Interleukin-15 administration increases graft-versus-tumor activity in recipients of haploidentical hematopoietic SCT.
Bone Marrow Transplant
; 48(9): 1237-42, 2013 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
Utilizing a clinically relevant haploidentical (HI) murine transplant model, lethally irradiated B6D2F1 (H2K(b/d)) mice were transplanted with T cell-depleted (TCD) BM from B6CBAF1 (H2K(b/k)) mice. We found that administration of IL-15 significantly increases the numbers of CD8+ T and natural killer (NK) cells in spleen and BM after transplantion without GVHD. Graft-versus-tumor (GVT) potency of the graft was evaluated upon tumor challenge using P815 tumor cells (H2(d)). IL-15 administration without T-cell infusion did not result in any survival improvement. However, IL-15 in combination with very low-dose T-cell infusion (1 × 10(4)) significantly increased GVT activity and improved survival in recipients of HI hematopoietic SCT (HSCT). This effect was observed when IL-15 was given at a later time point, rather than immediately following transplantation. IL-15 administration also specifically increased slow-proliferative CD8+ T-cell proliferation and IFN-γ secretion in CD8+ T cells in recipients of CFSE (carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester)-labeled HI T-cell infusion, whereas there was no effect on CD4+ T-cell proliferation, suggesting the critical effect of IL-15 on CD8+ T-cell homeostasis in HI host. We conclude that IL-15 can be used for enhancing antileukemia effect of HI-HSCT, which requires presence of donor-derived T cells.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas
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Interleucina-15
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Condicionamento Pré-Transplante
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Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro
Limite:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Bone Marrow Transplant
Assunto da revista:
TRANSPLANTE
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos