Serum Levels of CXCL13 Are Associated With Teriflunomide Response in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
Fissolo, Nicolás (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca)
Pappolla, Agustin (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca)
Río, Jordi (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca)
Villar, Luisa M. (Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal (Madrid))
Pérez-Hoyos, Santiago (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca)
Sánchez, Alex (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca)
Gutierrez, Lucía (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca)
Montalban, Xavier (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca)
Comabella, Manuel (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Data:	2023
Resum:	BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To identify biomarkers associated with treatment response in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) treated with the oral therapies teriflunomide, dimethyl fumarate (DMF), and fingolimod. METHODS: Serum levels of IL-6, IL-17, TNF-α, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, IL-10, interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) IL-1β, and chemokine ligand 13 (CXCL13) were measured at baseline and 12 months with single molecule array (Simoa) assays in a cohort of patients with MS treated with teriflunomide (N = 19), DMF (N = 22), and fingolimod (N = 25) and classified into "no evidence of disease activity" (NEDA) and EDA patients after 1 year of treatment. RESULTS: Serum CXCL13 and TNF-α levels were significantly decreased after treatment with teriflunomide in NEDA compared with EDA patients after 1 year of treatment (p = 0. 008 for both cytokines). These findings were validated in an independent cohort of patients with MS treated with teriflunomide (N = 36) and serum CXCL13, and TNF-α levels were again significantly reduced in NEDA patients (p < 0. 0001 for CXCL13 and p = 0. 003 for TNF-α). CXCL13, but not TNF-α, showed good performance to classify NEDA and EDA patients according to a cut-off value of 9. 64 pg/mL based on the change in CXCL13 levels between baseline and 12 months, with a sensitivity of 75% and specificity of 82% in the original cohort, and sensitivity of 65. 4% and specificity of 60% in the validation cohort. DISCUSSION: Altogether, these results point to CXCL13 as a treatment response biomarker to teriflunomide in relapsing-remitting patients with MS, and the change in CXCL13 levels during the first year of treatment can be used in clinical practice to identify optimal responders to teriflunomide.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Publicat a:	Neurology® neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation, Vol. 10 Núm. 1 (january 2023) , ISSN 2332-7812

DOI: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000200050
PMID: 36411079

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