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Title: | Dual Costimulatory and Coinhibitory Targeting with a Hybrid Fusion Protein as an Immunomodulatory Therapy in Lupus Nephritis Mice Models |
Author: | Guiteras, Jordi Crespo Fernández, Elena Fontova, Pere Bolaños, Nuria Gomà, Montse Castaño, Esther Bestard Matamoros, Oriol Grinyo Boira, Josep M. Torras Ambròs, Joan |
Keywords: | Lupus eritematós Malalties autoimmunitàries Malalties del ronyó Immunoregulació Lupus erythematosus Autoimmune diseases Kidney diseases Immunoregulation |
Issue Date: | 29-Jul-2022 |
Publisher: | MDPI AG |
Abstract: | Systemic lupus erythematosus is a complex autoimmune disorder mostly mediated by B-cells in which costimulatory signals are involved. This immune dysregulation can cause tissue damage and inflammation of the kidney, resulting in lupus nephritis and chronic renal failure. Given the previous experience reported with CTLA4-Ig as well as recent understanding of the PD-1 pathway in this setting, our group was encouraged to evaluate, in the NZBWF1 model, a human fusion recombinant protein (Hybri) with two domains: CTLA4, blocking the CD28-CD80 costimulatory pathway, and PD-L2, exacerbating the PD-1-PD-L2 coinhibitory pathway. After achieving good results in this model, we decided to validate the therapeutic effect of Hybri in the more severe MRL/lpr model of lupus nephritis. The intraperitoneal administration of Hybri prevented the progression of proteinuria and anti-dsDNA antibodies to levels like those of cyclophosphamide and reduced the histological score, infiltration of B-cells, T-cells, and macrophages and immune deposition in both lupus-prone models. Additionally, Hybri treatment produced changes in both inflammatory-related circulating cytokines and kidney gene expression. To summarize, both in vivo studies revealed that the Hybri effect on costimulatory-coinhibitory pathways may effectively mitigate lupus nephritis, with potential for use as a maintenance therapy. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23158411 |
It is part of: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, vol. 23, num. 15, p. 8411 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/188927 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23158411 |
ISSN: | 1422-0067 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Patologia i Terapèutica Experimental) Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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