TY - JOUR
T1 - Increased cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of the chemokine CXCL13 in active MS
AU - Sellebjerg, F
AU - Börnsen, L
AU - Khademi, M
AU - Krakauer, M
AU - Olsson, T
AU - Frederiksen, J L
AU - Sørensen, P S
AU - Sellebjerg, F
AU - Börnsen, L
AU - Khademi, M
AU - Krakauer, M
AU - Olsson, T
AU - Battistini, Jette Lautrup
AU - Sørensen, Per Soelberg
N1 - Keywords: Adult; Aged; B-Lymphocytes; Biological Markers; Chemokine CXCL13; Cohort Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Multiple Sclerosis; Protein Transport; Receptors, CXCR5; T-Lymphocyte Subsets
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - BACKGROUND: Accumulating evidence supports a major role of B cells in multiple sclerosis (MS) pathogenesis. How B cells are recruited to the CNS is incompletely understood. Our objective was to study B-cell chemokine concentrations in MS, their relationship with disease activity, and how treatment with methylprednisolone and natalizumab affected the concentration in CSF. METHODS: Using a cross-sectional design, CSF and blood samples were obtained from cohorts of patients with clinically isolated syndromes (CIS), relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), primary progressive MS (PPMS), or secondary progressive MS (SPMS), and noninflammatory neurologic disease control subjects. Some patients with RRMS were studied before and after treatment with methylprednisolone or natalizumab. RESULTS: In CSF, concentrations of CXCL13, but not CXCL12, were higher in patients with CIS, RRMS, SPMS, and PPMS than in controls. CSF concentrations of CXCL13 correlated with the CSF B-cell count, with markers of immune activation, and with disease activity in patients with CIS and RRMS. CSF concentrations of CXCL13 decreased after treatment with high-dose methylprednisolone and natalizumab. High CSF concentrations of CXCL13 correlated with low expression of messenger RNA encoding the immunoregulatory cytokines interleukin 10 and transforming growth factor beta1, but not with the expression of T-helper type 1 (Th1) and Th17 factors. CONCLUSION: The chemokine CXCL13 may play a major role in recruitment of B cells and T-cell subsets expressing the chemokine receptor CXCR5 to the CNS in multiple sclerosis (MS), and may be a useful biomarker for treatment effects in MS. Furthermore, CXCL13 or its receptor CXCR5 should be considered as therapeutic targets in MS.
AB - BACKGROUND: Accumulating evidence supports a major role of B cells in multiple sclerosis (MS) pathogenesis. How B cells are recruited to the CNS is incompletely understood. Our objective was to study B-cell chemokine concentrations in MS, their relationship with disease activity, and how treatment with methylprednisolone and natalizumab affected the concentration in CSF. METHODS: Using a cross-sectional design, CSF and blood samples were obtained from cohorts of patients with clinically isolated syndromes (CIS), relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), primary progressive MS (PPMS), or secondary progressive MS (SPMS), and noninflammatory neurologic disease control subjects. Some patients with RRMS were studied before and after treatment with methylprednisolone or natalizumab. RESULTS: In CSF, concentrations of CXCL13, but not CXCL12, were higher in patients with CIS, RRMS, SPMS, and PPMS than in controls. CSF concentrations of CXCL13 correlated with the CSF B-cell count, with markers of immune activation, and with disease activity in patients with CIS and RRMS. CSF concentrations of CXCL13 decreased after treatment with high-dose methylprednisolone and natalizumab. High CSF concentrations of CXCL13 correlated with low expression of messenger RNA encoding the immunoregulatory cytokines interleukin 10 and transforming growth factor beta1, but not with the expression of T-helper type 1 (Th1) and Th17 factors. CONCLUSION: The chemokine CXCL13 may play a major role in recruitment of B cells and T-cell subsets expressing the chemokine receptor CXCR5 to the CNS in multiple sclerosis (MS), and may be a useful biomarker for treatment effects in MS. Furthermore, CXCL13 or its receptor CXCR5 should be considered as therapeutic targets in MS.
U2 - 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181c5b457
DO - 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181c5b457
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 19996075
SN - 0028-3878
VL - 73
SP - 2003
EP - 2010
JO - Neurology
JF - Neurology
IS - 23
ER -