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Marrow damage and hematopoietic recovery following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for acute leukemias: Effect of radiation dose and conditioning regimen.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Total body irradiation (TBI) is a common component of hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) conditioning regimens. Preclinical studies suggest prolonged bone marrow (BM) injury after TBI could contribute to impaired engraftment and poor hematopoietic function. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We studied the longitudinal changes in the marrow environment in patients receiving allogeneic HCT with myeloablative (MA, n=42) and reduced intensity (RIC, n=56) doses of TBI from 2003-2013, including BM cellularity, histologic features of injury and repair, hematologic and immunologic recovery. RESULTS:Following MA conditioning, a 30% decrease in the marrow cellularity persisted at 1 year post-transplant (p=0.03). RIC HCT marrow cellularity transiently decreased but returned to baseline by 6 months even though the RIC group received mostly umbilical cord blood (UCB) grafts (82%, vs. 17% in the MA cohort, p<0.01). There was no evidence of persistent marrow vascular damage or inflammation. Recipients of more intensive conditioning did not show more persistent cytopenias with the exception of a tendency for minimal thrombocytopenia. Immune recovery was similar between MA and RIC. CONCLUSIONS:These findings suggest that TBI associated with MA conditioning leads to prolonged reductions in marrow cellularity, but does not show additional histological evidence of long-term injury, which is further supported by similar peripheral counts and immunologic recovery.

SUBMITTER: Wilke C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4764403 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Marrow damage and hematopoietic recovery following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for acute leukemias: Effect of radiation dose and conditioning regimen.

Wilke Christopher C Holtan Shernan G SG Sharkey Leslie L DeFor Todd T Arora Mukta M Premakanthan Priya P Yohe Sophia S Vagge Stefano S Zhou Daohong D Holter Chakrabarty Jennifer L JL Mahe Marc M Corvo Renzo R Dusenbery Kathryn K Storme Guy G Weisdorf Daniel J DJ Verneris Michael R MR Hui Susanta S

Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 20151130 1

<h4>Background and purpose</h4>Total body irradiation (TBI) is a common component of hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) conditioning regimens. Preclinical studies suggest prolonged bone marrow (BM) injury after TBI could contribute to impaired engraftment and poor hematopoietic function.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>We studied the longitudinal changes in the marrow environment in patients receiving allogeneic HCT with myeloablative (MA, n=42) and reduced intensity (RIC, n=56) doses of TBI ...[more]

PMID: 26653357

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Project description:BACKGROUND:Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) is a curative therapeutic approach for different hematological malignancies (HMs), and epigenetic modifications, including DNA methylation, play a role in the reconstitution of the hematopoietic system after AHSCT. This study aimed to explore global DNA methylation dynamic of bone marrow (BM) hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) from donors and their respective recipients affected by acute myeloid leukemia (AML), acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL) and Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) during the first year after transplant. METHODS:We measured DNA methylation profile by Illumina HumanMethylationEPIC in BM HSPC of 10 donors (t0) and their matched recipients at different time points after AHSCT, at day +?30 (t1), +?60 (t2), +?120 (t3), +?180 (t4), and +?365 (t5). Differential methylation analysis was performed by using R software and CRAN/Bioconductor packages. Gene set enrichment analysis was carried out on promoter area of significantly differentially methylated genes by clusterProfiler package and the mSigDB genes sets. RESULTS:Results show significant differences in the global methylation profile between HL and acute leukemias, and between patients with mixed and complete chimerism, with a strong methylation change, with prevailing hyper-methylation, occurring 30?days after AHSCT. Functional analysis of promoter methylation changes identified genes involved in hematopoietic cell activation, differentiation, shaping, and movement. This could be a consequence of donor cell "adaptation" in recipient BM niche. Interestingly, this epigenetic remodeling was reversible, since methylation returns similar to that of donor HSPCs after 1 year. Only for a pool of genes, mainly involved in dynamic shaping and trafficking, the DNA methylation changes acquired after 30?days were maintained for up to 1 year post-transplant. Finally, preliminary data suggest that the methylation profile could be used as predictor of relapse in ALL. CONCLUSIONS:Overall, these data provide insights into the DNA methylation changes of HSPCs after transplantation and a new framework to investigate epigenetics of AHSCT and its outcomes.

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Marrow damage and hematopoietic recovery following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for acute leukemias: Effect of radiation dose and conditioning regimen.

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Marrow damage and hematopoietic recovery following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for acute leukemias: Effect of radiation dose and conditioning regimen.

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