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ABSTRACT: Background
Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 7 (rhBMP7) is applied for treatment of bone fractures, especially tibial non-unions. Its application may induce autoantibodies (aAB) affecting the targeted and endogenous signaling pathways and in turn negatively impact treatment efficacy.Methods
Novel and sensitive assays for the quantification of BMP7-aAB and BMP2-aAB were established and used to analyze serum samples from healthy controls (n = 100 men, n = 100 women) and patients with long bone fracture (n = 265) treated or not with rhBMP7. Sera from three to nine time points per patient were available and enabled the evaluation of aAB over a time course of up to one year. Functional activity of the BMP-aAB was tested with a BMP-responsive cell-based reporter assay. Consolidation of the fracture was evaluated as clinical outcome potentially affected by BMP7-aAB.Results
Prevalence of BMP7-aAB and BMP2-aAB was 1-2.5% in non-treated patients or healthy controls. The rhBMP7 treatment induced a transient increase in BMP7-aAB in a subset of patients, returning to non-detectable levels within six months. IgG from BMP7-aAB positive sera inhibited dose dependently the BMP7-reporter gene activity, whereas control sera were without effect. Successful consolidation of the fracture was observed in the majority of both aAB-positive and aAB-negative patients.General significance
We conclude that BMP7-aAB can be detected as natural aAB in healthy subjects, and are transiently induced by rhBMP7 therapy in a subset of patients. The aAB are capable of antagonizing BMP7 signaling in vitro, but do not preclude treatment success in patients.
SUBMITTER: Schuette A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5007422 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schuette Andrea A Moghaddam Arash A Seemann Petra P Duda Georg N GN Schmidmaier Gerhard G Schomburg Lutz L
BBA clinical 20160803
<h4>Background</h4>Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 7 (rhBMP7) is applied for treatment of bone fractures, especially tibial non-unions. Its application may induce autoantibodies (aAB) affecting the targeted and endogenous signaling pathways and in turn negatively impact treatment efficacy.<h4>Methods</h4>Novel and sensitive assays for the quantification of BMP7-aAB and BMP2-aAB were established and used to analyze serum samples from healthy controls (n = 100 men, n = 100 women) and ...[more]