O transplante de células-tronco hematopoéticas (TCTH) consiste em um procedimento complexo e relacionado à ocorrência de diversas complicações, dentre elas os processos infecciosos decorrentes do longo período de imunossupressão vivenciado após a instituição do regime de condicionamento. Inúmeras medidas têm sido empregadas visando à prevenção e controle de infecções, porém, observam-se divergências em relação à utilização das mesmas; sendo que o emprego da prática baseada em evidências possibilita ao profissional tomar decisões em relação à sua prática fundamentadas em resultados de pesquisas científicas atuais. Esta revisão integrativa da literatura teve como objetivo identificar e avaliar as evidências disponíveis na literatura e publicadas nos últimos 20 anos em relação ao uso de três medidas de prevenção de infecção em pacientes submetidos ao TCTH durante o período de internação: uso de filtros de ar de alta eficiência, isolamento protetor e máscaras. Para a seleção dos artigos foram utilizadas as bases de dados LILACS, PUBMED, CINAHL, EMBASE e a Biblioteca Cochrane. A amostra foi composta por 15 estudos, sendo que apenas um apresentou nível de evidência forte (nível I), dois apresentaram nível de evidência moderado (nível IV e V) e doze consistiram em estudos com evidências fracas (nível VI e VII). Dez estudos abordaram a utilização dos filtros HEPA, sendo recomendado seu emprego para pacientes submetidos ao transplante alogênico durante o período de neutropenia. A necessidade de seu uso para pacientes submetidos ao transplante autólogo ainda é controversa. Nove trabalhos abordaram o uso do isolamento protetor e, embora alguns autores relatem que o emprego do mesmo parece apresentar benefícios quando não se dispõe de filtros HEPA, a utilização desta medida já não é mais indicada tanto pelos Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) quanto pela maioria dos estudos analisados. Em relação à utilização de máscaras por pacientes, profissionais de saúde ou visitantes dentro das unidades de internação para TCTH, não foram encontrados estudos com evidências fortes que justifiquem o seu uso. No entanto, recomenda-se que sejam seguidas as diretrizes dos CDC quanto ao uso de respiradores especiais (como as máscaras N95) pelos pacientes imunocomprometidos submetidos ao TCTH ao deixar a unidade de transplante provida de filtro HEPA quando próximo a ela houver áreas de construção/reforma ou atividades geradoras de poeira. Embora os dados evidenciados auxiliem na tomada de decisão para a implementação da assistência de enfermagem a estes pacientes, verificou-se a necessidade de realização de estudos com nível de evidência forte que comprovem ou refutem a efetividade destas medidas. / Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a complex procedure related to the occurrence of different complications, including infectious processes deriving from the long period of immunosuppression experienced after the establishment of the conditioning regimen. Countless measures have been used for infection prevention and control, but divergences are observed with regard to their use; evidence-based practice allows professionals to make decisions for practice based on current scientific research results. This integrative literature review aimed to identify and assess evidence available in literature and published in the last 20 years about the use of three infection prevention measures in patients submitted to HSCT during hospitalization: use of high-efficiency air filters, protective isolation and masks. LILACS, PUBMED, CINAHL, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library were used to select the articles. The sample comprised 15 studies, only one of which presented strong evidence (level I), while two presented moderate evidence (levels IV and V) and twelve were studies with weak evidence (levels VI and VII). Ten studies discussed the use of HEPA filters, recommended for patients submitted to allogeneic transplantation during the neutropenia period. It remains controversial whether these filters need to be used for patients submitted to autologous transplant. Nine studies addressed the use of protective isolation and, although some authors report that using this measure can be beneficial when HEPA filters are unavailable, neither the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) nor by most of the studies under analysis indicate it any longer. With regard to the use of masks by patients, health professionals or visitors inside HSCT hospitalization units, no studies with strong evidence were found that justify its use. However, it is recommended that CDC recommendations be followed regarding the use of special respirators (like N95 masks) by immunocompromised patients submitted to HSCT when they leave the transplantation unit with a HEPA filter in case of nearby construction/reform areas or activities that generate dust. Although the evidenced data support decision making with a view to nursing care delivery to these patients, research with strong evidence is needed to prove or reject the efficacy of these measures.

A boca é local de frequentes complicações relacionadas ao transplante de células tronco hematopoiéticas (TCTH) tais como xerostomia, disgeusia, disfagia, mucosite, infecções oportunistas e doença do enxerto contra hospedeiro (DECH). Sabe-se que estas complicações podem comprometer a qualidade de vida do paciente e interferir na morbidade pós-TCTH. O dentista é o profissional da saúde que deverá intervir no momento correto para tratar e minimizar esses efeitos secundários do TCTH. Para tanto é importante conhecermos o momento em que cada complicação ocorre para que a intervenção seja pronta e eficiente. O objetivo principal deste estudo foi identificar e quantificar as alterações bucais em indivíduos submetidos ao TCTH em cinco momentos consecutivos desde antes do início do condicionamento pré-TCTH até o dia 100 pós-TCTH. Como objetivos secundários buscamos investigar possíveis relações entre a severidade da mucosite oral e a manifestação da DECH com dados demograficos (sexo, idade), com o status de saude bucal (por meio dos índices IHO-S, CPOD, número de dentes cariados) e com a realização de adequação bucal pré-TCTH, e ainda, somente para a DECH, também foi investigada a possível relação entre esta doença com infecção sistêmica por citomegalovírus e com a manifestação de mucosite oral severa. Foram incluídos no estudo 27 indivíduos com doenças hematológicas do Serviço de Transplante de Medula Óssea do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HC-FMUSP), com idade 12 anos que receberam TCTH alogênico. Os indivíduos foram examinados em cinco momentos consecutivos. No primeiro momento, pré-TCTH, foi realizada a coleta de índices de saúde bucal e aplicação de questionário sobre o histórico de tratamentos odontológico prévios. Nos momentos de 10, 20, 60 e 100 dias pós-TCTH foram avaliadas as manifestações bucais presentes. A incidência de mucosite oral foi de 82,6% considerando todos os momentos avaliados. Mucosite oral severa, ou seja, graus 3 e 4 (OMS) foi observada em 57,9% dos pacientes avaliados nos momentos 2 e 3. Dez (37%) pacientes apresentaram GVHD em algum órgão, e destes, 8 (80%) apresentaram GVHD de boca. Infecção sistêmica por CMV foi diagnosticada em 6 (22,2%) pacientes. Concluímos que entre as queixas levantadas, dor bucal e disfagia foram as mais referidas. O período de maior incidência das complicações bucais foi nos segundo e terceiro momentos, ou seja, D+10 e D+20, representando deste forma, o período de maior morbidade do tratamento. Não houve associação entre a severidade de mucosite oral e idade, sexo, fonte de células, regime de condicionamento, número de dentes cariados, IHO-S, CPOD e preparo bucal pré-TCTH. Para a DECH a única relação encontrada foi para fonte de células, tendo sido observada menor chance de ocorrer DECH quando a fonte de células foi o sangue periférico. / The mouth is a well-known site of complications of the hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) such as dry mouth, dysgeusia, dysphagia, mucositis, opportunistic infections and graft versus host disease (GVDH). It is known that these complications can compromise the patients quality of life and morbidity post-HSCT. The dentist is the health professional who should interfere at the right time to treat and minimize these side effects of HSCT. Thus, it is important to know the time at which each complication occurs to be dynamic and efficient. The main objective of this study was to identify and quantify the oral complications in patients treated with HSCT in five consecutive moments starting before conditioning chemotherapy until day 100 post-HSTC. As secondary objectives we seek to investigate possible relationships between the severity of oral mucositis and the manifestation of GVHD with demographic data (gender, age), with the oral health status (IHO-S, CPOD, number of decayed teeth) and dental treatment previously HSCT, and, only for GVHD, was also investigated the possible relationship between this disease with systemic cytomegalovirus infection and the manifestation of severe oral mucositis. It was included in the study 27 patients with hematologic diseases who were admitted in the Unit of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hospital of Clinics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo (HC-FMUSP), 12 years old whom received allogeneic HSCT. The subjects were examined in five consecutive moments. At the first moment, before HSCT, the oral health índex evaluation and a questionnaire about history of previous dental treatments were performed. Besides that, 10, 20, 60 and 100 days after HSCT they were evaluated for oral manifestations. Oral mucositis incidence was 82,6% and 57,9% of these patients presented severe mucositis. Ten (37%) patients had GVHD in any organ, and of these, 8 (80%) had oral GVHD. Infection by CMV was diagnosed in 6 (22.2%) patients. We conclude that among the complaints raised, mouth pain and dysphagia were the most mentioned. The period of increased incidence of oral complications was the second and third times (D +10 and +20), representing the increased morbidity period. There was no association between the severity of oral mucositis and age, sex, cell source, conditioning regimen, number of decayed teeth, IHO-S, CPOD and dental treatment pre-HSCT. For GVHD the only relation found was with source of cells, in which, GVHD was less likely to occur when the source of cells was peripheral blood.

Les cellules souches somatiques présentent habituellement un comportement très différent des cellules souches pluripotentes. Les bases moléculaires de l’auto-renouvellement des cellules souches embryonnaires ont été récemment déchiffrées grâce à la facilité avec laquelle nous pouvons maintenant les purifier et les maintenir en culture durant de longues périodes de temps. Par contre, il en va tout autrement pour les cellules souches hématopoïétiques. Dans le but d’en apprendre davantage sur le fonctionnement moléculaire de l’auto-renouvellement des cellules souches hématopoïétiques, j’ai d’abord conçu une nouvelle méthode de criblage gain-de-fonction qui répond aux caprices particuliers de ces cellules. Partant d’une liste de plus de 700 facteurs nucléaires et facteurs de division asymétrique candidats, j’ai identifié 24 nouveaux facteurs qui augmentent l’activité des cellules souches hématopoïétiques lorsqu’ils sont surexprimés. J’ai par la suite démontré que neuf de ces facteurs agissent de manière extrinsèque aux cellules souches hématopoïétiques, c’est-à-dire que l’effet provient des cellules nourricières modifiées en co-culture. J’ai également mis à jour un nouveau réseau de régulation de transcription qui implique cinq des facteurs identifiés, c’est-à-dire PRDM16, SPI1, KLF10, FOS et TFEC. Ce réseau ressemble étrangement à celui soutenant l’ostéoclastogénèse. Ces résultats soulèvent l’hypothèse selon laquelle les ostéoclastes pourraient aussi faire partie de la niche fonctionnelle des cellules souches hématopoïétiques dans la moelle osseuse. De plus, j’ai identifié un second réseau de régulation impliquant SOX4, SMARCC1 et plusieurs facteurs identifiés précédemment dans le laboratoire, c’est-à-dire BMI1, MSI2 et KDM5B. D’autre part, plusieurs indices accumulés tendent à démontrer qu’il existe des différences fondamentales entre le fonctionnement des cellules souches hématopoïétiques murines et humaines. / Somatic stem cells usually exhibit a very different behavior compared to pluripotent stem cells. The molecular basis of embryonic stem cell self-renewal was recently decrypted by the relative straightforwardness with which we can now purify and maintain these cells in culture for long periods of time. However, this is not the case with hematopoietic stem cells. In order to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal, I developed a novel gain-of-function screening strategy, which bypasses some constraints found with these cells. Starting from a list of more than 700 candidate nuclear factors and asymmetric division factors, I have identified 24 new factors that increase hematopoietic stem cell activity when overexpressed. I have also found that nine of these factors act extrinsically to hematopoietic stem cells, i.e., the effect comes from the engineered feeder cells in co-culture. Moreover, I have revealed a new transcriptional regulatory network including five of the factors identified, i.e., PRDM16, SPI1, KLF10, FOS and TFEC. This network is particularly similar to that involved in osteoclastogenesis. These results raise the hypothesis that osteoclasts might also be part of the functional hematopoietic stem cell niche in the bone marrow. Furthermore, I have identified a second regulatory network involving SOX4, SMARCC1 and several factors previously identified in the laboratory, i.e., BMI1, MSI2 and KDM5B. Besides, several lines of evidence tend to show that there are fundamental differences between mouse and human hematopoietic stem cells.

La greffe de sang de cordon est de plus en plus utilisée et a permis de traiter avec succès chez l’enfant des déficits immunitaires ainsi que des hémopathies malignes comme les leucémies. Malgré d’importants avantages tels que l’absence de risque pour le donneur ou la plus faible incidence de maladie du greffon contre l’hôte (GvHD), utiliser le sang de cordon comporte certains inconvénients. En effet, une reconstitution immunitaire retardée, des infections opportunistes en plus grand nombre et un risque de rechute sont des complications qui peuvent survenir et engendrer un risque pour le pronostic vital du patient. Par conséquent, de nouvelles stratégies d’immunothérapies doivent être envisagées. Dans le cadre de ce travail, nous nous sommes particulièrement intéressés aux cellules dendritiques plasmacytoides (pDC) dont les fonctions sont importantes pour l’initiation des réponses immunitaires innée et adaptative et particulièrement pour leur capacité à activer les cellules NK. Afin d’élucider le rôle et l’impact de ces cellules dans les greffes de sang de cordon, le nombre et la fonction des pDC et des NK a été suivi longitudinalement chez des patients ayant subi une greffe de sang de cordon comparativement à des patients transplantés avec de la moelle osseuse. Nous avons ainsi démontré que les pDC et les NK apparaissent précocement suite à une greffe de sang de cordon et que ces cellules sont fonctionnelles. Ces résultats mettent donc en lumière que ces cellules pourraient être de bons outils pour l’établissement d’une immunothérapie après greffe de sang de cordon. De plus, la caractérisation fonctionnelle des pDC du greffon de sang de cordon a permis de révéler une plus faible production d’IFN-α par les pDC, comparativement aux pDC de sang d’adulte. Cette différence pourrait jouer un rôle dans la plus faible incidence de GvHD après les greffes de sang de cordon. Dans le but de préciser les mécanismes moléculaires de régulation négative de la production d’IFN-α par les pDC de sang de cordon, nous avons étudié les protéines de la voie de signalisation TLR9-IRF7. L’expression similaire de l’ARN du TLR9, MyD88, IRAK1 et IRF7 contraste avec la plus faible expression des protéines correspondantes. De plus, l’expression des MicroARNs miR-146a et miR-155 est plus élevé dans les pDC de sang de cordon comparativement aux pDC de sang d’adultes. Ensemble, ces données pointent une régulation négative post-transcriptionnelle de la voie TLR9-IRF7 qui pourrait expliquer la plus faible production d’IFN-α des pDC du sang de cordon. L’ensemble des ces travaux suggère que les pDC pourraient représenter une cible de choix dans le développement de nouvelles approches thérapeutiques dans les greffes de sang de cordon. / Umbilical cord blood transplantation has increasingly been used as a source of hematopoietic stem cells to successfully treat immunodeficiencies and malignant diseases such as leukemia in pediatric patients. Despite important advantages, namely lack of risk for the donor and low incidence of GvHD, use of cord blood is associated with several drawbacks. Specifically, delayed immune reconstitution, more opportunistic infections and a relative risk of relapse are complications that may occur and lead to a poor prognosis. Consequently, new immunotherapeutic strategies should be considered. In this study, we were interested in plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC), whose functions are important for initiation of innate and adaptive immune responses and, in particular, for their ability to activate natural killer cells (NK). In order to elucidate the role and the impact of these cells in cord blood transplantation, pDC and NK numbers and function have been longitudinally followed in cord blood and bone marrow recipients. We showed that pDC and NK cells appeared early after umbilical cord blood transplantation and that these cells retained functional activity. Thus, these cells may constitute a good tool for immunotherapy in umbilical cord blood transplantation. Moreover, the functional characterization of pDC in cord blood revealed a lower production of IFN-α by cord blood pDC, which may play a role in the lower incidence of GvHD after umbilical cord blood transplantations. In order to determine the molecular mechanism for the negative regulation of IFN-α production by cord blood pDC, we studied the expression of TLR9-IRF7 pathway. The stable expression of TLR9, MyD88, IRAK1 and IRF7 mRNA contrasts with the lower expression of corresponding proteins. Interestingly, expression of microRNA miR-146a and miR-155 is higher in cord blood pDC. Together, these results point to a post-transcriptionnal negative regulation of TLR9-IRF7 pathway which may explain the lower IFN-α production by cord blood pDC. This work reinforces the idea that pDCs constitute a target of choice for developing new therapeutic approaches in cord blood transplantations.

Dogs are useful preclinical models for the translation of cell transplantation therapies from the bench to the bedside. In order for canine models to be utilized for stem cell transplantation research, it is necessary to advance discoveries in the fields of canine stem cell biology and transplantation. The use of side population hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) has garnered much interest for the purification of mouse HSCs and has been translated to several other species, including human. In order to assess if this method of purification of HSCs could be useful for stem cell therapies in humans, safety and efficacy studies in a large animal model, such as the dog would be required. With this objective in mind, we isolated canine bone marrow-derived side population (SP) stem cells and assessed their multilineage differentiation in vitro and engraftment potential in vivo. Utilizing a pregating strategy to enrich for small, agranular SP cells we were able to enrich for blast cells, expressing the ABCG2 transmembrane pump known to be associated with murine and human SP cells. Canine SP cells were also enriched for C-KIT positive cells and lacked expression of CD34 as identified in other species. The small, agranular SP fraction had high CFU potential after long-term culture with canine bone marrow stromal cells and cytokine supplementation. Yet, canine SP cells demonstrated low-level engraftment within the NOD/SCID-β2m-/- xenotransplantation model as compared to unfractionated canine bone marrow, which was indicative of suboptimal activation of quiescent canine SP cells within the murine bone marrow niche. A second source of transplantable canine stem cells was examined through the derivation of canine embryonic stem cells (cESCs). The cESC lines described herein were determined to have similar pluripotent stem cell characteristics to human embryonic stem cells, in that they were maintained in an undifferentiated state upon extended passaging as determined by their expression of the human stem cell markers, OCT3/4, NANOG, SOX2, SSEA3, SSEA4, TRA1-60, TRA1-81 and alkaline phosphatase. In addition, cESCs could be induced to differentiate to cells of the three germ layers within in vitro embryoid body cultures and adherent differentiation cultures. Importantly, these cESC lines were the first reported to differentiate in vivo within teratomas. One method of transplanting stem cells to canine recipients involves the delivery of donor cells to the yolk sacs of developing fetuses in utero. Utilizing cells labeled with supraparamagnetic particles conjugated to a Dragon Green fluorophore and the intracellular fluorescent dye, CMTMR, donor cells were tracked from the yolk sac injection site to fetal tissues after transplantation in early (day-25) and mid (day-35) gestation canine fetuses. Labeled cells were localized primarily to the fetal liver and developing bone marrow cavities when examined at gestational day 32, and had been redistributed to not only the fetal liver and bone marrow by day 42, but also to nonhematopoietic tissues, including the lungs and hearts. No labeled cells were detected within the yolk sacs of transplanted fetuses at either time point. These studies demonstrated the efficacy of yolk sac in utero transplantation for the delivery of donor cells to fetal tissues. Collectively, these results indicate that canine stem cells with characteristics similar to human can be isolated and their engraftment, proliferation and differentiation may be assessed in future studies utilizing the canine in utero transplantation model employing yolk sac delivery.

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As evidências apontam que o reconhecimento precoce de pacientes em grupos de risco nutricional no TCPH e a elaboração de um plano terapêutico para tal tem impacto positivo na redução da mortalidade. A monitorização diária das necessidades energéticas, proteicas e de nutrientes é um dos pontos cruciais da terapia, pois o paciente que é incapaz de suprir mais do que 60% das necessidades nutricionais diárias por via oral torna-se candidato a outras modalidades de terapia (enteral ou parenteral), a depender da viabilidade do trato gastrointestinal, das contra-indicações relativas a cada método (plaquetopenia na introdução de sonda nasoenteral, por exemplo) e das complicações associadas aos procedimentos (aumento das taxas de infecção de corrente sanguínea na nutrição parenteral). Se o paciente atingir mais do que 60% das necessidades nutricionais por via oral e mantiver esse aporte por pelo menos 3 dias, o suporte por nutrição enteral ou parenteral pode ser descontinuado. A literatura científica ainda não elucidou todos os questionamentos quanto à melhor abordagem nutricional em pacientes submetidos a TCPH, podendo-se observar grande variação entre as condutas orientadas pelas diretrizes internacionais mais recentes e o que se adota como prática clínica diária, chamando atenção para a necessidade da elaboração de protocolos nutricionais que diminuam essas divergências. Objetivos​: elaboração de um manual de avaliação do risco nutricional e de implementação de terapia nutricional para pacientes que serão submetidos ao Transplante de Células Progenitoras Hematopoiéticas no Hospital das Clínicas de Botucatu, facilitando a tomada de decisões de acordo com as evidências científicas mais recentes e contribuindo para minimizar as divergências de condutas através de um protocolo nutricional hospitalar. Casuística e Métodos​: o manual foi elaborado por meio de uma revisão narrativa da literatura científica, utilizando-se de artigos e diretrizes relevantes contidos nas bases de dados Pubmed, Lilacs e Scielo, assim como de livros textos e de consensos desde o ano 2000 até 2017. Para a busca, os termos utilizados foram “nutrition assessment", "nutrition therapy", "nutrition risk", “undernutrition”, "malnutrition", “obesity”, "chemotherapy", “blood 8 marrow transplantation”, “haematopoietic stem cell transplantation”, “body composition”, “phase angle”. Resultados​: há escassez de estudos específicos relacionados a terapia nutricional e a TCPH. A busca resultou na utilização de 20 trabalhos científicos que embasam a produção desta dissertação. Considerando a estrutura e a dinâmica do Hospital das Clínicas de Botucatu, a padronização de condutas deste Manual levou à elaboração de um protocolo em forma de fluxograma que abrange a avaliação do Risco Nutricional e de aplicação da Terapia Nutricional em pacientes submetidos ao TCPH neste serviço de saúde. Conclusão​: o protocolo de avaliação de Risco e de aplicação de Terapia Nutricional, redigido em forma de fluxograma, facilita a aplicabilidade do conteúdo do Manual para os profissionais que dele se utilizarão, simplifica a classificação dos grupos de risco nutricional, disponibiliza elaboração rápida de condutas e evita divergências de prescrição quanto à melhor Terapia Nutricional em pacientes submetidos ao TCPH. / Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) is a therapeutic method used for treatment of various diseases involving lymphohematopoietic tissue, autoimmune diseases and non-malignant conditions. Evidence indicates that the early recognition of nutritional risk in HSCT patients and the elaboration of a therapeutic plan for them has a positive impact in reducing mortality. Monitoring daily needs of energy, protein and nutrient is one of the crucial points of therapy, because individuals who are unable to supply more than 60% of the daily nutritional needs orally become candidates for other modalities of therapy (enteral or parenteral), depending on the viability of the gastrointestinal tract, contraindications for each method (thrombocytopenia in the introduction of nasoenteral probe, for example) and complications associated with procedures (increased bloodstream infection rates in parenteral nutrition) . If the patient reaches more than 60% of nutritional needs orally and maintains this intake for at least 3 days, enteral or parenteral nutrition support may be discontinued. The scientific literature has not yet elucidated all the questions regarding the best nutritional approach in patients undergoing HSCT and a great variation between the conducts guided by the most recent international guidelines and what is adopted as daily clinical practice can be observed, drawing attention to the need for nutritional protocols that could reduce these divergences. Objectives​: elaboration of a manual of nutritional therapy and nutritional risk assessment for patients in the Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Transplantation program at the Hospital das Clínicas de Botucatu, facilitating decision-making according to the latest scientific evidence and contributing to minimize differences of conduct guided by a hospital nutritional protocol. Materials and Methods​: the manual is a narrative review of the scientific literature, using relevant articles and guidelines contained in the Pubmed, Lilacs and Scielo databases, as well as textbooks and consensus books from year 2000 to 2017. The terms used for the research were “nutrition assessment”, “nutrition therapy”, “nutrition risk”, “undernutrition”, “malnutrition”, “obesity”, “chemotherapy”, “blood marrow transplantation”, “haematopoietic stem cell transplantation","Body composition","phase angle". Results: ​there are few specific studies related to nutritional therapy and HSCT. The search resulted in the use of 20 scientific papers that support the production of this dissertation. Considering the structure and dynamics of Hospital das Clínicas de Botucatu, 10 the standardization of conducts in this Manual led to the elaboration of a protocol in the form of flowchart that includes the evaluation of Nutritional Risk and Nutritional Therapy in patients undergoing HSCT. Conclusion​: the risk assessment and nutrition therapy application protocols, built in the form of a flowchart, facilitate the applicability of the manual contents, simplify the classification of nutritional risk groups, provide rapid pipeline elaboration and avoid divergences of prescription regarding the best nutritional therapy in patients undergoing HSCT.

Orientador: Paula Schmidt Azevedo Gaiolla / Resumo: O Transplante de Células Progenitoras Hematopoiéticas (TCPH) é um método terapêutico utilizado no tratamento de diversas doenças que envolvem o tecido linfo-hematopoiético, doenças autoimunes e condições não-malignas. As evidências apontam que o reconhecimento precoce de pacientes em grupos de risco nutricional no TCPH e a elaboração de um plano terapêutico para tal tem impacto positivo na redução da mortalidade. A monitorização diária das necessidades energéticas, proteicas e de nutrientes é um dos pontos cruciais da terapia, pois o paciente que é incapaz de suprir mais do que 60% das necessidades nutricionais diárias por via oral torna-se candidato a outras modalidades de terapia (enteral ou parenteral), a depender da viabilidade do trato gastrointestinal, das contra-indicações relativas a cada método (plaquetopenia na introdução de sonda nasoenteral, por exemplo) e das complicações associadas aos procedimentos (aumento das taxas de infecção de corrente sanguínea na nutrição parenteral). Se o paciente atingir mais do que 60% das necessidades nutricionais por via oral e mantiver esse aporte por pelo menos 3 dias, o suporte por nutrição enteral ou parenteral pode ser descontinuado. A literatura científica ainda não elucidou todos os questionamentos quanto à melhor abordagem nutricional em pacientes submetidos a TCPH, podendo-se observar grande variação entre as condutas orientadas pelas diretrizes internacionais mais recentes e o que se adota como prática clínica diária, cham... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) is a therapeutic method used for treatment of various diseases involving lymphohematopoietic tissue, autoimmune diseases and non-malignant conditions. Evidence indicates that the early recognition of nutritional risk in HSCT patients and the elaboration of a therapeutic plan for them has a positive impact in reducing mortality. Monitoring daily needs of energy, protein and nutrient is one of the crucial points of therapy, because individuals who are unable to supply more than 60% of the daily nutritional needs orally become candidates for other modalities of therapy (enteral or parenteral), depending on the viability of the gastrointestinal tract, contraindications for each method (thrombocytopenia in the introduction of nasoenteral probe, for example) and complications associated with procedures (increased bloodstream infection rates in parenteral nutrition) . If the patient reaches more than 60% of nutritional needs orally and maintains this intake for at least 3 days, enteral or parenteral nutrition support may be discontinued. The scientific literature has not yet elucidated all the questions regarding the best nutritional approach in patients undergoing HSCT and a great variation between the conducts guided by the most recent international guidelines and what is adopted as daily clinical practice can be observed, drawing attention to the need for nutritional protocols that could reduce these divergences. Objectives​: elabora... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-22T20:49:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-10-29. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2015-08-11T03:25:34Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 Publico-018.pdf: 1910669 bytes, checksum: a40b61267560276f1db47642341c6e56 (MD5) / Introdução: Polimorfismos genéticos estão associados com um aumento do risco de tromboembolismo venoso (TEV) e outras doenças cardiovasculares. Estudos prévios sugerem que a doença venooclusiva hepática (DVOH), que se desenvolve intra transplante de medula óssea pode ser atribuída à polimorfismos gênicos. Objetivos: Avaliar a correlação entre polimorfismos genéticos e o risco de doença venooclusiva hepática no transplante de medula óssea e a associação com a presença de variáveis como o uso de vancomicina, drogas citotóxicas usadas no regime de condicionamento, presença de disfução hepática anterior ao transplante, presença de infecção por citomegalovírus, e grupos de doenças avaliáveis. Pacientes e métodos: Este estudo caracteriza-se por um estudo clinico observacional multicêntrico. Foram avaliados 120 pacientes, submetidos a transplante alogênico de medula óssea. Cada paciente foi avaliado propectivamente para DVOH, confirmado pelo critério de Seattle modificado, idade variando de 2 a 65 anos. Fatores de risco para DVOH severo foram analisados usando modelos estatisticos de avaliação. Detectamos simultaneamente através de PCR seguido de digestão e detecção através de eletroforese em gel de agarose, mutação do HFE C282Y, H63D, S65C; MTHFR C677T; Fator V de Leiden, Protrombina 20210A e glutationa S-tranferase. Resultados: Neste estudo observacional de pessoas, submetidas a transplante de medula óssea alogênico, a presença de disfução hepática pré transplante foi um fator de risco significante para DVOH. Nós tambem observamos uma associação entre a presença de mutação HFE S65C e disfunção hepática. Conclusões: Em resumo, nossos dados sugerem que disfunção hepatica observada pré transplante de medula óssea é um fator de risco estatisticamente significante para DVOH e que a presença da mutação do HFE S65C apresenta uma tendência ao desenvolvimento de dano hepático. Contudo, não evidenciamos associação dos polimorfismos estudados com DVOH. / TEDE

Tolerance-based stem cell transplantation using sub-lethal conditioning is being considered for the treatment of human disease, but safety and efficacy remain to be established. In order to study these two issues, we first established that mouse bone marrow recipients treated with sub-lethal irradiation plus transient blockade of the CD40-CD154 costimulatory pathway develop permanent hematopoietic chimerism across allogeneic barriers. Our conditioning regimen of 6 Gy irradiation, a short course of anti-CD154 mAb and 25 million fully allogeneic BALB/c bone marrow cells consistently produced long-term, stable, and multilineage chimerism in C57BL/6 recipients. Furthermore, chimeric mice displayed donor-specific transplantation tolerance, as BALB/c skin allografts were permanently accepted while third-party CBA/JCr skin allografts were promptly rejected. We next determined both the safety and efficacy of this protocol by infecting chimeric mice with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) either at the time of transplantation or at several time points afterwards. Infection with LCMV at the time of transplantation prevented engraftment of allogeneic, but not syngeneic, bone marrow in similarly treated mice. Surprisingly, infected allograft recipients also failed to clear the virus and died. Post-mortem study revealed hypoplastic bone marrow and spleens. Hypoplasia and death in these mice required the combination of 6 Gy irradiation, LCMV infection on the day of transplantation, and an allogeneic bone marrow transplant but did not require the presence of anti-CDl54 mAb. Allochimeric mice infected with LCMV 15 days after transplantation were able to survive and maintain their bone marrow graft, indicating that the deleterious effects of LCMV infection on host and graft survival are confined to a narrow window of time during the tolerization and transplantation process. The final section of this thesis studied the mechanisms of graft rejection and death in sublethally irradiated recipients of allogeneic bone marrow and infection with LCMV at the time of bone marrow transplantation. Infection of interferon-α/β receptor knockout mice at the time of transplantation prevented the engraftment of allogeneic bone marrow, but the mice survived. Therefore, IFN-αβ is involved in the development of marrow hypoplasia and death, whereas a second mechanism is involved in blocking the development of chimerism in these mice. Through the use of depleting mAb's and knockout mice we demonstrate that three types of recipients survived and became chimeric after being given sublethal irradiation, anti-CD154 mAb, an allogeneic bone marrow transplant and a day 0 LCMV infection: mice depleted of CD8+ T cells, CD8 knockout mice, and TCR-αβ knockout mice. Our data indicate that the mediator of bone marrow allograft destruction in LCMV-infected mice treated with costimulatory blockade is a radioresistant CD8+ NK1.1- TCRαβ+ T cell. We conclude that a non-cytopathic viral infection at the time of transplantation can prevent engraftment of allogeneic bone marrow and result in the death of sub-lethally irradiated mice treated with costimulation blockade. The abrogation of allogeneic bone marrow engraftment is mediated by a population of CD8+ NK1.1- TCRαβ+ T cells and the mediator of hypoplasia and death is viral induction of IFN-αβ.

O diabetes mellitus tipo 1 (DM-1) é uma doença autoimune órgão-específica caracterizada pela destruição seletiva das células pancreáticas produtoras de insulina. A imunossupressão em altas doses seguida do transplante autólogo de células-tronco hematopoéticas (TACTH) constitui uma alternativa terapêutica recente e promissora para o DM-1 recém-diagnosticado, impedindo a progressão da destruição das células pancreáticas produtoras de insulina e induzindo independência insulínica por um período prolongado na maioria dos pacientes. O princípio dessa terapia baseia-se na eliminação das células autorreativas pela imunossupressão intensa e na reconstituição de um sistema imunológico novo e tolerante após o transplante. Com o objetivo de avaliar a função do timo e sua contribuição na geração do repertório de células T nos pacientes com DM-1 após o TACTH, nesse trabalho foram avaliados os níveis de T cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) em células T do sangue periférico e a diversidade do repertório de células T dos pacientes com DM-1 (n=23) antes e em diversos períodos após o transplante. A quantificação absoluta dos níveis de TRECs (número de moléculas de TRECs/100g de DNA) foi realizada pela técnica de PCR em tempo real e a avaliação do repertório de células T foi realizada pela técnica de TCRBV CDR3 Spectratyping. Dentre os vinte e três pacientes, vinte alcançaram a independência insulínica por períodos variáveis de tempo e três não responderam ao tratamento. Não foi observada a restrição do repertório de células T nos pacientes com DM-1 no período pré-transplante, ou seja, quando recém-diagnosticados. Foram identificadas cinco famílias V (7, 18, 19, 20 e 22) em expansão clonal nos pacientes com DM-1. As famílias V 7, 18, 19, 20 apresentaram-se em expansão clonal antes do transplante e se mantiveram com frequência elevada após o transplante, enquanto a família V 22 apresentou aumento da frequência somente nos períodos mais tardios após o transplante. Nos primeiros meses após o transplante, houve redução do número de moléculas de TRECs e restrição do repertório de células T. Contudo, um ano após o transplante, o número de moléculas de TRECs atingiram valores normais e o repertório de células T apresentou-se com ampla diversidade. Nossos resultados mostraram que o TACTH foi capaz de induzir mudanças na composição do repertório de células T dos pacientes com DM-1 após a terapia de IAD/TACTH, evidenciadas por alterações qualitativas e quantitativas dos picos de CDR3 do TCR, sugerindo a reconstituição de um repertório de células T diverso até dois anos pós-transplante. Embora tenha ocorrido reativação da função tímica após o transplante, evidenciada pelo aumento dos níveis de TRECs de um ano e meio a cinco anos pós-transplante, a diversidade do repertório das células T diminuiu a partir de dois anos e meio pós-transplante, sugerindo uma reconstituição tímica de novo de células T naive que expressam preferencialmente algumas cadeias V. Estas evidências imunológicas poderiam explicar a melhora clínica (independência insulínica) temporária observada na maioria dos pacientes após a terapia de IAD/TACTH. / Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is an organ-specific autoimmune disease characterized by insulin-producing pancreatic cell destruction. High-dose immunosuppression followed by autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) is a recent and promising therapeutic approach for treatment of T1D, preventing the progress of destruction of pancreatic cells and inducing insulin independence for a prolonged period in most patients. The rationale of the AHSCT is based on the elimination of autoreactive cells by the intense immunosuppression and on the reconstitution of a new and tolerant immune system after transplantation. Aiming at assessing the thymic role in the production of new T cell repertoire in T1D patients after AHSCT, in this study was evaluated the levels of T cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) in T cells of peripheral blood as well as the clonality and diversity of T cell repertoire in T1D patients (n=23) before and several periods after transplantation. The absolute quantification of TRECs levels (number of molecules of TRECs/100ng of DNA) was performed by real-time PCR and the analysis of T cell repertoire was performed by TCRBV CDR3 Spectratyping. Among the twenty-three patients, twenty achieved insulin independence for variable periods and three did not respond to the treatment. The T cell repertoire in T1D patients was not restricted in pre-transplantation, i.e., when newly diagnosed. It was identified five V families (7, 18, 19, 20 e 22) in the clonal expansion in T1D patients. The V families 7, 18, 19, 20 were in clonal expansion before transplantation and maintained with high frequency after transplantation, whereas the V 22 family increased its frequency only in the later periods after transplantation. It was observed that the numbers of molecules of TRECs decreased and the T cell repertoire was restricted in the early months after transplantation. However, the levels of TRECs were normalized and the T cell repertoire showed diversity one year after transplantation. Our results indicate that AHSCT was able to induce changes in the composition of the T cell repertoire of patients after AHSCT, evidenced by qualitative and quantitative changes in the composition of T-cell receptor -chain CDR3 peaks, suggesting the reconstitution of diverse T cell repertoire up to two years after transplantation. Although there was reactivation of thymic function after transplantation, as evidenced by increased levels of TRECs from one and a half year to five years after transplantation, the diversity of the T cells repertoire decreased from two and a half years after transplantation, suggesting a reconstruction of new naive T cells that preferentially express some V chains. These immunological evidences could explain the temporary clinical improvement (insulin independence) observed in most patients after IAD / AHSCT therapy.