title: Engraftment of leukocyte subsets following autologous bone marrow transplantation in acute myeloid leukemia using anti-myeloid (CD14 and CD15) monoclonal antibody-purged bone marrow.
abstract: The cell surface phenotype of leukocyte subsets during reconstitution following autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT) using bone marrow purged with anti-myeloid monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) and complement (C') was evaluated in 20 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Repopulation of B and T lymphocytes, natural killer (NK) cells, and myeloid cells was assessed by phenotypic analysis using two-color cytofluorography of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNC) at several time points up to 2 years post-transplantation. In spite of removal of the majority of monomyeloid cells of the autograft by purging with anti-CD14 and anti-CD 15, engraftment occurred rapidly. The myeloid cells appeared normal by surface phenotype. An early rise in NK cells, characterized by expression of CD57 and CD 16, was seen. The CD4:CD8 ratio remained low throughout the study period, primarily due to a persistently low CD4 level. ABMT using bone marrow purged with the anti-myeloid MoAbs PM-81 and AML-2-23 and C' resulted in prompt engraftment of neutrophils. Although there was a prolonged time for recovery of lymphocyte subsets, this did not result in an increased risk of early infectious complications. Late infectious complications post-transplantation were limited to herpes zoster infection in one patient 18 months post-transplantation, and bacterial meningitis in that same patient 2 months later. This study demonstrates that ABMT in patients with AML using bone marrow purged with the anti-myeloid MoAbs PM81 (anti-CD15) and AML-2-23 (anti-CD14) and C' results in rapid hematologic engraftment and delayed phenotypic immunologic reconstitution without significant acute or chronic clinical toxicities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Ericson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Colby
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Welch
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Ball
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000276:immunology*; D015214:Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic / Q000276:immunology*; D016465:Bone Marrow Purging / Q000379:methods*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000628:therapy; D016256:Lewis X Antigen; D018950:Lipopolysaccharide Receptors; D016131:Lymphocyte Subsets; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015703:Antigens, CD; D015214:Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic; D016256:Lewis X Antigen; D018950:Lipopolysaccharide Receptors