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Br J Dermatol ; 185(4): 804-814, 2021 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33811319

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Adalimumab provides significant efficacy for patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), which was demonstrated by at least 50% of patients achieving a clinical response by week 12 that was maintained through to week 168 in the PIONEER trials. OBJECTIVES: To identify whether there are biomarkers that could predict adalimumab response, as well as markers that differentially respond to adalimumab in patients with HS. METHODS: Baseline and week-12 plasma samples from the PIONEER studies were used to assess the levels of circulating proteins by multiplex and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. RESULTS: Analyses revealed significantly higher high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and chemokine (C-C motif) ligand (CCL) 16 (HCC-4) levels in nonresponders at baseline and identified a multivariate response signature of calprotectin, fractalkine and HCC-4, reaching an 86% predictive accuracy rate for adalimumab response. Additionally, post-treatment reduction of plasma C-X-C motif chemokine ligand (CXCL)9, CXCL8 (interleukin-8) and CCL19 (macrophage inflammatory protein 3ß) were greater in adalimumab super-responders than in nonresponders (P = 0·026, P = 0·044 and P = 0·026, respectively). These cytokines are involved in the recruitment of innate and adaptive inflammatory cells, and/or stimulation of certain inflammatory responses, suggesting that these pathways could be disease drivers in adalimumab nonresponders. CONCLUSIONS: These initial results suggest HCC-4, calprotectin and fractalkine could be potential predictive biomarkers of adalimumab response in HS and identified possible tumour necrosis factor-independent disease pathways.


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Carcinoma, Hepatocellular , Hidradenitis Suppurativa , Liver Neoplasms , Adalimumab/therapeutic use , Anti-Inflammatory Agents/therapeutic use , Biomarkers , Hidradenitis Suppurativa/drug therapy , Humans , Treatment Outcome
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Anal Biochem ; 299(2): 119-29, 2001 Dec 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11730333

ABSTRACT

The binding of fully human monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) D2E7 and 2SD4 to their antigen, human tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha), was investigated by BIAcore, cation exchange (CIEX), and size exclusion liquid chromatography (SEC) using ultraviolet and laser light scattering detectors. D2E7 has a higher affinity for TNFalpha than 2SD4 and the two antibodies (Abs) differ by 12 amino acids in the antigen (Ag) binding regions. A BIAcore biosensor instrument was used to determine the association, k(on) and dissociation, k(off), rate constants for the binding of TNFalpha to D2E7 and 2SD4. The HPLC methods were used to resolve and to study D2E7, 2SD4, and TNFalpha molecules and the noncovalent complexes of D2E7 and 2SD4 with TNFalpha. The CIEX method demonstrated that all D2E7 charged-variants bound TNFalpha equally well. There was no preferential binding for any one of D2E7 charged-variants to TNFalpha. D2E7 and 2SD4 Abs were resolved by the CIEX method. When a mixture of D2E7 and 2SD4 was mixed with excess TNFalpha, D2E7. TNFalpha complexes were formed before any 2SD4. TNFalpha complexes. Thus, the CIEX method was able to rank the affinities of the MAbs. D2E7 and TNFalpha formed complexes of 600-5000 kDa. The molecular weights of various D2E7. TNFalpha complexes were determined by a SEC method with light scattering (LS) and refractive index (RI) detectors. Upon overnight incubation, a 598-kDa complex emerged as the most stable and the only D2E7. TNFalpha complex. The molar ratio of D2E7 to TNFalpha in this complex was approximately 1:1. Based on molecular weights and the molar ratio, an immune complex, consisting of alternating three D2E7 and three TNFalpha molecules, is proposed as the most stable complex.


Subject(s)
Antibodies, Monoclonal/analysis , Antigen-Antibody Complex/analysis , Chromatography, Gel/methods , Chromatography, Ion Exchange/methods , Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism , Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology , Antigen-Antibody Reactions , Protein Binding , Recombinant Proteins/immunology
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Cancer Immunol Immunother ; 25(2): 69-74, 1987.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-2959361

ABSTRACT

In vitro cultivation of memory immune cells from P815- or P388-immune mice with corresponding irradiated tumor cells induced generation of cytolytic T cells (CTL). The induction of CTL generation, as well as the cytolytic activity itself, was tumor-specific. The in vitro generation of CTL from P815- or P388-immune cells was suppressed by spleen cells from mice bearing corresponding progressive tumors (tumor size 15 mm). The tumor-induced suppressor cells suppressed the in vitro generation of CTL, but did not affect their cytolytic function. The suppression was tumor-specific and was mediated by Ly1+2-L3T4+ T cells. Treatment of suppressor cell donors with cyclophosphamide or sublethal gamma-radiation completely abolished the ability of their spleen cells to inhibit the in vitro CTL generation.


Subject(s)
Leukemia P388/immunology , Leukemia, Experimental/immunology , Mast-Cell Sarcoma/immunology , T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology , T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/transplantation , Animals , Cyclophosphamide/pharmacology , Depression, Chemical , Gamma Rays , Immune Tolerance/drug effects , Immune Tolerance/radiation effects , Immunization , Immunologic Memory , Male , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Inbred DBA , Spleen/transplantation , T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology
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Mol Immunol ; 21(6): 529-36, 1984 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-6205250

ABSTRACT

Bifunctional antigens composed of one L-tyrosine-p-azobenzenearsonate (Tyr-ABA) carrier epitope and one dinitrophenyl (DNP) haptenic epitope separated by 6-aminocaproyl or polyprolyl spacers induced weak IgM anti-DNP plaque-forming cell (PFC) responses in the spleens of mice immunized intraperitoneally, without detectable IgG PFC. However, the same antigens introduced into the footpads induced IgG PFC responses in the draining lymph nodes which rose to levels greater than 100/10(6) viable lymphocytes. Moreover, the response in the lymph nodes to booster injections of antigen was characteristic of secondary T-dependent antibody responses, whereas the splenic secondary response simply mirrored the primary. The magnitude of the IgG PFC response was influenced by the size of the spacer and by the strain of mice, although genetic control did not map to the major histocompatibility complex. Prior i.p. immunization suppressed the IgG response to subsequent immunization in the footpads. This suppression could be transferred to normal syngeneic recipient mice with spleen cells from suppressed donors. Suppressor activity was eliminated by treating the spleen cells with anti-Thy-1 antibody prior to transfer, establishing the T-cell dependency of suppression. Suppression was also induced by Tyr-ABA itself, but not by DNP-lysine, indicating the epitope specificity of the suppressor cells. Thus, bifunctional antigens induce dominant suppression in the spleen but significant help in lymph nodes.


Subject(s)
Antigens/immunology , T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/immunology , T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology , Animals , Antigens/administration & dosage , Carrier Proteins/immunology , Dinitrobenzenes/immunology , Epitopes/immunology , Haptens/immunology , Hemolytic Plaque Technique , Immunization , Immunoglobulin G/immunology , Immunoglobulin M/immunology , Lymph Nodes/immunology , Mice , Spleen/immunology , Tyrosine/analogs & derivatives , Tyrosine/immunology , p-Azobenzenearsonate/analogs & derivatives , p-Azobenzenearsonate/immunology
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