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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOTHERAPY
Volume 37, Issue 8, Pages 416-425Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/CJI.0000000000000047
Keywords
aHSCT; immune reconstitution; T cells; tetramer; EBV; DN T cells; retroviral TCR transfer
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- Barncancerfonden
- Swedish Research Council (VR)
- Karolinska Institutet
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Human TCR alpha beta(+) CD4(-)CD8(-) double-negative (DN) T cells represent a minor subset in peripheral blood, yet are important in infectious diseases and autoimmune responses. We examined the frequency of DN T cells in 17 patients after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (aHSCT) at 1, 2, 3, 6, and 12 months post-aHSCT and show that these cells increase early after aHSCT and decrease with time after aHSCT. DN T cells reside in the terminally differentiated effector (CD45RA(+)CCR7(-)) T-cell population and are polyclonal, determined by T-cell receptor V beta CDR3 analysis. Gene expression analysis of ex vivo sorted DN T cells showed a distinct set of gene expression, including interleukin-8, as compared with CD4(+) or CD8(+) T cells. DN T cells contributed to MHC class I-restricted EBV-directed immune responses, defined by antigen-specific cytokine production and by detection of HLA-A*02:01-restricted EBV BMLF-1 (GLCTLVAML), LMP-2A (CLGGLLTMV), and HLA-A*24:02-restricted EBV BRLF-1 (DYCNVLNKEF) and EBNA3 (RYSIFFDY)-specific T cells. We created retroviral-transfected Jurkat cell lines with a Melan-A/MART-1-specific TCR+ and the CD8 alpha chain to study TCR+ DN T cells in response to their nominal MHC class I/peptide ligand. We show that DN T cells exhibit increased TCR zeta chain phosphorylation as compared with the TCR(+)CD8(+) transgenic T-cell line. DN T cells contribute to antigen-specific T-cell responses and represent an effector T-cell population that may be explored in immunotherapeutic approaches against viral infections or transformed cells.
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