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Bryan N, Battersby C, Smart N, Hunt J. A review of biocompatibility in hernia repair; considerations in vitro and in vivo for selecting the most appropriate repair material. Hernia 2014; 19:169-78. [PMID: 25216716 DOI: 10.1007/s10029-014-1307-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Accepted: 08/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Repair of hernia typically makes use of a prosthetic material; synthetic or biologic in nature. Any material which enters the body is subject to interrogation by the inflammation and immune system in addition to numerous other cell families, the outcome of which ultimately determines the success of the repair. In this review, we discuss the fundamental biology which occurs in situ when a biomaterial associates with a tissue, compare and contrast the techniques available to predict this in vitro, and review how features of hernia repair materials specifically may manipulate tissue interrogation and integration. Finally, we conclude our article by examining how biocompatibility impacts surgical practise and how a better understanding of the manner by which materials and tissues interact could benefit hernia repair. MATERIALS AND METHODS A review of the literature was conducted using appropriate scientific search engines in addition to inclusion of findings from the groups' primary research. RESULTS Using pre-clinical assays to anticipate the biocompatibility of a medical device is critical; however, to maximise the scientific power of in vitro findings, we must carefully consider the in vivo niche of the cells with which we are working. Excessive in vitro culture or contact to non-self materials can add compounding complexity to studies involving leucocytes for instance; therefore, we must ensure careful and stringent assay design when developing techniques for assaying pre-clinical biocompatibility. Furthermore, many of the features associated with hernia repair material design specifically, included to enhance their mechanical or biodegradation characteristics, are inadvertently instructive to cells, and therefore, throughout the prototype stages of a materials development, regular biocompatibility assessment must be performed. CONCLUSION The biocompatibility of a material is rate limiting in its ability to function as a medical device. The future of hernia repair materials will rely on close cohesion between the surgical and scientific communities to ensure the most robust biocompatibility assessment techniques, and models are utilised to predict the efficacy of a given material in a particular surgical application.
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Tait L, Hunt J, Dieterich S, Valicenti R, Mayadev J. The Difference in Dose to the Parametria Using Image Guided Brachytherapy as We Move Away From Point A. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.05.1465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Shah R, Hunt J, Webb T, Thompson A. Starting to develop self-help for social anxiety associated with vitiligo: using clinical significance to measure the potential effectiveness of enhanced psychological self-help. Br J Dermatol 2014; 171:332-7. [DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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MacKintosh ML, Rahim R, Rajashanker B, Swindell R, Kirmani BH, Hunt J, Brockbank E, Barton DPJ, Clayton RD. CT scan does not predict optimal debulking in stage III–IV epithelial ovarian cancer: A multicentre validation study. J OBSTET GYNAECOL 2014; 34:424-8. [DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2014.899330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Nikaein A, Hunt J, Lerman M. Is MFI Value a Solid Ground to Listing Unacceptable HLA Antigens. J Heart Lung Transplant 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.01.333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Prasher V, Clarke DJ, Harris CRW, Hunt J. CARERS AND PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITY IN BIRMINGHAM, UK. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1179/bjdd.1995.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Galeano D, Cavalcante F, Carvalho A, Hunt J. Comparison of conversion coefficients for equivalent dose in terms of air kerma for photons using a male adult voxel simulator in sitting and standing posture with geometry of irradiation antero-posterior. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2013.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Callander S, Kahn AT, Hunt J, Backwell PRY, Jennions MD. The effect of competitors on calling effort and life span in male field crickets. Behav Ecol 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/art059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Pitchers WR, Brooks R, Jennions MD, Tregenza T, Dworkin I, Hunt J. Limited plasticity in the phenotypic variance-covariance matrix for male advertisement calls in the black field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus. J Evol Biol 2013; 26:1060-78. [PMID: 23530814 PMCID: PMC3641675 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2012] [Revised: 01/03/2013] [Accepted: 01/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Phenotypic integration and plasticity are central to our understanding of how complex phenotypic traits evolve. Evolutionary change in complex quantitative traits can be predicted using the multivariate breeders' equation, but such predictions are only accurate if the matrices involved are stable over evolutionary time. Recent study, however, suggests that these matrices are temporally plastic, spatially variable and themselves evolvable. The data available on phenotypic variance-covariance matrix (P) stability are sparse, and largely focused on morphological traits. Here, we compared P for the structure of the complex sexual advertisement call of six divergent allopatric populations of the Australian black field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus. We measured a subset of calls from wild-caught crickets from each of the populations and then a second subset after rearing crickets under common-garden conditions for three generations. In a second experiment, crickets from each population were reared in the laboratory on high- and low-nutrient diets and their calls recorded. In both experiments, we estimated P for call traits and used multiple methods to compare them statistically (Flury hierarchy, geometric subspace comparisons and random skewers). Despite considerable variation in means and variances of individual call traits, the structure of P was largely conserved among populations, across generations and between our rearing diets. Our finding that P remains largely stable, among populations and between environmental conditions, suggests that selection has preserved the structure of call traits in order that they can function as an integrated unit.
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Gershman SN, Hunt J, Sakaluk SK. Food fight: sexual conflict over free amino acids in the nuptial gifts of male decorated crickets. J Evol Biol 2013; 26:693-704. [PMID: 23517466 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2012] [Revised: 11/20/2012] [Accepted: 11/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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In decorated crickets, Gryllodes sigillatus, the spermatophore that a male transfers at mating includes a gelatinous spermatophylax that the female consumes, delaying her removal of the sperm-filled ampulla. Male fertilization success increases with the length of time females spend feeding on the spermatophylax, while females may benefit by prematurely discarding the spermatophylaxes of undesirable males. This sexual conflict should favour males that produce increasingly appealing spermatophylaxes, and females that resist this manipulation. To determine the genetic basis of female spermatophylax feeding behaviour, we fed spermatophylaxes to females of nine inbred lines and found that female genotype had a major influence on spermatophylax feeding duration. The amino acid composition of the spermatophylax was also significantly heritable. There was a positive genetic correlation between spermatophylax feeding duration and the gustatory appeal of the spermatophylax. This correlation suggests that genes expressed in males that produce more manipulative spermatophylaxes are positively linked to genes expressed in females that make them more vulnerable to manipulation. Outbred females spent less time feeding on spermatophylaxes than inbred females, and thus showed greater resistance to male manipulation. Further, in a nonspermatophylax producing cricket (Acheta domesticus), females were significantly more prone to feeding on spermatophylaxes than outbred female Gryllodes. Collectively, these results suggest a history of sexually antagonistic coevolution over the consumption of nuptial food gifts.
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Hunt J, Driscoll T, Mrozack A, Lipworth G, Reynolds M, Brady D, Smith DR. Metamaterial Apertures for Computational Imaging. Science 2013; 339:310-3. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1230054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 378] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Omar S, Fok H, Nair A, Hunt J, Jiang B, Chowienczyk P, Webb A. 5.3 INORGANIC NITRITE, CONDUIT ARTERIES & CENTRAL BLOOD PRESSURE. Artery Res 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.artres.2013.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Ingleby FC, Hunt J, Hosken DJ. Heritability of male attractiveness persists despite evidence for unreliable sexual signals in Drosophila simulans. J Evol Biol 2012. [PMID: 23206188 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sexual signals can be used to attract mates, but to be honest indicators of signaller quality they need to convey information reliably. However, environmental variation and genotype-by-environment (G × E) interactions have the potential to compromise the reliability of sexual signals. Here, we test the reliability of cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) as signals of heritable aspects of male attractiveness in Drosophila simulans. We examined the heritability of male attractiveness and a measure of the difference between fathers' and sons' CHC profiles across dietary and temperature environments. Our results show that environmental heterogeneity disrupts the similarity of some components of father and son CHC profile. However, overall male attractiveness is heritable within and across environments, so that sire attractiveness is a good predictor of son attractiveness even with environmental heterogeneity. This suggests that although some male CHC signals are unreliable, attractive genotypes retain their attractiveness across environments on average.
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Ingleby FC, Hosken DJ, Flowers K, Hawkes MF, Lane SM, Rapkin J, Dworkin I, Hunt J. Genotype-by-environment interactions for cuticular hydrocarbon expression in Drosophila simulans. J Evol Biol 2012; 26:94-107. [DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2012] [Revised: 09/16/2012] [Accepted: 09/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mezynski J, Pezaro C, Bianchini D, Zivi A, Sandhu S, Thompson E, Hunt J, Sheridan E, Baikady B, Sarvadikar A, Maier G, Reid AHM, Mulick Cassidy A, Olmos D, Attard G, de Bono J. Antitumour activity of docetaxel following treatment with the CYP17A1 inhibitor abiraterone: clinical evidence for cross-resistance? Ann Oncol 2012; 23:2943-2947. [PMID: 22771826 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mds119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Abiraterone and docetaxel are both approved treatments for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Abiraterone pre-docetaxel is currently undergoing evaluation in a phase III study. In vitro studies indicate that taxanes may act by disrupting androgen receptor signalling. We hypothesised that prior abiraterone exposure would adversely impact docetaxel efficacy. PATIENTS AND METHODS We retrospectively evaluated activity of docetaxel in mCRPC patients previously treated with abiraterone, using Prostate Cancer Working Group and radiological criteria. RESULTS Of the 54 patients treated with abiraterone, 35 subsequently received docetaxel. Docetaxel resulted in a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) decline of ≥50% in nine patients [26%, 95% confidence interval (CI) 13% to 43%], with a median time to PSA progression of 4.6 months (95% CI 4.2% to 5.9%). PSA declines ≥30% were achieved by 13 patients (37%, 95% CI 22% to 55%). The median overall survival was 12.5 months (95% CI 10.6-19.4). All patients who failed to achieve a PSA fall on abiraterone and were deemed abiraterone-refractory were also docetaxel-refractory (N = 8). In the 24 patients with radiologically evaluable disease, partial responses were reported in four patients (11%), none of whom were abiraterone-refractory. CONCLUSION The activity of docetaxel post-abiraterone appears lower than anticipated and no responses to docetaxel were observed in abiraterone-refractory patients.
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Hunt J, Snook RR, Mitchell C, Crudgington HS, Moore AJ. Sexual selection and experimental evolution of chemical signals in Drosophila pseudoobscura. J Evol Biol 2012; 25:2232-41. [PMID: 22984915 DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02603.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2012] [Revised: 07/04/2012] [Accepted: 07/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Our expectations for the evolution of chemical signals in response to sexual selection are uncertain. How are chemical signals elaborated? Does sexual selection result in complexity of the composition or in altered quantities of expression? We addressed this in Drosophila pseudoobscura by examining male and female cuticular hydrocarbons (CHs) after 82 generations of elevated (E) sexual selection or relaxed sexual selection through monogamy (M). The CH profile consisted of 18 different components. We extracted three eigenvectors using principal component analysis that explained 72% of the variation. principal component (PC)1 described the amount of CHs produced, PC2 the trade-off between short- and long-chain CHs and PC3 the trade-off between apparently arbitrary CHs. In both sexes, the amount of CHs produced was greater in flies from the E treatment. PC3 was also higher, indicating that sexual selection also influenced the evolution of CH composition. The sexes differed in all three PCs, indicating substantial sexual dimorphism in this species, although the magnitude of this dimorphism was not increased as a result of our experimental evolution. Collectively, our work provides direct evidence that sexual selection plays an important role in the evolution of CHs in D. pseudoobscura and that both increased quantity and overall composition are targeted.
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Weddle CB, Mitchell C, Bay SK, Sakaluk SK, Hunt J. Sex-specific genotype-by-environment interactions for cuticular hydrocarbon expression in decorated crickets, Gryllodes sigillatus: implications for the evolution of signal reliability. J Evol Biol 2012; 25:2112-2125. [PMID: 22900500 DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02593.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2012] [Accepted: 07/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Phenotypic traits that convey information about individual identity or quality are important in animal social interactions, and the degree to which such traits are influenced by environmental variation can have profound effects on the reliability of these cues. Using inbred genetic lines of the decorated cricket, Gryllodes sigillatus, we manipulated diet quality to test how the cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) profiles of males and females respond across two different nutritional rearing environments. There were significant differences between lines in the CHC profiles of females, but the effect of diet was not quite statistically significant. There was no significant genotype-by-environment interaction (GEI), suggesting that environmental effects on phenotypic variation in female CHCs are independent of genotype. There was, however, a significant effect of GEI for males, with changes in both signal quantity and content, suggesting that environmental effects on phenotypic expression of male CHCs are dependent on genotype. The differential response of male and female CHC expression to variation in the nutritional environment suggests that these chemical cues may be under sex-specific selection for signal reliability. Female CHCs show the characteristics of reliable cues of identity: high genetic variability, low condition dependence and a high degree of genetic determination. This supports earlier work showing that female CHCs are used in self-recognition to identify previous mates and facilitate polyandry. In contrast, male CHCs show the characteristics of reliable cues of quality: condition dependence and a relatively higher degree of environmental determination. This suggests that male CHCs are likely to function as cues of underlying quality during mate choice and/or male dominance interactions.
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Broggio D, Bento J, Caldeira M, Cardenas-Mendez E, Farah J, Fonseca T, Konvalinka C, Liu L, Perez B, Capello K, Cowan P, Cruzate JA, Freire L, Gómez-Ros JM, Gossio S, Heide B, Huikari J, Hunt J, Kinase S, Kramer G, Kurihara O, Kyrieleis A, Lebacq AL, Leone D, Li C, Li J, Mihailescu LC, Moraleda M, Navarro JF, Oliveira C, Puerta N, Reichelt U, Simões C, Sommer D, Takahashi M, Teles P, Vanhavere F, Vrba T, Franck D, Gualdrini G, Lopez MA. Monte Carlo modelling for the in vivo lung monitoring of enriched uranium: Results of an international comparison. RADIAT MEAS 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2012.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Petoussi-Henss N, Bolch WE, Eckerman KF, Endo A, Hertel N, Hunt J, Pelliccioni M, Schlattl H, Zankl M. ICRP Publication 116. Conversion coefficients for radiological protection quantities for external radiation exposures. Ann ICRP 2012; 40:1-257. [PMID: 22386603 DOI: 10.1016/j.icrp.2011.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Archer CR, Zajitschek F, Sakaluk SK, Royle NJ, Hunt J. SEXUAL SELECTION AFFECTS THE EVOLUTION OF LIFESPAN AND AGEING IN THE DECORATED CRICKETGRYLLODES SIGILLATUS. Evolution 2012; 66:3088-100. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01673.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Furniss SS, Podd SJ, Bandali A, Hunt J, Dhillon G, Sulke AN. 065 Atrial fibrillation ablation in a district general hospital: 3 years experience. BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 2012. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-301877b.65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Paige J, Marr A, Stuke L, Hunt J, Hilton C. Show Me the Money: Cost Comparison of Virtual Reality Versus Immersive Part Task Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Simulation-Based Training. J Surg Res 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.11.502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rash D, Wooten H, Hunt J, Valicenti R, Mayadev J. Interfraction Motion of the Vaginal Apex in Patients With Gynecologic Malignancies Treated with Postoperative Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT): Are We Missing the Target? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.06.335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Rudman SM, Josephs DH, Cambrook H, Karagiannis P, Gilbert AE, Dodev T, Hunt J, Koers A, Montes A, Taams L, Canevari S, Figini M, Blower PJ, Beavil AJ, Nicodemus CF, Corrigan C, Kaye SB, Nestle FO, Gould HJ, Spicer JF, Karagiannis SN. Harnessing engineered antibodies of the IgE class to combat malignancy: initial assessment of FcɛRI-mediated basophil activation by a tumour-specific IgE antibody to evaluate the risk of type I hypersensitivity. Clin Exp Allergy 2011; 41:1400-13. [PMID: 21569129 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03770.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND IgE antibodies, sequestered into tissues and retained locally by the high-affinity IgE receptor, FcɛRI, on powerful effector cells such as mast cells, macrophages and eosinophils, may offer improvements in the therapy of solid tumours. The chimeric antibody, MOv18 IgE, against the human ovarian carcinoma antigen, folate receptor α (FRα), is more effective than its IgG1 counterpart in xenograft models of ovarian cancer. Although MOv18 IgE binds to a single epitope on FRα and cannot cross-link IgE receptors on basophils, there remains a risk that components in the circulation of ovarian cancer patients might cross-link FRα-MOv18-IgE-receptor-FcɛRI complexes on basophils to cause type I hypersensitivity. OBJECTIVE To assess the propensity for MOv18 used in a therapeutic setting to cause FcɛRI-mediated type I hypersensitivity. METHODS As validated readouts of the potential for MOv18 to cause FcɛRI-mediated type I hypersensitivity we measured release of a granule-stored mediator from a rat basophilic leukaemia cell line RBL SX-38 stably transfected with human tetrameric (αβγ2) FcɛRI, and induction of CD63 on blood basophils from patients with ovarian carcinoma and healthy controls ex vivo. RESULTS Serum FRα levels were increased in ovarian cancer patients compared with healthy controls. MOv18 IgE alone, or in the presence of its antigen recombinant human FRα, or of healthy volunteer (n=14) or ovarian carcinoma patient (n=32) sera, did not induce RBL SX-38 cell degranulation. Exposure to FRα-expressing ovarian tumour cells at target-to-effector ratios expected within tumours induced degranulation. MOv18 IgE did not induce expression of CD63 in blood basophils from either healthy volunteers (n=6), or cancer patients, despite detectable levels of circulating FRα (n=5). CONCLUSION AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE These encouraging data are compatible with the hypothesis that, when ovarian carcinoma patients are treated with MOv18, FcɛRI-mediated activation of effector cells occurs within the tumour mass but not in the circulation mandating, with due caution, further pre-clinical studies.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived/adverse effects
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived/genetics
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived/immunology
- Antibody Specificity
- Antigens, Neoplasm/immunology
- Basophils/immunology
- Carcinoma/immunology
- Carcinoma/therapy
- Cell Degranulation
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Female
- Folate Receptor 1/blood
- Folate Receptor 1/immunology
- Folate Receptor 1/metabolism
- Humans
- Hypersensitivity, Immediate/etiology
- Hypersensitivity, Immediate/immunology
- Immunoglobulin E/genetics
- Immunoglobulin E/immunology
- Ovarian Neoplasms/immunology
- Ovarian Neoplasms/therapy
- Protein Engineering
- Rats
- Receptors, IgE/immunology
- Tetraspanin 30/metabolism
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