Therapeutic Potential of Combining IL-6 and TNF Blockade in a Mouse Model of Allergic Asthma

Combined anti-cytokine therapy is a promising therapeutic approach for uncontrolled steroid-resistant asthma. In this regard, simultaneous blockade of IL-4 and IL-13 signaling by Dupilumab (anti-IL-4Ra monoclonal antibody) was recently approved for severe eosinophilic asthma. However, no therapeutic options for neutrophilic asthma are currently available. Recent advances in our understanding of asthma pathogenesis suggest that both IL-6 and TNF may represent potential targets for treatment of severe neutrophilic asthma. Nevertheless, the efficacy of simultaneous pharmacological inhibition of TNF and IL-6 in asthma was not yet studied. To evaluate the potency of combined cytokine inhibition, we simultaneously administrated IL-6 and TNF inhibitors to BALB/c mice with HDM-induced asthma. Combined IL-6/TNF inhibition, but not individual blockade of these two cytokines, led to complex anti-inflammatory effects including reduced Th2-induced eosinophilia and less prominent Th17/Th1-mediated neutrophilic infiltrate in the airways. Taken together, our results provide evidence for therapeutic potential of combined IL-6/TNF inhibition in severe steroid-resistant asthma.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

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International journal of molecular sciences - 23(2022), 7 vom: 24. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Namakanova, Olga A [VerfasserIn]
Gorshkova, Ekaterina A [VerfasserIn]
Zvartsev, Ruslan V [VerfasserIn]
Nedospasov, Sergei A [VerfasserIn]
Drutskaya, Marina S [VerfasserIn]
Gubernatorova, Ekaterina O [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-cytokine therapy
Cytokines
HDM-induced asthma
Interleukin-6
Journal Article
Th17/Th1-induced neutrophilia
Th2-induced eosinophilia

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Date Completed 13.04.2022

Date Revised 31.05.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijms23073521

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM339384883