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  • The Human Leukocyte Antigen...
    Mytilineos, Daphne; Tsamadou, Chrysanthi; Neuchel, Christine; Platzbecker, Uwe; Bunjes, Donald; Schub, Natalie; Wagner-Drouet, Eva; Wulf, Gerald; Kröger, Nicolaus; Murawski, Niels; Einsele, Hermann; Schaefer-Eckart, Kerstin; Freitag, Sebastian; Casper, Jochen; Kaufmann, Martin; Dürholt, Mareike; Hertenstein, Bernd; Klein, Stefan; Ringhoffer, Mark; Mueller, Carlheinz R; Frank, Sandra; Schrezenmeier, Hubert; Fuerst, Daniel; Mytilineos, Joannis

    Frontiers in immunology, 01/2021, Letnik: 11
    Journal Article

    T-cell epitope matching according to the TCE3 algorithm classifies HLA-DPB1 mismatches in permissive and non-permissive. This classification has been shown to be predictive for mortality and acute GvHD (aGvHD) events in large international cohorts. We retrospectively genotyped HLA-DPB1 in 3523 patients transplanted in Germany between 2000 and 2014 and in their unrelated donors using an Illumina amplicon-NGS based assay. Aim of the study was to evaluate DP-compatibility beyond the established TCE3 algorithm by assessing the combined effect of several DP-mismatch parameters on post-transplant outcome. We implemented an extended DP-mismatch assessment model where TCE3, DP allotype expression with respect to rs9277534, mismatch vector and number of mismatches were conjointly taken into consideration. In this model, non-permissive HLA-DPB1 mismatches showed significantly increased aGvHD risk if they were accompanied by two HLA-DPB1 mismatches in GvH direction (HR: 1.46) or one mismatched highly expressed patient allotype (HR: 1.53). As previously reported, non-permissive HLA-DPB1 mismatches associated with a significantly higher risk of aGvHD and non-relapse mortality (HR 1.36 and 1.21, respectively), which in turn translated into worse GvHD and relapse free survival (HR 1.13). Effects on GvL and GvHD appeared strongest in GvH-directed non-permissive mismatches. Our study results support the consideration of additional HLA-DPB1 mismatch parameters along with the established TCE3 matching algorithm for refinement of future donor selection. In particular, our findings suggest that DP non-permissiveness associated with two HLA-DPB1 mismatches or at least on highly expressed mismatched patient allotype should be avoided.