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Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases 1/2011

Open Access 01-12-2011 | Research article

IP-10 response to RD1 antigens might be a useful biomarker for monitoring tuberculosis therapy

Authors: Basirudeen Syed Ahamed Kabeer, Alamelu Raja, Balambal Raman, Satheesh Thangaraj, Marc Leportier, Giuseppe Ippolito, Enrico Girardi, Philippe Henri Lagrange, Delia Goletti

Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases | Issue 1/2011

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Abstract

Background

There is an urgent need of prognosis markers for tuberculosis (TB) to improve treatment strategies. The results of several studies show that the Interferon (IFN)-γ-specific response to the TB antigens of the QuantiFERON TB Gold (QFT-IT antigens) decreases after successful TB therapy. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether there are factors other than IFN-γ [such as IFN-γ inducible protein (IP)-10 which has also been associated with TB] in response to QFT-IT antigens that can be used as biomarkers for monitoring TB treatment.

Methods

In this exploratory study we assessed the changes in IP-10 secretion in response to QFT-IT antigens and RD1 peptides selected by computational analysis in 17 patients with active TB at the time of diagnosis and after 6 months of treatment. The IFN-γ response to QFT-IT antigens and RD1 selected peptides was evaluated as a control. A non-parametric Wilcoxon signed-rank test for paired comparisons was used to compare the continuous variables at the time of diagnosis and at therapy completion. A Chi-square test was used to compare proportions.

Results

We did not observe significant IP-10 changes in whole blood from either NIL or QFT-IT antigen tubes, after 1-day stimulation, between baseline and therapy completion (p = 0.08 and p = 0.7 respectively). Conversely, the level of IP-10 release to RD1 selected peptides was significantly different (p = 0.006). Similar results were obtained when we detected the IFN-γ in response to the QFT-IT antigens (p = 0.06) and RD1 selected peptides (p = 0.0003). The proportion of the IP-10 responders to the QFT-IT antigens did not significantly change between baseline and therapy completion (p = 0.6), whereas it significantly changed in response to RD1 selected peptides (p = 0.002). The proportion of IFN-γ responders between baseline and therapy completion was not significant for QFT-IT antigens (p = 0.2), whereas it was significant for the RD1 selected peptides (p = 0.002), confirming previous observations.

Conclusions

Our preliminary study provides an interesting hypothesis: IP-10 response to RD1 selected peptides (similar to IFN-γ) might be a useful biomarker for monitoring therapy efficacy in patients with active TB. However, further studies in larger cohorts are needed to confirm the consistency of these study results.
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Metadata
Title
IP-10 response to RD1 antigens might be a useful biomarker for monitoring tuberculosis therapy
Authors
Basirudeen Syed Ahamed Kabeer
Alamelu Raja
Balambal Raman
Satheesh Thangaraj
Marc Leportier
Giuseppe Ippolito
Enrico Girardi
Philippe Henri Lagrange
Delia Goletti
Publication date
01-12-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Infectious Diseases / Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-135

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