Bacterial superantigen TSST-1 attenuates suppressive efficacy of glucocorticoids and calcineurin inhibitors against blastogenesis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis and nephrosis

International Immunopharmacology
Toshihiko HiranoKitaro Oka

Abstract

Successful immunosuppressive therapy is critical for the treatment of patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis and nephrosis. However, a considerable number of patients have shown clinical resistance to therapy. Bacterial infection might influence the clinical response of patients to immunosuppressive drugs, but few studies have been carried out to investigate the effect of bacterial superantigens on the efficacy of the drugs in these patients. We evaluated the suppressive efficacy of prednisolone, methylprednisolone, cyclosporine, and tacrolimus on the blastogenesis of PBMCs obtained from 12 ANCA-associated vasculitis patients (ANCA patients), eight patients with nephrotic syndrome, and eight healthy subjects. PBMC-stimulation index was calculated from the formula: [3H]thymidine incorporated in the presence of stimulant (dpm)/[3H]thymidine incorporated in the absence of stimulant (dpm). In vitro drug concentrations giving 50% inhibition (IC50s) of PBMC blastogenesis stimulated with concanavalin A (con A) or toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1) derived from Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) were calculated. The IC50 values for the four drugs evaluated in TSST-1-stimulated PBMCs were signi...Continue Reading

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