scholarly journals Selective depletion of CD8+ T lymphocytes for prevention of graft- versus-host disease after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Blood ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 418-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Champlin ◽  
W Ho ◽  
J Gajewski ◽  
S Feig ◽  
M Burnison ◽  
...  

The effects of selectively depleting CD8+ cells from donor bone marrow were assessed in 36 patients receiving transplantation from an HLA- identical sibling as treatment for leukemia. Donor bone marrow underwent ex vivo treatment using anti-Leu-2 monoclonal antibody and complement. Patients received cyclosporine post-transplant for 6 months. Thirty-three patients had initial engraftment. Three failed to have hematologic recovery, and one patient with initial engraftment had late graft failure. The actuarial incidence of grade greater than or equal to 2 acute graft-versus-host disease was 28% +/- 18% and was usually confined to the skin. Of 33 patients with engraftment, 32 were complete chimeras and one had mixed chimerism. The tempo of hematologic and immunologic recovery was comparable with that reported with transplantation of unmodified bone marrow, although CD4+ and CD8+ T cells recovered at comparable rates. The actuarial rate of leukemia relapse was 11% +/- 10%, occurring in three patients with acute leukemia but in none of 13 patients transplanted for chronic myelogenous leukemia. Actuarial survival was 57% +/- 17% at 2 years. These data indicate that after transplantation of marrow depleted of CD8+ cells, engraftment with prompt hematologic and immunologic recovery generally occurs, with a relatively low rate of acute graft- versus-host disease. Graft failure remains a problem despite retention of CD4+ cells within the donor marrow. The lack of leukemia relapse in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia suggests retention of a graft-versus-leukemia effect, at least for this malignancy.

Blood ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 418-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Champlin ◽  
W Ho ◽  
J Gajewski ◽  
S Feig ◽  
M Burnison ◽  
...  

Abstract The effects of selectively depleting CD8+ cells from donor bone marrow were assessed in 36 patients receiving transplantation from an HLA- identical sibling as treatment for leukemia. Donor bone marrow underwent ex vivo treatment using anti-Leu-2 monoclonal antibody and complement. Patients received cyclosporine post-transplant for 6 months. Thirty-three patients had initial engraftment. Three failed to have hematologic recovery, and one patient with initial engraftment had late graft failure. The actuarial incidence of grade greater than or equal to 2 acute graft-versus-host disease was 28% +/- 18% and was usually confined to the skin. Of 33 patients with engraftment, 32 were complete chimeras and one had mixed chimerism. The tempo of hematologic and immunologic recovery was comparable with that reported with transplantation of unmodified bone marrow, although CD4+ and CD8+ T cells recovered at comparable rates. The actuarial rate of leukemia relapse was 11% +/- 10%, occurring in three patients with acute leukemia but in none of 13 patients transplanted for chronic myelogenous leukemia. Actuarial survival was 57% +/- 17% at 2 years. These data indicate that after transplantation of marrow depleted of CD8+ cells, engraftment with prompt hematologic and immunologic recovery generally occurs, with a relatively low rate of acute graft- versus-host disease. Graft failure remains a problem despite retention of CD4+ cells within the donor marrow. The lack of leukemia relapse in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia suggests retention of a graft-versus-leukemia effect, at least for this malignancy.


2003 ◽  
Vol 76 (12) ◽  
pp. 1758-1762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret L. MacMillan ◽  
Gretchen A. Radloff ◽  
William R. Kiffmeyer ◽  
Todd E. DeFor ◽  
Daniel J. Weisdorf ◽  
...  

1991 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 1197-1202 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL WEISDORF ◽  
ROBERT HAKKE ◽  
BRUCE BLAZAR ◽  
WESLEY MILLER ◽  
PHILIP MCGLAVE ◽  
...  

Blood ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 399-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinod K. Prasad ◽  
Nancy A. Kernan ◽  
Glenn Heller ◽  
Richard J. O’Reilly ◽  
Soo Young Yang

Abstract High incidences of graft failure and graft-versus-host disease in the recipients of bone marrow transplantations (BMT) from unrelated donors (URD) may reflect the existence of allelic disparities between the patient and the URD despite apparent HLA identity at HLA-A, HLA-B, and HLA-DRB1 loci. To identify the extent and pattern of allelic disparities at HLA-A and HLA-B loci, 128 patients and 484 potential URD were evaluated by DNA typing. DNA typing for HLA-A, HLA-B, and HLA-DRB1 was performed at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. HLA-A and HLA-B serotyping on URD was provided by the registries. By original typing (serology for HLA-A and HLA-B; DNA typing for DRB1) 187, 164, and 133 URD were 6/6, 5/6, and 4/6 matches, respectively. Following DNA typing, however, only 52.9% of the originally 6/6 matched URD remained 6/6, while 38.5%, 7.5%, and 1.1% were found to be 5/6, 4/6, and 3/6 matches. The level of disparity was higher in the originally 5/6 (P< .01) and 4/6 (P < .01) matched URD. A higher level of disparity was seen for HLA-B as compared to HLA-A. In addition, a serotype related variation was also noticed. For example, 24.1% of HLA-A2 and 60.1% of HLA-B35 seromatched URD were genotypically disparate, but no disparities were seen for HLA-A1 and HLA-B8. A higher percentage of HLA-A (67.4%) compared with HLA-B (35.4%) serologic homozygous URD remained genotypically homozygous (P = .01). The level of allelic disparity was lower (P < .01 for 6/6; P = .02 for 5/6) if the patient had one of the 15 most common haplotypes (A1B8DR3, A2B7DR15, A3B7DR15, etc) in comparison to the rest of the group. Outcome studies will answer the question whether these disparities are associated with a higher rate of immunological complications seen with URD-BMT.


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