Hartmann, Pia and Franzen, Caspar and Rubbert, Andrea and Rogowski, Justine and Kailus, Michaela and Salzberger, Bernd (2005) Blockade of TNF does not alter oxygen burst and phagocytosis of human neutrophils in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. IMMUNOBIOLOGY, 209 (9). pp. 669-679. ISSN 0171-2985,
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Clinical trials evaluating tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) binding agents in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have demonstrated significant efficacy in reducing symptoms of disease and slowing radiographic progression. However, infectious complications are the most severe and common adverse effects of anti-TNF therapy. The functional capacities of neutrophils (PMNs) as the first line of defense in bacterial and fungal infections are enhanced by soluble TNF as a potent neutrophil primer. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of in vivo TNF blockade on oxygen burst (OB) and phagocytosis of human neutrophils. PMNs were derived from 20 patients with RA on anti-TNF-alpha therapy and 13 patients using conventional DMARDs. By flow cytometry we measured OB upon stimulation with Escherichia coli and N-formyl-1-methionyl-1-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP) with and without priming with granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) and/or TNF-alpha using dihydrorhodamine (DHR) 123. Phagocytosis of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labeled E coli was also assessed by flow cytometry. Thirty-three healthy volunteers served as controls. Upon stimulation with E coli and FMLP, there was no significant difference in OB between the two patient groups and healthy controls. Priming was effective in all groups. Phagocytosis of E coli by PMNs was equally effective in controls and patients independent from the treatment regimen. These data show that OB, phagocytosis and responsiveness to priming with TNF and G-CSF of PMNs are not impaired in patients with RA treated with anti-TNF agents in comparison with patients on conventional DMARDs or healthy controls. Thus, the infectious complications observed in patients with TNF blockade cannot be explained by functional impairment of PMNs; however, the neutralization of TNF as a potent primer of neutrophil response may increase the susceptibility for infections in these patients. (c) 2005 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | TUMOR-NECROSIS-FACTOR; COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; NONSTEROIDAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUGS; PERIPHERAL-BLOOD NEUTROPHILS; ALPHA MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY; SYNOVIAL-FLUID; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR LEUKOCYTES; MYCOBACTERIUM-AVIUM; OXIDATIVE BURST; CROHNS-DISEASE; neutrophils; rheumatoid arthritis; oxygen burst; phagocytosis; TNF-blockers |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin I |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jun 2021 08:23 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jun 2021 08:23 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/36705 |
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