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Persistent Cytomegalovirus-Specific Memory Responses in the Lung Allograft and Blood following Primary Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients¹

Oksana A. Shlobin^2,*, Erin E. West^2,*, Noah Lechtzin^*, Susan M. Miller, Marvin Borja, Jonathan B. Orens^*, Lesia K. Dropulic and John F. McDyer^3,*

^* Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Department of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205

Primary CMV infection in lung transplant recipients (LTRs) is associated with increased mortality. We studied 22 donor CMV-positive, recipient-negative (D⁺R^–) LTRs for the development of posttransplant CMV-specific immunity. We found that 13 of 22 D⁺R^– LTRs (59.1%) seroconverted (CMV IgG Ab⁺). Using pooled peptides of the immunodominant CMV Ags pp65 and IE1, we detected CMV-specific CD8⁺IFN-⁺ T cells in the PBMC of 90% of seroconverted individuals following primary infection by intracellular cytokine staining. In contrast, few seroconverters had detectable CMV-specific CD4⁺IFN-⁺ T cells during viral latency. However, the majority of IgG⁺ LTRs demonstrated CMV-specific CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T cell proliferative responses from PBMC, with CD4⁺IFN-⁺ T cells detectable upon re-expansion. Examination of lung allograft mononuclear cells obtained by bronchoalveolar lavage revealed both CMV-specific CD4⁺ and CD8⁺IFN-⁺ T cells, including patients from whom CD4⁺IFN-⁺ T cells were simultaneously undetectable in the PBMC, suggesting differential effector memory populations between these compartments. Moreover, both responses in the PBMC and lung allograft were found to persist, despite substantial immunosuppression, long after primary infection. Clinical correlation in this cohort demonstrated that the acquisition of CMV immunity was associated with freedom from CMV disease (p 0.009) and preservation of allograft function (p 0.02) compared with those who failed to develop CMV immunity. Together, our data reveal immunologic heterogeneity in D⁺R^– LTRs, with the development and persistence of primary CMV responses that may provide clinical benefit.

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