PMID- 20708701 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110518 LR - 20141120 IS - 1523-6536 (Electronic) IS - 1083-8791 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 1 DP - 2011 Jan TI - Exogenous Addition of Minor H Antigen HA-1+ Dendritic Cells to Skin Tissues Ex Vivo Causes Infiltration and Activation of HA-1-Specific Cytotoxic T Cells. PG - 69-77 LID - 10.1016/j.bbmt.2010.08.006 [doi] AB - T cells specific for hematopoietic system restricted minor Histocompatibility (H) antigens target normal and malignant hematopoietic cells. Thus, cellular immune responses against the latter miHAS eradicate the recipient's hematopoiesis including residual leukemic cells after HLA-matched minor H antigen-mismatched stem-cell transplantation (SCT). However, there are controversial reports on the role of HA-1 in the development of graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) as well. Here, we address the behavior of HA-1-specific cytotoxic T cells (CTLs) in an ex vivo in situ skin explant model wherein HA-1-expressing dendritic cells (DCs) were added as antigen-presenting cells (APCs). Infiltration and activation of HA-1 CTLs occurred only in those cases where both HLA-A2 and HA-1 were expressed, either by the skin or by the DCs, or by the combination of HLA-A2(+) skin and HA-1(+) DCs. These results point toward the role of recipient's HA-1(+) DCs in the chimeric patient suffering from GVHD after HA-1-mismatched SCT. Although in our model the infiltrated and activated CTLs did not cause skin tissue destruction, our results provide a first step in understanding the reported association of HA-1 mismatching with clinical GVHD. CI - 2011. Published by Elsevier Inc. FAU - Kim, Yeung-Hyen AU - Kim YH AD - Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. FAU - Vyth-Dreese, Florry A AU - Vyth-Dreese FA FAU - Schrama, Ellen AU - Schrama E FAU - Pavel, Stan AU - Pavel S FAU - Bajema, Ingeborg AU - Bajema I FAU - Goulmy, Els AU - Goulmy E FAU - Spierings, Eric AU - Spierings E LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100812 PL - United States TA - Biol Blood Marrow Transplant JT - Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation JID - 9600628 RN - 0 (HA-1 antigen) RN - 0 (Minor Histocompatibility Antigens) RN - 0 (Oligopeptides) SB - IM MH - Cell Movement MH - Dendritic Cells/immunology/*transplantation MH - Graft vs Host Disease/*therapy MH - Humans MH - Immunotherapy/*methods MH - In Vitro Techniques MH - Lymphocyte Activation MH - *Minor Histocompatibility Antigens MH - Models, Biological MH - *Oligopeptides MH - Skin/cytology/immunology MH - Skin Diseases/therapy MH - T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/*immunology EDAT- 2010/08/17 06:00 MHDA- 2011/05/19 06:00 CRDT- 2010/08/17 06:00 PHST- 2009/12/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/08/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/08/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/08/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/05/19 06:00 [medline] AID - S1083-8791(10)00345-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbmt.2010.08.006 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2011 Jan;17(1):69-77. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2010.08.006. Epub 2010 Aug 12.