An Immunological Axis Involving Interleukin 1β and Leucine-Rich-α2-Glycoprotein Reflects Therapeutic Response of Children with Kawasaki Disease: Implications from the KAWAKINRA Trial
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Christoph Kessel, Isabelle Kone-Paut, Stephanie Tellier, Alexandre Belot, Katja Masjosthusmann, Helmut Wittkowski, Sabrina Fuehner, Linda Rossi-Semerano, Perrine Dusser, Isabelle Marie, Nadja Boukhedouni, Helène Agostini
(+2 others)
2022
unpublished
Purpose A recent phase II open-label study of the interleukin 1 (IL-1) receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) anakinra in treating IVIG-resistant Kawasaki Disease (KD) patients reported promising results. Here, we aimed to characterize the immunological impact of IL-1 blockade in this unique study population. Methods Patients' and control sera and supernatants of cells (whole blood, neutrophils, coronary artery endothelial cells) stimulated with recombinant IL-1β were analyzed for single or multiple
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... r (n=22) expression by ELISA or multiplexed bead array assay. Data were analyzed using unsupervised hierarchical clustering, multiple correlation and multi-comparison statistics and were compared to retrospective analyses of KD transcriptomics. Results Inflammation in IVIG-resistant KD (n=16) is hallmarked by over-expression of innate immune mediators (particularly IL-6>CXCL10>S100A12>IL-1Ra). Those as well as levels of immune or endothelial cell activation markers (sICAM-1, sVCAM-1) declined most significantly in course of anakinra treatment. Prior as well as following IL-1R blockade, over-expression of leucine-rich-α2-glycoprotein 1 (LRG1) associated best with remnant inflammatory activity and the necessity to escalate anakinra dosage and separated inflammatory KD patients from sJIA-MAS (n=13) and MIS-C (n=4). Protein as well as retrospective gene expression analyses indicated tight association of LRG1 with IL-1β signaling and neutrophilia, while particularly neutrophil stimulation with recombinant IL-1β resulted in concentration-dependent LRG1 release. Conclusion Our study identifies LRG1 as known trigger of endothelial activation and cardiac re-modelling to associate with IL-1β signaling in KD. Besides a potential patho-mechanistic implication of these findings, our data suggest blood leukocyte and neutrophil counts to best predict response to IL-1Ra treatment in IVIG-resistant KD.
doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-1214443/v1
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