Recent studies have shown that host-reactive interleukin-2 (IL-2)- secreting donor T lymphocytes (TI) are critically involved in the development of acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after allogeneic HLA-identical sibling bone marrow transplantation (BMT). To further characterize the responding TI, we determined the frequency of pretransplant IL-2-secreting TI-precursors (TI-p) between eight HLA-A, - B, -C, -DR, and -DQ-identical sibling donor-host pairs in both the graft-versus-host (GVH) and the host-versus-graft (HVG) direction. High frequencies of pretransplant host-reactive donor TI-p (1/18,000 to 1/49,000) were detectable in five patients with grade II acute GVHD. Donor-reactive host TI-p (1/3,700 to 1/31,000) were observed in previously in vivo primed (n = 5) and unprimed (n = 1) patients. In two pairs tested after previous in vivo priming, pretransplant donor- reactive host TI-p were highly enriched within the CD45RO+ memory T- cell subset. Previously unprimed host-reactive donor TI-p occurred in almost equal frequencies within CD45RO+ and CD45RO- T cells. Both CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell subsets contributed in comparable frequencies to host- and donor-reactive TI-p. Recognition of minor histocompatibility (mH) antigens by CD8+ TI-p appeared to be class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restricted, whereas CD4+ TI-p operated in a class II (HLA- DR) MHC-restricted fashion. Even between oligonucleotide-defined HLA- DPB1-disparate sibling donor-host pairs (n = 3), either responding T- cell subset was found to recognize cellularly defined mH antigens. These data indicate that various T-cell subsets contribute to host- and donor-reactive IL-2-secreting TI in allogeneic sibling BMT.
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July 1, 1993
Pretransplant detection of human minor histocompatibility antigen- specific naive and memory interleukin-2-secreting T cells within class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restricted CD8+ and class II MHC-restricted CD4+ T-cell subsets
M Theobald,
M Theobald
Department Internal Medicine III, University of Ulm, Germany.
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D Bunjes
D Bunjes
Department Internal Medicine III, University of Ulm, Germany.
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Blood (1993) 82 (1): 298–306.
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M Theobald, D Bunjes; Pretransplant detection of human minor histocompatibility antigen- specific naive and memory interleukin-2-secreting T cells within class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restricted CD8+ and class II MHC-restricted CD4+ T-cell subsets. Blood 1993; 82 (1): 298–306. doi: https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.V82.1.298.bloodjournal821298
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