Deciphering adverse drug reactions: in vitro priming and characterization of vancomycin-specific T-cells from healthy donors expressing HLA-A*32:01.
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ABSTRACT: Drug rash with eosinophilia with systemic symptoms (DRESS) is a serious adverse event associated with use of the glycopeptide antibiotic vancomycin. Vancomycin-induced DRESS is associated with the expression of HLA-A*32:01, suggesting that the drug interacts with this HLA to activate CD8+ T-cells. The purpose of this study was to utilize PBMC from healthy donors to: (i) investigate whether expression of HLA-A*32:01 is critical for the priming naïve of T-cells with vancomycin and (ii) generate T-cell clones (TCC) to determine whether vancomycin exclusively activates CD8+ T-cells and to define cellular phenotype, pathways of drug presentation and cross-reactivity. Dendritic cells were cultured with naïve T-cells and vancomycin for 2 weeks. On day 14, cells were re-stimulated with vancomycin and T-cell proliferation was assessed by [3H]-thymidine incorporation. Vancomycin-specific TCC were generated by serial dilution and repetitive mitogen stimulation. Naïve T-cells from HLA-A*02:01 positive and negative donors were activated with vancomycin; however the strength of the induced response was significantly stronger in donors expressing HLA-A*32:01. Vancomycin-responsive CD4+ and CD8+ TCC from HLA-A*32:01+ donors expressed high levels of CXCR3 and CCR4, and secreted IFN-γ, IL-13 and cytolytic molecules. Activation of CD8+ TCC was HLA class I-restricted and dependent on a direct vancomycin HLA binding interaction with no requirement for processing. Several TCC displayed cross-reactivity with teicoplanin and daptomycin. To conclude, this study provides evidence that vancomycin primes naïve T-cells from healthy donors expressing HLA-A*32:01 through a direct pharmacological binding interaction. Cross-reactivity of CD8+ TCC with teicoplanin provides an explanation for the teicoplanin reactions observed in vancomycin hypersensitive patients.
SUBMITTER: Ogese MO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8404995 | biostudies-literature |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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