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Rev Gastroenterol Mex (Engl Ed) ; 89(1): 106-120, 2024.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38485561

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Immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has revolutionized advanced cancer management. Nevertheless, the generalized use of these medications has led to an increase in the incidence of adverse immune-mediated events and the liver is one of the most frequently affected organs. Liver involvement associated with the administration of immunotherapy is known as immune-mediated hepatitis (IMH), whose incidence and clinical characteristics have been described by different authors. It often presents as mild elevations of amino transferase levels, seen in routine blood tests, that spontaneously return to normal, but it can also manifest as severe transaminitis, possibly leading to the permanent discontinuation of treatment. The aim of the following review was to describe the most up-to-date concepts regarding the epidemiology, diagnosis, risk factors, and progression of IMH, as well as its incidence in different types of common cancers, including hepatocellular carcinoma. Treatment recommendations according to the most current guidelines are also provided.


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Carcinoma Hepatocelular , Hepatitis A , Hepatitis , Neoplasias Hepáticas , Humanos , Hepatitis/epidemiología , Hepatitis/etiología , Hepatitis/terapia , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/etiología , Inmunoterapia/efectos adversos , Neoplasias Hepáticas/complicaciones
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Int Immunopharmacol ; 129: 111618, 2024 Mar 10.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38354508

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BACKGROUND: Acute hepatitis is a progressive inflammatory disorder that can lead to liver failure. Endothelial permeability is the vital pathophysiological change involved in infiltrating inflammatory factors. DDX24 has been implicated in immune signaling. However, the precise role of DDX24 in immune-mediated hepatitis remains unclear. Here, we investigate the phenotype of endothelium-targeted Ddx24 conditional knockout mice with Concanavalin A (ConA)-induced hepatitis. METHODS: Mice with homozygous endothelium-targeted Ddx24 conditional knockout (Ddx24flox/flox; Cdh5-Cre+) were established using the CRISPR/Cas9 mediated Cre-loxP system. We investigated the biological functions of endothelial cells derived from transgenic mice and explored the effects of Ddx24 in mice with ConA-induced hepatitis in vivo. The mass spectrometry was performed to identify the differentially expressed proteins in liver tissues of transgenic mice. RESULT: We successfully established mice with endothelium-targeted Ddx24 conditional knockout. The results showed migration and tube formation potentials of murine aortic endothelial cells with DDX24 silencing were significantly promoted. No differences were observed between Ddx24flox/flox; Cdh5-Cre+ and control regarding body weight and length, pathological tissue change and embryogenesis. We demonstrated Ddx24flox/flox; Cdh5-Cre+ exhibited exacerbation of ConA-induced hepatitis by up-regulating TNF-α and IFN-γ. Furthermore, endothelium-targeted Ddx24 conditional knockout caused vascular hyper-permeability in ConA-injected mice by down-regulating vascular integrity-associated proteins. Mechanistically, we identified Ddx24 might regulate immune-mediated hepatitis by inflammation-related permeable barrier pathways. CONCLUSION: These findings prove that endothelium-targeted Ddx24 conditional knockout exacerbates ConA-induced hepatitis in mice because of vascular hyper-permeability. The findings indicate a crucial role of DDX24 in regulating immune-mediated hepatitis, suggesting DDX24 as a potential therapeutic target in the disorder.


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Células Endoteliales , Hepatitis , Animales , Ratones , Concanavalina A/toxicidad , Células Endoteliales/metabolismo , Endotelio/metabolismo , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Ratones Noqueados , Ratones Transgénicos
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JHEP Rep ; 5(10): 100851, 2023 Oct.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37727807

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Background & Aims: Checkpoint inhibitors (CPI) account for increasing numbers of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) cases. We aimed to determine the incidence rate and risk factors associated with checkpoint inhibitor-induced liver injury (ChILI). Methods: Prescription event monitoring was performed on all melanoma and renal cancer patients who received CPI at a tertiary centre between 2011 and 2021. ChILI cases were identified using the definitions, grading, and causality assessment methods validated for DILI. We assessed risk factors associated with ChILI in CPI-naive patients using multivariable logistic regression model. Consecutive patients with suspected ChILI from two other tertiary centres were adjudicated and combined for case characterisation and outcomes of ChILI. Results: Out of 432 patients who received CPI over 10 years, ChILI occurred in 38 (8.8%) with an overall incidence rate of 11.5 per 1,000 person-months (95% CI 8.2-15.8). Probability of ChILI was highest in combination therapy (32%) and no new events occurred beyond 135 days of treatment. Risk factor analysis showed that combination therapy, female sex, higher baseline alanine transferase level and lower baseline alkaline phosphatase level were independently associated with higher risk of ChILI. In total, 99 patients were adjudicated to have ChILI from three centres. Although Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events classified 20 patients (20.2%) to have 'life-threatening' grade 4 hepatitis, ChILI severity was graded as mild in 45 (45.5%) and moderate in the remaining 54 (54.5%) cases. Conclusions: The real-world risk of ChILI is higher than previously reported. Among patients receiving dual CPI, this risk falls markedly after 4.5 months. As Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events overestimates its clinical severity, case-definition, evaluation and management of ChILI should be revised to harmonise care. Impact and implications: Using prescription event monitoring over a 10-year period, the incidence rate of checkpoint inhibitor induced liver injury (ChILI) based on established case definitions for drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is 11.5 per 1,000 person-months. Formal causality assessment identified an alternative cause in 19% of patients with suspected ChILI highlighting the importance of systematic evaluation by clinicians to minimise unnecessary immunosuppression. Intensity of monitoring in patients receiving combination therapy regime after 4.5 months of therapy can be reduced as the risk of new onset ChILI beyond this point is minimal. Current Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) grading overestimates clinical severity of ChILI and hence contributes to avoidable hospitalisation.

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Front Med (Lausanne) ; 10: 1013125, 2023.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37007767

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COVID-19 exhibits diverse and systemic clinical symptoms, much like systemic autoimmune diseases, and there are notable similarities in the immune responses seen in both conditions. There are rare reports of ulcerative colitis and autoimmune hepatitis triggered by COVID-19 infection. Reported herein is a case of a previously healthy patient who was diagnosed with chronic colitis resembling ulcerative colitis, autoimmune pancreatitis, and suspected immune-mediated hepatitis (AIH-like hepatitis) 2 months after a COVID-19 infection. A 33-year-old COVID-19-vaccinated male, presented with abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting for 2 days. He also had bloody diarrhea that persisted for 2 months after recovering from a COVID-19 infection. A diagnosis of acute pancreatitis was confirmed by markedly elevated serum amylase and lipase and a CT scan of the abdomen. Colonoscopy and histopathology findings also confirmed a diagnosis of chronic colitis resembling ulcerative colitis (Mayo Endoscopy Subscore 3). Marked improvement in bloody diarrhea was observed within 72 h of treatment with IV prednisolone. MRI of the abdomen performed due to an unresolved clinical picture of pancreatitis revealed a bulky pancreas showing delayed diffuse homogenous enhancement, findings possibly consistent with autoimmune pancreatitis. Investigation for elevated liver transaminases showed high titers of antinuclear antibodies and anti-smooth muscle (anti-actin) antibodies while viral hepatitis markers were negative. The patient had already been started on steroid therapy before the lab results were available, with rapid normalization of liver enzymes following treatment. A liver biopsy was not performed. The patient is currently on mesalazine 4 gr/day, and azathioprine 100 mg/day - oral steroids had been tapered and discontinued. Seven months after the initial diagnosis, the patient remains symptom-free. A high level of suspicion for autoimmune disorders is required when assessing patients with a history of COVID-19 infection, although diagnostic pathways remain the same, with generally good response and remission rates to conventional treatment.

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Exp Biol Med (Maywood) ; 248(2): 117-129, 2023 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36426712

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Immune-mediated hepatitis is marked by liver inflammation characterized by immune cell infiltration, chemokine/cytokine production, and hepatocyte injury. C-X3C motif receptor 1 (CX3CR1), as the receptor of chemokine C-X3C motif ligand 1 (CX3CL1)/fractalkine, is mainly expressed on immune cells including monocytes and T cells. Previous studies have shown that CX3CR1 protects against liver fibrosis, but the exact role of CX3CL1/CX3CR1 in acute immune-mediated hepatitis remains unknown. Here, we investigate the role of the CX3CL1/CX3CR1 axis in immune-mediated hepatitis using concanavalin A (ConA)-induced liver injury model in CX3CR1-deficient (Cx3cr1-/-) mice. We observed that Cx3cr1-/- mice had severe liver injury and increased pro-inflammatory cytokines (tumor necrosis factor-alpha [TNF-α], interferon-gamma [IFN-γ], interleukin-1 beta [IL-1ß], and IL-6) in serum and liver compared to wild-type (Cx3cr1+/+) mice after ConA injection. The deficiency of CX3CR1 did not affect ConA-induced immune cell infiltration in liver but led to elevated production of TNF-α in macrophages as well as IFN-γ in T cells after ConA treatment. On the contrary, exogenous CX3CL1 attenuated ConA-induced cytokine production in wild type, but not CX3CR1-deficient macrophages and T cells. Furthermore, in vitro results showed that CX3CR1 deficiency promoted the pro-inflammatory cytokine expression by increasing the phosphorylation of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) p65 (p-NF-κB p65). Finally, pre-treatment of p-NF-κB p65 inhibitor, resveratrol, attenuated ConA-induced liver injury and inflammatory responses, especially in Cx3cr1-/- mice. In conclusion, our data show that the deficiency of CX3CR1 promotes pro-inflammatory cytokine production in macrophages and T cells by enhancing the phosphorylation of NF-κB p65, which exacerbates liver injury in ConA-induced hepatitis.


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Enfermedad Hepática Crónica Inducida por Sustancias y Drogas , Hepatitis , Ratones , Animales , FN-kappa B/metabolismo , Factor de Necrosis Tumoral alfa/metabolismo , Linfocitos T/metabolismo , Citocinas/metabolismo , Hepatitis/patología , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Interferón gamma/metabolismo , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Receptor 1 de Quimiocinas CX3C
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Int J Biol Sci ; 18(1): 199-213, 2022.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34975327

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Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is an immune-mediated chronic inflammatory liver disease, and its pathogenesis is not fully understood. Our previous study discovered that receptor interacting protein kinase 3 (RIP3) is correlated with serum transaminase levels in AIH patients. However, its role and underlying mechanism in AIH are poorly understood. Here, we detected the increased expression and activation of RIP3 in livers of patients and animal models with AIH. The inhibition of RIP3 kinase by GSK872 prevented concanavalin A (ConA)-induced immune-mediated hepatitis (IMH) by reduced hepatic proinflammatory cytokines and immune cells including Th17 cells and macrophages. Further experiments revealed that RIP3 inhibition resulted in an increase in CD11b+Gr1+ myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) with immunoregulatory properties in the liver, spleen, and peripheral blood. Moreover, the depletion of Gr-1+ MDSCs abrogated the protective effect and immune suppression function of GSK872 in ConA-induced IMH. Altogether, our data demonstrate that RIP3 blockade prevents ConA-induced IMH through promoting MDSCs infiltration. Inhibition of RIP3 kinase may be a novel therapeutic avenue for AIH treatment.


Asunto(s)
Hepatitis Autoinmune/inmunología , Hepatitis Autoinmune/metabolismo , Células Supresoras de Origen Mieloide/inmunología , Células Supresoras de Origen Mieloide/metabolismo , Proteína Serina-Treonina Quinasas de Interacción con Receptores/inmunología , Proteína Serina-Treonina Quinasas de Interacción con Receptores/metabolismo , Animales , Concanavalina A , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Femenino , Humanos , Hígado/inmunología , Hígado/metabolismo , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL
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Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol ; 35: 20587384211053274, 2021.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34789044

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Background: Sphingosine kinase has been identified as playing a central role in the immune cascade, being a common mediator in the cellular response to a variety of signals. The different effects of sphingosine kinase 1 and 2 (SphK1 and SphK2, respectively) activity have not been completely characterized. Aim: To determine the different roles played by SphK1 and SphK2 in the regulation of immune-mediated disorders. Methods: Nine groups of mice were studied. Concanavalin A (ConA) injection was used to induce immune-mediated hepatitis. Mice were treated with SphK1 inhibitor (termed SphK-I) and SphK2 inhibitor (termed ABC294640), prior to ConA injection, and effects of treatment on liver enzymes, subsets of T lymphocytes, and serum levels of cytokines were observed. Results: While liver enzyme elevation was ameliorated by administration of SphK1 inhibitor, SphK2 inhibitor-treated mice did not show this tendency. A marked decrease in expression of CD25+ T-cells and Foxp+ T-cells was observed in mice treated with a high dose of SphK1 inhibitor. Alleviation of liver damage was associated with a statistically significant reduction of serum IFNγ levels in mice treated with SphK1 inhibitor and not in those treated with SphK2 inhibitor. Conclusions: Early administration of SphK1 inhibitor in a murine model of immune-mediated hepatitis alleviated liver damage and inflammation with a statistically significant reduction in IFN-γ levels. The data support a dichotomy in the anti-inflammatory effects of SphK1 and SphK2, and suggests that isoenzyme-directed therapies can improve the effect of targeting these pathways.


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Antiinflamatorios/uso terapéutico , Hepatitis Animal/tratamiento farmacológico , Fosfotransferasas (Aceptor de Grupo Alcohol)/inmunología , Animales , Antiinflamatorios/farmacología , Hepatitis Animal/sangre , Hepatitis Animal/inmunología , Hepatitis Animal/patología , Interferón gamma/sangre , Hígado/efectos de los fármacos , Hígado/patología , Masculino , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Fosfotransferasas (Aceptor de Grupo Alcohol)/antagonistas & inhibidores , Transducción de Señal , Esfingosina/inmunología , Subgrupos de Linfocitos T/efectos de los fármacos , Subgrupos de Linfocitos T/inmunología
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Case Rep Gastroenterol ; 15(2): 742-750, 2021.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34594175

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T cells play a critical role in immune responses against neoplasm. This finding contributed to the immunotherapy development, an effective treatment for many cancers nowadays. Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD1) is an inhibitory receptor on T cells which downregulate T-cell function per ligation with its ligands (PDL1 and PDL2). PD1 blockade is used to enhance antitumor immunity. Pembrolizumab is a humanized monoclonal anti-PD1 antibody currently used in the management of melanoma, non-small-cell lung cancer, and Hodgkin lymphoma. Most of the treatment toxicities are immune-related adverse events, but grade 3-4 toxicities occur in up to 5% of patients, mainly dermatologic. We present a case of grade 4 pembrolizumab-induced liver toxicity associated with an excellent treatment response in a Caucasian woman.

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Front Med (Lausanne) ; 8: 719236, 2021.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34712676

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Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors have provided significant clinical benefits to many patients with advanced cancer; however, severe immune-related adverse events (irAEs) have occurred. Detecting and treating irAEs early could improve patient prognoses. Therefore, clinicians and patients should understand that these irAEs exist, especially those that are rare and serious. Case Presentation: In this report, an 86-year-old male patient, diagnosed with metastatic gastric cancer involving the peritoneum and retroperitoneal lymph nodes was treated with 5-cycle pembrolizumab therapy (100 mg q 2 weeks), achieving a partial response. However, the patient developed Grade 3 cholestatic hepatitis and delayed pneumonia 10 days and 2 months after the final pembrolizumab dose, respectively. After discontinuing the pembrolizumab therapy and excluding obstructive jaundice with imaging studies, the patient received steroid therapy, with a gradual symptom improvement. However, the patient developed delayed pneumonia with type 1 respiratory failure 1-month post-discharge. Several microbiologic tests were negative, and immune-associated pneumonia was suspected, but we could not exclude an opportunistic infection. The patient recovered with steroids and antibiotics and remained in partial remission 5 months after pembrolizumab withdrawal. Conclusions: Cholestatic hepatitis is a rarely reported toxicity of immune checkpoint inhibitors, which should be suspected and addressed once obstructive jaundice is ruled out. In addition, clinicians should be aware that irAEs can occur at any time in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors and that a timely diagnosis should be made.

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Mol Immunol ; 140: 97-105, 2021 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34673376

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Liver function abnormalities are common in patients with inflammatory arthritis. However, the precise mechanism is still unclear. In this study, inflammatory arthritis was established in mice by subcutaneous injection of complete Freund's adjuvant, and the intravenous injection of concanavalin A (Con A) was employed to induce acute immune-mediated hepatitis in mice. The result showed that the arthritis mice were more susceptible to ConA-induced hepatitis than the control mice, as evidenced by increased hepatic necrosis, elevated serum alanine aminotransferase activity, and raised inflammatory cytokines. Besides, the in vitro assay demonstrated that the T cells from arthritis mice were more sensitive to the Con A stimulation than those from control mice. Moreover, we determined that the level of leptin, a kind of adipokine, was significantly increased in the serum and hepatic T cells of arthritis mice. Interestingly, the data indicated that the enhanced expression of leptin in hepatic T cells is responsible for the hypersensitivity of arthritis mice-derived T cells to Con A challenge. Collectively, our findings demonstrate an unexpected role of leptin in the connection between inflammatory arthritis and acute immune-mediated hepatitis, thus providing new insight into the clinical therapy of arthritis-related liver dysfunction.


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Artritis/patología , Hepatitis/inmunología , Inflamación/patología , Leptina/metabolismo , Linfocitos T/inmunología , Enfermedad Aguda , Animales , Artritis/complicaciones , Concanavalina A , Citocinas/metabolismo , Susceptibilidad a Enfermedades , Hepatitis/complicaciones , Hipersensibilidad/complicaciones , Hipersensibilidad/inmunología , Inflamación/complicaciones , Mediadores de Inflamación/metabolismo , Hígado/lesiones , Hígado/patología , Activación de Linfocitos/inmunología , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Transducción de Señal
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Front Immunol ; 12: 732102, 2021.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34512667

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Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) emerge as a promising candidate for the immunotherapy of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). However, targets for modulating MDSC in AIH are still being searched. Liver X receptors (LXRs) are important nuclear receptors linking lipid metabolism and immune responses. Despite the extensive studies of LXR in myeloid compartment, its role in MDSCs is currently less understood. Herein, expression of LXRα was found to be upregulated in AIH patients and colocalized with hepatic MDSCs. In ConA-induced hepatitis, deletion of LXRα led to increased expansion of MDSCs in the liver and alleviated the hepatic injury. MDSCs in LXRα-/- mice exhibited enhanced proliferation and survival comparing with WT mice. T-cell proliferation assay and adoptive cell transfer experiment validated the potent immunoregulatory role of MDSCs in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, MDSCs from LXRα-/- mice possessed significantly lower expression of interferon regulatory factor 8 (IRF-8), a key negative regulator of MDSC differentiation. Transcriptional activation of IRF-8 by LXRα was further demonstrated. Conclusion: We reported that abrogation of LXRα facilitated the expansion of MDSCs via downregulating IRF-8, and thereby ameliorated hepatic immune injury profoundly. Our work highlights the therapeutic potential of targeting LXRα in AIH.


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Hepatitis Autoinmune/prevención & control , Receptores X del Hígado/deficiencia , Hígado/metabolismo , Células Supresoras de Origen Mieloide/metabolismo , Animales , Proliferación Celular , Células Cultivadas , Técnicas de Cocultivo , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Femenino , Hepatitis Autoinmune/genética , Hepatitis Autoinmune/inmunología , Hepatitis Autoinmune/metabolismo , Humanos , Factores Reguladores del Interferón/genética , Factores Reguladores del Interferón/metabolismo , Hígado/inmunología , Hígado/patología , Receptores X del Hígado/genética , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Ratones Noqueados , Células Supresoras de Origen Mieloide/inmunología , Transducción de Señal , Linfocitos T/inmunología , Linfocitos T/metabolismo
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Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol ; 35: 20587384211021215, 2021.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34275345

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Personalized therapies are designed to optimize the safety-to-efficacy ratio by selecting patients with higher response rates based on specific biomarkers. Inflammation plays a vital role in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a common liver disorder. Eotaxin-1 plays a role in innate and adaptive immune responses. High eotaxin-1 levels are associated with diabetes and fatty liver disease and, therefore, serves as a biomarker for patient selection. The anti-eotaxin-1 monoclonal antibody is tailored for the personalized therapy of patients with inflammatory conditions due to high levels of eotaxin-1. To evaluate the biological activity and immunomodulatory effect of orally administered anti-eotaxin-1. C57B1/6 mice were treated with either oral or intra-peritoneal anti-eotaxin-1 antibody before induction of immune-mediated hepatitis using an injection of concanavalin A (ConA) and checked for liver injury and eotaxin-1 serum levels. Oral administration of anti-eotaxin-1 alleviated the immune-mediated liver injury. Serum alanine aminotransferase levels decreased to 1807 U/L, compared with 19025 U/L in untreated controls and 3657 U/L in mice treated with parenteral anti-eotaxin-1 (P < 0.005). A trend toward reduced serum eotaxin-1 levels was observed in treated mice, ranging from 594 pg/mL in the controls to 554 and 561 pg/mL in mice treated orally and intraperitoneally (P = 0.08, P = 0.06, respectively). Oral administration of anti-eotaxin-1 antibody shows biological activity in the gut and exerts a systemic immunomodulatory effect to alleviate immune-mediated hepatitis. The data suggest that testing for eotaxin-1 serum levels may enable screening patients with high-eotaxin-1 levels-associated NASH.


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Antiinflamatorios/uso terapéutico , Anticuerpos Monoclonales/uso terapéutico , Quimiocina CCL11/inmunología , Hepatitis Autoinmune/tratamiento farmacológico , Enfermedad del Hígado Graso no Alcohólico/tratamiento farmacológico , Medicina de Precisión/métodos , Administración Oral , Alanina Transaminasa/sangre , Animales , Anticuerpos Monoclonales/efectos adversos , Quimiocina CCL11/sangre , Concanavalina A , Hígado Graso/tratamiento farmacológico , Factores Inmunológicos/uso terapéutico , Inyecciones Intraperitoneales , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Enfermedad del Hígado Graso no Alcohólico/inducido químicamente
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Front Pharmacol ; 12: 786174, 2021.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35126126

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In the last 5 years, the landscape of oncologic treatment has been deeply modified with the development and use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) that exert their antitumoral effect by reverting the exhausted phenotype of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes. This innovative therapeutic strategy has widely changed the prognosis of some advanced neoplastic diseases such as melanoma and lung cancer, providing durable remission for a significant number of patients. Unfortunately, immune-related adverse events (irAEs), especially ICI-induced hepatitis, may be very severe in some cases, impairing the prognosis of the patient. Guidelines available today on the diagnosis and management of ICI-induced hepatitis are mainly based on expert opinions and case series. This lack of large data is explained not only by the low incidence of hepatic adverse events but also by their clinical heterogeneity and variable severity. In this article, we will review the clinical, biological, and histological characteristics of ICI-induced liver injury. We will discuss the current knowledge on their pathological mechanisms and their therapeutic strategy based on immunosuppressive treatment for more severe cases. Regarding severity assessment, we will discuss the gap between the oncologist and the hepatologist's point of view, highlighting the need for multidisciplinary management. While initially developed for notably less frequent diseases than neoplastic ones, gene therapy is going to be a revolution for the treatment of diseases not responding to pharmacological therapy. Limited but growing data describe liver injury after the administration of such therapy whose exact physiopathology remains unknown. In this article, we will discuss the available data supporting the role of gene therapies in the onset of drug-induced liver injury and related mechanisms. We will describe the clinical context, the biological and histological features, and the management currently proposed.

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JHEP Rep ; 2(6): 100170, 2020 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33205034

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Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) improve clinical outcomes in patients suffering from different types of cancer. Liver toxicity is one of the immune-related adverse events associated with immunotherapy; although not common, its management is challenging as it is extremely heterogeneous in terms of presentation and severity. Differences in the development and evolution of ICI-related toxicity in healthy or cirrhotic livers have not yet been elucidated. Assessing causality is key to diagnosing ICI-induced liver toxicity; liver biopsies can assist not only in the differential diagnosis but also in assessing the severity of histological liver damage. The current classification of severity overestimates the grade of liver injury and needs to be revised to reflect the views of hepatologists. Spontaneous improvements in ICI-related liver toxicity have been reported, so corticosteroid therapy should probably be individualised not systematic. The reintroduction of ICIs in a patient with previous immune-mediated hepatitis may be possible, but the risk/benefit ratio should be considered, as the risk factors for hepatitis recurrence are currently unclear. The management of these patients, requiring a balance between efficacy, toxicity and specific treatments, necessitates multidisciplinary collaboration. The incidence of immune-related liver toxicity will continue to rise based on the increasing use of ICIs for most cancers, mandating improved understanding and management of this complication.

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Biomed Pharmacother ; 132: 110890, 2020 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33080465

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BACKGROUND: Ambroxol hydrochloride is being used in respiratory diseases as a broncholytic therapy. Beta-Glucosylceramide (GC) is a naturally occurring glycosphingolipid that exerts an immune protective effect. The aim of the present study was to determine the synergistic immunomodulatory effect between these two compounds. METHODS: Immune-mediated hepatitis was induced in the mice by administration of Con A. Mice were treated with either Ambroxol or GC alone or with the combination of both. Mice were followed for their effect on the liver injury, cytokine profile, and the immune system. RESULTS: Coadministration of Ambroxol and GC significantly alleviated the liver injury induced by ConA, as demonstrated by the decreased liver enzymes. The combined treatment had a statistically significant synergistic effect on the suppression of intrahepatic CD8+CD25+, an increase in the CD4/CD8 lymphocyte ratio and in the CD8+ intrahepatic lymphocyte trapping, as well as on change of serum in the IL4 levels. The beneficial effect was associated with the promotion of regulatory T lymphocytes subsets, and with a trend for a pro-inflammatory to an anti-inflammatory cytokine shift. CONCLUSIONS: Coadministration of Ambroxol with GC exerted a synergistic immunoprotective effect in a model of immune-mediated acute liver damage. Considering the high safety profile of both agents, the combination may become a novel immunomodulatory non-immunosuppressive therapeutic agent. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Coadministration of Ambroxol with glucocerebroside exerted a synergistic immunoprotective effect in a model of immune-mediated acute liver damage.


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Ambroxol/farmacología , Antiinflamatorios/farmacología , Glucosilceramidas/farmacología , Hepatitis/prevención & control , Factores Inmunológicos/farmacología , Hígado/efectos de los fármacos , Linfocitos T/efectos de los fármacos , Animales , Concanavalina A , Citocinas/sangre , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Sinergismo Farmacológico , Quimioterapia Combinada , Hepatitis/sangre , Hepatitis/inmunología , Mediadores de Inflamación/sangre , Hígado/inmunología , Hígado/metabolismo , Masculino , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Linfocitos T/inmunología , Linfocitos T/metabolismo
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Toxicology ; 443: 152544, 2020 10.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32739513

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Acute liver failure is a clinical syndrome of severe hepatic dysfunction. Immune cells play an important role in acute liver failure. In recent years, the immunoregulatory function of extracellular vesicles (EVs) has been reported; therefore, it is inferred that EVs play a role in immune-mediated hepatitis. In this study, we investigated the immunoregulatory function of EVs in concanavalin A (Con A)-induced hepatitis. The mouse model was prepared by a single intravenous administration of 15 mg/kg Con A, in which there was a significant increase in the serum EVs number. In an in vitro study, the number of secreted EVs was also significantly increased in Con A-treated RAW264.7 cells, a mouse macrophage cell line, but not in Hepa1-6 cells, a mouse hepatoma cell line. In an in vitro EVs treatment study, EVs from Con A-treated mouse serum and Con A-treated RAW264.7 cells suppressed inflammatory cytokine production in Con A-stimulated RAW264.7 cells. miRNA sequencing analysis showed that the expression of mmu-miR-122-5p and mmu-miR-148a-3p was commonly increased in these EVs and EVs-treated cells. The pathways enriched in the predicted miRNA target genes included inflammatory response pathways. The mRNA levels of the target genes in these pathways (mitogen-activated protein kinase, phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt and Rho/Rho-associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase pathways) were decreased in the EVs-treated cells. In an in vivo RNA interference study, the knockdown of liver RAB27A, an EVs secretion regulator, significantly exacerbated Con A-induced hepatitis. These data suggest that macrophage-derived EVs play an important role in Con A-induced hepatitis through immunoregulation.


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Citocinas/inmunología , Vesículas Extracelulares/inmunología , Hepatitis Animal/inmunología , Macrófagos/citología , Animales , Línea Celular Tumoral , Supervivencia Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Concanavalina A , Femenino , Hepatitis Animal/inducido químicamente , Hepatitis Animal/genética , Hígado/efectos de los fármacos , Hígado/patología , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos BALB C , MicroARNs , Proteínas Quinasas Activadas por Mitógenos/genética , Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinasas/genética , Células RAW 264.7 , Quinasas Asociadas a rho/genética
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Cell Immunol ; 355: 104157, 2020 09.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32659503

RESUMEN

Structure-activity relationships provide insight into the binding interactions of beta-glycosphingolipids (GSLs) with both the TCR and the CD1d molecules, as well as the subsequent immunologic response of regulatory NKT cells. AIM: To determine the effects of synthetic GSL structures on their immune modulatory functions. METHODS: GSLs of various structures were tested in vitro and in an animal model of Concanavalin A (ConA) immune-mediated hepatitis. RESULTS: In vitro, using SV40 binding to live monkey CV1 cells, the l-threo stereoisomer of C8-ß-LacCer inhibits caveolar internalization, reducing viral binding to the cell surface. In vivo, in the ConA model, LR172, which has a saturated C8 chain, and LR178, which has a trans double bond at C-2 in the C8 chain, suppressed the immune-mediated liver inflammation and reduced IFNγ levels in a dose dependent manner. The beneficial effects of LR172 and of LR178 are associated with suppression of liver apoptosis, increased phosphorylated STAT3 expression in the liver, and an increase in the NKT liver/spleen ratio. SUMMARY: The assembly of GSLs determines their immunomodulatory effect and can serve as a method for structure-based design of immunotherapy.


Asunto(s)
Antígenos CD1d/fisiología , Glicoesfingolípidos/fisiología , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfocitos T/fisiología , Animales , Antígenos CD1d/inmunología , Membrana Celular , Factores Inmunológicos/inmunología , Factores Inmunológicos/fisiología , Inmunomodulación/inmunología , Inmunoterapia , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Células T Asesinas Naturales/inmunología , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfocitos T/metabolismo , Relación Estructura-Actividad
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