PMID- 37284777 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230712 LR - 20230826 IS - 1473-6322 (Electronic) IS - 1528-4050 (Print) IS - 1473-6322 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 4 DP - 2023 Aug 1 TI - Transgenic murine models for the study of drug hypersensitivity reactions linked to HLA-I molecules. PG - 279-286 LID - 10.1097/ACI.0000000000000913 [doi] AB - PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Immune-mediated drug hypersensitivity reactions (DHRs) can be life-threatening and an impediment to drug development. Mechanism of disease studies are difficult to perform in humans. Here we review human leukocyte antigens class I (HLA-I) transgenic murine models and highlight how these systems have helped to elucidate drug-specific and host immune factors that initiate, propagate and control severe drug toxicities to skin and liver. RECENT FINDINGS: HLA transgenic mice have been developed and used to study immune-mediated drug reactions in vitro and in vivo . CD8+ T cells from HLA-B *57:01-expressing mice respond strongly to abacavir (ABC) in vitro but have self-limited responses to drug exposure in vivo . Immune tolerance can be overcome by depleting regulatory T cells (Treg) allowing antigen-presenting dendritic cells to express CD80/86 costimulatory molecules and signal through CD28 on the CD8+ T cell. Depletion of Treg also removes competition for interleukin 2 (IL-2) to allow T cell expansion and differentiation. Fine tuning of responses depends on inhibitory checkpoint molecules such as PD-1. Improved mouse models express only HLA in the absence of PD-1. These models show enhanced liver injury to flucloxacillin (FLX) which depends on drug priming, CD4+ T cell depletion, and lack of PD-1 expression. Drug-specific HLA-restricted cytotoxic CD8+ T cells can infiltrate the liver but are suppressed by Kupffer and liver sinusoidal endothelial cells. SUMMARY: HLA-I transgenic mouse models are now available to study ABC, FLX and carbamazepine-induced adverse reactions. In vivo studies range from characterizing drug-antigen presentation, T cell activation, immune-regulatory molecules and cell-cell interaction pathways that are specifically involved in causing or controlling unwanted DHRs. FAU - Puig, Montserrat AU - Puig M AD - Laboratory of Immunology, Office of Biotechnology Products, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration. Silver Spring, Maryland 20993, USA. FAU - Norcross, Michael A AU - Norcross MA LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20230605 PL - United States TA - Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol JT - Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology JID - 100936359 RN - 0 (Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor) SB - IM MH - Mice MH - Humans MH - Animals MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor MH - Endothelial Cells MH - *Drug Hypersensitivity/genetics MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes MH - *Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions PMC - PMC10317295 COIS- There are no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2023/06/07 13:10 MHDA- 2023/07/12 06:42 PMCR- 2023/07/03 CRDT- 2023/06/07 10:12 PHST- 2023/07/12 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/06/07 13:10 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/06/07 10:12 [entrez] PHST- 2023/07/03 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 00130832-202308000-00004 [pii] AID - ACI230411 [pii] AID - 10.1097/ACI.0000000000000913 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2023 Aug 1;23(4):279-286. doi: 10.1097/ACI.0000000000000913. Epub 2023 Jun 5.