title: Immunologic attributes of cytokine mobilized peripheral blood stem cells and recovery following transplantation.
abstract: The immunologic attributes of cytokine mobilized peripheral blood stem cell (PSC) products (n = 52) and the resulting reconstitution of the hematopoietic and immunologic system following autologous transplantation were examined in a consecutive population of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), or solid tumor patients at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Granulocyte-monocyte colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF)-mobilized PSC products had a high frequency of monocytes (31%) and bands (15%) as compared to normal peripheral blood (PB) cells. The phenotypic analysis of the mobilized PSC product revealed that they had normal levels of CD4+ cells, an increased frequency of CD8+ cells and a corresponding decrease in the CD4+:CD8+ cell ratio as compared to the peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL) of normal individuals. PSC products also had an increase in CD34+ cells as compared to PB. Natural killer (NK) and T cell activity in the PSC products were also lower than that observed in PB. Post-transplantation there was an accelerated reconstitution of NK-cell function in the PB as compared to T cell function (PHA (phytohemagglutinin) mitogenesis) which did not return to normal by day 100 post-transplantation. We also report for the first time high levels of an irradiation resistant suppressor cell activity in the PSC product and in the PB post-transplantation. There was also a concomitant increase in CD4-, CD8-, TCR alpha/beta+ cells (phenotypic homolog of 'natural suppressor' (NS) cells) in the PB post-transplantation. The number of months of prior chemotherapy correlated with PHA response but the NS activity and frequency of CD4-, CD8- and TCR alpha/beta+ cells did not. Further, cytokine mobilization and apheresis appears to contribute to the loss of PHA responsiveness and the increased levels of suppressor cell activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology/Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198-5660, USA.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Talmadge
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kessinger
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kuszynski
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Gordy
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Pirruccello
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Letheby
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Arneson
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000032:analysis; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D016827:CD8 Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D018952:Antigens, CD34; D015704:CD4 Antigens; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor