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Fatal PML associated with efalizumab therapy Insights into integrin alpha L beta 2 in JC virus control

  作者 Schwab, N; Ulzheimer, JC; Fox, RJ; Schneider-Hohendorf, T; Kieseier, BC; Monoranu, CM; Staugaitis, SM; Welch, W; Jilek, S; Du Pasquier, RA; Bruck, W; Toyka, KV; Ransohoff, RM; Wiendl, H  
  选自 期刊  Neurology;  卷期  2012年78-7;  页码  458-467  
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[摘要]Objectives: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) has become much more common with monoclonal antibody treatment for multiple sclerosis and other immune-mediated disorders. Methods: We report 2 patients with severe psoriasis and fatal PML treated for >= 3 years with efalizumab, a neutralizing antibody to alpha L beta 2-leukointegrin (LFA-1). In one patient, we conducted serial studies of peripheral blood and CSF including analyses of leukocyte phenotypes, migration ex vivo, and CDR3 spectratypes with controls coming from HIV-infected patients with PML. Extensive pathologic and histologic analysis was done on autopsy CNS tissue of both patients. Results: Both patients developed progressive cognitive and motor deficits, and JC virus was identified in CSF. Despite treatment including plasma exchange (PE) and signs of immune reconstitution, both died of PML 2 and 6 months after disease onset. Neuropathologic examination confirmed PML. Efalizumab treatment was associated with reduced transendothelial migration by peripheral T cells in vitro. As expression levels of LFA-1 on peripheral T cells gradually rose after PE, in vitro migration increased. Peripheral and CSF T-cell spectratyping showed CD8+ T-cell clonal expansion but blunted activation, which was restored after PE. Conclusions: From these data we propose that inhibition of peripheral and intrathecal T-cell activation and suppression of CNS effector-phase migration both characterize efalizumab-associated PML. LFA-1 may be a crucial factor in homeostatic JC virus control. Neurology (R) 2012;78:458-467

 
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