FMS Week 10: Immunosuppressive Drugs Used in Organ Transplantation Flashcards
Experiments using genetically engineered pigs to grow human organs
Attempts to regenerate organs in vivo
Crispr deleting genes of porcine pancreas
Types of Kidney Allograft Rejection
4 Listed
- Hyperacute
- Accelerated Acute
- Acute
- Chronic
Hyperacute Kidney Allograft Rejection drug treatment
2 listed
- Untreatable
- Rare because of better matching, graft preservation in transit, better induction protocols
Accelerated Acute Kidney Allograft Rejection Drug Treatment
Rarely Treatable
Acute Kidney Allograft Rejection Drug Treatment
9 Listed
Treated with
- Cyclosporine
- Tacrolimus
- Sirolimus
- Azathioprine
- mycophenolate
- cyclophosphamide
- methotrexate
- glucocorticoids
- mAbs
Chronic Kidney Allograft Rejection Drug Treatment
Same as acute slows progression
Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection
4 Listed
- Antibodies against donor antigens bind to antigens expressed on endothelial cells in the graft vessel
- The subsequent complement activation and cell adhesion result in endothelial-cell necrosis, followed by platelet deposition and coagulation
- Mononuclear cells adhere to the endothelium of the glomeruli
- This process is accompanied by C4d deposition in the glomeruli and peritubular capillaries and in the peritubular capillaries and in the peritubular capillaries between ghost outlines of the renal tubules
Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection Histological description
Antibody-Mediated rejection results in transplant glomerulopathy, with thickened glomerular capillaries and double contours accompanies by C4d in peritubular capillaries containing mononuclear cells and flocculent subendothelial material below an activated endothelial cell of the glomerular capillary
Immunomodulation Mechanisms
3 Listed
- immunosuppression
- specific induction of tolerance
- immunostimulation
Most current drugs are?
Immunosuppressive
Immunosuppressants are used for?
3 Listed
- Organ transplantation
- Immune cell cancers
- Autoimmune diseases
Immunosuppressants treatment timeline
Historically requiring lifelong treatment after transplantation
Suppression of the immune system results in Increased rates of…
3 Listed
- infection
- cancer
- can even trigger Autoimmunity
Transient immunosuppressive therapy & durable chimerism
new techniques using donor hematopoietic stem cells and regulatory T cells with the graft suggest durable chimerism may allow transient immunotherapy
Guiding principles of Organ Transplantation
6 Listed
- ABO compatible HLA matching
- Combinational chemotherapy
- Prophylactic treatment for CMV, EBV, HSV, Influenza
- Engraftment (induction) doses > maintenance doses unless poorly functioning graft after surgery, in which case all drugs may be withdrawn and MAB treatment initiated
- Careful investigation of dysfunctional episodes - is it due to graft rejection or drug toxicity, or infection
- Continuous evaluation of dose:effect ratio of the administered drugs because of toxicity, notably to the kidney
Adrenocortical Steroids Examples
3 Listed
- Prednisone
- Prednisolone
- others
Adrenocortical Steroids are used alone or
in combination with other immunosuppressants
Adrenocortical Steroids Mechanism
6 Listed
Glucocorticoid toxicities associated with chronic use
6 Listed
Glucocorticoids mechanism of Action
6 Listed
Polyclonal immunomodulatory Antibodies used as adjuncts in organ transplantation
2 Listed
- Antithymocyte (ATG)
- Antilymphocyte globulins (ALG)
Monoclonal immunomodulatory Antibodies used as adjuncts in organ transplantation
4 Listed
ATG AKA
Antithymocyte globulin (ATG)
ALG AKA
Antilymphocyte globulin (ALG)
ATG and ALG origin
e.g. from horse or sheep immunized with human T lymphocytes
Immunomodulatory Polyclonal Antibodies function
3 Listed
- Polyclonal Antibodies to HLA I & II and to multiple CDs: 2, 3, 4, 8, 11a, 18, 25, 44, 45…
- These Abs block immune cell function by binding to the surface and they deplete circulating lymphocytes or thymocytes by direct cytotoxicity (complement & antibody-mediated cellular cytotoxicity; CDCC, ADCC)
- IVIG administration also decreases HLA antibodies and is effective in allograft rejection episodes
Immunomodulatory Polyclonal Antibodies Toxicities
3 listed
Immunomodulatory Antibodies: Monoclonal - Muromonab-CD3 (OKT-3) Function
5 Listed
- Ab against CD3, the TCR complex, blocking antigen recognition and T-cell function
- Causes internalization of TCR and increases apoptosis
- T cell death due to complement activation
- T cell margination and redistribution to nonlymphoid organs
- T cells disappear from circulation in minutes returning 1 week after cessation of OKT-3
Muromonab-CD3 (OKT-3) is a
Immunomodulatory Monoclonal Antibody
Muromonab-CD3 (OKT-3) Toxicities
4 Listed
Immunomodulatory Antibodies: Monoclonal Anti-CD25 (IL-2R) examples
2 listed
- Daclizumab
- Basiliximab
Immunomodulatory Antibodies: Monoclonal: Daclizumab, Basiliximab are?
2 listed
- Anti-CD25 (IL-2R) antibodies
- humanized and chimeric (human-murine) monoclonal antibodies
Immunomodulatory Antibodies: Monoclonal Anti-CD25 (IL-2R) Function
4 Listed
Immunomodulatory Antibodies: Monoclonal: Anti-CD20 drug name
Rituximab
Rituximab
Immunomodulatory Antibodies: Monoclonal: Anti-CD20