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Proteasome inhibition with bortezomib induces a therapeutically relevant depletion of plasma cells in SLE but does not target their precursors.
European Journal of Immunology 2018 September
Long-lived plasma cells (PCs) not only provide protective humoral immunity, they are also an essential component of the autoreactive immunologic memory that may drive chronic immune responses in systemic autoimmunity, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The therapeutic relevance of their targeting has been demonstrated in preclinical models and severe, treatment-refractory cases of autoimmune diseases using the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib. Herein, we describe in detail the dynamic serologic changes and effects on immune effector cells in eight SLE patients receiving a median two cycles of 1.3 mg/m2 intravenous bortezomib. Upon proteasome inhibition, immunoglobulin levels gradually declined by ∼30%, associated with a significant reduction of autoantibodies, and serum complement whereas B-cell activation factor levels increased. While proteasome inhibition was associated with a significant depletion of short- and long-lived PCs in peripheral blood and bone marrow by ∼50%, including those with a distinctly mature CD19- phenotype, their precursor B cells and T cells largely remained unaffected, resulting in a rapid repopulation of short-lived PCs after bortezomib withdrawal, accompanied by increasing autoantibody levels. Collectively, these findings identify proteasome inhibitors as a promising treatment option for refractory SLE, but also indicate that PC depletion needs to be combined with targeted B-cell therapies for sustained responses in systemic autoimmunity.
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