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A shift towards a T cell cytokine deficiency along with an anti-inflammatory/regulatory microenvironment may enable the synthesis of anti-FVIII inhibitors in haemophilia A patients.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20846164     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Despite the clinical relevance of anti-factor VIII (FVIII) antibodies (anti-FVIII inhibitors) impairing haemostatic activity of haemophilia A (HA) patients, the immunological mechanisms underlying their production are unknown. Aiming to understand more clearly the immune response in patients with [HAα-FVIII(+)] and without [HAα-FVIII(-)] anti-FVIII inhibitors, we have characterized the cytokine pattern of peripheral blood leucocytes, using an in vitro stimulation of whole blood samples with plasma-derived (pFVIII) or recombinant FVIII (rFVIII). The results highlighted decreased levels of tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α(+) neutrophils with higher interleukin (IL)-5/TNF-α ratio in HAα-FVIII(+). All HA samples displayed decreased levels of IL-10(+) monocytes when compared to the blood donor (BD) samples. HAα-FVIII(+) showed lower levels of TNF-α(+) monocytes and increased IL-10/TNF-α ratio. Analysis of adaptive immunity revealed increased levels of interferon (IFN)-γ(+) , TNF-α(+) and IL-4(+) T-cells, from both CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells, in HAα-FVIII(-) when compared to BD. Moreover, increased frequency of IL-10(+) B cells and higher levels of α-FVIII IgG1 were observed in HAα-FVIII(-). Basal levels of cytokine(+) B-cells, similar to BD, and higher levels of α-FVIII IgG4 are major features in HAα-FVIII(+). The global cytokine profile demonstrated a major anti-inflammatory/regulatory pattern in HAα-FVIII(+), confirmed by the in vitro stimuli with pFVIII or rFVIII. The polarized anti-inflammatory/regulatory immune response in HAα-FVIII(+) and the mixed pattern with a bias towards an inflammatory cytokine profile, modulated by IL-4 in HAα-FVIII(-), may be the key element to drive the development of distinct subclasses of anti-FVIII antibodies. These finding have implications for the design of safe and effective therapeutic protocols to control inhibitors synthesis in HA patients.
Authors:
D G Chaves; C Velloso-Rodrigues; C A Oliveira; A Teixeira-Carvalho; M M Santoro; O A Martins-Filho
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-09-15
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical and experimental immunology     Volume:  162     ISSN:  1365-2249     ISO Abbreviation:  Clin. Exp. Immunol.     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-12     Completed Date:  2011-03-08     Revised Date:  2011-12-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0057202     Medline TA:  Clin Exp Immunol     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  425-37     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
© 2010 Authors. Clinical and Experimental Immunology © 2010 British Society for Immunology.
Affiliation:
Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. danielgcm@gmail.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Antibody Formation / genetics
Autoantibodies / genetics,  metabolism
Cells, Cultured
Child
Cytokines / genetics,  immunology,  metabolism*
Factor VIII / genetics,  immunology,  metabolism*
Female
Hemophilia A / blood,  genetics,  immunology*,  therapy
Humans
Immunity, Innate
Lymphocyte Activation
Male
T-Lymphocyte Subsets / immunology,  metabolism*,  pathology
T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / immunology,  metabolism*,  pathology
Th1-Th2 Balance
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Autoantibodies; 0/Cytokines; 0/F8 protein, human; 9001-27-8/Factor VIII

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