ABSTRACTS â ORAL PRESENTATIONS - AMCA, spol. s r.o.
ABSTRACTS â ORAL PRESENTATIONS - AMCA, spol. s r.o.
ABSTRACTS â ORAL PRESENTATIONS - AMCA, spol. s r.o.
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P43. HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS OF 14-PARAMETER FLOW CYTOMETRY<br />
IMMUNOPHENOTYPING IDENTIFIES SHIFTS IN THE CIRCULATING T-CELL<br />
COMPARTMENT FOLLOWING REPERFUSION IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL<br />
INFARCTION.<br />
Karel Fišer 1 , Jedrzej Hoffmann 2 , Jolanta Weaver 4 , Ian Dimmick 2 , Monika Loeher 2 ,<br />
Hanspeter Pircher 5 , Carmen Martin-Ruiz 3 , Murugapathy Veerasamy 2 , Bernard Keavney 2 ,<br />
Thomas von Zglinicki 3 , Ioakim Spyridopoulos 2<br />
1<br />
CLIP – Childhood Leukaemia Investigation Prague, Department of Paediatric<br />
Haematology and Oncology, 2 nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and University<br />
Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic, karel.fiser@lfmotol.cuni.cz<br />
2<br />
Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom,<br />
3<br />
Institute of Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom,<br />
4<br />
Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom,<br />
5<br />
Department of Immunology, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Freiburg<br />
University, Freiburg, Germany<br />
In patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) reopening of the infarct<br />
related coronary vessel by primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is the<br />
most effective treatment strategy. However it bears its risks as the following myocardial<br />
reperfusion can induce myocardial injury and cell death. Therefore, future therapies<br />
for STEMI have to target causes of post-infarction heart failure, including myocardial<br />
reperfusion injury.<br />
We used 14-parameter flow cytometry immunophenotyping to investigate the<br />
involvement of T cell subtypes in reperfusion after PPCI. Using hierarchical cluster<br />
analysis (HCA) we identified a unique CD4(+)CD57(+) T-cell population in PPCI patients<br />
that reflected acute proliferation in the CD4(+) T-cell compartment. We also marked<br />
contraction of effector T cells in STEMI patients with CMV positivity, possibly contributing<br />
to development of immunosenescence in these patients.<br />
In summary, high-throughput polychromatic flow cytometry and HCA are capable of<br />
objective, time and cost efficient assessment of the individual T-cell immune profile in<br />
different stages of coronary heart disease and have broad applications in clinical trials.<br />
Acknowledgements<br />
This work was supported by University research centre (UNCE) grant, UNCE 204012.<br />
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