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  • Title: Immune response of post-transplant peripheral lymphocytes against the patient pre-B cell line, NAGL-1.
    Author: Kasai M, Akatsuka Y, Emi N, Taji H, Kohno A, Abe A, Tanimoto M, Kodera Y, Saito H.
    Journal: Int J Hematol; 1999 Feb; 69(2):112-8. PubMed ID: 10071461.
    Abstract:
    We have established a pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cell line, NAGL-1, from the bone marrow of a patient diagnosed with pre-B ALL. The patient has been disease-free for the 4 years since allogeneic bone marrow transplantation from her HLA-genotypically identical sister. NAGL-1 showed a pre-B cell phenotype (CD19+, CD10+, c mu+, s mu-) mostly identical to freshly isolated leukemic cells from the patient. This cell line strongly expressed HLA class I and HLA-DR molecules, as well as the costimulatory molecules CD54, CD40, and CD86. Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) lines were generated by stimulating the donor-derived peripheral blood mononuclear cells with either irradiated leukemic cells or NAGL-1. Both CTL lines showed specific lysis against NAGL-1 in 51Cr release assays. Lytic activity was partially inhibited by anti-CD8 and anti-HLA class I monoclonal antibodies. Treatment of NAGL-1 with TNF-alpha increased its susceptibility to the CTL line. One CD8+ T cell clone derived from the CTL line killed both the patient phytohemagglutinin (PHA) blasts and NAGL-1 but not the donor PHA blasts, suggesting that the clone recognized the patient-specific minor antigen presented on both PHA blasts and NAGL-1. Utilization of leukemic cell lines could be a useful model for the development of CTL lines and clones for immunological study and potential immunotherapy.
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