Abstract |
Effective immunotherapy for human leukemia based on infusions of T lymphocytes requires the identification of effector T cells that target the leukemic stem cell. The transplantation of human acute myeloid leukemia into nonobese diabetic/severe combined immune deficient (SCID) mice has identified a rare leukemic progenitor termed the SCID leukemia-initiating cell, which is present in low frequency in the leukemic population and is essential for establishing leukemic hematopoiesis. Thus, this transplant model may be ideally suited to identify effector T cells with antileukemic activity. We report that CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) clones specific for minor histocompatibility antigens inhibit the engraftment of human acute myeloid leukemia cells in nonobese diabetic/SCID mice and demonstrate that this inhibition is mediated by direct CTL recognition of SCID leukemia-initiating cells. These results indicate that CD8(+) minor histocompatibility antigen-specific CTL may be mediators of the graft-versus- leukemia effect associated with allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation and provide an experimental model to identify and select T cell clones for immunotherapy to prevent or treat relapse after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation.
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Authors | D Bonnet, E H Warren, P D Greenberg, J E Dick, S R Riddell |
Journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A)
Vol. 96
Issue 15
Pg. 8639-44
(Jul 20 1999)
ISSN: 0027-8424 [Print] United States |
PMID | 10411928
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
- Minor Histocompatibility Antigens
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Topics |
- Animals
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
(immunology)
- Cell Transplantation
- Clone Cells
(immunology)
- Coculture Techniques
- Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic
- Flow Cytometry
- Graft Rejection
(immunology)
- Humans
- Immunotherapy
(methods)
- Leukemia, Myeloid
(immunology)
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred NOD
- Mice, SCID
- Minor Histocompatibility Antigens
(immunology)
- Stem Cells
(immunology)
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic
(immunology)
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