Baron Frédéric, Schaaf-Lafontaine Nicole, Humblet-Baron Stéphanie, Meuris Nathalie, Castermans Emilie, Baudoux Etienne, Frère Pascale, Bours Vincent, Fillet Georges, Beguin Yves
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Liège, CHU Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
Transplantation. 2003 Dec 27;76(12):1705-13. doi: 10.1097/01.TP.0000093987.11389.F7.
We have previously shown that CD8 depletion or CD34 selection of peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) reduced the incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) after nonmyeloablative stem-cell transplantation (NMSCT). In this study, we analyze the effect of CD8 depletion or CD34 selection of the graft on early T-cell reconstitution.
Nonmyeloablative conditioning regimen consisted in 2 Gy total-body irradiation (TBI) alone, 2 Gy TBI and fludarabine, or cyclophosphamide and fludarabine. Patients 1 to 18 received unmanipulated PBSC, patients 19 to 29 CD8-depleted PBSC, and patients 30 to 35 CD34-selected PBSC.
T-cell counts, and particularly CD4+ and CD4CD45RA+ counts, remained low the first 6 months after nonmyeloablative stem-cell transplantation (NMSCT) in all patients. CD34 selection (P<0.0001) but not CD8 depletion of PBSC significantly decreased T-cell chimerism. Donor T-cell count was similar in unmanipulated compared with CD8-depleted PBSC recipients but was significantly lower in CD34-selected PBSC recipients (P=0.0012). T cells of recipient origin remained stable over time in unmanipulated and CD8-depleted PBSC patients but expanded in some CD34-selected PBSC recipients between day 28 and 100 after transplant. Moreover, whereas CD8 depletion only decreased CD8+ counts (P<0.047), CD34 selection reduced CD3+(P<0.001), CD8+(P<0.016), CD4+ (P<0.001), and CD4+CD45RA+ (P<0.001) cell counts. T-cell repertoire was restricted in all patients on day 100 after hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation but was even more limited after CD34 selection (P=0.002).
Despite of the persistence of a significant number of T cells of recipient origin, T-cell counts were low the first 6 months after NMSCT. Moreover, contrary with CD8 depletion of the graft that only affects CD8+ lymphocyte counts, CD34 selection dramatically decreased both CD8 and CD4 counts.
我们之前已经表明,对外周血干细胞(PBSC)进行CD8细胞清除或CD34分选可降低非清髓性干细胞移植(NMSCT)后急性移植物抗宿主病(GvHD)的发生率。在本研究中,我们分析了移植物的CD8细胞清除或CD34分选对早期T细胞重建的影响。
非清髓性预处理方案包括单独2 Gy全身照射(TBI)、2 Gy TBI联合氟达拉滨,或环磷酰胺联合氟达拉滨。患者1至18接受未处理的PBSC,患者19至29接受CD8细胞清除的PBSC,患者30至35接受CD34分选的PBSC。
在所有患者中,非清髓性干细胞移植(NMSCT)后的前6个月,T细胞计数,尤其是CD4+和CD4CD45RA+计数仍维持在较低水平。PBSC的CD34分选(P<0.0001)而非CD8细胞清除显著降低了T细胞嵌合率。与接受CD8细胞清除的PBSC的受者相比,接受未处理的PBSC的受者的供体T细胞计数相似,但接受CD34分选的PBSC的受者的供体T细胞计数显著更低(P=0.0012)。在接受未处理的PBSC和CD8细胞清除的PBSC的患者中,受者来源的T细胞随时间保持稳定,但在移植后第28天至100天之间,一些接受CD34分选的PBSC的受者中其T细胞有所扩增。此外,虽然CD8细胞清除仅降低了CD8+计数(P<0.047),但CD34分选降低了CD3+(P<0.001)、CD8+(P<0.016)、CD4+(P<0.001)和CD4+CD45RA+(P<0.001)细胞计数。造血干细胞移植后第100天,所有患者的T细胞库均受限,但在CD34分选后更为受限(P=0.002)。
尽管存在大量受者来源的T细胞,但在NMSCT后的前6个月,T细胞计数仍较低。此外,与仅影响CD8+淋巴细胞计数的移植物CD8细胞清除相反,CD34分选显著降低了CD8和CD4计数。