PMID- 36794673 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230510 LR - 20230511 IS - 2045-7634 (Electronic) IS - 2045-7634 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 8 DP - 2023 Apr TI - Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 as a potential biomarker for immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated neurotoxicity. PG - 9373-9383 LID - 10.1002/cam4.5695 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Oncological patients can benefit substantially from treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). However, there is a growing awareness of immune-related adverse events (irAE). Especially ICI-mediated neurological adverse events (nAE(+)), are tough to diagnose and biomarkers to identify patients at risk are missing. METHODS: A prospective register with prespecified examinations was established for ICI treated patients in December 2019. At the time of data cut-off, 110 patients were enrolled and completed the clinical protocol. Herein, cytokines and serum neurofilament light chain (sNFL) from 21 patients were analyzed. RESULTS: nAE of any grade were observed in 31% of the patients (n = 34/110). In nAE(+) patients a significant increase in sNFL concentrations over time was observed. Patients with higher-grade nAE had significantly elevated serum-concentrations of monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) at baseline compared to individuals without any nAE (p < 0.01 and p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Here, we identified nAE to occur more frequently than previously reported. Increase of sNFL during nAE confirms the clinical diagnosis of neurotoxicity and might be a suitable marker for neuronal damage associated with ICI therapy. Furthermore, MCP-1 and BDNF are potentially the first clinical-class nAE predictors for patients under ICI therapy. CI - (c) 2023 The Authors. Cancer Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Mohn, Nora AU - Mohn N AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9102-124X AD - Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Mahjoub, Susann AU - Mahjoub S AD - Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Duzzi, Laura AU - Duzzi L AD - Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Narten, Emily AU - Narten E AD - Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Grote-Levi, Lea AU - Grote-Levi L AD - Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Korner, Gudrun AU - Korner G AD - Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Seeliger, Tabea AU - Seeliger T AD - Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Beutel, Gernot AU - Beutel G AD - Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Bollmann, Benjamin-Alexander AU - Bollmann BA AD - Department of Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Wirth, Thomas AU - Wirth T AD - Department of Gastroenterology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Huss, Andre AU - Huss A AD - Department of Neurology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany. FAU - Tumani, Hayrettin AU - Tumani H AD - Department of Neurology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany. FAU - Grimmelmann, Imke AU - Grimmelmann I AD - Skin-Cancer-Center, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Gutzmer, Ralf AU - Gutzmer R AD - Skin-Cancer-Center, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. AD - Department of Dermatology Venerology, Allergy and Phlebology, Hannover Medical School, Minden, Germany. FAU - Ivanyi, Philipp AU - Ivanyi P AD - Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Skripuletz, Thomas AU - Skripuletz T AD - Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. CN - ICOG-CCCH (Immune Cooperative Oncology Group; Comprehensive Cancer Center Hannover) LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20230216 PL - United States TA - Cancer Med JT - Cancer medicine JID - 101595310 RN - 0 (Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Cytokines) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors/adverse effects MH - *Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor MH - Chemokine CCL2 MH - Biomarkers MH - Cytokines PMC - PMC10166892 OTO - NOTNLM OT - biomarker OT - immune-related adverse events OT - immunotherapy OT - neurotoxicity OT - serum neurofilament light chains COIS- All authors declare that they have no competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/02/17 06:00 MHDA- 2023/05/10 06:42 PMCR- 2023/02/16 CRDT- 2023/02/16 05:52 PHST- 2023/01/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/11/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/02/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/05/10 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/02/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/02/16 05:52 [entrez] PHST- 2023/02/16 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - CAM45695 [pii] AID - 10.1002/cam4.5695 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Med. 2023 Apr;12(8):9373-9383. doi: 10.1002/cam4.5695. Epub 2023 Feb 16.