BORSKÝ, Marek, Viera HRABČÁKOVÁ, Jitka NOVOTNÁ, Yvona BRYCHTOVÁ, Michael DOUBEK, Anna PANOVSKÁ, Petr MULLER, Jiří MAYER, Martin TRBUŠEK and Marek MRÁZ. Rituximab induces rapid blood repopulation by CLL cells mediated through their release from immune niches and complement exhaustion. Leukemia Research. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, vol. 111, December 2021, p. 1-11. ISSN 0145-2126. doi:10.1016/j.leukres.2021.106684. 2021.
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Original name Rituximab induces rapid blood repopulation by CLL cells mediated through their release from immune niches and complement exhaustion
Authors BORSKÝ, Marek (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Viera HRABČÁKOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Jitka NOVOTNÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Yvona BRYCHTOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Michael DOUBEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Anna PANOVSKÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Petr MULLER (203 Czech Republic), Jiří MAYER (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Martin TRBUŠEK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Marek MRÁZ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Leukemia Research, OXFORD, PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2021, 0145-2126.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30205 Hematology
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW URL
Impact factor Impact factor: 3.715
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14110/21:00124279
Organization unit Faculty of Medicine
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.leukres.2021.106684
UT WoS 000703570900003
Keywords in English Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/CLL; Rituximab; Complement; Recrudescence; Peripheral blood repopulation
Tags 14110212, podil, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Pavla Foltynová, Ph.D., učo 106624. Changed: 4/3/2022 09:52.
Abstract
The in vivo rituximab effects in B cell malignancies are only partially understood. Here we analyzed in a large chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cohort (n = 80) the inter-patient variability in CLL cell count reduction within the first 24 h of rituximab administration in vivo, and a phenomenon of blood repopulation by malignant cells after anti-CD20 antibody therapy. Larger CLL cell elimination after rituximab infusion was associated with lower pre-therapy CLL cell counts, higher CD20 levels, and the non-exhausted capacity of complement dependent cytotoxicity (CDC). The absolute amount of cell-surface CD20 molecules (CD20 density x CLL lymphocytosis) was a predictor for complement exhaustion during therapy. We also describe that a highly variable decrease in CLL cell counts at 5 h (88 %-2%) following rituximab infusion is accompanied in most patients by peripheral blood repopulation with CLL cells at 24 h, and in similar to 20 % of patients, this resulted in CLL counts higher than before therapy. We provide evidence that CLL cells recrudescence is linked with i) CDC exhaustion, which leads to the formation of an insufficient amount of membrane attack complexes, likely resulting in temporary retention of surviving rituximab-opsonized cells by the mononuclear-phagocyte system (followed by their release back to blood), and ii) CLL cells regression from immune niches (CXCR4(dim)CD5(bright) intraclonal subpopulation). Patients with major peripheral blood CLL cell repopulation exhibited a longer time to-progression after chemoimmunotherapy compared to patients with lower or no repopulation, suggesting chemotherapy vulnerability of CLL cells that repopulate the blood.
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