Delayed Allergic Reaction to Suxamethonium Driven by Oligoclonal Th1-Skewed CD4+CCR4+IFN-γ+ Memory T Cells

Autor: E. C. Guerra, Adriano Mari, M. Giani, Enrico Scala, Maria Locanto, Chiara Mondino, L. Pirrotta
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: International Archives of Allergy and Immunology. 141:24-30
ISSN: 1423-0097
1018-2438
DOI: 10.1159/000094178
Popis: Background: Muscle relaxants represent the drugs most frequently involved in intraoperative anaphylaxis during surgical procedures. Our aim was to report the case of a delayed reaction to suxamethonium and analyze specific T cell lines with regard to their specificity, phenotype and cytokine profile. Methods: We generated a drug-specific T cell line from a biopsy at the site of positive intradermal reactions and analyzed the immunophenotype, T cell receptor Vβ domain expression and cytokine profile. Results: T cells isolated from positive intradermal test reactions to suxamethonium showed a strict dose-dependent proliferation in response to drug-pulsed autologous antigen-presenting cells. The drug-specific CD4+ T cells were oligoclonal memory CD3+CD4+ T cells and expressed the skin homing receptors cutaneous lymphocyte antigen (CLA) and CCR4. Furthermore CD4+ suxamethonium-reactive T cell lines were IFN-γ-positive and synthesized high levels of IFN-γ and TNF-α. Conclusion: The study describes a delayed hypersensitivity to suxamethonium, driven by an oligoclonal T helper cell 1-skewed CD4+ memory T cell population, expressing the skin homing receptors CLA and CCR4.
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