Abstract:
:Autoantibodies inhibiting the activity of the metalloproteinase, ADAMTS13 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with a thrombospondin type 1 motif, member 13), underlie the pathogenesis of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). Rituximab (RTX) combined with plasma-exchange (PEX) is an effective treatment in TTP. Patients can remain in remission for extended periods following PEX/RTX, and this is associated with continuing reduction in antibodies to ADAMTS13. Factors controlling B cell differentiation to autoantibody production, including stimulation through the B cell receptor and interactions with the B cell-activating factor (BAFF), may thus impact length of remission. In this cross-sectional study, we measured naive and memory B cell phenotypes [using CD19/immunoglobulin (Ig)D/CD27] following PEX/RTX treatment in TTP patients at B cell return (n=6) and in 12 patients in remission 10-68 months post-RTX. We also investigated relationships among serum BAFF, soluble CD23 (sCD23(-) a surrogate measure of acquiring B memory (CD27(+) ) phenotype) and BAFF receptor (BAFF-R) expression. At B cell return after PEX/RTX, naive B cells predominated and BAFF-R expression was reduced compared to healthy controls (P<0.001). In the remission group, despite numbers of CD19(+) B cells within normal limits in most patients, the percentage and absolute numbers of pre-switch and memory B cells remained low, with sCD23 levels at the lower end of the normal range. BAFF levels were correlated inversely with BAFF-R expression and time after therapy. In conclusion, the long-term effects of RTX therapy in patients with TTP included slow regeneration of memory B cell subsets and persistently reduced BAFF-R expression across all B cell subpopulations. This may reflect the delay in selection and differentiation of potentially autoreactive (ADAMTS13-specific) B cells, resulting in relatively long periods of low disease activity after therapy.
journal_name
Clin Exp Immunoljournal_title
Clinical and experimental immunologyauthors
Becerra E,Scully MA,Leandro MJ,Heelas EO,Westwood JP,De La Torre I,Cambridge Gdoi
10.1111/cei.12472subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-03-01 00:00:00pages
414-25issue
3eissn
0009-9104issn
1365-2249journal_volume
179pub_type
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