Brief Report: Inhibition of interleukin-6 function corrects Th17/Treg cell imbalance in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.: modulation of the Th17/Treg balance with anti-IL-6R

Maxime Samson 1 Sylvain Audia 1, 2 Nona Janikashvili 1 Marion Ciudad 1 Malika Trad 1 Jennifer Fraszczak 1 Paul Ornetti 3 Jean-Francis Maillefert 3 Pierre Miossec 4 Bernard Bonnotte 1, 2, *
* Auteur correspondant
1 HOTE GREFFON - Interactions hôte-greffon-tumeur, ingénierie cellulaire et génique - UFC (UMR INSERM 1098)
2 Service de Médecine Interne (SOC 1 et SOC 2) [CHU de Dijon]
3 Service de Rhumatologie (CHU de Dijon)
4 Service d'immunologie et rhumatologie
Abstract : OBJECTIVE: From an immunologic standpoint, the mechanisms by which treatment with tocilizumab (TCZ), a humanized anti-interleukin-6 (anti-IL-6) receptor antibody, results in improvement in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are still not fully understood. In vitro studies and studies in mouse models have demonstrated the critical role of IL-6 in Th17 cell differentiation. Th17 lymphocytes have been shown to be strongly involved in RA pathogenesis, and the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of IL-6 blockade on the balance between Th17 cells and Treg cells in patients with active RA. METHODS: Patients with active RA for whom TCZ had been prescribed by a rheumatologist were enrolled in this study. Phenotypic analyses of T cell populations were performed, and the Disease Activity Score in 28 joints (DAS28) was assessed. Serum cytokine levels and other parameters of inflammation were measured before the first infusion and after the third infusion of TCZ (8 mg/kg). RESULTS: Compared to controls, levels of Th17 cells (CD4+IL-17+) were increased and Treg cells (CD4+CD25(high) FoxP3+) were decreased in the peripheral blood of patients with active RA. The suppressive function of circulating Treg cells was not impaired in patients with active RA. TCZ treatment induced a significant decrease in the DAS28 associated with a significant decrease in the percentage of Th17 cells (from a median of 0.9% to 0.45%; P = 0.009) and an increase in the percentage of Treg cells (from a median of 3.05% to 3.94%; P = 0.0039) in all patients. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates for the first time that inhibition of IL-6 function by TCZ corrects the imbalance between Th17 cells and Treg cells in patients with RA.
Keywords : rheumatoid arthritis T-cell Cytokines tocilizumab
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Arthritis and Rheumatism, Wiley, 2012, 64 (8), pp.2499-503. 〈10.1002/art.34477〉
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Maxime Samson, Sylvain Audia, Nona Janikashvili, Marion Ciudad, Malika Trad, et al.. Brief Report: Inhibition of interleukin-6 function corrects Th17/Treg cell imbalance in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.: modulation of the Th17/Treg balance with anti-IL-6R. Arthritis and Rheumatism, Wiley, 2012, 64 (8), pp.2499-503. 〈10.1002/art.34477〉. 〈inserm-00691908〉

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