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Long-Term IgG Response to Porcine Neu5Gc Antigens without Transmission of PERV in Burn Patients Treated with Porcine Skin Xenografts

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    SYSNO ASEP0423300
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleLong-Term IgG Response to Porcine Neu5Gc Antigens without Transmission of PERV in Burn Patients Treated with Porcine Skin Xenografts
    Author(s) Scobie, L. (GB)
    Padler-Karavani, V. (US)
    Les Bas-Bernardet, S. (FR)
    Crossan, C. (GB)
    Bláha, J. (CZ)
    Matoušková, Magda (UMG-J)
    Hector, R.D. (GB)
    Cozzi, E. (IT)
    Vanhove, B. (FR)
    Charreau, B. (FR)
    Blancho, G. (FR)
    Bourdais, L. (FR)
    Tallacchini, M. (IT)
    Ribes, J. (GB)
    Yu, H. (US)
    Chen, X. (US)
    Kracíková, J. (CZ)
    Brož, L. (CZ)
    Hejnar, Jiří (UMG-J) RID
    Veselý, Pavel (UMG-J)
    Takeuchi, Y. (GB)
    Varki, A. (US)
    Soulillou, J.P. (FR)
    Source TitleJournal of Immunology. - : American Association of Immunologists - ISSN 0022-1767
    Roč. 191, č. 6 (2013), s. 2907-2915
    Number of pages9 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryUS - United States
    KeywordsPERV transmission ; xenotransplantation ; long-term immune response
    Subject RIVEB - Genetics ; Molecular Biology
    Next sourceFramework programmes of European Commission
    UT WOS000324206900008
    DOI10.4049/jimmunol.1301195
    AnnotationAcellular materials of xenogenic origin are used worldwide as xenografts, and phase I trials of viable pig pancreatic islets are currently being performed. However, limited information is available on transmission of porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) after xenotransplantation and on the long-term immune response of recipients to xenoantigens. We analyzed the blood of burn patients who had received living pig-skin dressings for up to 8 wk for the presence of PERV as well as for the level and nature of their long term (maximum, 34 y) immune response against pig Ags. Although no evidence of PERV genomic material or anti-PERV Ab response was found, we observed a moderate increase in anti-alpha Gal Abs and a high and sustained anti-non-alpha Gal IgG response in those patients. Abs against the nonhuman sialic acid Neu5Gc constituted the anti-non-alpha Gal response with the recognition pattern on a sialoglycan array differing from that of burn patients treated without pig skin. These data suggest that anti-Neu5Gc Abs represent a barrier for long-term acceptance of porcine xenografts. Because anti-Neu5Gc Abs can promote chronic inflammation, the long-term safety of living and acellular pig tissue implants in recipients warrants further evaluation.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Molecular Genetics
    ContactNikol Škňouřilová, nikol.sknourilova@img.cas.cz, Tel.: 241 063 217
    Year of Publishing2014
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