High levels of anti–factor VIII immunoglobulin G4 and immunoglobulin G total are associated with immune tolerance induction failure in people with congenital hemophilia A and high-responding inhibitors
Daniel Gonçalves Chaves , Brendon Ayala da Silva Santos , Luciana Werneck Zucherato , Maíse Moreira Dias , Claudia Santos Lorenzato , Andrea Gonçalves de Oliveira , Mônica Hermida Cerqueira , Rosângela de Albuquerque Ribeiro , Leina Yukari Etto , Vivian Karla Brognoli Franco , Maria do Rosário Ferraz Roberti , Fábia Michelle Rodrigues de Araújo Callado , Maria Aline Ferreira de Cerqueira , Ieda Pinto , Ricardo Mesquita Camelo , Suely Meireles Rezende
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Abstract
Background
Immune tolerance induction (ITI) is the treatment of choice to eradicate neutralizing anti–factor (F)VIII alloantibodies (inhibitors) in people with inherited hemophilia A. However, it is not successful in 10% to 40% of the cases. The biological mechanisms and biomarkers associated with ITI outcome are largely unknown.
Objectives
The aim of this study was to investigate the association of plasma cytokines (interferon-γ, tumor necrosis factor, interleukin [IL]-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-10, and IL-17A), chemokines (IL-8/CXCL8, RANTES/CCL5, MIG/CXCL9, MCP-1/CCL2, and IP-10/CXCL10), and anti-FVIII immunoglobulin (Ig) G total, IgG1, and IgG4 with ITI outcome.
Methods
In this cross-sectional analysis of the Brazilian Immune Tolerance Study, we assessed plasma levels of anti-FVIII IgGs using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with plasma-derived FVIII and recombinant FVIII as target antigens, immobilized in microplates.
Results
We assayed 98 plasma samples of moderately severe and severe (FVIII activity, <2%) people with hemophilia A after completion of a first ITI course. Levels of anti–recombinant FVIII IgG total and IgG4 were higher in people with hemophilia A who failed ITI (IgG total optical density [OD], 0.37; IQR, 0.15-0.73; IgG4 OD, 2.19; IQR, 0.80-2.52) than in those who had partial (IgG total OD, 0.03; IQR, 0.00-0.14; IgG4 OD, 0.39; IQR, 0.09-1.11; P < .0001 for both) or complete success (IgG total OD, 0.04; IQR, 0.00-0.07; IgG4 OD, 0.07; IQR, 0.06-0.40; P < .0001 for both). Plasma cytokines, chemokines, and anti-FVIII IgG1 were not associated with ITI outcome.
Conclusion
Our results show that high levels of plasma anti-FVIII IgG4 and IgG total are associated with ITI failure.