Enhanced production of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases by peripheral blood mononuclear cells of rheumatoid arthritis patients responding to methotrexate treatment

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作者
Seitz, M [1 ]
Dayer, JM
机构
[1] Univ Hosp Bern, Inselspital, Dept Rheumatol & Clin Immunol Allergol, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
[2] Univ Hosp Geneva, Div Immunol & Allergy, Geneva, Switzerland
关键词
TIMP-1; methotrexate; rheumatoid arthritis; peripheral blood mononuclear cells;
D O I
10.1093/rheumatology/39.6.637
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Objective. To determine the effects of methotrexate (MTX) treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients (a) on the circulating levels and (b) on the ex vivo production of matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1) by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNC). Methods. Circulating levels, spontaneous ex vivo and in vitro production of MMP-1, TIMP-1 and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were assessed by immunoassays in sera and culture supernatants of PBMNC derived from 27 patients with active RA before and 3 months after beginning MTX treatment and from seven healthy subjects. The production and serum levels of MMP-1, TIMP-1 and IL-6 were correlated to the clinical response. Results. PBMNC of RA patients showing greater than or equal to 20% improvement of the Paulus index after 3 months of MTX treatment (responders; n = 16) exhibited a significantly enhanced production of spontaneous TIMP-1 ex vivo which was associated with the enhanced synthesis of IL-6. In contrast, PBMNC of 11 patients with <20% improvement and/or progression of disease showed a marked reduction of TIMP-1 and IL-6 secretion. Circulating levels of TIMP-1 remained unchanged in both groups whereas serum IL-6 levels declined in the responder group. MMP-1 was detectable only in very few culture supernatants and RA sera. Moreover, PBMNC of healthy donors revealed that MTX also stimulated TIMP-1 and IL-6 release in vitro, IL-6 being partially responsible for the induction of TIMP-1 production. Conclusions. Both ex vivo and in vitro, the enhanced TIMP-1 production by PBMNC of RA patients and healthy individuals upon MTX treatment is associated with simultaneously enhanced IL-6 release, and enhanced ex vivo production of both is clearly associated with short-term clinical efficacy. This may reflect disease remission and favourable effects on host defence mechanisms against aberrant inflammation and extracellular matrix turnover in RA patients undergoing MTX treatment.
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