indicate comparators.