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Mauracher AA, Eekels JJM, Woytschak J, van Drogen A, Bosch A, Prader S, Felber M, Heeg M, Opitz L, Trück J, Schroeder S, Adank E, Klocperk A, Haralambieva E, Zimmermann D, Tantou S, Kotsonis K, Stergiou A, Kanariou MG, Ehl S, Boyman O, Sediva A, Renella R, Schmugge M, Vavassori S, Pachlopnik Schmid J. Erythropoiesis defect observed in STAT3 GOF patients with severe anemia. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2019; 145:1297-1301. [PMID: 31857100 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.11.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Revised: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Andrea A Mauracher
- Division of Immunology and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Haematology, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Immunology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Haematology, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Immunology and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Immunology and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Division of Haematology, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Immunodeficiency and Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency, University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany
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- Division of Immunology and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Functional Genomics Center Zürich, University of Zurich, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Immunology and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Rheumatology, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Rheumatology, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Immunology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pathology University and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Pathology University and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- First Department of Paediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Paediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Paediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Paediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Immunodeficiency and Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency, University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Immunology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Immunology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Unit, Division of Pediatrics, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Haematology, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Immunology and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Immunology and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Impellizzieri D, Ridder F, Raeber ME, Egholm C, Woytschak J, Kolios AGA, Legler DF, Boyman O. IL-4 receptor engagement in human neutrophils impairs their migration and extracellular trap formation. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2019; 144:267-279.e4. [PMID: 30768990 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.01.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Revised: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Type 2 immunity serves to resist parasitic helminths, venoms, and toxins, but the role and regulation of neutrophils during type 2 immune responses are controversial. Helminth models suggested a contribution of neutrophils to type 2 immunity, whereas neutrophils are associated with increased disease severity during type 2 inflammatory disorders, such as asthma. OBJECTIVE We sought to evaluate the effect of the prototypic type 2 cytokines IL-4 and IL-13 on human neutrophils. METHODS Human neutrophils from peripheral blood were assessed without or with IL-4 or IL-13 for (1) expression of IL-4 receptor subunits, (2) neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation, (3) migration toward CXCL8 in vitro and in humanized mice, and (4) CXCR1, CXCR2, and CXCR4 expression, as well as (5) in nonallergic versus allergic subjects. RESULTS Human neutrophils expressed both types of IL-4 receptors, and their stimulation through IL-4 or IL-13 diminished their ability to form NETs and migrate toward CXCL8 in vitro. Likewise, in vivo chemotaxis in NOD-scid-Il2rg-/- mice was reduced in IL-4-stimulated human neutrophils compared with control values. These effects were accompanied by downregulation of the CXCL8-binding chemokine receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 on human neutrophils on IL-4 or IL-13 stimulation in vitro. Ex vivo analysis of neutrophils from allergic patients or exposure of neutrophils from nonallergic subjects to allergic donor serum in vitro impaired their NET formation and migration toward CXCL8, thereby mirroring IL-4/IL-13-stimulated neutrophils. CONCLUSION IL-4 receptor signaling in human neutrophils affects several neutrophil effector functions, which bears important implications for immunity in type 2 inflammatory disorders.
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- Department of Immunology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Immunology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Immunology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Immunology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Biotechnology Institute Thurgau (BITg) at the University of Konstanz, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
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- Department of Immunology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Arenas-Ramirez N, Zou C, Popp S, Zingg D, Brannetti B, Wirth E, Calzascia T, Kovarik J, Sommer L, Zenke G, Woytschak J, Regnier CH, Katopodis A, Boyman O. Improved cancer immunotherapy by a CD25-mimobody conferring selectivity to human interleukin-2. Sci Transl Med 2016; 8:367ra166. [DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aag3187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2015] [Revised: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 09/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Administration of low-dose interleukin-2 (IL-2) alone or combined with rapamycin (RAPA) prevents hyperglycemia in NOD mice. Also, low-dose IL-2 cures recent-onset type 1 diabetes (T1D) in NOD mice, partially by boosting pancreatic regulatory T cells (Treg cells). These approaches are currently being evaluated in humans. Our objective was to study the effect of higher IL-2 doses (250,000-500,000 IU daily) as well as low-dose IL-2 (25,000 IU daily) and RAPA (1 mg/kg daily) (RAPA/IL-2) combination. We show that, despite further boosting of Treg cells, high doses of IL-2 rapidly precipitated T1D in prediabetic female and male mice and increased myeloid cells in the pancreas. Also, we observed that RAPA counteracted IL-2 effects on Treg cells, failed to control IL-2-boosted NK cells, and broke IL-2-induced tolerance in a reversible way. Notably, the RAPA/IL-2 combination failure to cure T1D was associated with an unexpected deleterious effect on glucose homeostasis at multiple levels, including β-cell division, glucose tolerance, and liver glucose metabolism. Our data help to understand the therapeutic limitations of IL-2 alone or RAPA/IL-2 combination and could lead to the design of improved therapies for T1D.
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- Audrey Baeyens
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 7211, Paris, France
- Department of Immunology-Immunopathology-Immunotherapy, INSERM U959, Paris, France
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 7211, Paris, France
- Department of Immunology-Immunopathology-Immunotherapy, INSERM U959, Paris, France
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 7211, Paris, France
- Department of Immunology-Immunopathology-Immunotherapy, INSERM U959, Paris, France
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- INSERM U580, Paris, France
- Bioinformatics Platform, Faculty of Medicine Paris Descartes, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
- Plateforme Post-Génomique P3S, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Faculty of Medicine, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Applied Immunobiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Applied Immunobiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Allergy Unit, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Endocrinology, Nutrition and Diabetes, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix Hospital, Paris, France
- Department of Medicine Faculty, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 7211, Paris, France
- Department of Immunology-Immunopathology-Immunotherapy, INSERM U959, Paris, France
- Corresponding author: Eliane Piaggio,
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Pasche N, Woytschak J, Wulhfard S, Villa A, Frey K, Neri D. Cloning and characterization of novel tumor-targeting immunocytokines based on murine IL7. J Biotechnol 2011; 154:84-92. [PMID: 21527292 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2011] [Accepted: 04/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
We generated and characterized novel antibody-cytokine fusion proteins ("immunocytokines") based on murine interleukin-7 (IL7), an immunomodulatory protein which has previously shown anti-cancer activity in preclinical models and whose human counterpart is currently being investigated in clinical trials. The sequential fusion of the clinical-stage antibody fragment scFv(F8), specific to a tumor-associated splice isoform of fibronectin, yielded an immunocytokine (termed "F8-mIL7") of insufficient pharmaceutical quality and in vivo tumor targeting performance, with a striking dose dependence on tumor targeting selectivity. By contrast, a novel immunocytokine design (termed "F8-mIL7-F8"), in which two scFv moieties were fused at the N- and C-terminus of murine IL7, yielded a protein of excellent pharmaceutical quality and with improved tumor-targeting performance [tumor: blood ratio=16:1, 24h after injection]. Both F8-mIL7 and F8-mIL7-F8 could induce tumor growth retardation in immunocompetent mice, but were not able to eradicate F9 tumors. The combination of F8-mIL7-F8 with paclitaxel led to improved therapeutic results, which were significantly better compared to those obtained with saline treatment. The study indicates how the engineering of novel immunocytokine formats may help generate fusion proteins of acceptable pharmaceutical quality, for those immunomodulatory proteins which do not lend themselves to a direct fusion with antibody fragments.
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- Nadine Pasche
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse, Zurich, Switzerland
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Hall J, Dennler P, Haller S, Pratsinis A, Säuberli K, Towbin H, Walther K, Woytschak J. Genomics drugs in clinical trials. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2010; 9:988. [DOI: 10.1038/nrd1552-c1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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