title: Antigens shared by malignant plasma cells and normal B cells may be involved in graft versus myeloma.
abstract: Cytotoxic T cells play an important role in graft-versus-host-disease (GvHD) and graft-versus-leukaemia/myeloma, which may occur in patients treated with an allogeneic stem cell transplantation (ASCT). Here, we describe the selection of a myeloma reactive CD4+ cytotoxic T cell-line (CTL) and two CD4+ clones from this CTL. The CTL was generated from the blood from a patient with multiple myeloma (MM) with graft versus myeloma/GvHD, following an ASCT. The CTL was stimulated using irradiated peripheral blood mononuclear cells and EBV transformed B cells from the myeloma patient (EBVp), both of which were obtained prior to ASCT. Both the CTL and the two T cell clones specifically lysed EBVp and secreted IFN-gamma after coculture with EBVp and autologous myeloma tumour cells in a class II restricted fashion. These results show that myeloma tumour cells and autologous B cells present a common polymorphic peptide that functions as a target for graft derived cytotoxic T cells. Identification of these proteins will give insight into the relationship between graft versus myeloma (GvM) and GvHD and may provide immunotherapeutical targets in the treatment of MM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, UMCU, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Holloway
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kaldenhoven
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Kok-Schoemaker
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Van Kessel
authors.forename: W T M
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Van Blokland
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Bloem
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Lokhorst
mesh_terms: D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000032:analysis; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D002460:Cell Line; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D006087:Graft vs Host Reaction / Q000276:immunology*; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000378:metabolism; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000276:immunology*; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000954:Antigens, Surface; D007371:Interferon-gamma