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Reemergence of pathogenic, autoantibody-producing B-cell clones in myasthenia gravis following B-cell depletion therapy.


ABSTRACT: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoantibody-mediated autoimmune disorder of the neuromuscular junction. Some patients with MG have pathogenic mAbs that recognize muscle-specific tyrosine kinase (MuSK). Patients respond well to CD20-mediated B-cell depletion therapy (BCDT); most achieve complete stable remission. However, relapse often occurs. To further understand the immunomechanisms underlying relapse we sought to study autoantibody-producing B-cells over the course of BCDT. We developed a monomeric fluorescently labelled antigen to enrich for MuSK-specific B-cells, which was validated with a novel Nalm6 cell line engineered to express a human MuSK autoantibody as B-cell receptor. We found that MuSK-specific B-cells are rare within the circulation (<3 per 10 million cells). From two MuSK-specific B-cells isolated from two distinct patients, we generated human recombinant MuSK mAbs. The autoantibodies originated from plasmablasts, used the IgG4 subclass, recognized the Ig1-like domain of MuSK and showed pathogenic capacity using an in vitro AChR clustering assay. Persistent clones of the mAbs were identified through B-cell repertoire tracing. Clonal variants of 2E6 were detected at several timepoints spanning more than five years months and reemerged after BCDT-mediated remission, appearing several months prior to relapse. These results indicate that a reservoir of rare pathogenic MuSK autoantibody-expressing B cell clones survive BCDT, then reemerge prior to manifestation of clinical relapse. This study provides both a mechanistic understanding of MuSK MG relapse and a valuable candidate biomarker for relapse prediction.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE215237 | GEO | 2022/11/07

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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