The anti-inflammatory potency of biologics targeting tumour necrosis factor-?, interleukin (IL)-17A, IL-12/23 and CD20 in hidradenitis suppurativa: an ex vivo study.
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Biologics targeting inflammatory mediators can achieve clinical improvements in hidradenitis suppurativa (HS). However, their clinical efficacy shows great interpatient variability in daily practice. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the anti-inflammatory potency of a selection of currently available biologics and prednisolone for the treatment of HS in an ex vivo skin culture system using lesional HS biopsies. METHODS:Lesional skin samples from 10 patients with HS and skin samples from five healthy controls were cultured ex vivo and exposed to prednisolone or biologics targeting tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-?, interleukin (IL)-17A, IL-12/23p40 or CD20 (adalimumab, infliximab, secukinumab, ustekinumab and rituximab, respectively). Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction and cytokine bead arrays were used to measure the inhibitory effect of the biologics on cytokines and antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). RESULTS:The relative mRNA expression of all tested cytokines and AMPs was significantly downregulated by all anti-inflammatory agents (P < 0·001). The protein production of the proinflammatory cytokines TNF-?, interferon ?, IL-1?, IL-6 and IL-17A was significantly inhibited by adalimumab, infliximab, ustekinumab, prednisolone (all P < 0·001) and rituximab (P = 0·0071), but not by secukinumab (P = 0·0663). On both mRNA and protein levels, adalimumab, infliximab and prednisolone reduced the levels of a broader mix of individual cytokines than secukinumab, ustekinumab and rituximab. Moreover, a significant inhibitory effect on mRNA expression levels of inflammatory markers in healthy control skin was observed only for TNF-? inhibitors (P < 0·001) and prednisolone (P = 0·0015). CONCLUSIONS:This ex vivo study suggests that TNF-? inhibitors and prednisolone are the most powerful inhibitors of proinflammatory cytokines and AMPs in HS lesional skin, which concurs with our clinical experience in patients with HS.
SUBMITTER: Vossen ARJV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6850593 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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