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2015 ; 179
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Effect of rituximab on B cell phenotype and serum B cell-activating factor levels
in patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
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Becerra E
; Scully MA
; Leandro MJ
; Heelas EO
; Westwood JP
; De La Torre I
; Cambridge G
Clin Exp Immunol
2015[Mar]; 179
(3
): 414-25
PMID25339550
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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.
|ADAM Proteins/immunology
[MESH]
|ADAMTS13 Protein
[MESH]
|Adolescent
[MESH]
|Adult
[MESH]
|Aged
[MESH]
|Aged, 80 and over
[MESH]
|Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived/*therapeutic use
[MESH]