Simultaneous isolation of CD8(+) and CD4(+) T cells specific for multiple viruses for broad antiviral immune reconstitution after allogeneic stem cell transplantation |
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Authors: | Zandvliet Maarten L van Liempt Ellis Jedema Inge Kruithof Simone Kester Michel G D Guchelaar Henk-Jan Falkenburg J H Frederik Meij Pauline |
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Affiliation: | Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Toxicology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. m.l.zandvliet@lumc.nl |
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Abstract: | Opportunistic viral infections can cause serious morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Clinical studies have shown that adoptive transfer of donor-derived T cells specific for cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), or human adenovirus (HAdV) can be a safe and effective treatment of infections with these major viral pathogens. The aim of this study was to develop a method for the simultaneous isolation of coordinated CD8(+) and CD4(+) memory T-cell responses against a broad repertoire of viral epitopes. To ensure that the method was applicable to a wide variety of virus-specific T cells that may differ in phenotypic and functional properties, we focused on T cells specific for the persistent viruses, CMV and EBV, and T cells specific for HAdV and influenza (FLU), which are not repetitively activated in vivo after initial viral clearance. Following in vitro activation, nearly all T cells specific for these viruses produced interferon γ (IFN-γ) and tumor necrosis factor α, and expressed CD137, whereas the populations varied in the production of interleukin-2, degranulation, and expression of phenotypic markers. Different kinetics of IFN-γ production were observed in CMV/EBV-specific T cells and HAdV/FLU-specific T cells. However, after the stimulation of peripheral blood from seropositive donors with viral protein-spanning peptide pools, the activated virus-specific CD8(+) and CD4(+) T cells could be simultaneously isolated by either IFN-γ-based or CD137-based enrichment. This study provides an efficient and widely applicable strategy for the isolation of virus-specific T cells, which may be used for the reconstitution of virus-specific immunity in allogeneic stem cell transplantation recipients. |
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