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The anti-IgE mAb omalizumab induces adverse reactions by engaging Fc? receptors.

ABSTRACT: Omalizumab is an anti-IgE monoclonal antibody (mAb) approved for the treatment of severe asthma and chronic spontaneous urticaria. Use of omalizumab is associated with reported side effects ranging from local skin inflammation at the injection site to systemic anaphylaxis. To date, the mechanisms through which omalizumab induces adverse reactions are still unknown. Here, we demonstrated that immune complexes formed between omalizumab and IgE can induce both skin inflammation and anaphylaxis through engagement of IgG receptors (Fc?Rs) in Fc?R-humanized mice. We further developed an Fc-engineered mutant version of omalizumab, and demonstrated that this mAb is equally potent as omalizumab at blocking IgE-mediated allergic reactions, but does not induce Fc?R-dependent adverse reactions. Overall, our data indicate that omalizumab can induce skin inflammation and anaphylaxis by engaging Fc?Rs, and demonstrate that Fc-engineered versions of the mAb could be used to reduce such adverse reactions.

SUBMITTER: Balbino B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7269578 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The anti-IgE mAb omalizumab induces adverse reactions by engaging Fcγ receptors.

Balbino Bianca B Herviou Pauline P Godon Ophélie O Stackowicz Julien J Goff Odile Richard-Le OR Iannascoli Bruno B Sterlin Delphine D Brûlé Sébastien S Millot Gael A GA Harris Faith M FM Voronina Vera A VA Nadeau Kari C KC Macdonald Lynn E LE Murphy Andrew J AJ Bruhns Pierre P Reber Laurent L LL

The Journal of clinical investigation 20200301 3

Omalizumab is an anti-IgE monoclonal antibody (mAb) approved for the treatment of severe asthma and chronic spontaneous urticaria. Use of omalizumab is associated with reported side effects ranging from local skin inflammation at the injection site to systemic anaphylaxis. To date, the mechanisms through which omalizumab induces adverse reactions are still unknown. Here, we demonstrated that immune complexes formed between omalizumab and IgE can induce both skin inflammation and anaphylaxis thro ...[more]

PMID: 31770111

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Project description:What is already known about this subjectOmalizumab is a humanized anti-IgE monoclonal antibody that binds and captures circulating IgE, preventing interaction with receptors on mast cells and basophils, thereby interrupting the allergic cascade. It has a well-characterized efficacy and safety profile in patients with asthma. While omalizumab is known to reduce serum free IgE concentrations, effects on total IgE and IgE production are less well characterized.What this study adds(i) Confirmation of prior hypotheses that IgE production can decrease with time when patients are given anti-IgE therapy; (ii) guidance on a biomarker, total IgE, which can be used to ascertain whether individual patients experience a change in their IgE production; and (iii) a way to assess whether patients' IgE production has been sufficiently down-regulated such that they may consider stopping anti-IgE therapy.AimTo determine whether excessive IgE production by patients with atopic allergic asthma decreases with omalizumab therapy.MethodsOmalizumab, free and total IgE data were obtained from an epidemiological study and six randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials in patients with allergic asthma. The binding between omalizumab and IgE together with the production and elimination of IgE were modelled as previously, except that, in order to explain why total IgE was decreasing over a period of 5 years, the expression of IgE was allowed to change.ResultsThe prior constant IgE production model failed to converge on the data once long-term observations were included, whereas models allowing IgE production to decrease fitted. A feedback model indicated that, on average, IgE production decreased by 54% per year. This model was further developed with covariate searches indicating clinically small but statistically significant effects of age, gender, body mass index and race on some parameters. Model predictions were checked internally and externally against 3-5 year data from paediatric and adult atopic asthmatic patients and externally against extensive total IgE data from a long-duration (>1 year) phase 1 study which was not used in the model building.ConclusionsA pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic model incorporating omalizumab-IgE binding and feedback for control of IgE production indicates that omalizumab reduces production of IgE. This raises the possibility that indefinite treatment may not be required, only for perhaps a few years. After the initial accumulation, total IgE should provide a means to monitor IgE production and guide individual treatment decisions.

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The anti-IgE mAb omalizumab induces adverse reactions by engaging Fc? receptors.

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The anti-IgE mAb omalizumab induces adverse reactions by engaging Fcγ receptors.

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