title: Transfer of specific immunity from donor to recipient of an allogeneic bone marrow graft: effect of conditioning on the specific immune response of the graft recipient.
abstract: Transfer of specific immunity was investigated in a group of 28 paediatric and adult leukaemia patients during the first 100 d after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT). These patients and/or their donors were immunized 7-13 d before transplantation with the recall antigen tetanus toxoid (TT) and the neo-antigen Helix pomatia haemocyanin (HPH). The recipients were booster immunized with both antigens at day 42 after transplantation. Transfer of a primary IgM and IgG response to HPH was successful in most paediatric and adult patients, but transfer of a secondary response to TT was established in only a few paediatric recipients. After booster immunization at day 42 most paediatric recipients responded with a rise in serum antibody titre to HPH as opposed to only two of 18 adult recipients. This incapability of the adult recipients to mount a secondary immune response may be related to their conditioning regimen which included Campath-IG in vivo. The results from this study indicate that transfer of immunity against recall- and neo-antigens is possible. However, the establishment of long-term memory may be affected by the regimen used to condition the graft recipient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Leiden University Hospital, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Labadie
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: van Tol
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Dijkstra
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Zwaan
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vossen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D016465:Bone Marrow Purging; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000276:immunology; D006372:Helix, Snails / Q000276:immunology; D006433:Hemocyanins / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid; D006433:Hemocyanins