PMID- 26259673 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160322 LR - 20220321 IS - 1742-2094 (Electronic) IS - 1742-2094 (Linking) VI - 12 DP - 2015 Aug 12 TI - Natalizumab treatment reduces L-selectin (CD62L) in CD4+ T cells. PG - 146 LID - 10.1186/s12974-015-0365-x [doi] LID - 146 AB - BACKGROUND: The purpose of this research was to validate the low expression of L-selectin (CD62L) in natalizumab (NTZ)-treated patients. CD62L is involved in rolling and transmigration of leukocyte cells. A correlation between CD62LCD4+ T cells low expression and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) development has been suggested in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients treated with NTZ. METHODS: We performed a flow cytometric analysis on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC); we collected from 23 healthy donors and 225 MS patients: untreated (n = 19) or treated with NTZ (n = 113), interferon-beta (n = 26), glatiramer acetate (n = 26), fingolimod (n = 23) and rituximab (n = 18). We have also analysed two PML/IRIS (immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome) patients and four longitudinal samples of a NTZ-treated patients before and during the development of a clinical asymptomatic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) lesion confirmed as PML by cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination. Thirty-five NTZ-treated patients were studied longitudinally with three samples taken 4 months apart. RESULTS: The NTZ-treated patients showed a lower percentage of CD62L (33.68%, n = 113) than first-line treated patients (44.24%, n = 52, p = 0.0004). NTZ effect was already clear during the first year of treatment (34.68 ; p = 0.0184); it persisted in the following years and disappeared after drug withdrawal (44.08%). Three percent of longitudinally analysed patients showed a percentage of CD62LCD4+ T cells under a hypothetical threshold and one patient with asymptomatic PML belongs to a group which expressed low percentage of CD62LCD4+ T cells. CONCLUSIONS: Our research confirms that NTZ has a specific effect on CD62LCD4+ T cells consisting in decreasing of the number of positive cells. The low level of CD62L found in a clinically asymptomatic PML patient strengthens its potential usefulness as a biomarker of high PML risk in NTZ-treated patients. A larger study is required to better confirm the data. FAU - Spadaro, Michela AU - Spadaro M AD - Clinical Neurobiology Unit Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi (NICO), Regione Gonzole 10, 10043, Orbassano, Turin, Italy. spadaro_michela@yahoo.it. AD - AOU S. Luigi Gonzaga, Neurologia 2 - CRESM (Centro Riferimento Regionale Sclerosi Multipla), Regione Gonzole 10, 10043, Orbassano, Turin, Italy. spadaro_michela@yahoo.it. FAU - Caldano, Marzia AU - Caldano M AD - Clinical Neurobiology Unit Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi (NICO), Regione Gonzole 10, 10043, Orbassano, Turin, Italy. marzia.caldano@gmail.com. AD - AOU S. Luigi Gonzaga, Neurologia 2 - CRESM (Centro Riferimento Regionale Sclerosi Multipla), Regione Gonzole 10, 10043, Orbassano, Turin, Italy. marzia.caldano@gmail.com. FAU - Marnetto, Fabiana AU - Marnetto F AD - Clinical Neurobiology Unit Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi (NICO), Regione Gonzole 10, 10043, Orbassano, Turin, Italy. fabiana.marnetto@gmail.com. AD - AOU S. Luigi Gonzaga, Neurologia 2 - CRESM (Centro Riferimento Regionale Sclerosi Multipla), Regione Gonzole 10, 10043, Orbassano, Turin, Italy. fabiana.marnetto@gmail.com. FAU - Lugaresi, Alessandra AU - Lugaresi A AD - Department Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University 'G. d'Annunzio', Chieti, Italy. lugaresi@unich.it. FAU - Bertolotto, Antonio AU - Bertolotto A AD - Clinical Neurobiology Unit Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi (NICO), Regione Gonzole 10, 10043, Orbassano, Turin, Italy. antonio.bertolotto@gmail.com. AD - AOU S. Luigi Gonzaga, Neurologia 2 - CRESM (Centro Riferimento Regionale Sclerosi Multipla), Regione Gonzole 10, 10043, Orbassano, Turin, Italy. antonio.bertolotto@gmail.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150812 PL - England TA - J Neuroinflammation JT - Journal of neuroinflammation JID - 101222974 RN - 0 (Immunologic Factors) RN - 0 (Natalizumab) RN - 126880-86-2 (L-Selectin) RN - 4F4X42SYQ6 (Rituximab) RN - 5M691HL4BO (Glatiramer Acetate) RN - 77238-31-4 (Interferon-beta) RN - G926EC510T (Fingolimod Hydrochloride) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Fingolimod Hydrochloride/pharmacology MH - Glatiramer Acetate/pharmacology MH - Humans MH - Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome/cerebrospinal fluid/drug therapy/immunology MH - Immunologic Factors/*pharmacology MH - Interferon-beta/pharmacology MH - L-Selectin/*biosynthesis MH - Leukocyte Count MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Monocytes/drug effects MH - Multiple Sclerosis/drug therapy MH - Natalizumab/*pharmacology MH - Rituximab/pharmacology MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC4532246 EDAT- 2015/08/12 06:00 MHDA- 2016/03/24 06:00 PMCR- 2015/08/12 CRDT- 2015/08/12 06:00 PHST- 2015/02/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/07/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/08/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/08/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/03/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/08/12 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s12974-015-0365-x [pii] AID - 365 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s12974-015-0365-x [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Neuroinflammation. 2015 Aug 12;12:146. doi: 10.1186/s12974-015-0365-x.