Marie Mathilde Hansen , Sahla El Mahdaoui , Malene Bredahl Hansen , Victoria Hyslop Hvalkof , Mie Reith Mahler , Signe Refstrup Husted , Helle Bach Søndergaard , Poul Jennum , Jeppe Romme Christensen , Marina Rode von Essen , Finn Sellebjerg
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Mononuclear phagocytes in blood and cerebrospinal fluid of patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: Untreated and treated with anti-CD20 therapy
Background
Mononuclear phagocytes, including monocytes, macrophages, and microglia, play key roles in the immunopathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS). While anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody therapies effectively treat relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), their secondary effects on mononuclear phagocytes remain unclear.
Objective and methods
We analyzed blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) mononuclear phagocytes in patients with RRMS treated with anti-CD20 therapy for 6 months, untreated patients, and controls. Flow cytometry was used to assess the prevalence, phenotype, and cytokine production by blood monocytes. Chitinase-1 (CHIT1) levels in CSF were measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
Results
Blood monocyte frequencies were elevated in untreated and anti-CD20-treated RRMS patients compared with controls. CSF mononuclear phagocytes differed from blood monocytes and were classified as either CD16+ or CD16−, with CD16+ mononuclear phagocytes being enriched in all groups. However, the frequencies of CD16− mononuclear phagocytes in CSF were higher in untreated and anti-CD20-treated RRMS patients compared to controls, and the expression of CD206 and CCR2 on CD16− mononuclear phagocytes differed between untreated patients and controls. Blood monocyte cytokine production did not differ between untreated and anti-CD20-treated patients. CSF CHIT1 levels were elevated in both untreated and anti-CD20-treated patients.
Conclusions
The comparable blood and CSF mononuclear phagocyte phenotypes, along with persistently elevated CHIT1 concentrations in CSF of untreated and anti-CD20-treated patients with RRMS, suggest that residual innate immune activation is not normalized by 6 months of anti-CD20 treatment.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Neuroimmunology affords a forum for the publication of works applying immunologic methodology to the furtherance of the neurological sciences. Studies on all branches of the neurosciences, particularly fundamental and applied neurobiology, neurology, neuropathology, neurochemistry, neurovirology, neuroendocrinology, neuromuscular research, neuropharmacology and psychology, which involve either immunologic methodology (e.g. immunocytochemistry) or fundamental immunology (e.g. antibody and lymphocyte assays), are considered for publication.