PMID- 30122653 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191008 LR - 20191008 IS - 1477-2566 (Electronic) IS - 1465-3249 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 9 DP - 2018 Sep TI - Generation of multivirus-specific T cells by a single stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells with a peptide mixture using serum-free medium. PG - 1182-1190 LID - S1465-3249(18)30520-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jcyt.2018.05.009 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Restoration of virus-specific immunity by virus specific T cells (VSTs) offers an attractive alternative to conventional drugs, and can be highly effective in immunocompromised patients, including hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients. However, conventional VSTs manufacture requires preparation of specialized antigen-presenting cells (APCs), prolonged ex vivo culture in serum-containing medium and antigen re-stimulation with viruses or viral vectors to provide viral antigens for presentation on APCs. METHODS: To simplify this complex process, we developed a method to generate multiple VSTs by direct stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) with overlapping peptide libraries in serum-free medium. RESULTS: We generated VSTs that targeted seven viruses (cytomegalovirus [CMV], Epstein-Barr virus [EBV], adenovirus [AdV], human herpesvirus 6 [HHV-6], BK virus [BKV], JC virus [JCV] and Varicella Zoster virus [VZV]) in a single line. The phenotype, growth and specificity of multiple VSTs produced in serum-free medium were equivalent to those generated in conventional serum-containing medium. DISCUSSION: The use of serum-free medium allows this approach to be readily introduced to clinical practice with lower cost, greater reproducibility due to the absence of batch-to-batch variability in serum and without concerns for infectious agents in the serum used. This simplified approach will now be tested in recipients of Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-matched sibling HSCT. CI - Copyright (c) 2018. Published by Elsevier Inc. FAU - Nishiyama-Fujita, Yuriko AU - Nishiyama-Fujita Y AD - Division of Molecular Therapy, Advanced Clinical Research Center, The Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Kawana-Tachikawa, A I AU - Kawana-Tachikawa AI AD - AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Ono, Toshiaki AU - Ono T AD - Department of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Tanaka, Yukie AU - Tanaka Y AD - Division of Molecular Therapy, Advanced Clinical Research Center, The Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Kato, Takafumi AU - Kato T AD - Department of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Heslop, Helen E AU - Heslop HE AD - Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, United States. FAU - Morio, Tomohiro AU - Morio T AD - Department of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Takahashi, Satoshi AU - Takahashi S AD - Division of Molecular Therapy, Advanced Clinical Research Center, The Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: radius@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180817 PL - England TA - Cytotherapy JT - Cytotherapy JID - 100895309 RN - 0 (Antigens, Viral) RN - 0 (Culture Media, Serum-Free) RN - 0 (Peptide Library) RN - 0 (Peptides) SB - IM MH - Adenoviridae/immunology MH - Antigen-Presenting Cells/immunology MH - Antigens, Viral/*immunology MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Culture Media, Serum-Free/pharmacology MH - Cytomegalovirus/immunology MH - Herpesvirus 3, Human/immunology MH - Herpesvirus 4, Human/immunology MH - Humans MH - Immunophenotyping MH - Leukocytes, Mononuclear/drug effects/*immunology MH - Peptide Library MH - Peptides/immunology/*pharmacology MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - T-Lymphocytes/*immunology/*virology OTO - NOTNLM OT - T lymphocytes OT - hematopoietic stem cell transplantation OT - serum-free culture medium OT - viral antigens OT - viral diseases EDAT- 2018/08/21 06:00 MHDA- 2019/10/09 06:00 CRDT- 2018/08/21 06:00 PHST- 2017/12/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/05/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/05/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/08/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/10/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/08/21 06:00 [entrez] AID - S1465-3249(18)30520-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jcyt.2018.05.009 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cytotherapy. 2018 Sep;20(9):1182-1190. doi: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2018.05.009. Epub 2018 Aug 17.