title: Functional analysis of cytomegalovirus-specific T lymphocytes compared to tetramer assay in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
abstract: In order to evaluate whether we could predict reactivation of CMV by monitoring the number of CMV-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTL), tetramer analysis was performed in 37 patients who underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). The results disclosed that the mean number of CMV-specific CTL at day 30 did not differ among patients who developed CMV antigenemia (22/microl) and those who did not (12/microl). Serial tetramer analysis showed that 21% of the patients had >10/microl CMV-specific CTL at the first detection of CMV antigenemia and 67% of the patients had more than 10/microl CMV-specific CTL at the onset of CMV disease. Intracellular staining upon stimulation by CMV lysates and peptide in patients with CMV colitis revealed that both IFN-gamma producing CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes were suppressed at the onset of CMV colitis (1.6 and 8/microl), which increased with recovery of the disease (19 and 47/microl). These data suggest that it is difficult to predict CMV reactivation solely by the number of CMV-specific CTL. We suggest that additional functional analysis by intracellular cytokine assay may be useful for immunomonitoring against CMV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morita-Hoshi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Heike
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugita
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: S-W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S-I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tanosaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tobinai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takaue
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D003092:Colitis / Q000821:virology; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology; D015234:HLA-A Antigens / Q000378:metabolism; D015789:HLA-A2 Antigen; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000378:metabolism; D018655:Lymphocyte Count / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D012307:Risk Factors; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins; D014775:Virus Activation
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; D015234:HLA-A Antigens; C524866:HLA-A*02 antigen; D015789:HLA-A2 Antigen; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins; C065418:cytomegalovirus matrix protein 65kDa; D007371:Interferon-gamma