Dual role of peripheral B cells in multiple sclerosis: emerging remote players in demyelination and novel diagnostic biomarkers

IntroductionMultiple sclerosis is an inflammatory and demyelinating disease caused by a pathogenic immune response against the myelin sheath surfaces of oligodendrocytes. The demyelination has been classically associated with pathogenic B cells residing in the central nervous system that release aut...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Torres Iglesias, Mireya Fernández-Fournier, MariPaz López-Molina, Dolores Piniella, Fernando Laso-García, Mari Carmen Gómez-de Frutos, Elisa Alonso-López, Lucía Botella, Beatriz Chamorro, Sara Sánchez-Velasco, Inmaculada Puertas, Antonio Tallón Barranco, Pilar Nozal, Exuperio Díez-Tejedor, María Gutiérrez-Fernández, Laura Otero-Ortega
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author Gabriel Torres Iglesias
Mireya Fernández-Fournier
MariPaz López-Molina
Dolores Piniella
Fernando Laso-García
Mari Carmen Gómez-de Frutos
Elisa Alonso-López
Lucía Botella
Beatriz Chamorro
Sara Sánchez-Velasco
Inmaculada Puertas
Antonio Tallón Barranco
Pilar Nozal
Exuperio Díez-Tejedor
María Gutiérrez-Fernández
Laura Otero-Ortega
author_facet Gabriel Torres Iglesias
Mireya Fernández-Fournier
MariPaz López-Molina
Dolores Piniella
Fernando Laso-García
Mari Carmen Gómez-de Frutos
Elisa Alonso-López
Lucía Botella
Beatriz Chamorro
Sara Sánchez-Velasco
Inmaculada Puertas
Antonio Tallón Barranco
Pilar Nozal
Exuperio Díez-Tejedor
María Gutiérrez-Fernández
Laura Otero-Ortega
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description IntroductionMultiple sclerosis is an inflammatory and demyelinating disease caused by a pathogenic immune response against the myelin sheath surfaces of oligodendrocytes. The demyelination has been classically associated with pathogenic B cells residing in the central nervous system that release autoreactive antibodies against myelin. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether extracellular vesicles (EVs) mediate delivery of myelin autoreactive antibodies from peripheral B cells against oligodendrocytes in multiple sclerosis (MS) and to analyze whether these EVs could mediate demyelination in vitro. We also studied the role of these EV-derived myelin antibodies as a diagnostic biomarker in MS.MethodsThis is a prospective, observational, and single-center study that includes patients with MS and two control groups: patients with non-immune white matter lesions and healthy controls. We isolated B-cell-derived EVs from the blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and analyzed their myelin antibody content. We also studied whether antibody-loaded EVs reach oligodendrocytes in patients with MS and the effect on demyelination of B-cell-derived EVs containing antibodies in vitro.ResultsThis study enrolled 136 MS patients, 23 white matter lesions controls, and 39 healthy controls. We found autoreactive myelin antibodies in EVs that were released by peripheral B cells, but not by populations of B cells resident in CSF. We also identified a cut-off of 3.95 ng/mL of myelin basic protein autoantibodies in EVs from peripheral B cells, with 95.2% sensitivity and 88.2% specificity, which allows us to differentiate MS patients from healthy controls. EV-derived myelin antibodies were also detected in the oligodendrocytes of MS patients. Myelin antibody-loaded EVs from B cells induced myelin markers decrease of oligodendrocytes in vitro.DiscussionPeripheral reactive immune cells could contribute remotely to MS pathogenesis by delivering myelin antibodies to oligodendrocytes. EV-derived myelin antibodies could play a role as diagnostic biomarker in MS.
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spelling doaj.art-f1f70c3ff4ab4f559b60de1af29695b02023-08-10T21:44:55ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Immunology1664-32242023-08-011410.3389/fimmu.2023.12242171224217Dual role of peripheral B cells in multiple sclerosis: emerging remote players in demyelination and novel diagnostic biomarkersGabriel Torres Iglesias0Mireya Fernández-Fournier1MariPaz López-Molina2Dolores Piniella3Fernando Laso-García4Mari Carmen Gómez-de Frutos5Elisa Alonso-López6Lucía Botella7Beatriz Chamorro8Sara Sánchez-Velasco9Inmaculada Puertas10Antonio Tallón Barranco11Pilar Nozal12Exuperio Díez-Tejedor13María Gutiérrez-Fernández14Laura Otero-Ortega15Neurological Sciences and Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Neurology and Cerebrovascular Disease Group, Neuroscience Area La Paz Hospital Institute for Health Research-IdiPAZ (La Paz University Hospital-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Madrid, SpainNeurological Sciences and Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Neurology and Cerebrovascular Disease Group, Neuroscience Area La Paz Hospital Institute for Health Research-IdiPAZ (La Paz University Hospital-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Madrid, SpainNeurological Sciences and Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Neurology and Cerebrovascular Disease Group, Neuroscience Area La Paz Hospital Institute for Health Research-IdiPAZ (La Paz University Hospital-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Madrid, SpainNeurological Sciences and Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Neurology and Cerebrovascular Disease Group, Neuroscience Area La Paz Hospital Institute for Health Research-IdiPAZ (La Paz University Hospital-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Madrid, SpainNeurological Sciences and Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Neurology and Cerebrovascular Disease Group, Neuroscience Area La Paz Hospital Institute for Health Research-IdiPAZ (La Paz University Hospital-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Madrid, SpainNeurological Sciences and Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Neurology and Cerebrovascular Disease Group, Neuroscience Area La Paz Hospital Institute for Health Research-IdiPAZ (La Paz University Hospital-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Madrid, SpainNeurological Sciences and Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Neurology and Cerebrovascular Disease Group, Neuroscience Area La Paz Hospital Institute for Health Research-IdiPAZ (La Paz University Hospital-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Madrid, SpainNeurological Sciences and Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Neurology and Cerebrovascular Disease Group, Neuroscience Area La Paz Hospital Institute for Health Research-IdiPAZ (La Paz University Hospital-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Madrid, SpainNeurological Sciences and Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Neurology and Cerebrovascular Disease Group, Neuroscience Area La Paz Hospital Institute for Health Research-IdiPAZ (La Paz University Hospital-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Madrid, SpainNeurological Sciences and Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Neurology and Cerebrovascular Disease Group, Neuroscience Area La Paz Hospital Institute for Health Research-IdiPAZ (La Paz University Hospital-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Madrid, SpainNeurological Sciences and Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Neurology and Cerebrovascular Disease Group, Neuroscience Area La Paz Hospital Institute for Health Research-IdiPAZ (La Paz University Hospital-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Madrid, SpainNeurological Sciences and Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Neurology and Cerebrovascular Disease Group, Neuroscience Area La Paz Hospital Institute for Health Research-IdiPAZ (La Paz University Hospital-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Madrid, SpainImmunology Department, La Paz University Hospital, IdiPAZ Health Research Institute, Madrid, SpainNeurological Sciences and Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Neurology and Cerebrovascular Disease Group, Neuroscience Area La Paz Hospital Institute for Health Research-IdiPAZ (La Paz University Hospital-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Madrid, SpainNeurological Sciences and Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Neurology and Cerebrovascular Disease Group, Neuroscience Area La Paz Hospital Institute for Health Research-IdiPAZ (La Paz University Hospital-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Madrid, SpainNeurological Sciences and Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Neurology and Cerebrovascular Disease Group, Neuroscience Area La Paz Hospital Institute for Health Research-IdiPAZ (La Paz University Hospital-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Madrid, SpainIntroductionMultiple sclerosis is an inflammatory and demyelinating disease caused by a pathogenic immune response against the myelin sheath surfaces of oligodendrocytes. The demyelination has been classically associated with pathogenic B cells residing in the central nervous system that release autoreactive antibodies against myelin. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether extracellular vesicles (EVs) mediate delivery of myelin autoreactive antibodies from peripheral B cells against oligodendrocytes in multiple sclerosis (MS) and to analyze whether these EVs could mediate demyelination in vitro. We also studied the role of these EV-derived myelin antibodies as a diagnostic biomarker in MS.MethodsThis is a prospective, observational, and single-center study that includes patients with MS and two control groups: patients with non-immune white matter lesions and healthy controls. We isolated B-cell-derived EVs from the blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and analyzed their myelin antibody content. We also studied whether antibody-loaded EVs reach oligodendrocytes in patients with MS and the effect on demyelination of B-cell-derived EVs containing antibodies in vitro.ResultsThis study enrolled 136 MS patients, 23 white matter lesions controls, and 39 healthy controls. We found autoreactive myelin antibodies in EVs that were released by peripheral B cells, but not by populations of B cells resident in CSF. We also identified a cut-off of 3.95 ng/mL of myelin basic protein autoantibodies in EVs from peripheral B cells, with 95.2% sensitivity and 88.2% specificity, which allows us to differentiate MS patients from healthy controls. EV-derived myelin antibodies were also detected in the oligodendrocytes of MS patients. Myelin antibody-loaded EVs from B cells induced myelin markers decrease of oligodendrocytes in vitro.DiscussionPeripheral reactive immune cells could contribute remotely to MS pathogenesis by delivering myelin antibodies to oligodendrocytes. EV-derived myelin antibodies could play a role as diagnostic biomarker in MS.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1224217/fulldemyelinationserum diagnostic biomarkersextracellular vesiclesmultiple sclerosismyelin antibodies
spellingShingle Gabriel Torres Iglesias
Mireya Fernández-Fournier
MariPaz López-Molina
Dolores Piniella
Fernando Laso-García
Mari Carmen Gómez-de Frutos
Elisa Alonso-López
Lucía Botella
Beatriz Chamorro
Sara Sánchez-Velasco
Inmaculada Puertas
Antonio Tallón Barranco
Pilar Nozal
Exuperio Díez-Tejedor
María Gutiérrez-Fernández
Laura Otero-Ortega
Dual role of peripheral B cells in multiple sclerosis: emerging remote players in demyelination and novel diagnostic biomarkers
Frontiers in Immunology
demyelination
serum diagnostic biomarkers
extracellular vesicles
multiple sclerosis
myelin antibodies
title Dual role of peripheral B cells in multiple sclerosis: emerging remote players in demyelination and novel diagnostic biomarkers
title_full Dual role of peripheral B cells in multiple sclerosis: emerging remote players in demyelination and novel diagnostic biomarkers
title_fullStr Dual role of peripheral B cells in multiple sclerosis: emerging remote players in demyelination and novel diagnostic biomarkers
title_full_unstemmed Dual role of peripheral B cells in multiple sclerosis: emerging remote players in demyelination and novel diagnostic biomarkers
title_short Dual role of peripheral B cells in multiple sclerosis: emerging remote players in demyelination and novel diagnostic biomarkers
title_sort dual role of peripheral b cells in multiple sclerosis emerging remote players in demyelination and novel diagnostic biomarkers
topic demyelination
serum diagnostic biomarkers
extracellular vesicles
multiple sclerosis
myelin antibodies
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1224217/full
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