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Use of anti-CD3 epsilon F(ab')2 fragments in vivo to modulate graft-versus-host disease without loss of graft-versus-leukemia reactivity after MHC-matched bone marrow transplantation. J Immunol 1995 May 15;154(10):5542-54

Date

05/15/1995

Pubmed ID

7730653

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0028989604 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   41 Citations

Abstract

The use of T cell-specific mAb in vivo for prevention and treatment of graft-vs-host disease (GVHD) and its impact on graft-vs-leukemia (GVL) reactivity was examined in a murine model of MHC-matched bone marrow transplantation (BMT). F(ab')2 fragments of a CD3 epsilon-specific mAb were administered to irradiated AKR (H-2k) hosts after transplantation of BM plus spleen cells from B10.BR donors (BMS chimeras). The effects on GVH and GVL reactivity were Ab dose- and schedule-dependent. A short course of mAb (qe2d, days 0 to 8) prevented clinical evidence of GVHD and mortality. Anti-CD3 F(ab')2 mAb reversed clinical symptoms of acute GVHD when delayed up to 18 days post-transplant. Anti-host (Mls-1a)-specific V beta 6+ cells were absent from the spleens of GVH-negative control mice, but persisted in Ab-treated BMS chimeras despite the absence of GVHD. Leukemic mice given 16.7 micrograms of Ab on days 0, 2, and 4 survived leukemia-free without developing severe GVHD. A longer course of Ab completely prevented GVHD, but led to leukemia relapse in tumor-bearing hosts, despite engraftment of donor T cells. The GVL effect was quantitatively stronger when Ab was used for GVH therapy as compared with GVH prevention. Some Ab-treated, GVH-free chimeras relapsed with lymphomas in unusual sites, suggesting that occult tumor cells may persist in nonlymphoid tissues. These experiments demonstrate that T cell-specific mAb can be used successfully in vivo to avoid severe GVHD, but that excessive or ill-timed administration of Ab may eliminate GVL reactivity.

Author List

Johnson BD, McCabe C, Hanke CA, Truitt RL

Author

Bryon D. Johnson PhD Adjunct Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Animals
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Female
Flow Cytometry
Graft vs Host Disease
Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments
Leukemia, Experimental
Mice
Mice, Inbred AKR
Mice, Inbred Strains
Radiation Chimera
Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell