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The CIMT-monitoring panel: a two-step approach to harmonize the enumeration of antigen-specific CD8(+) T lymphocytes by structural and functional assays

The interpretation of the results obtained from immunomonitoring of clinical trials is a difficult task due to the variety of methods and protocols available to detect vaccine-specific T-cell responses. This heterogeneity as well as the lack of standards has led to significant scepticism towards pub...

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Autores principales: Britten, C. M., Gouttefangeas, C., Welters, M. J. P., Pawelec, G., Koch, S., Ottensmeier, C., Mander, A., Walter, S., Paschen, A., Müller-Berghaus, J., Haas, I., Mackensen, A., Køllgaard, T., thor Straten, P., Schmitt, M., Giannopoulos, K., Maier, R., Veelken, H., Bertinetti, C., Konur, A., Huber, C., Stevanović, S., Wölfel, T., van der Burg, S. H.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2150627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17721783
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00262-007-0378-0
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author Britten, C. M.
Gouttefangeas, C.
Welters, M. J. P.
Pawelec, G.
Koch, S.
Ottensmeier, C.
Mander, A.
Walter, S.
Paschen, A.
Müller-Berghaus, J.
Haas, I.
Mackensen, A.
Køllgaard, T.
thor Straten, P.
Schmitt, M.
Giannopoulos, K.
Maier, R.
Veelken, H.
Bertinetti, C.
Konur, A.
Huber, C.
Stevanović, S.
Wölfel, T.
van der Burg, S. H.
author_facet Britten, C. M.
Gouttefangeas, C.
Welters, M. J. P.
Pawelec, G.
Koch, S.
Ottensmeier, C.
Mander, A.
Walter, S.
Paschen, A.
Müller-Berghaus, J.
Haas, I.
Mackensen, A.
Køllgaard, T.
thor Straten, P.
Schmitt, M.
Giannopoulos, K.
Maier, R.
Veelken, H.
Bertinetti, C.
Konur, A.
Huber, C.
Stevanović, S.
Wölfel, T.
van der Burg, S. H.
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description The interpretation of the results obtained from immunomonitoring of clinical trials is a difficult task due to the variety of methods and protocols available to detect vaccine-specific T-cell responses. This heterogeneity as well as the lack of standards has led to significant scepticism towards published results. In February 2005, a working group was therefore founded under the aegis of the Association for Immunotherapy of Cancer (“CIMT”) in order to compare techniques and protocols applied for the enumeration of antigen-specific T-cell responses. Here we present the results from two consecutive phases of an international inter-laboratory testing project referred to as the “CIMT monitoring panel”. A total of 13 centers from six European countries participated in the study in which pre-tested PBMC samples, synthetic peptides and PE-conjugated HLA-tetramers were prepared centrally and distributed to participants. All were asked to determine the number of antigen-specific T-cells in each sample using tetramer staining and one functional assay. The results of the first testing round revealed that the total number of cells analyzed was the most important determinant for the sensitive detection of antigen-specific CD8(+) T-cells by tetramer staining. Analysis by ELISPOT was influenced by a combination of cell number and a resting phase after thawing of peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Therefore, the experiments were repeated in a second phase but now the participants were asked to change their protocols according to the new guidelines distilled from the results of the first phase. The recommendations improved the number of antigen-specific T-cell responses that were detected and decreased the variability between the laboratories. We conclude that a two-step approach in inter-laboratory testing allows the identification of distinct variables that influence the sensitivity of different T-cell assays and to formally show that a defined correction to the protocols successfully increases the sensitivity and reduces the inter-center variability. Such “two-step” inter-laboratory projects could define rational bases for accepted international guidelines and thereby lead to the harmonization of the techniques used for immune monitoring. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00262-007-0378-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-21506272007-12-20 The CIMT-monitoring panel: a two-step approach to harmonize the enumeration of antigen-specific CD8(+) T lymphocytes by structural and functional assays Britten, C. M. Gouttefangeas, C. Welters, M. J. P. Pawelec, G. Koch, S. Ottensmeier, C. Mander, A. Walter, S. Paschen, A. Müller-Berghaus, J. Haas, I. Mackensen, A. Køllgaard, T. thor Straten, P. Schmitt, M. Giannopoulos, K. Maier, R. Veelken, H. Bertinetti, C. Konur, A. Huber, C. Stevanović, S. Wölfel, T. van der Burg, S. H. Cancer Immunol Immunother Original Article The interpretation of the results obtained from immunomonitoring of clinical trials is a difficult task due to the variety of methods and protocols available to detect vaccine-specific T-cell responses. This heterogeneity as well as the lack of standards has led to significant scepticism towards published results. In February 2005, a working group was therefore founded under the aegis of the Association for Immunotherapy of Cancer (“CIMT”) in order to compare techniques and protocols applied for the enumeration of antigen-specific T-cell responses. Here we present the results from two consecutive phases of an international inter-laboratory testing project referred to as the “CIMT monitoring panel”. A total of 13 centers from six European countries participated in the study in which pre-tested PBMC samples, synthetic peptides and PE-conjugated HLA-tetramers were prepared centrally and distributed to participants. All were asked to determine the number of antigen-specific T-cells in each sample using tetramer staining and one functional assay. The results of the first testing round revealed that the total number of cells analyzed was the most important determinant for the sensitive detection of antigen-specific CD8(+) T-cells by tetramer staining. Analysis by ELISPOT was influenced by a combination of cell number and a resting phase after thawing of peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Therefore, the experiments were repeated in a second phase but now the participants were asked to change their protocols according to the new guidelines distilled from the results of the first phase. The recommendations improved the number of antigen-specific T-cell responses that were detected and decreased the variability between the laboratories. We conclude that a two-step approach in inter-laboratory testing allows the identification of distinct variables that influence the sensitivity of different T-cell assays and to formally show that a defined correction to the protocols successfully increases the sensitivity and reduces the inter-center variability. Such “two-step” inter-laboratory projects could define rational bases for accepted international guidelines and thereby lead to the harmonization of the techniques used for immune monitoring. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00262-007-0378-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer-Verlag 2007-08-25 2008-03 /pmc/articles/PMC2150627/ /pubmed/17721783 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00262-007-0378-0 Text en © Springer-Verlag 2007
spellingShingle Original Article
Britten, C. M.
Gouttefangeas, C.
Welters, M. J. P.
Pawelec, G.
Koch, S.
Ottensmeier, C.
Mander, A.
Walter, S.
Paschen, A.
Müller-Berghaus, J.
Haas, I.
Mackensen, A.
Køllgaard, T.
thor Straten, P.
Schmitt, M.
Giannopoulos, K.
Maier, R.
Veelken, H.
Bertinetti, C.
Konur, A.
Huber, C.
Stevanović, S.
Wölfel, T.
van der Burg, S. H.
The CIMT-monitoring panel: a two-step approach to harmonize the enumeration of antigen-specific CD8(+) T lymphocytes by structural and functional assays
title The CIMT-monitoring panel: a two-step approach to harmonize the enumeration of antigen-specific CD8(+) T lymphocytes by structural and functional assays
title_full The CIMT-monitoring panel: a two-step approach to harmonize the enumeration of antigen-specific CD8(+) T lymphocytes by structural and functional assays
title_fullStr The CIMT-monitoring panel: a two-step approach to harmonize the enumeration of antigen-specific CD8(+) T lymphocytes by structural and functional assays
title_full_unstemmed The CIMT-monitoring panel: a two-step approach to harmonize the enumeration of antigen-specific CD8(+) T lymphocytes by structural and functional assays
title_short The CIMT-monitoring panel: a two-step approach to harmonize the enumeration of antigen-specific CD8(+) T lymphocytes by structural and functional assays
title_sort cimt-monitoring panel: a two-step approach to harmonize the enumeration of antigen-specific cd8(+) t lymphocytes by structural and functional assays
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2150627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17721783
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00262-007-0378-0
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