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Quantity increase and functional affinity/avidity decrease of anti-FcεRI and anti-IgE autoantibodies in chronic spontaneous urticaria.
European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2023 December 14
Background. Patients with autoimmune forms of chronic spontaneous urticaria (aiCSU) exhibit autoantibodies against the high-affinity IgE receptor (FcεRI) and IgE. As the presence of these autoantibodies does not correlate with disease activity, the functional affinity/avidity may be relevant in aiCSU. This exploratory study aimed to characterize the quantity and avidity of autoantibodies against IgE and FcεRI over 6 months. Methods. The serum of 49 patients with CSU and 30 healthy control subjects was obtained at baseline and 6 months. Serum was analyzed by ELISA, to determine the quantity and avidity of anti-IgE and anti-FcεRI autoantibodies, and by basophil activation test (CU-BAT). Results. An increase in the quantity of anti-FcεRI and anti-IgE antibodies and a simultaneous decrease in avidity was found in all patients with CSU after 6 months: median anti-IgE increased from 6.7 ng/mL (IQR 5.1-12.5) to 23.8 ng/mL (IQR 12.3-121.5), p less than 0.001, median anti-FcεRI from 52.4 ng/mL (IQR 26.3-111.4) to 129.5 ng/mL (IQR 73.7-253.7), p less than 0.001. Median anti-IgE avidity decreased from 75.8% (IQR 55.3-90.8) to 56.4% (IQR 30.6-76.2), p=0.019 and median anti-FcεRI avidity from 75.1% (IQR 49.8-90.0) to 52.2 (IQR 38.2-60.1), p less than 0.001. In contrast, the frequency of activated basophils did not change significantly over time. Surprisingly, autoantibody avidity did not correlate with basophil activation. Conclusions. Both the quantity and avidity of anti-FcεRI and anti-IgE antibodies change over time, demonstrating that the CU-BAT is more suitable to diagnose aiCSU. In addition, the avidity of anti-FcεRI and anti-IgE antibodies do not correlate with CU-BAT and disease activity, suggesting that further factors independent of anti-FcεRI and anti-IgE autoantibodies contribute to aiCSU.
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