Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) load in bone marrow transplant recipients at risk to develop posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease: prophylactic infusion of EBV-specific cytotoxic T cells

Blood - Tập 95 - Trang 807-814 - 2000
Åsa Gustafsson, Victor Levitsky, Jie-Zhi Zou, Teresa Frisan, Tina Dalianis, Per Ljungman, Olle Ringden, Jacek Winiarski, Ingemar Ernberg, Maria G. Masucci

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A semiquantitative polymerase chain reaction assay was used to monitor the blood levels of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-DNA in 9 patients receiving allogeneic bone marrow transplants (BMT). Four of 5 recipients of HLA-mismatched T-cell–depleted grafts showed a 4- to 5-log increase of EBV-DNA within 1 to 3 months after BMT. Administration of 2 to 4 infusions of 107 EBV-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs)/m2 starting from the time of maximal virus load resulted in a 2- to 3-log decrease of virus titers in 3 patients. One patient, who received a T-cell culture lacking a major EBV-specific component, progressed to fatal EBV-positive lymphoma. Administration of EBV-CTLs before the onset of the EBV-DNA peak resulted in stabilization of the virus titers within 2 to 3 logs above the normal levels in the fifth patient. A moderate increase of virus titers was also detected in 3 of 4 patients receiving unmanipulated HLA-matched grafts, whereas 1 patient with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome reached a 5-log increase of EBV-DNA load within 70 days after BMT. Our results suggest that a rapid increase of circulating EBV-DNA occurs in the absence of EBV-specific T-cell precursors or in the presence of congenital immune defects that prevent the reestablishment of virus-specific immunity. Prophylactic administration of EBV-CTLs early after BMT appears to provide the most effective protection against the development of EBV-associated lymphoproliferative disease.

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