Graft-versus-host disease can be separated from graft-versus-lymphoma effects by control of lymphocyte trafficking with FTY720.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2003
Keywords
Cell-Movement, Female, Graft-vs-Host-Disease, Graft-vs-Tumor-Effect, Immunosuppressive-Agents, Lymphocyte-Activation, Lymphocytes, Male, Mice, Mice-Inbred-Strains, Propylene-Glycols, SUPPORT-U-S-GOVT-P-H-S, T-Lymphocytes-Cytotoxic
First Page
659
Last Page
669
JAX Source
J Clin Invest 2003 Mar; 111(5):659-69.
Abstract
Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) mediated by donor T cells recognizing host alloantigens is associated with beneficial graft-versus-tumor effects in recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplants. Since leukemias and lymphomas reside largely within the lymphohematopoietic system, we have proposed that the desired graft-versus-leukemia or graft-versus-lymphoma effect can be separated from the complication of GvHD by confinement of the graft-versus-host alloresponse to the lymphohematopoietic tissues. Since the new sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor agonist immunosuppressive drug FTY720 leads to trapping of T cells in secondary lymphoid tissues, we evaluated the possibility that this drug could diminish GvHD, a disease involving epithelial target tissues, while permitting a beneficial alloresponse to take place within the lymphohematopoietic system, leading to graft-versus-lymphoma effects. We demonstrate here that FTY720 markedly reduces GvHD in a clinically relevant, haploidentical strain combination, while permitting antitumor effects against a T cell lymphoma of unshared host MHC haplotype to proceed unhindered. These results establish a potential new immunotherapeutic approach to separating graft-versus-leukemia effects from GvHD.
Recommended Citation
Kim YM,
Sachs T,
Asavaroengchai W,
Bronson R,
Sykes M.
Graft-versus-host disease can be separated from graft-versus-lymphoma effects by control of lymphocyte trafficking with FTY720. J Clin Invest 2003 Mar; 111(5):659-69.