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John TD, Maron G, Abraham A, Bertaina A, Bhoopalan SV, Bidgoli A, Bonfim C, Coleman Z, DeZern A, Li J, Louis C, Oved J, Pavel-Dinu M, Purtill D, Ruggeri A, Russell A, Wynn R, Boelens JJ, Prockop S, Sharma A. Strategic infection prevention after genetically modified hematopoietic stem cell therapies: recommendations from the International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy Stem Cell Engineering Committee. Cytotherapy 2024:S1465-3249(24)00052-5. [PMID: 38483362 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2024.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
Abstract
There is lack of guidance for immune monitoring and infection prevention after administration of ex vivo genetically modified hematopoietic stem cell therapies (GMHSCT). We reviewed current infection prevention practices as reported by providers experienced with GMHSCTs across North America and Europe, and assessed potential immunologic compromise associated with the therapeutic process of GMHSCTs described to date. Based on these assessments, and with consensus from members of the International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy (ISCT) Stem Cell Engineering Committee, we propose risk-adapted recommendations for immune monitoring, infection surveillance and prophylaxis, and revaccination after receipt of GMHSCTs. Disease-specific and GMHSCT-specific considerations should guide decision making for each therapy.
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- Tami D John
- Division of Hematology, Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Center for Cancer and Immunology Research, CETI, Children's National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Aflac Blood and Cancer Disorders Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Division and Pelé Pequeno Príncipe Research Institute, Hospital Pequeno Príncipe, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Bone Marrow Failure and MDS Program, John Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Haematology, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
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van der Ploeg K, Sottile R, Kontopoulos T, Shaffer BC, Papanicolaou GA, Maloy MA, Cho C, Robinson KS, Perales MA, Le Luduec JB, Hsu KC. Emergence of human CMV-induced NKG2C+ NK cells is associated with CD8+ T-cell recovery after allogeneic HCT. Blood Adv 2023; 7:5784-5798. [PMID: 37196646 PMCID: PMC10561005 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022008952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is associated with the expansion of a mature NKG2C+FcεR1γ- natural killer (NK) cell population. The exact mechanism underlying the emergence of NKG2C+ NK cells, however, remains unknown. Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) provides an opportunity to longitudinally study lymphocyte recovery in the setting of CMV reactivation, particularly in patients receiving T-cell-depleted (TCD) allografts. We analyzed peripheral blood lymphocytes from 119 patients at serial time points after infusion of their TCD allograft and compared immune recovery with that in samples obtained from recipients of T-cell-replete (T-replete) (n = 96) or double umbilical cord blood (DUCB) (n = 52) allografts. NKG2C+ NK cells were detected in 92% (45 of 49) of recipients of TCD HCT who experienced CMV reactivation. Although NKG2A+ cells were routinely identifiable early after HCT, NKG2C+ NK cells were identified only after T cells could be detected. T-cell reconstitution occurred at variable times after HCT among patients and predominantly comprised CD8+ T cells. In patients with CMV reactivation, recipients of TCD HCT expressed significantly higher frequencies of NKG2C+ and CD56neg NK cells compared with patients who received T-replete HCT or DUCB transplantation. NKG2C+ NK cells after TCD HCT were CD57+FcεR1γ+ and degranulated significantly more in response to target cells compared with the adaptive the NKG2C+CD57+FcεR1γ- NK cell population. We conclude that the presence of circulating T cells is associated with the expansion of a CMV-induced NKG2C+ NK cell population, a potentially novel example of developmental cooperation between lymphocyte populations in response to viral infection.
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- Kattria van der Ploeg
- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
- Adult BMT Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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Gottlieb DJ, Sutrave G, Jiang W, Avdic S, Street JA, Simms R, Clancy LE, Antonenas V, Gloss BS, Bateman C, Bishop DC, Micklethwaite KP, Blyth E. Combining CD34+ stem cell selection with prophylactic pathogen and leukemia directed T-cell immunotherapy to simultaneously reduce graft versus host disease, infection, and leukemia recurrence after allogeneic stem cell transplant. Am J Hematol 2023; 98:159-165. [PMID: 35560045 PMCID: PMC10952473 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.26594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
We designed a trial to simultaneously address the problems of graft versus host disease (GVHD), infection, and recurrence of malignancy after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. CD34+ stem cell isolation was used to minimize the development of acute and chronic GVHD. Two prophylactic infusions, one combining donor-derived cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, and Aspergillus fumigatus specific T-cells and the other comprising donor-derived CD19 directed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) bearing T-cells, were given 21-28 days after transplant. Two patients were transplanted for acute lymphoblastic leukemia from HLA identical siblings using standard doses of cyclophosphamide and total body irradiation without antilymphocyte globulin. Patients received no post-transplant immune suppression and were given no pre-CAR T-cell lymphodepletion. Neutrophil and platelet engraftment was prompt. Following adoptive T-cell infusions, there was rapid appearance of antigen-experienced CD8+ and to a lesser extent CD4+ T-cells. Tetramer-positive T-cells targeting CMV and EBV appeared rapidly after T-cell infusion and persisted for at least 1 year. CAR T-cell expansion occurred and persisted for up to 3 months. T-cell receptor tracking confirmed the presence of product-derived T-cell clones in blood targeting all three pathogens. Both patients are alive over 3 years post-transplant without evidence of GVHD or disease recurrence. Combining robust donor T-cell depletion with directed T-cell adoptive immunotherapy targeting infectious and malignant antigens permits independent modulation of GVHD, infection, and disease recurrence. The combination may separate GVHD from the graft versus tumor effect, accelerate immune reconstitution, and improve transplant tolerability.
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- David J. Gottlieb
- Blood Transplant and Cell Therapies ProgramWestmead HospitalSydneyNew South Wales
- Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and HealthUniversity of SydneySydneyNew South Wales
- Department of HaematologyWestmead HospitalSydneyNew South Wales
- T‐Cell Therapies GroupWestmead Institute for Medical ResearchSydneyNew South Wales
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- Blood Transplant and Cell Therapies ProgramWestmead HospitalSydneyNew South Wales
- Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and HealthUniversity of SydneySydneyNew South Wales
- T‐Cell Therapies GroupWestmead Institute for Medical ResearchSydneyNew South Wales
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- Blood Transplant and Cell Therapies ProgramWestmead HospitalSydneyNew South Wales
- Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and HealthUniversity of SydneySydneyNew South Wales
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- Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and HealthUniversity of SydneySydneyNew South Wales
- T‐Cell Therapies GroupWestmead Institute for Medical ResearchSydneyNew South Wales
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- Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and HealthUniversity of SydneySydneyNew South Wales
- T‐Cell Therapies GroupWestmead Institute for Medical ResearchSydneyNew South Wales
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- Blood Transplant and Cell Therapies ProgramWestmead HospitalSydneyNew South Wales
- Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and HealthUniversity of SydneySydneyNew South Wales
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- Blood Transplant and Cell Therapies ProgramWestmead HospitalSydneyNew South Wales
- T‐Cell Therapies GroupWestmead Institute for Medical ResearchSydneyNew South Wales
- Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical ResearchNew South Wales Health PathologyWestmeadNew South WalesAustralia
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- Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical ResearchNew South Wales Health PathologyWestmeadNew South WalesAustralia
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- Westmead Research HubWestmead Institute for Medical ResearchSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and HealthUniversity of SydneySydneyNew South Wales
- T‐Cell Therapies GroupWestmead Institute for Medical ResearchSydneyNew South Wales
- Departments of Haematology and OncologyChildren's Hospital at WestmeadSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Blood Transplant and Cell Therapies ProgramWestmead HospitalSydneyNew South Wales
- Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and HealthUniversity of SydneySydneyNew South Wales
- T‐Cell Therapies GroupWestmead Institute for Medical ResearchSydneyNew South Wales
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- Blood Transplant and Cell Therapies ProgramWestmead HospitalSydneyNew South Wales
- Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and HealthUniversity of SydneySydneyNew South Wales
- Department of HaematologyWestmead HospitalSydneyNew South Wales
- Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical ResearchNew South Wales Health PathologyWestmeadNew South WalesAustralia
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- Blood Transplant and Cell Therapies ProgramWestmead HospitalSydneyNew South Wales
- Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and HealthUniversity of SydneySydneyNew South Wales
- Department of HaematologyWestmead HospitalSydneyNew South Wales
- T‐Cell Therapies GroupWestmead Institute for Medical ResearchSydneyNew South Wales
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Wiercinska E, Seifried E, Bonig H. CD3/CD19 Depletion for T-cell Reduction of Allogeneic Transplants: Mostly Efficient, but not Robust. Clin Hematol Int 2021; 3:103-107. [PMID: 34820615 PMCID: PMC8486974 DOI: 10.2991/chi.k.210725.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Aggressive T-cell depletion, in vitro or in vivo, is a prerequisite for survival of haplo-identical stem cell transplantation. The classical T-cell-depleted transplant, immunomagnetically enriched CD34+ cells, is very safe with respect to graft-versus-host reactivity, but associated with very high transplant-related and relapse mortality with an overall probability of survival of only 20%. Protocols for T- and B-cell depletion were therefore developed, reasoning that transplantation of the majority of Natural Killer (NK) cells and the substantial dose of residual T-cells might improve survival, which was, in principle, confirmed. Anecdotal reports of frequent failure to achieve adequate T-cell depletion prompted review of the aggregate data for transplant quality at our center. The first observation is the relative paucity of combined CD3/CD19 depletion processes as PTCy protocols have made inroads, 13 depletions in 8 years. Median T- and B-cell log-depletion were -3.89 and -1.92, respectively; instead of, CD34+ cell recovery was generally high (median 92%), as was NK-cell recovery (median 52%). However, the process failed to yield satisfactory T- and B-cell depletion in two out of 13 preparations, of which one product could be rescued by a second round of depletion, at the expense of CD34+ cell recovery. In our hands, the process is thus insufficiently robust for routine clinical use. Assuming similar observations in other centers, this may explain implementation of alternative protocols, such as TCRαβ/CD19 depletion or transplantation of unmanipulated grafts with subsequent in vivo depletion.
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- Eliza Wiercinska
- German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg-Hessen, Institute Frankfurt, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
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- German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg-Hessen, Institute Frankfurt, Frankfurt a.M., Germany.,Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology, Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
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- German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg-Hessen, Institute Frankfurt, Frankfurt a.M., Germany.,Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology, Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M., Germany.,Department of Medicine/Division of Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Moraes DA, Oliveira MC. Life after Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Systemic Sclerosis. J Blood Med 2021; 12:951-964. [PMID: 34785969 PMCID: PMC8590726 DOI: 10.2147/jbm.s338077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Stem cell transplantation has been investigated as treatment for severe and progressive systemic sclerosis (SSc) for the past 25 years. To date, more than 1000 SSc patients have been transplanted worldwide. Overall and event-free survival have increased over the years, reflecting stricter patient selection criteria and better clinical management strategies. This review addresses long-term outcomes of transplanted SSc patients, considering phase I/II and randomized clinical trials, as well as observational studies and those assessing specific aspects of the disease. Clinical outcomes are discussed comparatively between studies, highlighting advances, drawbacks and controversies in the field. Areas for future development are also discussed.
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- Daniela A Moraes
- Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Center for Cell-Based Therapy, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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Stabile H, Nisti P, Fionda C, Pagliara D, Gaspari S, Locatelli F, Santoni A, Gismondi A. NK Cell Reconstitution in Paediatric Leukemic Patients after T-Cell-Depleted HLA-Haploidentical Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Followed by the Reinfusion of iCasp9-Modified Donor T Cells. J Clin Med 2019; 8:jcm8111904. [PMID: 31703320 PMCID: PMC6912839 DOI: 10.3390/jcm8111904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Revised: 10/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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T-cell-depleted (TCD) human leukocyte antigen (HLA) haploidentical (haplo) hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) (TCD-haplo-HSCT) has had a huge impact on the treatment of many haematological diseases. The adoptive transfer of a titrated number of T cells genetically modified with a gene suicide can improve immune reconstitution and represents an interesting strategy to enhance the success of haplo-HSCT. Natural killer (NK) cells are the first donor-derived lymphocyte population to reconstitute following transplantation, and play a pivotal role in mediating graft-versus-leukaemia (GvL). We recently described a CD56lowCD16low NK cell subset that mediates both cytotoxic activity and cytokine production. Given the multifunctional properties of this subset, we studied its functional recovery in a cohort of children given α/βT-cell-depleted haplo-HSCT followed by the infusion of a titrated number of iCasp-9-modified T cells (iCasp-9 HSCT). The data obtained indicate that multifunctional CD56lowCD16low NK cell frequency is similar to that of healthy donors (HD) at all time points analysed, showing enrichment in the bone marrow (BM). Interestingly, with regard to functional acquisition, we identified two groups of patients, namely those whose NK cells did (responder) or did not (non responder) degranulate or produce cytokines. Moreover, in patients analysed for both functions, we observed that the acquisition of degranulation capacity was not associated with the ability to produce interferon-gamma (IFN-γ Intriguingly, we found a higher BM and peripheral blood (PB) frequency of iCas9 donor T cells only in patients characterized by the ability of CD56lowCD16low NK cells to degranulate. Collectively, these findings suggest that donor iCasp9-T lymphocytes do not have a significant influence on NK cell reconstitution, even if they may positively affect the acquisition of target-induced degranulation of CD56lowCD16low NK cells in the T-cell-depleted haplo-HSC transplanted patients.
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- Helena Stabile
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Sapienza University of Rome, Laboratory affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, 00161 Rome, Italy; (P.N.); (C.F.); (A.S.)
- Correspondence: (H.S.); (A.G.)
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Sapienza University of Rome, Laboratory affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, 00161 Rome, Italy; (P.N.); (C.F.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Sapienza University of Rome, Laboratory affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, 00161 Rome, Italy; (P.N.); (C.F.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, 00165 Rome, Italy; (D.P.); (S.G.); (F.L.)
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, 00165 Rome, Italy; (D.P.); (S.G.); (F.L.)
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, 00165 Rome, Italy; (D.P.); (S.G.); (F.L.)
- Department of Pediatrics, Sapienza, University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Sapienza University of Rome, Laboratory affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, 00161 Rome, Italy; (P.N.); (C.F.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Sapienza University of Rome, Laboratory affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, 00161 Rome, Italy; (P.N.); (C.F.); (A.S.)
- Correspondence: (H.S.); (A.G.)
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Mitchell R, Cole T, Shaw PJ, Mechinaud F, O'Brien T, Fraser C. TCR α + β + /CD19 + cell-depleted hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for pediatric patients. Pediatr Transplant 2019; 23:e13517. [PMID: 31271477 DOI: 10.1111/petr.13517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Revised: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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TCR α+ β+ /CD19+ cell depletion is an emerging technique for ex vivo graft manipulation in HSCT. We report 20 pediatric patients who underwent TCR α+ β+ /CD19+ cell-depleted HSCT in four Australian centers. Conditioning regimen was dependent on HSCT indication, which included immunodeficiency (n = 14), Fanconi anemia (n = 3), and acute leukemia (n = 3). Donor sources were haploidentical parent (n = 17), haploidentical sibling (n = 2), or matched unrelated donor (n = 1). Mean cell dose was 8.2 × 108 /kg TNC, 12.1 × 106 /kg CD34+ cells, and 0.4 × 105 /kg TCR α+ β+ cells. All patients achieved primary neutrophil and platelet engraftment, with average time to neutrophil engraftment 11 days (range 8-22) and platelet engraftment 24 days (range 12-69). TRM at 1 year was 15%. Rate of grade II-IV aGVHD at 1 year was 20% with no grade III-IV aGVHD seen. CMV reactivation occurred in 81% of CMV-positive recipients, with one patient developing CMV disease. Average time to CD4 recovery (>400 × 106 /L) was 258 days. Overall survival for the cohort at 5 years was 80%. This report highlights the initial experience of TCR α+ β+ /CD19+ cell-depleted HSCT in Australian centers, with high rates of engraftment, low rates of aGVHD, and acceptable TRM.
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- Richard Mitchell
- Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.,School of Women & Children's Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Allergy and Immunology, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Oncology Unit, Children's Hospital Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.,Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Children's Cancer Centre, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.,School of Women & Children's Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Oncology Service, Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Salman A, Koparde V, Hall CE, Jameson-Lee M, Roberts C, Serrano M, AbdulRazzaq B, Meier J, Kennedy C, Manjili MH, Spellman SR, Wijesinghe D, Hashmi S, Buck G, Qayyum R, Neale M, Reed J, Toor AA. Determining the Quantitative Principles of T Cell Response to Antigenic Disparity in Stem Cell Transplantation. Front Immunol 2018; 9:2284. [PMID: 30364159 PMCID: PMC6193078 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.02284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Alloreactivity compromising clinical outcomes in stem cell transplantation is observed despite HLA matching of donors and recipients. This has its origin in the variation between the exomes of the two, which provides the basis for minor histocompatibility antigens (mHA). The mHA presented on the HLA class I and II molecules and the ensuing T cell response to these antigens results in graft vs. host disease. In this paper, results of a whole exome sequencing study are presented, with resulting alloreactive polymorphic peptides and their HLA class I and HLA class II (DRB1) binding affinity quantified. Large libraries of potentially alloreactive recipient peptides binding both sets of molecules were identified, with HLA-DRB1 generally presenting a greater number of peptides. These results are used to develop a quantitative framework to understand the immunobiology of transplantation. A tensor-based approach is used to derive the equations needed to determine the alloreactive donor T cell response from the mHA-HLA binding affinity and protein expression data. This approach may be used in future studies to simulate the magnitude of expected donor T cell response and determine the risk for alloreactive complications in HLA matched or mismatched hematopoietic cell and solid organ transplantation.
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- Ali Salman
- Bone Marrow Transplant, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Virginia Commonwealth University Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Bone Marrow Transplant, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Bone Marrow Transplant, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Bone Marrow Transplant, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Virginia Commonwealth University Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Bone Marrow Transplant, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Bone Marrow Transplant, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- School of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota and King Faisal Research Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Virginia Commonwealth University Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry & Statistical Genomics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Bone Marrow Transplant, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
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Servais S, Hannon M, Peffault de Latour R, Socie G, Beguin Y. Reconstitution of adaptive immunity after umbilical cord blood transplantation: impact on infectious complications. Stem Cell Investig 2017; 4:40. [PMID: 28607914 DOI: 10.21037/sci.2017.05.03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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In comparison with allogeneic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) with other stem cell sources, umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT) was traditionally associated with increased risk of infections, particularly during the first 3 months after transplantation. Longitudinal studies of immune monitoring reported peculiar patterns of T- and B-cell recovery in the peripheral blood of UCB recipients during the first months post-transplantation. Overall, current data suggest delayed reconstitution of naive and memory CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell pools after UCBT. This is particularly true for adult recipients and for patients who received in vivo T-cell depleting approaches before the transplantation. Such delayed T-cell recovery may increase susceptibility of UCB recipients for developing opportunistic infections and viral reactivations. Regarding B-cell recovery, UCBT was associated with accelerated B-lymphopoiesis. Recent studies also reported evidence for faster functional memory B-cell recovery in UCB recipients. In this article, we briefly review T- and B-cell reconstitution after alloHSCT, with emphasis on peculiarities observed after UCBT. We further put these data in lines with risks of infections after UCBT.
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- Sophie Servais
- Department of Hematology, CHU and University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.,GIGA I3, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hôpital Saint-Louis, APHP, University Paris VII, Paris, France.,INSERM UMR 1160, Hôpital Saint Louis, University Paris VII, Paris, France
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hôpital Saint-Louis, APHP, University Paris VII, Paris, France.,INSERM UMR 1160, Hôpital Saint Louis, University Paris VII, Paris, France
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- Department of Hematology, CHU and University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.,GIGA I3, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Strategies before, during, and after hematopoietic cell transplantation to improve T-cell immune reconstitution. Blood 2016; 128:2607-2615. [PMID: 27697775 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2016-06-724005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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T-cell immune reconstitution (IR) after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) is highly variable between patients and may take several months to even years. Patients with delayed or unbalanced T-cell IR have a higher probability of developing transplantation-related morbidity, mortality, and relapse of disease. Hence, there is a need for strategies to better predict and improve IR to reduce these limitations of allo-HCT. In this review, we provide an update of current and in-near-future clinically relevant strategies before, during, and after transplantation to achieve successful T-cell IR. Potent strategies are choosing the right HCT source (eg, donor-recipient matching, cell dose, graft manipulation), individualized conditioning and serotherapy (eg, antithymocyte globulin), nutritional status, exercise, home care, modulation of microbiota, enhancing homeostatic peripheral expansion, promoting thymopoiesis, and the use of adjuvant-targeted cellular immunotherapies. Strategies to prevent graft-versus-host disease are important as well because this complication and the subsequent need for immunosuppression affects T-cell IR and function. These options aim for personalized precision transplantation, where allo-HCT therapy is designed to boost a well-balanced T-cell IR and limit complications in individual patients, resulting in overall lower morbidity and higher survival chances.
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[Autologous stem cell transplantation in systemic sclerosis]. Z Rheumatol 2016; 75:762-769. [PMID: 27510996 DOI: 10.1007/s00393-016-0168-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a very effective treatment option for patients with severe systemic sclerosis (SSc). In addition to various case series two randomized controlled trials could prove its superiority over intense cyclophosphamide pulse therapy. Nevertheless, HSCT is associated with a treatment-related mortality of approximately 10 %; therefore, further studies should be carried out to reduce the toxicity of HSCT by adaptation of the therapy regimen and the option of HSCT should be made available earlier to patients with a high risk of mortality. The mechanism of action of HSCT is still poorly understood. While profibrotic cytokines or even autoantibodies hardly appear to be influenced by the treatment, alterations to regulatory T‑cells may play a role. Further improvement of transplantation regimens as well as a better understanding of the underlying pathogenetic principles and mechanisms of action should be the aim of further studies on HSCT.
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Mehta RS, Rezvani K. Immune reconstitution post allogeneic transplant and the impact of immune recovery on the risk of infection. Virulence 2016; 7:901-916. [PMID: 27385018 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2016.1208866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Infection is the leading cause of non-relapse mortality after allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). This occurs as a result of dysfunction to the host immune system from the preparative regimen used prior to HCT, combined with a delay in reconstitution of the donor-derived immune system after HCT. In this article, we elaborate on the process of immune reconstitution post-HCT that begins with the innate system and is followed by recovery of adaptive immunity. Simultaneously, we describe how the tempo of immune reconstitution influences the risk of various infections. We explain some of the key differences in immune reconstitution and the consequent risk of infections in recipients of peripheral blood stem cell, bone marrow or umbilical cord blood grafts. Other factors that impact on immune recovery are also highlighted. Finally, we allude to various strategies that are being tested to enhance immune reconstitution post-HCT.
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- Rohtesh S Mehta
- a Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , MN , USA
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- b Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy , MD Anderson Cancer Center , Houston , TX , USA
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Ullah MA, Hill GR, Tey SK. Functional Reconstitution of Natural Killer Cells in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Front Immunol 2016; 7:144. [PMID: 27148263 PMCID: PMC4831973 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 04/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cells are the first lymphocyte population to reconstitute following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and are important in mediating immunity against both leukemia and pathogens. Although NK cell numbers generally reconstitute within a month, the acquisition of mature NK cell phenotype and full functional competency can take 6 months or more, and is influenced by graft composition, concurrent pharmacologic immunosuppression, graft-versus-host disease, and other clinical factors. In addition, cytomegalovirus infection and reactivation have a dominant effect on NK cell memory imprinting following allogeneic HSCT just as it does in healthy individuals. Our understanding of NK cell education and licensing has evolved in the years since the "missing self" hypothesis for NK-mediated graft-versus-leukemia effect was first put forward. For example, we now know that NK cell "re-education" can occur, and that unlicensed NK cells can be more protective than licensed NK cells in certain settings, thus raising new questions about how best to harness graft-versus-leukemia effect. Here, we review current understanding of the functional reconstitution of NK cells and NK cell education following allogeneic HSCT, highlighting a conceptual framework for future research.
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- Md Ashik Ullah
- Bone Marrow Transplant Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute , Brisbane, QLD , Australia
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- Bone Marrow Transplant Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; Department of Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Bone Marrow Transplant Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; Department of Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia
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Ogawa Y, Morikawa S, Okano H, Mabuchi Y, Suzuki S, Yaguchi T, Sato Y, Mukai S, Yaguchi S, Inaba T, Okamoto S, Kawakami Y, Tsubota K, Matsuzaki Y, Shimmura S. MHC-compatible bone marrow stromal/stem cells trigger fibrosis by activating host T cells in a scleroderma mouse model. eLife 2016; 5:e09394. [PMID: 26809474 PMCID: PMC4739756 DOI: 10.7554/elife.09394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2015] [Accepted: 12/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Fibrosis of organs is observed in systemic autoimmune disease. Using a scleroderma mouse, we show that transplantation of MHC compatible, minor antigen mismatched bone marrow stromal/stem cells (BMSCs) play a role in the pathogenesis of fibrosis. Removal of donor BMSCs rescued mice from disease. Freshly isolated PDGFRα+ Sca-1+ BMSCs expressed MHC class II following transplantation and activated host T cells. A decrease in FOXP3+ CD25+ Treg population was observed. T cells proliferated and secreted IL-6 when stimulated with mismatched BMSCs in vitro. Donor T cells were not involved in fibrosis because transplanting T cell-deficient RAG2 knock out mice bone marrow still caused disease. Once initially triggered by mismatched BMSCs, the autoimmune phenotype was not donor BMSC dependent as the phenotype was observed after effector T cells were adoptively transferred into naïve syngeneic mice. Our data suggest that minor antigen mismatched BMSCs trigger systemic fibrosis in this autoimmune scleroderma model. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.09394.001 Systemic scleroderma is an autoimmune disease caused by the immune system attacking the body’s connective tissues, which provide the body with structural support. Immune cells called T cells accumulate in connective tissue, which leads to the hardening of the skin and may also damage the heart, lungs and other internal organs. However, it is not clear what prompts the T cells to accumulate in the connective tissues of these individuals. Autoimmune diseases develop when the immune system mistakenly identifies host cells as being a threat to the body. Normally, the immune system recognizes healthy body cells by the presence of particular proteins on the surface of the cells. A set of surface proteins called the major histocompatibility complexes (MHCs) play a major role in this process, but there are also many other surface proteins that play more minor roles. In 2002, researchers developed a method that can trigger the symptoms of systemic scleroderma in mice. This method involves transplanting bone marrow from one mouse into another mouse. Both mice have identical MHC proteins on the surfaces of their cells, but have some differences in other cell surface proteins, and so the bone marrow from the donor mouse triggers an immune response in the recipient. To better understand how this mouse “model” of systemic scleroderma works, Ogawa, Morikawa et al. refined the method so that they could just transplant specific types of bone marrow cells into the recipient mice. The experiments reveal that bone marrow stromal stem cells, but not so-called “hematopoietic stem cells”, from a donor mouse are responsible for triggering the immune response and disease symptoms in the recipients. Ogawa, Morikawa et al.’s findings show that mismatched minor cell surface proteins on bone marrow stromal stem cells can trigger symptoms of systemic scleroderma in mice. Further studies are required to find out how these cells encourage T cells to trigger an autoimmune response. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.09394.002
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- Yoko Ogawa
- Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Life Science Laboratory of Tumor Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Oliveira MC, Labopin M, Henes J, Moore J, Del Papa N, Cras A, Sakellari I, Schroers R, Scherer HU, Cuneo A, Kyrcz-Krzemien S, Daikeler T, Alexander T, Finke J, Badoglio M, Simões B, Snowden JA, Farge D, Farge D. Does ex vivo CD34+ positive selection influence outcome after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in systemic sclerosis patients? Bone Marrow Transplant 2015; 51:501-5. [PMID: 26642332 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2015.299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2015] [Revised: 10/22/2015] [Accepted: 10/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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This EBMT Autoimmune Disease Working Party study aimed to evaluate the influence of CD34+ positive graft selection (CD34+) on the outcome of systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT). Clinical and laboratory data from 138 SSc patients at diagnosis, before and after AHSCT were retrospectively analyzed. CD34+ selection was performed in 47.1% (n=65) patients. By multivariate analysis adjusting for all factors differing between the two groups (without or with CD34+), there was no statistically significant difference in terms of overall survival (hazard ratio (HR): 0.98, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.40-2.39, P=0.96), PFS (HR: 1.55, 95% CI 0.83-2.88, P=0.17) and incidence of relapse or progression (HR: 1.70, 95% CI 0.85-3.38, P=0.13). We demonstrate that CD34+ does not add benefit to the outcome of SSc patient treated with AHSCT. These findings should be further confirmed by prospective randomized trials.
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- M C Oliveira
- Division of Clinical Immunology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- EBMT, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Paris, France
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- Medizinische Universitätsklinik Abt. II, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Haematology, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Scleroderma Clinic, U.O.C. Day Hospital Rheumatology, Osp. G. Pini, Milan, Italy
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- Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Saint-Louis Hospital, Cell Therapy Unit, Cord Blood Bank and CIC-BT501, Paris, France.,INSERM UMRS 1140, Paris Descartes, Faculté de Pharmacie, Paris, France
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, George Papanicolaou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Medizinische Klinik Knappschaftskrankenhaus, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- University of Ferrara-St Anna Hospital, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Medicine-Hematology and Oncology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- EBMT Paris Office, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Paris, France
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- Division of Hematology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Hematology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
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- Paris 7 University, INSERM U1160, Paris, France.,Unité de Médecine Interne et Pathologie Vasculaire, Saint Louis Hospital, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris 7 Denis Diderot University, Paris, France
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Russell A, Malik S, Litzow M, Gastineau D, Roy V, Zubair AC. Dual roles of autologous CD8+ T cells in hematopoietic progenitor cell mobilization and engraftment. Transfusion 2015; 55:1758-65; quiz 1757. [PMID: 25757596 DOI: 10.1111/trf.13073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2014] [Revised: 11/20/2014] [Accepted: 11/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Poor marrow cellularity alone cannot explain poor hematopoietic progenitor cell (HPC) mobilization. This study assessed the role of CD8+ T cells in HPC cell mobilization and engraftment. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Mobilization and engraftment were assessed in 192 autologous HPC donors. CD34+, CD4+, and CD8+ T-cell contents in apheresis products were evaluated. Using a chemotaxis assay, we assessed the effect of purified autologous CD8+ T cells from low and high mobilizers on HPC migration from high to low stromal cell-derived factor (SDF-1α) concentration gradients. We also assessed CD8+ T-cell content association with days to neutrophil engraftment. RESULTS The median number of CD34+ cells/kg was 4.7 × 10(6) . Patients were categorized according to their total CD34+ cell collection quartile distribution into low, moderate, and high mobilizers. We found that HPC products from low mobilizers contained more CD8+ T cells than HPC products from moderate and high mobilizers. Chemotaxis assays showed depletion of CD8+ T cells enhances HPC mobilization independent of SDF-1α concentration. Neutrophil engraftment analysis showed that the higher the CD8+ T-cell content per unit CD34+ cell, the faster the rate of engraftment. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest CD8+ T cells inhibit HPC mobilization and facilitate homing and engraftment.
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- Athena Russell
- Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology, Jacksonville, Florida
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- Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology, Jacksonville, Florida
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
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- Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology, Jacksonville, Florida
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Zhao H, Jia M, Wang Z, Cheng Y, Luo Z, Chen Y, Xu X, Yang S, Tang Y. Association between NOD2 single nucleotide polymorphisms and Grade III-IV acute graft-versus-host disease: A meta-analysis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 20:254-62. [PMID: 25248089 DOI: 10.1179/1607845414y.0000000202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Objectives The effects of NOD2 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on Grade III-IV acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) risk are somewhat contradictory in different studies. The aim of the meta-analysis was to clarify the effects of NOD2 SNPs on the incidence of Grade III-IV aGVHD. Methods We searched PubMed, EMBASE, Web of SCIENCE, WanFang and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) databases to collect eligible publications. Odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to assess the association between NOD2 polymorphisms and Grade III-IV aGVHD risk. Results A total of nine studies from eight publications met the inclusion criteria and were included in this meta-analysis. Patient NOD2 SNPs were not associated with aGVHD risk. A tendency of higher risk to develop Grade III-IV aGVHD was found in patients with pairs NOD2 SNPs. Subgroup analyses showed that pairs NOD2 SNPs were associated with Grade III-IV aGVHD in the Caucasian population and in identical sibling donors (IS), but not in matched unrelated donors (MUD). In patients who received hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) with T-cell depletion and gut decontamination, there was still an association between pairs NOD2 SNPs and Grade III-IV aGVHD risk. Conclusions Our meta-analysis suggests that pairs NOD2 SNPs, not patient NOD2 SNPs, may be associated with Grade III-IV aGVHD risk, especially in the Caucasian population. It is also indicated that in pairs NOD2 polymorphisms group, patients who receive HSCT from IS may experience higher risk of Grade III-IV aGVHD.
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Arranz L, Urbano-Ispizúa A, Méndez-Ferrer S. Mitochondria underlie different metabolism of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Haematologica 2014; 98:993-5. [PMID: 23813642 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2013.084293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Long-term outcome after haploidentical stem cell transplant and infusion of T cells expressing the inducible caspase 9 safety transgene. Blood 2014; 123:3895-905. [PMID: 24753538 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2014-01-551671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Adoptive transfer of donor-derived T lymphocytes expressing a safety switch may promote immune reconstitution in patients undergoing haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplant (haplo-HSCT) without the risk for uncontrolled graft versus host disease (GvHD). Thus, patients who develop GvHD after infusion of allodepleted donor-derived T cells expressing an inducible human caspase 9 (iC9) had their disease effectively controlled by a single administration of a small-molecule drug (AP1903) that dimerizes and activates the iC9 transgene. We now report the long-term follow-up of 10 patients infused with such safety switch-modified T cells. We find long-term persistence of iC9-modified (iC9-T) T cells in vivo in the absence of emerging oligoclonality and a robust immunologic benefit, mediated initially by the infused cells themselves and subsequently by an apparently accelerated reconstitution of endogenous naive T lymphocytes. As a consequence, these patients have immediate and sustained protection from major pathogens, including cytomegalovirus, adenovirus, BK virus, and Epstein-Barr virus in the absence of acute or chronic GvHD, supporting the beneficial effects of this approach to immune reconstitution after haplo-HSCT. This study was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT00710892.
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Wiegering V, Winkler B, Haubitz I, Wölfl M, Schlegel PG, Eyrich M. Lower TGFß serum levels and higher frequency of IFNγ-producing T cells during early immune reconstitution in surviving children after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2013; 60:121-8. [PMID: 22623061 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2012] [Accepted: 05/02/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT) is increasingly used as a salvage therapy for patients with high-risk malignancies as well as life-threatening non-malignant diseases. However, only limited data about the association between outcome and functional parameters of recovering lymphocytes are available so far. PROCEDURES In this prospective study of 19 pediatric SCT recipients, we serially evaluated immune parameters quantitatively and qualitatively before and throughout allogeneic SCT. These data were analyzed with respect to survival. RESULTS Age, gender, GvHD, and type of graft were not different between surviving and non-surviving patients. Notably, in our cohort there was no case of transplant-related or infectious mortality. However, with the exception of two patients with advanced MDS, all patients not in complete remission (CR) relapsed in addition to three patients in higher CR (n = 7). All seven patients relapsing after allogeneic SCT later succumbed to their disease recurrence. Uni- and multivariate analysis showed that relapsing patients had higher TGFß serum levels as well as lower percentages of IFNγ-producing T cells before and early after transplantation. Furthermore, relapsing patients had a further decline in their thymic function between day 60 and 120 whereas non-relapsing patients already showed increasing TREC values during this time interval. CONCLUSIONS Collectively, patients who later relapse show a different pattern of immune reconstitution before and at early time points post-transplantation.
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- Verena Wiegering
- Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Unit, University Children's Hospital, Germany
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Bosch M, Dhadda M, Hoegh-Petersen M, Liu Y, Hagel LM, Podgorny P, Ugarte-Torres A, Khan FM, Luider J, Auer-Grzesiak I, Mansoor A, Russell JA, Daly A, Stewart DA, Maloney D, Boeckh M, Storek J. Immune reconstitution after anti-thymocyte globulin-conditioned hematopoietic cell transplantation. Cytotherapy 2012; 14:1258-75. [PMID: 22985195 DOI: 10.3109/14653249.2012.715243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND AIMS Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) is being used increasingly to prevent graft-versus-host disease (GvHD); however, its impact on immune reconstitution is relatively unknown. We (i) studied immune reconstitution after ATG-conditioned hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), (ii) determined the factors influencing the reconstitution, and (iii) compared it with non-ATG-conditioned HCT. METHODS Immune cell subset counts were determined at 1-24 months post-transplant in 125 HCT recipients who received ATG during conditioning. Subset counts were also determined in 46 non-ATG-conditioned patients (similarly treated). RESULTS (i) Reconstitution after ATG-conditioned HCT was fast for innate immune cells, intermediate for B cells and CD8 T cells, and very slow for CD4 T cells and invariant natural killer T (iNKT) (iNKT) cells. (ii) Faster reconstitution after ATG-conditioned HCT was associated with a higher number of cells of the same subset transferred with the graft in the case of memory B cells, naive CD4 T cells, naive CD8 T cells, iNKT cells and myeloid dendritic cells; lower recipient age in the case of naive CD4 T cells and naive CD8 T cells; cytomegalovirus recipient seropositivity in the case of memory/effector T cells; an absence of GvHD in the case of naive B cells; lower ATG serum levels in the case of most T-cell subsets, including iNKT cells; and higher ATG levels in the case of NK cells and B cells. (iii) Compared with non-ATG-conditioned HCT, reconstitution after ATG-conditioned HCT was slower for CD4 T cells, and faster for NK cells and B cells. CONCLUSIONS ATG worsens the reconstitution of CD4 T cells but improves the reconstitution of NK and B cells.
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- Mark Bosch
- University of Calgary/Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Luo XH, Huang XJ, Li D, Liu KY, Xu LP, Liu DH. Immune reconstitution to cytomegalovirus following partially matched-related donor transplantation: impact ofin vivoT-cell depletion and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-primed peripheral blood/bone marrow mixed grafts. Transpl Infect Dis 2012; 15:22-33. [PMID: 22372613 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2012.00722.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2011] [Revised: 10/15/2011] [Accepted: 11/25/2011] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- X.-H. Luo
- Peking University; People's Hospital; Peking University Institute of Hematology, Peking University; Beijing; China
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- Peking University; People's Hospital; Peking University Institute of Hematology, Peking University; Beijing; China
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- Peking University; People's Hospital; Peking University Institute of Hematology, Peking University; Beijing; China
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- Peking University; People's Hospital; Peking University Institute of Hematology, Peking University; Beijing; China
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- Peking University; People's Hospital; Peking University Institute of Hematology, Peking University; Beijing; China
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- Peking University; People's Hospital; Peking University Institute of Hematology, Peking University; Beijing; China
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Bosch-Vizcaya A, Pérez-García A, Brunet S, Solano C, Buño I, Guillem V, Martínez-Laperche C, Sanz G, Barrenetxea C, Martínez C, Tuset E, Lloveras N, Coll R, Guardia R, González Y, Roncero JM, Bustins A, Gardella S, Fernández C, Buch J, Gallardo D. Donor CTLA-4 Genotype Influences Clinical Outcome after T Cell-Depleted Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation from HLA-Identical Sibling Donors. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2012; 18:100-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2011.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2011] [Accepted: 05/23/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Poiré X, van Besien K. Alemtuzumab in allogeneic hematopoetic stem cell transplantation. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2011; 11:1099-111. [PMID: 21702703 DOI: 10.1517/14712598.2011.592824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION With the use of reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC), early toxicity of allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) has been much reduced. Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) causes morbidities and mortality. Alemtuzumab is a mAb directed against CD52. When administered prior to transplant, it leads to T-cell depletion. Incorporation of alemtuzumab in RIC results in low rates of GvHD and treatment-related mortality (TRM) in haematological diseases, even in the setting of mismatched-donor transplantation. AREAS COVERED The use of alemtuzumab for GvHD prophylaxis in SCT. The benefit of alemtuzumab-based conditioning is partially offset by increased disease relapse due to impaired graft-versus-tumor effect (GvT) and by slower immune reconstitution, necessitating special precautions. While GvHD is prevented with alemtuzumab, post-SCT interventions are often required. Most studies find that alemtuzumab-based conditioning results in decreased chronic GvHD and TRM, but also in decreased progression-free survival. Overall survival after 3 - 5 years is usually equivalent and quality of life may be improved because of a lower incidence of sequelae of chronic GvHD. Many aspects of alemtuzumab treatment are under investigation. EXPERT OPINION Alemtuzumab reduces GvHD and TRM after SCT. Use of alemtuzumab requires awareness and strict management of the risk of opportunistic infections and of an increased risk of disease recurrence.
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- Xavier Poiré
- Section of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, 10 avenue Hippocrate, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Janczewska S, Ziolkowska A, Interewicz B, Majewski T, Olszewski W, Lukomska B. Vascularized bone marrow transplanted in orthotopic hind-limb stimulates hematopoietic recovery in total-body-irradiated rats. Transpl Int 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2000.tb02100.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Federmann B, Hägele M, Pfeiffer M, Wirths S, Schumm M, Faul C, Vogel W, Handgretinger R, Kanz L, Bethge WA. Immune reconstitution after haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplantation: impact of reduced intensity conditioning and CD3/CD19 depleted grafts. Leukemia 2010; 25:121-9. [PMID: 20944677 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2010.235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Bow EJ. Invasive Fungal Infection in Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients: Epidemiology from the Transplant Physician’s Viewpoint. Mycopathologia 2009; 168:283-97. [DOI: 10.1007/s11046-009-9196-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2008] [Accepted: 03/18/2009] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Immune reconstitution and implications for immunotherapy following haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Best Pract Res Clin Haematol 2008; 21:579-96. [PMID: 18790456 DOI: 10.1016/j.beha.2008.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Recovery of a fully functional immune system is a slow and often incomplete process following allogeneic stem cell transplantation. While innate immunity reconstitutes quickly, adaptive B- and especially T-cell lymphopoeisis may be compromised for years following transplantation. In large part, these immune system deficits are due to the decrease, or even absence, of thymopoiesis following transplantation. Thereby, T-cell reconstitution initially relies upon expansion of mature donor T cells; a proliferation driven by high cytokine levels and the presence of allo-reactive antigens. This peripheral mechanism of T-cell generation may have important clinical consequences. By expanding tumouricidal T cells, it may provide a venue to enhance T-cellular immunotherapy following transplantation. Alternatively, decreased thymic function may impair long-term anti-tumour immunity and increase the likelihood of graft-versus-host disease.
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Porrata LF, Inwards DJ, Ansell SM, Micallef IN, Johnston PB, Gastineau DA, Litzow MR, Winters JL, Markovic SN. Early lymphocyte recovery predicts superior survival after autologous stem cell transplantation in non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a prospective study. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2008; 14:807-16. [PMID: 18541201 PMCID: PMC4494659 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2008.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2008] [Accepted: 04/24/2008] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Day 15 absolute lymphocyte count (ALC-15) after autologous peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (APHSCT) has been reported to be a significant predictor for survival in multiple hematologic malignancies. Limitations of previous reports included their retrospective nature and the lack of ALC-15 lymphocyte subset analyses. To address these limitations, from February 2002 until February 2007, 50 non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) patients were enrolled in a prospective study. The primary endpoint of the study was to confirm prospectively the ALC-15 survival role after APHSCT in NHL. The secondary endpoint was to identify the ALC-15 lymphocyte subset affecting survival after APHSCT. With a median follow-up of 22.2 months (range: 6-63.7 months), patients with an ALC-15 > or =500 cells/microL (n = 35) experienced superior overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) compared with those who did not; median OS: not reached versus 5.4 months, 3-year OS rates of 80% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 55%-95%) versus 37% (95% CI: 15%-65%), P < .0001; and median PFS: not reached versus 3.3 months, 3-year PFS rates of 63% (95% CI: 40%-85%) versus 13% (95% CI: 4%-40%), P < .0001, respectively. Univariately, CD16+/56+/CD3- natural killer (NK) cells were the only ALC-15 lymphocyte subset identified as a predictor for survival. Patients with an NK cell count > or =80 cells/microL (n = 38) experienced superior OS and PFS compared with those who did not (median OS: not reached versus 5 months, 3-year OS rates of 76% [95% CI: 57%-92%] versus 36% [95% CI: 11%-62%], P < .0001; and median PFS: not reached versus 3 months, 3-year PFS rates of 57% [95% CI: 38%-85%] versus 9% [95% CI: 1%-41%], P < .0001, respectively). Multivariate analysis showed that NK cells are an independent predictor for survival. This is the first study confirming the ALC-15 survival role prospectively and identifying NK cells as the key ALC-15 lymphocyte subset affecting survival after APHSCT.
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- Luis F Porrata
- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
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Sedki M, . VR, . NP, . JM, . HE, . RT, . GS, . PR, . AD, . NA, . EG. Matched Unrelated Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Using Selected CD34+ Cells in Fanconi’s Anemia: Experience of One Center. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 2007. [DOI: 10.3923/jms.2007.1143.1149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Abbasian J, Mahmud D, Mahmud N, Chunduri S, Araki H, Reddy P, Hoffman R, Arpinati M, Ferrara JLM, Rondelli D. Allogeneic T cells induce rapid CD34+ cell differentiation into CD11c+CD86+ cells with direct and indirect antigen-presenting function. Blood 2006; 108:203-8. [PMID: 16478883 PMCID: PMC1895833 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-11-4330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Dendritic cells (DCs) derive from CD34+ cells or monocytes and stimulate alloimmune responses in transplantation. We hypothesized that the interaction between CD34+ cells and allogeneic T cells would influence the function of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Cord blood (CB) CD34+ cells proliferated briskly in response to allogeneic, but not autologous, T cells when mixed with irradiated T cells for 6 days in vitro. This proliferation was significantly inhibited by an anti-HLA class II monoclonal antibody (mAb), by an anti-TNFalpha mAb, or by CTLA4-Ig. Allogeneic T cells induced the differentiation of CD34+ progenitors into cells with the morphology of dendritic monocytic precursors and characterized by the expression of HLA-DR, CD86, CD40, CD14, and CD11c, due to an endogenous release of TNFalpha. Cotransplantation of CD34+ cells with allogeneic T cells into nonobese diabetic-severe combined immunodeficiency (NOD/SCID) mice resulted in a greater engraftment of myeloid CD1c+ dendritic cells compared with cotransplantation with autologous T cells. In vitro, CD34+ cell-derived antigen-presenting cells (APCs) were functionally capable of both direct and indirect presentation of alloantigens. Based on these findings, we hypothesize that in HSC transplantation the initial cross talk between allogeneic T cells and CD34+ cells may result in the increased generation of APCs that can present host alloantigens and possibly contribute to the development of graft-versus-host disease.
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- Javaneh Abbasian
- Section Hematology/Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607-7171, USA
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Kleen TO, Kadereit S, Fanning LR, Jaroscak J, Fu P, Meyerson HJ, Kulchycki L, Slivka LF, Kozik M, Tary-Lehmann M, Laughlin MJ. Recipient-Specific Tolerance after HLA-Mismatched Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation. Transplantation 2005; 80:1316-22. [PMID: 16314801 DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000188172.26531.6f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Lower incidence and severity of acute graft versus host disease (GVHD) has been observed in leukemia patients receiving HLA-mismatched umbilical cord (UCB) transplants. However, despite the increased use of UCB in stem cell transplantation, the mechanisms underlying these favorable outcomes are not well delineated. METHODS We analyzed antigen specific lymphocyte responses after transplant to determine whether the decreased allogeneic responsiveness of UCB lymphocytes is attributable to pan-unresponsiveness, lymphocyte repressive or recipient-specific tolerance. RESULTS Circulating lymphocytes collected early (3 months) after UCB transplant demonstrate a less naïve phenotype compared with that in the infused graft. Additionally, after transplant, circulating peripheral blood UCB-derived lymphocytes produced normal levels of interferon-gamma and proliferated normally when stimulated with mitogen or third party alloantigen. In contrast, when stimulated with recipient antigen, circulating lymphocytes emerging posttransplant did not proliferate nor produce interferon-gamma. Moreover, analysis of interleukin-4 production revealed a Th2 response to recipient antigens. These data indicate early induction of immune tolerance of naïve UCB graft lymphocytes with skewing of transplant recipient-specific immune response towards Th2 cytokine profile. CONCLUSIONS UCB graft lymphocyte immune naivety and observed early tolerance induction may contribute to the observed favorable GVHD incidence, despite infusion of HLA mismatch grafts in the unrelated allogeneic setting.
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- Thomas O Kleen
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-7284, USA
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de la Rubia J, Cantero S, Sanz GF, Remigia MJ, Monteagudo E, Moscardó F, Martín G, Lorenzo I, Jiménez C, Martínez J, Montesinos P, Jarque I, Sanz MA. Transplantation of CD34+ selected peripheral blood to HLA-identical sibling patients with aplastic anaemia: results from a single institution. Bone Marrow Transplant 2005; 36:325-9. [PMID: 15968276 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We evaluated the use of CD34+ selected allogeneic peripheral blood as a source of hematopoietic progenitors for allogeneic transplantation in 11 patients with aplastic anemia (AA). The median age was 17 years (range, 6--9), and the median time between diagnosis and transplant 1 month (range, 1--4). Conditioning consisted of cyclophosphamide (50 mg/kg per day) on days--7 to--4 and antithymocyte globulin (30 mg/kg per day) on days--4 to--2 in nine patients. Total lymphoid irradiation was added to the preparative regimen for two. Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis consisted of cyclosporine A and prednisone. Median doses of CD34+ and CD3+ cells infused were 3.91 x 10(6) and 0.3 x 10(6)/kg, respectively. The median time taken to achieve a neutrophil count >0.5 x 10(9)/l was 12 days and to recover a platelet count >20 x 10(9)/l, 13 days. Two patients developed acute GVHD grade I--II and one developed limited chronic GVHD. There were two treatment-related deaths. At a median follow-up of 44 months (range, 4--3), nine patients were alive with sustained and complete engraftment. This is a promising procedure in patients with AA, resulting in a rapid hematopoietic recovery, a low transplant-related mortality, and a low incidence of GVHD.
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- J de la Rubia
- Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Hematology Service, University Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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Mazo IB, Honczarenko M, Leung H, Cavanagh LL, Bonasio R, Weninger W, Engelke K, Xia L, McEver RP, Koni PA, Silberstein LE, von Andrian UH. Bone marrow is a major reservoir and site of recruitment for central memory CD8+ T cells. Immunity 2005; 22:259-70. [PMID: 15723813 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2005.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 276] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2004] [Revised: 01/11/2005] [Accepted: 01/12/2005] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Normal bone marrow (BM) contains T cells whose function and origin are poorly understood. We observed that CD8+ T cells in BM consist chiefly of CCR7+ L-selectin+ central memory cells (TCMs). Adoptively transferred TCMs accumulated more efficiently in the BM than naive and effector T cells. Intravital microscopy (IVM) showed that TCMs roll efficiently in BM microvessels via L-, P-, and E-selectin, whereas firm arrest required the VCAM-1/alpha4beta1 pathway. alpha4beta1 integrin activation did not depend on pertussis toxin (PTX)-sensitive Galphai proteins but was reduced by anti-CXCL12. In contrast, TCM diapedesis did not require CXCL12 but was blocked by PTX. After extravasation, TCMs displayed agile movement within BM cavities, remained viable, and mounted potent antigen-specific recall responses for at least two months. Thus, the BM functions as a major reservoir for TCMs by providing specific recruitment signals that act in sequence to mediate the constitutive recruitment of TCMs from the blood.
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- Irina B Mazo
- Department of Pathology, The CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Blanco Y, Saiz A, Carreras E, Graus F. Autologous haematopoietic-stem-cell transplantation for multiple sclerosis. Lancet Neurol 2005; 4:54-63. [PMID: 15620857 DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(04)00966-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Intense immunosuppression followed by autologous haematopoietic-stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) is being assessed as a potential treatment for patients with severe multiple sclerosis (MS). The treatment was developed from research that showed autologous HSCT was as effective as allogeneic HSCT in the treatment of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. The treatment is thought to eradicate the defective immune system, and the infused haematopoietic stem cells reconstitute an immune system that is more tolerant to the nervous system. About 250 patients with MS have been treated with autologous HSCT as part of phase I and phase II open trials. Autologous HSCT seems feasible in MS and assessment with clinical and MRI measures suggests it induces a profound and long-lasting suppression of inflammation. The course of MS seems to be stabilised after autologous HSCT, especially in ambulatory patients with evidence of active disease. Autologous HSCT deserves further study in randomised controlled trials.
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- Yolanda Blanco
- Service of Neurology, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Spain
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Meijer E, Dekker AW, Lokhorst HM, Petersen EJ, Nieuwenhuis HK, Verdonck LF. Low incidence of infectious complications after nonmyeloablative compared with myeloablative allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Transpl Infect Dis 2004; 6:171-8. [PMID: 15762935 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2004.00075.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) using a myeloablative (MA) conditioning regimen is limited to relatively young patients because of increased transplant-related mortality in elderly patients. Nonmyeloablative (NMA) conditioning regimens have been developed aiming to reduce transplant mortality. In this study, we set out to evaluate the post-transplant occurrence of infectious complications in recipients of grafts from human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-identical sibling donors treated with either NMA or MA conditioning regimens. Data of 78 consecutively treated patients were analyzed. An NMA conditioning regimen was used in 40 patients and an MA regimen in 38 patients. A significantly lower rate of episodes of febrile neutropenia (0% vs. 34%, P<0.01) and post-transplant Epstein-Barr virus reactivations (0% vs. 18%, P<0.05) was found in SCT recipients treated with an NMA conditioning regimen compared with an MA conditioning regimen. Furthermore, fewer invasive fungal infections (2% vs. 12%, not significant) were diagnosed in the NMA group. The incidence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivations and bacterial infections was low in both groups (CMV reactivations: 13% in both groups; bacterial infections: 10% in the NMA group vs. 8% in the MA group), while CMV disease developed in only 1 patient. Overall, compared to our MA regimen, we found a very low rate of infectious complications after NMA SCT.
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- E Meijer
- Department of Hematology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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Chakrabarti S, Marks DI. Should we T cell deplete sibling grafts for acute myeloid leukaemia in first remission? Bone Marrow Transplant 2004; 32:1039-50. [PMID: 14625574 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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There is controversy regarding the best approach to the management of patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) in first remission (CR1). The impact of matched related allogeneic transplant in CR1 on the overall survival is equivocal, but what is not in doubt is a significant reduction in the relapse risk, compared to both autologous transplants and intensive chemotherapy, which is because of the allogeneic or the graft-versus-leukaemia (GVL) effect. Yet, this does not always translate to improved survival. T cell depletion (TCD) can reduce deaths related to graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and its therapy, but might increase the relapse risk. The existing literature suggests that TCD is associated with a disease-free survival (DFS) of 53-80% and is associated with a lower relapse risk than anticipated (0-30%). We discuss the evolution of TCD in allogeneic transplantation and its relevance in AML-CR1 with regard to GVHD, DFS, immune reconstitution and GVL effect. It is possible that by reducing TRM related to GVHD and extramedullary toxicities, particularly in the older patients, TCD might improve the impact of allogeneic transplantation in AML-CR1, provided the immune reconstitution and the relapse risk are not adversely affected. Randomised studies are underway to address these issues.
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- S Chakrabarti
- Department of Haematology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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Janczewska S, Wisniewski M, Stepkowski SM, Lukomska B. Fast hematopoietic recovery after bone marrow engraftment needs physiological proximity of stromal and stem cells. Cell Transplant 2004; 12:399-406. [PMID: 12911127 DOI: 10.3727/000000003108746948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Relatively slow hematopoietic recovery after isolated bone marrow (I-BM) engraftment is probably caused by a disrupted microenvironment of stromal and stem cells. Thus, we compared the kinetics of hematopoietic recovery of lethally irradiated rats that received I-BM versus vascularized BM (V-BM). Total body irradiated (TBI; 8 Gy) Lewis (LEW; RT1(1)) rats were either injected IV with syngeneic sex-mismatched 80 x 10(6) I-BM or transplanted with 80 x 10(6) V-BM in orthotopic hind limb grafts. Ten days later, peripheral blood (PB) and mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) of these recipients were examined for the presence of donor-derived hematopoietic cells with a panel of monoclonal antibodies by FACS. To detect male cells in sex-mismatched female recipients, PCR was performed using male Y chromosome primers. When examined in PB and MLN, recipients transplanted with V-BM displayed significantly faster recovery of leukocytes (CD43+), monocytes (CD14+), and T cells (CD5+) in comparison with I-BM recipients. In addition, only V-BM (but not I-BM) groups contained stroma-like male-positive cells in PB and MLN. Our results suggest that V-BM transplants provided superior hematopoietic recovery in comparison to I-BM transplants. We postulated that close proximity between stromal and stem cells in V-BM is essential for efficient repopulation with progenitors of different lines of leukocytes.
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- Slawa Janczewska
- Surgical Research and Transplantology Department, Medical Research Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
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Kim DH, Kim JG, Sohn SK, Sung WJ, Suh JS, Lee KS, Lee KB. Clinical impact of early absolute lymphocyte count after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Br J Haematol 2004; 125:217-24. [PMID: 15059145 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.04891.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The role of repopulating lymphocytes after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) includes the prevention of serious infections and attacking residual tumour cells in the early post-transplant phase. Therefore, the current study analysed the role of the absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) on day 21 after SCT in predicting transplant outcomes of 82 patients in terms of the risk of opportunistic infections and recurrence of original disease. The median dose of CD34+, CD3+ and mononuclear cells (MNC) infused was 6.41 x 10(6)/kg, 1.96 x 10(8)/kg and 6.81 x 10(8)/kg respectively. The high ALC group (high ALC on day 21; > or =0.35 x 10(9)/l) was associated with the use of peripheral blood stem cells, matched sibling donors and higher cell doses of MNC, CD3+ and CD4+ cells. The high ALC group also exhibited a better overall survival (56.3% vs. 17.7%) and disease-free survival (50.1% vs. 15.9%) after 3 years and lower incidences of relapse (33.6% vs. 67.1%) and fungal infections (3.0% vs. 19.5%) after 1 year. The incidence of cytomegalovirus antigenaemia was lower in the high ALC group (47.7% vs. 73.7%). Accordingly, identifying the ALC on day 21 would appear to be a useful and simple measurement to predict those patients with a high risk of opportunistic infections and relapse after allogeneic SCT.
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- Dong Hwan Kim
- Department of Haematology/Oncology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, 50 Samduk 2-ga, Jung-Gu, Daegu 700-721, Korea
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Alpdogan O, Muriglan SJ, Eng JM, Willis LM, Greenberg AS, Kappel BJ, van den Brink MRM. IL-7 enhances peripheral T cell reconstitution after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. J Clin Invest 2003; 112:1095-107. [PMID: 14523046 PMCID: PMC198519 DOI: 10.1172/jci17865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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We used clinically relevant murine allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) models to study the mechanisms by which IL-7 administration can improve posttransplant peripheral T cell reconstitution. After transplant we could distinguish two populations of mature donor T cells: (a) alloreactive T cells with decreased expression of CD127 (IL-7 receptor alpha chain) and (b) nonalloreactive T cells, which express CD127 and undergo homeostatic proliferation. IL-7 administration increased the homeostatic proliferation of nonalloreactive T cells, but had no effect on alloreactive T cells and the development of graft-versus-host disease. Allogeneic transplant of purified hematopoietic stem cells and adoptive transfer of thymocytes into lethally irradiated hosts suggested that recent thymic emigrants can undergo homeostatic proliferation and acquire a memory-like phenotype. We found by BrdU pulse-chase, cell cycle, and annexin V analyses that IL-7 administration has significant proliferative and antiapoptotic effects on posttransplant peripheral T cells. We conclude that homeostatic expansion is important for T cell reconstitution after allogeneic BMT and involves both transferred mature T cells and recent thymic emigrants. Apart from its thymopoietic effects, IL-7 promotes peripheral T cell reconstitution through its selective proliferative and antiapoptotic effects on nonalloreactive and de novo-generated T cells, but has no effect on alloreactive T cells.
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- Onder Alpdogan
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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Alpdogan Ö, Muriglan SJ, Eng JM, Willis LM, Greenberg AS, Kappel BJ, van den Brink MR. IL-7 enhances peripheral T cell reconstitution after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. J Clin Invest 2003. [DOI: 10.1172/jci200317865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Broers AEC, Posthumus-van Sluijs SJ, Spits H, van der Holt B, Löwenberg B, Braakman E, Cornelissen JJ. Interleukin-7 improves T-cell recovery after experimental T-cell-depleted bone marrow transplantation in T-cell-deficient mice by strong expansion of recent thymic emigrants. Blood 2003; 102:1534-40. [PMID: 12714515 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-11-3349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Interleukin-7 (IL-7) has been shown to enhance thymic output of newly developed T cells following bone marrow transplantation (BMT) in mice. In addition, IL-7 may affect peripheral expansion of T cells. In order to study the relative contribution of thymopoiesis versus peripheral T-cell expansion in the setting of compromised thymopoiesis, we have applied IL-7 in an experimental stem cell transplantation model using T cell-deficient RAG-1(-/-) mice. C57BL/6 RAG-1(-/-) mice received transplants of syngeneic T-cell-depleted (TCD) bone marrow (Ly5.1) with or without supplemented T cells (Ly5.2). IL-7 was administered until day 63 after BMT. Peripheral blood T- and B-cell recovery was quantified by flow cytometry and thymopoiesis was studied by quantification of T-cell receptor rearrangement excision circles (TRECs). In mice receiving a T-cell-replete BMT, IL-7 selectively expanded mature CD45.2+ T cells without affecting the recovery of new bone marrow-derived CD45.1+ T cells. In contrast, IL-7 significantly enhanced the recovery of bone marrow-derived T cells after TCD BMT. Quantification of TRECs in mice receiving a TCD BMT revealed that enhanced T-cell recovery following IL-7 treatment resulted from a strong expansion of newly developed naive T cells. These results suggest that peripheral expansion of recent thymic emigrants or mature T cells may be a preferential mechanism by which IL-7 enhances T-cell recovery after BMT.
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- Annoek E C Broers
- Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC/Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Hess DA, Karanu FN, Levac K, Gallacher L, Bhatia M. Coculture and transplant of purified CD34(+)Lin(-) and CD34(-)Lin(-) cells reveals functional interaction between repopulating hematopoietic stem cells. Leukemia 2003; 17:1613-25. [PMID: 12886251 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2403028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The human hematopoietic stem cell compartment is comprised of repopulating CD34(+) and CD34(-) cells. The interaction between these subsets with respect to their reconstitution capacity in vivo remains to be characterized. Here, lineage-depleted (Lin(-)) human CD34(+) and CD34(-) hematopoietic cells were isolated from human male and female umbilical cord blood (CB) and transplanted into immune-deficient NOD/SCID EMV(null) mice, thereby allowing the use of human and Y-chromosome-specific DNA sequences to discriminate human reconstitution contributed by CD34(+) vs CD34(-) repopulating stem cells. Although cultured human CB CD34(-)Lin(-) cells transplanted alone possessed only minimal repopulating capacity, with 15% of mice achieving low levels of engraftment, transplantation of cocultured male CD34(-)Lin(-) cells with female CD34(+)Lin(-) cells demonstrated human repopulation with a contribution from CD34(-)Lin(-)-derived progeny in 80% of the recipients. After coculture and transplantation, male CD34(-)Lin(-) cells gave rise to primitive CD34(+)CD38(-) cells isolated in vivo, which demonstrated clonogenic progenitor function into multiple lineages. Taken together, our study indicates that the presence of CD34(+)Lin(-) cells in coculture enhanced the low repopulating function of human CD34(-)Lin(-) cells in vivo. We propose that CD34(+)Lin and CD34(-)Lin cells represent phenotypically distinct, but related cell types that exhibit unique and previously unappreciated functional interaction.
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- D A Hess
- Robarts Research Institute, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, 100 Perth Drive, London, Ontario, Canada
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Hematopoietic stem cell transplants (SCT) are used in the treatment of neoplastic diseases, in addition to congenital, autoimmune, and inflammatory disorders. Both autologous and allogeneic SCT are used, depending on donor availability and the type of disease being treated, resulting in different morbidity and outcomes. In both types of SCT, immune regulation via graft manipulation is being studied, although with highly different targeted outcomes. In general, autologous SCT have lower treatment-related morbidity and mortality, but a higher incidence of tumor relapse, and graft manipulation targets immune augmentation and/or the reduction of immune tolerance. In contrast, allogeneic SCT have a higher incidence of treatment-related morbidity and mortality and a significantly longer time of disease progression, and the targeted outcomes or graft manipulation focus on a reduction in graft versus host disease (GVHD). One source of the increased relapse rate and shorter overall survival (OS) following high dose chemotherapy (HDT) and autologous SCT is the immune tolerance that limits host response, both innate and antigen (Ag) specific, against the tumor. The immune tolerance that is observed is due in part to the tumor burden and prior cytotoxic therapy. Therefore, graft manipulation, as an adjuvant therapeutic approach in autologous SCT, is primarily focused on non-specific or specific immune augmentation using cytokines and vaccines. Recently, manipulation of the infused product as a form of cellular therapy has begun to also focus on approaches to reduce immune tolerance found in transplant patients, both prior to and following HDT and SCT. To this end, graft manipulation to reduce the presence of Fas Ligand (FasL)-expressing cells or interleukin (IL)10 and tumor growth factor (TGF)beta production has been proposed. In contrast to autologous transplantation, graft manipulation during allogeneic transplantation is used extensively. This includes limiting the infusion of T cells within the product or as a donor leukocyte infusion (DLI), resulting in a reduction in GVHD and the induction of long-term survivors. Indeed, allogeneic SCT provide the only curative therapy for patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), refractory acute leukemia, and myelodysplasia. The curative potential of allogeneic SCT is reduced, however, by the development of GVHD, a potentially lethal T-cell-mediated immune response targeting host tissues [Int. Arch. Allergy Immunol. 102 (1993) 309, J. Exp. Med. 183 (1996) 589]. The morbidity and mortality associated with GVHD limit this technology, resulting focus on those patients who have no alternative therapeutic options or who have advanced disease. Thus, allogeneic SCT provide one of the few statistically supported demonstrations of therapeutic efficacy by T cells (comparison of allogeneic to autologous transplantation). In contrast to autologous transplantation, control of GVHD following allogeneic SCT focuses on immune suppression and the induction of tolerance. Here too, graft manipulation is appropriate, and there are numerous studies of T-cell depletion to reduce GVHD, with or without the isolation and infusion of T cells as DLI. Additional strategies are examining the isolation and infusion of T cells with graft versus leukemia (GVL) activity to reduce GVHD and/or the infusion of genetically manipulated and/or selected cellular populations (monocytes or dendritic cells (DC)) to induce tolerance. Therefore, depending upon the type of transplant, the goals associated with graft manipulation can be radically different. In this review, we emphasize using graft manipulation to regulate immune tolerance and anergy in association with SCT. Although this paper focuses on hematopoietic SCT, it should be noted that these strategies are relevant to conditions other than neoplastic and congenital diseases, including solid organ transplants, and autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
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- James E Talmadge
- Nebraska Medical Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center 987660, Omaha, NE 68198-7660, USA.
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Chakrabarti S, Brown J, Guttridge M, Pamphilon DH, Lankester A, Marks DI. Early lymphocyte recovery is an important determinant of outcome following allogeneic transplantation with CD34+ selected graft and limited T-cell addback. Bone Marrow Transplant 2003; 32:23-30. [PMID: 12815474 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We evaluated the outcome of 29 patients (age 22-60 years), who received a CD34+selected related (n=16) or unrelated graft (n=13) with limited T-cell addback (TCAB) (median 5.9 x 10(4)/kg) following full-intensity conditioning for haematological malignancies. In all, 16 patients (55%) had either advanced disease or previous transplants. The cumulative incidences of grade 2-4 acute GVHD were 15.4 and 19.2% and that for chronic extensive GVHD were 35 and 37% in related and unrelated graft recipients, respectively. The strongest predictor of nonrelapse mortality and overall survival was the absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) at 30 days; patients with ALC<0.35 x 10(9)/l having an NRM and OS of 59.2 and 24.7%, compared to 10 and 90% in those with a higher ALC. Patients with acute leukaemia had poorer survival and this was associated with a lower ALC as well. Thus, TCAB with a CD34+ selected graft resulted in a comparable outcome in both older and younger patients, but the survival was strongly influenced by early lymphocyte recovery.
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- S Chakrabarti
- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Bristol, UK
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Petersen SL, Ryder LP, Björk P, Madsen HO, Heilmann C, Jacobsen N, Sengeløv H, Vindeløv LL. A comparison of T-, B- and NK-cell reconstitution following conventional or nonmyeloablative conditioning and transplantation with bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells from human leucocyte antigen identical sibling donors. Bone Marrow Transplant 2003; 32:65-72. [PMID: 12815480 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This retrospective study compares the reconstitution of T, B and NK cells in three groups of patients transplanted for haematological malignancies with grafts from their HLA-identical sibling donors. In all, 15 patients received PBSC after a nonmyeloablative conditioning regimen consisting of fludarabine and 200 cGy TBI, 13 patients received PBSC after myeloablative conditioning and 37 patients received BM after myeloablative conditioning. In the nonmyeloablative group, the NK cells normalised after 1 month, the CD8+ T cells normalised after 3 months, the CD4+ T cells reached near normal values after 9 months and the B cell values were reduced until 12 months after transplant. In the two myeloablative groups, recipients of PBSC had a significantly higher number of CD4+ T cells after 4 months (P=0.004) and after 12 months (P=0.001), than recipients of BM. We found no differences in the T cell reconstitution between the two PBSC groups. This was of interest as the recipients of nonmyeloablative conditioning were older (P<0.001) and had a higher occurrence of chronic GVHD (P<0.05) than the recipients of myeloablative conditioning. In contrast, the recipients of nonmyeloablative conditioning had a delayed B cell recovery when compared to the patients who received myeloablative conditioning (P=0.04).
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- S L Petersen
- The Lymphocyte Research Laboratory, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Baron F, Baudoux E, Fillet G, Beguin Y. Retrospective comparison of CD34-selected allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation followed by CD8-depleted donor lymphocyte infusions with unmanipulated bone marrow transplantation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 7:137-43. [PMID: 12243975 DOI: 10.1080/1024533021000008173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We have previously reported the feasibility of allogeneic CD34-selected PBSC transplantation followed by pre-emptive CD8-depleted DLI (study group). In this report, we retrospectively compare the clinical outcome of the 24 patients included in this study with an historical group of 35 patients receiving unmanipulated marrow (BMT group). Patients in the study group had significantly faster neutrophil and platelet recovery and were discharged earlier than BMT patients. The actuarial 150-day (after DLI) probability of developing grade II-IV acute GVHD was 28% for the study group versus 62% for the BMT group (p=0.002). The actuarial 2-year probability of developing chronic GVHD was similar (37 versus 36% (NS)) but chronic GVHD was significantly delayed in the study group (p=0.003). The actuarial 2-year probability of relapse was 30% in the study group versus 33% in the BMT group (NS). The actuarial 2-year probability of survival was 45% in the study group versus 43% in the BMT group (NS). We conclude that allogeneic transplantation of CD34-selected PBSC followed by pre-emptive CD8-depleted DLI is feasible with rapid engraftment and minimizes the risk of severe GVHD. Large prospective trials are required to confirm these results.
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Kawabata Y, Hirokawa M, Komatsuda A, Sawada K. Clinical applications of CD34+ cell-selected peripheral blood stem cells. Ther Apher Dial 2003; 7:298-304. [PMID: 12924604 DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0968.2003.00059.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) are increasingly used for stem cell transplantation after high dose chemotherapy. CD34+ cell selection has also been done for use in autologous transplantation studies Bone marrow (BM) may contain tumor cells at the time of harvesting, and on re-infusion, these cells could contribute to a subsequent relapse. Similarly, tumor cell contamination of PBSC collections has been found in a number of studies. Therefore, purging contaminating tumor cells may prevent cases of relapse. As most tumor cell types do not express CD34 antigen, one of the most widespread applications of CD34+ cell selection is likely to be in tumor cell purging. Similarly, CD34+ cell selection has aided allogeneic transplantation studies. Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in cases of allogeneic transplantation. As aGVHD is mediated by donor T cells, removal of T cells from the graft by CD34+ cell selection may ensure prophylaxis against aGVHD. Further, high-dose immunosuppression followed by CD34+ cell-selected stem cell rescue is theoretically reasonable as a therapeutic tool for patients with autoimmune disease resistant to conventional therapy. However, patients given T cell-depleted transplantation have an increased risk of opportunistic infection as well as malignancies related to immunosuppression; therefore, close monitoring is warranted. We describe here clinical applications of CD34+ cell-selected PBSC for a variety of diseases, with special emphasis on the efficacy as well as drawbacks of this novel technique.
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- Y Kawabata
- Department of Internal Medicine III, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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Inoue H, Yasuda Y, Hattori K, Shimizu T, Matsumoto M, Yabe M, Yabe H, Tsuchida F, Tanaka Y, Hosoi G, Sako M, Kato S. The kinetics of immune reconstitution after cord blood transplantation and selected CD34+ stem cell transplantation in children: comparison with bone marrow transplantation. Int J Hematol 2003; 77:399-407. [PMID: 12774932 DOI: 10.1007/bf02982652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The present study compares immune reconstitution after allogeneic cord blood transplantation (CBT) and CD34+ stem cell transplantation (CD34-SCT) with that after bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Eighty-eight children who underwent CBT (20 patients), BMT (58), and CD34-SCT (10) were enrolled, and lymphocytes and T-, B-, and natural killer-lymphocyte subsets were monitored for more than 5 years after transplantation. CBT recipients showed significant ircreases in (1) total lymphocyte counts (P < .001), (2) CD4+/CD8+ cell ratios (P < .01), (3) CD4+ and CD4+CD45RA+ cells (P < .001), (4) CD8+CD11b+ cells (P < .001), and (5) CD19+ and CD19+CD5+ cells (P < .0001) and marked decreases in the frequencies of CD8+ and CD8+CD11b- cells (P < .0001). CD34-SCT recipients showed lower lymphocyte counts in the first 6 months and an emergence of lymphocyte and CD4+CD45RA+ cells at approximately 9 months and 1 year. Both CBT and CD34-SCT recipients showed increased frequencies of CD56+ cells at 1 month (CD34-SCT versus BMT, P < .001) but decreased frequencies after 6 months (CBT versus BMT, P < .001). Lymphoproliferative responses to exogenous interleukin 2 were constantly lower in CBT and CD34-SCT recipients than in BMT recipients. These results suggest that the delay in immune reconstitution after CBT in the early phase was mainly qualitative and related to the immaturity of cells, whereas the delay in CD34-SCT was mainly quantitative in the first several months.
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- Hiroyasu Inoue
- Department of Pediatrics, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Fehse N, Fehse B, Kröger N, Zabelina T, Freiberger P, Krüger W, Kabisch H, Erttmann R, Zander AR. Influence of anti-thymocyte globulin as part of the conditioning regimen on immune reconstitution following matched related bone marrow transplantation. JOURNAL OF HEMATOTHERAPY & STEM CELL RESEARCH 2003; 12:237-42. [PMID: 12804182 DOI: 10.1089/152581603321628377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The aim of this work was to analyze the influence of anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) as part of the conditioning regimen on immune reconstitution following matched related bone marrow transplantation. The rate and pattern of the recovery of total lymphocytes, natural killer (NK) cells, and several T and B cell subsets were determined in 38 patients for more than 2 years following BMT. We compared two patient groups: the first comprised 19 patients after matched related BMT without ATG prevention for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and the second contained 19 patients after matched related BMT with ATG treatment for GVHD prophylaxis. We observed impaired immune reconstitution in the ATG group in comparison with the non-ATG group, indicating a significant influence of ATG on immune recovery for several months after BMT.
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- Natalja Fehse
- Bone Marrow Transplantation, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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