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Steger, B. ; Milosevic, S. ; Doessinger, G.* ; Reuther, S.* ; Liepert, A.* ; Braeu, M. ; Schick, J.* ; Vogt, V.* ; Schuster, F.* ; Kroell, T.* ; Busch, D.H. ; Borkhardt, A.* ; Kolb, H.-J. ; Tischer, J.* ; Buhmann, R. ; Schmetzer, H.

CD4+and CD8+T-cell reactions against leukemia-associated- or minor-histocompatibility-antigens in AML-patients after allogeneic SCT.

Immunobiology 219, 247-260 (2014)
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T-cells play an important role in the remission-maintenance in AML-patients (pts) after SCT, however the role of LAA- (WT1, PR1, PRAME) or minor-histocompatibility (mHag, HA1) antigen-specific CD4(+) and CD8(+)T-cells is not defined. A LAA/HA1-peptide/protein stimulation, cloning and monitoring strategy for specific CD8(+)/CD4(+)T-cells in AML-pts after SCT is given. Our results show that (1) LAA-peptide-specific CD8+T-cells are detectable in every AML-pt after SCT. CD8(+)T-cells, recognizing two different antigens detectable in 5 of 7 cases correlate with long-lasting remissions. Clonal TCR-Vβ-restriction exemplarily proven by spectratyping in PRAME-specific CD8(+)T-cells; high PRAME-peptide-reactivity was CD4(+)-associated, as shown by IFN-γ-release. (2) Two types of antigen-presenting cells (APCs) were tested for presentation of LAA/HA1-proteins to CD4(+)T-cells: miniEBV-transduced lymphoblastoid cells (B-cell-source) and CD4-depleted MNC (source for B-cell/monocyte/DC). We provide a refined cloning-system for proliferating, CD40L(+)CD4(+)T-cells after LAA/HA1-stimulation. CD4(+)T-cells produced cytokines (GM-CSF, IFN-γ) upon exposure to LAA/HA1-stimulation until after at least 7 restimulations and demonstrated cytotoxic activity against naive blasts, but not fibroblasts. Antileukemic activity of unstimulated, stimulated or cloned CD4(+)T-cells correlated with defined T-cell-subtypes and the clinical course of the disease. In conclusion we provide immunological tools to enrich and monitor LAA/HA1-CD4(+)- and CD8(+)T-cells in AML-pts after SCT and generate data with relevant prognostic value. We were able to demonstrate the presence of LAA-peptide-specific CD8(+)T-cell clones in AML-pts after SCT. In addition, we were also able to enrich specific antileukemic reactive CD4(+)T-cells without GvH-reactivity upon repeated LAA/HA1-protein stimulation and limiting dilution cloning.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Keywords Dendritic Cells ; Acute Myeloid Leukemia ; Taa ; Minor Antigens ; Lmmunophenotyping ; Cd4/cd8 T-cells ; Multimer; Acute Myeloid-leukemia; Stem-cell Transplantation; Epstein-barr-virus; Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia; Donor Lymphocyte Infusion; Wt1 Peptide Vaccination; T-cells; Dendritic Cells; Myelodysplastic Syndromes; Risk-factors
Language english
Publication Year 2014
Prepublished in Year 2013
HGF-reported in Year 2013
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0171-2985
e-ISSN 1878-3279
Quellenangaben Volume: 219, Issue: 4, Pages: 247-260 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Urban & Fischer
Publishing Place Jena
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Molecular Immunology (IMI)
CCG Hematopoetic Cell Transplants (IMI-KHZ)
Institute of Virology (VIRO)
POF-Topic(s) 30504 - Mechanisms of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Health and Disease
Research field(s) Immune Response and Infection
PSP Element(s) G-501700-001
G-520300-001
G-520100-001
G-501790-003
PubMed ID 24315637
Scopus ID 84895490151
Erfassungsdatum 2013-12-11