Characterization of In Vitro Expanded Virus-Specific T cells for Adoptive Immunotherapy against Virus Infection

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases
Toshiaki OnoAi Kawana-Tachikawa

Abstract

Adoptive transfer of virus-specific T cells has emerged as a promising therapeutic approach for treatment of virus infections in immunocompromised hosts. Characterization of virus-specific T cells provides essential information about the curative mechanism of the treatment. In this study, we developed a T cell epitope mapping system for 718 overlapping peptides spanning 6 proteins of 3 viruses (pp65 and IE1 from cytomegalovirus; LMP1, EBNA1, and BZLF1 from Epstein-Barr virus; Penton from adenovirus). Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from 33 healthy Japanese donors were stimulated with these peptides and virus-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells were expanded in vitro in the presence of interleukin (IL) 4 and IL7. A median of 13 (minimum-maximum, 2-46) peptides was recognized in the cohort. Both fresh and cryopreserved PBMCs were used for in vitro expansion. The expansion and breadth of T cell responses were not significantly different between the 2 PBMC sets. We assessed viral regions frequently recognized by T cells in a Japanese cohort that could become pivotal T cell targets for immunotherapy in Japan. We tested epitope prediction for CD8+ T cell responses against a common target region using a freely available online t...Continue Reading

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