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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2026

T-cell receptor repertoires against HLA class I-restricted minor histocompatibility antigens are highly diverse with a small subset of public clonotypes.

Kyra J Fuchs, Marian van de Meent, Michel G D Kester, Renate S Hagedoorn, Indu Khatri, Peter van Balen, Mirjam H M Heemskerk, Erik B van den Akker, J H Frederik Falkenburg, Marieke Griffioen

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Kyra J FuchsDepartment of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4704-8218
Marian van de MeentDepartment of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Michel G D KesterDepartment of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Renate S HagedoornDepartment of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Indu KhatriDepartment of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Peter van BalenDepartment of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Mirjam H M HeemskerkDepartment of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6320-9133
Erik B van den AkkerCenter for Computational Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
J H Frederik FalkenburgDepartment of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Marieke GriffioenDepartment of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands m.griffioen@lumc.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3001-4441

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Abstract

backgroundAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) can be a curative treatment for hematological diseases. After HLA-matched alloHSCT, donor T cells may recognize minor histocompatibility antigens (MiHAs), which are polymorphic HLA-binding peptides on patient cells that are absent from donor cells due to genetic differences. Donor T cells can induce beneficial anti-tumor effects if MiHAs are targeted on malignant hematopoietic cells in the patient, while graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) may develop if MiHAs are targeted on patients' healthy non-hematopoietic tissues.

methodsWe previously isolated T-cell clones from patients responding to donor lymphocyte infusions (DLIs) after HLA-matched alloHSCT, and identified HLA class I-restricted MiHAs. To investigate MiHA-specific T-cell responses in patients, we here sequenced the T-cell receptors (TCRs) of MiHA-specific T-cell clones and identified 394 distinct TCRs against 122 MiHAs. We used the collection of identified TCRs to measure frequencies of matched MiHA-specific TCRs in 39 patients responding to DLI with antitumor responses accompanied with no (n=9), limited (n=8) or severe (n=22) GvHD.

resultsThe data showed higher MiHA-specific TCR frequencies in patients with severe GvHD, which were mainly driven by clonal expansion. Moreover, within the diverse MiHA-specific TCR repertoires in these patients, we identified five public TCRs against four MiHAs with identical CDR3 regions and several TCRs targeting MiHAs with similar, but not identical, CDR3 regions.

conclusionPatients with severe GvHD have high MiHA-TCR frequencies mainly driven by clonal expansion, and that MiHA-specific TCR repertoires in patients responding to DLI after alloHSCT are highly diverse with a few public clonotypes.

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Histocompatibility Antigens Class IMinor Histocompatibility AntigensReceptors, Antigen, T-CellT-LymphocytesClone CellsGraft vs Host DiseaseHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHumansTransplantation, HomologousHistocompatibility Antigens Class IMinor Histocompatibility AntigensReceptors, Antigen, T-CellGraft versus host disease - GVHDGraft versus leukemiaHematologic MalignanciesT cellT cell Receptor - TCR

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PMCPMC13504882

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