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NK and T cell repertoire is established early after allogeneic HSCT and is profoundly imprinted by CMV reactivation

Published inBlood advances, bloodadvances.2024013117
First online date2024-07-24
Abstract

Besides genetic influences, non-genetic factors such as graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) and viral infections have been shown as important shapers of the immune reconstitution and diversification processes after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). However, the differential susceptibility to immune modulation by non-genetic factors is not fully understood. We determined to follow the reconstitution of the T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire through immune-sequencing, of natural killer (NK) cells using a 35-marker spectral flow cytometry panel, and in relation to clinical events. Longitudinal investigation was performed on samples derived from 54 HSCT recipients during the first-year post-HSCT. We confirmed a significant contraction in TCR repertoire diversity with a remarkable stability over time. CMV reactivation had the ability to significantly change TCR repertoire clonality and composition, with a long-lasting imprint. Our data further revealed skewing of NK cell reconstitution in CMV reactivated recipients, with an increased frequency of KIR2DL2L3S2+ adaptive, cytolytic and functional CD107a+ NK cells concomitant with a reduced pool of NKG2A+ NK cells. We provided support that CMV might act as one of the more important driver of peripheral homeostatic proliferation of circulating specific T and NK cells, which can be viewed as a compensatory mechanism to establish a new peripheral repertoire.

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SCHAEFER, Antonia Marie et al. NK and T cell repertoire is established early after allogeneic HSCT and is profoundly imprinted by CMV reactivation. In: Blood advances, 2024, p. bloodadvances.2024013117. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024013117
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