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A Model of Idiopathic Pneumonia Syndrome in Rhesus Macaques

R. S. Bermea1, K. Ingersoll2, L. P. Hariri3, M. Warren2, L. Kean2, V. Tkachev2

1Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 3Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Meeting: 2022 American Transplant Congress

Abstract number: 1516

Keywords: Graft-versus-host-disease, Histology, Lung, Primates

Topic: Basic Science » Basic Science » 05 - Translational Cellular Therapies: Islet and Stem Cell Transplantation

Session Information

Session Name: Translational Cellular Therapies: Islet and Stem Cell Transplantation

Session Type: Poster Abstract

Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Session Time: 7:00pm-8:00pm

 Presentation Time: 7:00pm-8:00pm

Location: Hynes Halls C & D

*Purpose: To create a model of idiopathic pneumonia syndrome (IPS), a deadly complication of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in Rhesus macaques (RM).

*Methods: RM were conditioned with 1200 cGy total body irradiation and received either allogeneic, MHC-mismatched or autologous T-cell replete G-CSF-mobilized leukapheresis products without anti-Graft-versus-Host-Disease prophylaxis. Lungs were retrieved from recipients at day +8 post-HSCT or from healthy non-transplant control animals and scored by quantifying the number of blood vessels with perivascular infiltration (vascular inflammation index; VII) or with mononuclear infiltration protruding into the interstitium (interstitial pneumonitis index; IPI). Transcriptomic analysis of CD3+CD20- lung T cells was performed using RM-specific whole genome microarrays, followed by differentially-expressed gene (DEG) identification and pathway enrichment analysis.

*Results: Histopathological analysis revealed marked increases in mononuclear cell infiltration in the lungs of allogeneic HSCT subjects compared to autologous HSCT recipients or healthy controls (Figure 1a) with significantly higher VII (94.6 vs 22.0 vs 29.2, p<0.001; Figure 1b) and IPI (65.6 vs 2.0 vs 5.0, p<0.001; Figure 1c). Mononuclear cell infiltrates in the lungs after allogeneic HSCT were enriched for CD8+ T cells (Figure 2a). We identified 187 DEG that were specific for lung allogeneic HSCT cohort. Functional analysis of these DEGs revealed enrichment for extracellular matrix-remodeling, chemotaxis/migration, and growth factor (including TGFb) response pathways (Figure 2b).

*Conclusions: Allogeneic HSCT recipients demonstrated higher degrees of pulmonary inflammation compared to autologous HSCT and healthy control animals, which was driven by CD8+T cells that are characterized by a tissue-specific transcriptomic signature. We have established a reliable model of IPS in RM that allows thorough mechanistic studies to discover underlying immunological mechanisms.

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To cite this abstract in AMA style:

Bermea RS, Ingersoll K, Hariri LP, Warren M, Kean L, Tkachev V. A Model of Idiopathic Pneumonia Syndrome in Rhesus Macaques [abstract]. Am J Transplant. 2022; 22 (suppl 3). https://atcmeetingabstracts.com/abstract/a-model-of-idiopathic-pneumonia-syndrome-in-rhesus-macaques/. Accessed May 26, 2025.

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