PMID- 18299450 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080716 LR - 20211020 IS - 1528-0020 (Electronic) IS - 0006-4971 (Print) IS - 0006-4971 (Linking) VI - 111 IP - 9 DP - 2008 May 1 TI - DDX3Y encodes a class I MHC-restricted H-Y antigen that is expressed in leukemic stem cells. PG - 4817-26 LID - 10.1182/blood-2007-06-096313 [doi] AB - The Y chromosome encodes male-specific minor histocompatibility (H-Y) antigens that stimulate T- and B-lymphocyte responses after sex-mismatched allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). A CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) clone that recognizes a novel HLA-B*2705-restricted H-Y antigen encoded by the DDX3Y gene was isolated from a male who had received a hematopoietic cell graft from his human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-identical sister. The antigenic peptide is a decamer that differs from the homologous DDX3X-encoded peptide at 4 positions. Expression of DDX3Y and of the H-Y epitope that it encodes was examined by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and by CTL recognition assays. Expression of DDX3Y is detected in all myeloid and lymphoid leukemic cells that carry an intact Y chromosome. Moreover, the DDX3Y-encoded H-Y epitope is presented on the surface of both myeloid and lymphoid leukemic cells from male HLA-B*2705(+) patients. DDX3Y-specific CTLs prevent engraftment of human acute leukemia in nonobese diabetic/severe combined immune deficient mice, demonstrating that the DDX3Y-encoded H-Y antigen is also expressed in leukemic stem cells. These results demonstrate that CD8(+) T-cell responses against DDX3Y have the potential to contribute to graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) activity after female into male allogeneic HCT. This study is registered at http://clinicaltrials.gov as NCT00107354. FAU - Rosinski, Kellie V AU - Rosinski KV AD - Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA. FAU - Fujii, Nobuharu AU - Fujii N FAU - Mito, Jeffrey K AU - Mito JK FAU - Koo, Kevin K W AU - Koo KK FAU - Xuereb, Suzanne M AU - Xuereb SM FAU - Sala-Torra, Olga AU - Sala-Torra O FAU - Gibbs, James S AU - Gibbs JS FAU - Radich, Jerald P AU - Radich JP FAU - Akatsuka, Yoshiki AU - Akatsuka Y FAU - Van den Eynde, Benoit J AU - Van den Eynde BJ FAU - Riddell, Stanley R AU - Riddell SR FAU - Warren, Edus H AU - Warren EH LA - eng SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT00107354 GR - CA18029/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 CA018029/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 DK056465/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK56465/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA106512/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA106512/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20080225 PL - United States TA - Blood JT - Blood JID - 7603509 RN - 0 (H-Y Antigen) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) RN - 0 (Minor Histocompatibility Antigens) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (DDX3Y protein, human) RN - EC 3.6.4.13 (DEAD-box RNA Helicases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes MH - DEAD-box RNA Helicases/analysis/*immunology MH - Female MH - Graft vs Leukemia Effect MH - *H-Y Antigen/analysis MH - Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation MH - *Histocompatibility Antigens Class I MH - Humans MH - Leukemia/*pathology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, SCID MH - Minor Histocompatibility Antigens MH - Neoplastic Stem Cells/*immunology MH - T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic MH - Transplantation, Heterologous PMC - PMC2343610 EDAT- 2008/02/27 09:00 MHDA- 2008/07/17 09:00 PMCR- 2009/05/01 CRDT- 2008/02/27 09:00 PHST- 2008/02/27 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/07/17 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/02/27 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0006-4971(20)41174-7 [pii] AID - 2007/096313 [pii] AID - 10.1182/blood-2007-06-096313 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Blood. 2008 May 1;111(9):4817-26. doi: 10.1182/blood-2007-06-096313. Epub 2008 Feb 25.