Ultrasensitive interferons quantification reveals different cytokine profile secretion in inflammatory myopathies and can serve as biomarkers of activity in dermatomyositis

ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to evaluate the presence of different types of interferon in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) and their subgroups using ultrasensitive cytokine detection techniques (SIMOA) and to assess their potential as activity biomarkers.MethodsDisease activity w...

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Main Authors: Loïs Bolko, Céline Anquetil, Alba Llibre, Solène Maillard, Damien Amelin, Karim Dorgham, Vincent Bondet, Océane Landon-Cardinal, Ségolène Toquet, Kuberaka Mariampillai, Samuel Malatre, Alexandrine Mahoudeau, Baptiste Hervier, Mathieu Rodero, Guy Gorochov, Darragh Duffy, Olivier Benveniste, Yves Allenbach
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Loïs Bolko
Loïs Bolko
Céline Anquetil
Céline Anquetil
Alba Llibre
Solène Maillard
Damien Amelin
Karim Dorgham
Vincent Bondet
Océane Landon-Cardinal
Océane Landon-Cardinal
Océane Landon-Cardinal
Ségolène Toquet
Ségolène Toquet
Kuberaka Mariampillai
Samuel Malatre
Alexandrine Mahoudeau
Baptiste Hervier
Mathieu Rodero
Guy Gorochov
Darragh Duffy
Olivier Benveniste
Olivier Benveniste
Yves Allenbach
Yves Allenbach
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Loïs Bolko
Loïs Bolko
Céline Anquetil
Céline Anquetil
Alba Llibre
Solène Maillard
Damien Amelin
Karim Dorgham
Vincent Bondet
Océane Landon-Cardinal
Océane Landon-Cardinal
Océane Landon-Cardinal
Ségolène Toquet
Ségolène Toquet
Kuberaka Mariampillai
Samuel Malatre
Alexandrine Mahoudeau
Baptiste Hervier
Mathieu Rodero
Guy Gorochov
Darragh Duffy
Olivier Benveniste
Olivier Benveniste
Yves Allenbach
Yves Allenbach
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description ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to evaluate the presence of different types of interferon in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) and their subgroups using ultrasensitive cytokine detection techniques (SIMOA) and to assess their potential as activity biomarkers.MethodsDisease activity was measured at the time of serum collection and assessed by manual muscle testing eight (MMT8 score 0-150), muscle enzymes to calculate the Physician Global Assessment (PGA) (0-10). Patients were classified as active if PGA>5.Serum IFN-α and IFN-γ levels was measured using the single molecule array (SIMOA) technique. Serum IFN-β level was measured by Elisa. Correlation between IFN levels and disease activity were performed.ResultsWe included 242 IIM patients and found a good correlation between type I Interferon (IFN) and dermatomyositis disease activity. IFN-α and IFN-β was highly correlated with disease activity (r=0.76 and r=0,58). To evaluate whether the different types of Interferons could serve as biomarkers of activity, we generated ROC curves. Patients with active DM had a higher median IFN-α level (0.49 pg/ml [0.1-3.7]) compared with non-active patients (0.03 pg/ml [0.01-0.07] p<0.05). The area under the curve was 0.90 IC95 (0.76-0.97) p<0.05. Furthermore, Myositis-specific antibodies appear to be associated with a different secretion profile; patients with anti-MDA 5 antibodies had higher level of IFN-α than most other antibodies (6.58 vs 0.14 p<0.005). NXP2 had higher IFN-β level than patients with Tif1γ antibodies.ConclusionSerum IFN-α level measured by SIMOA is a reliable biomarker of DM activity. Myositis-specific antibodies appear to be associated with a different secretion profile. This data needs to be confirmed in order to select the good therapeutics strategies in DM.
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spelling doaj-art-22ba6f2176fc4672b872ab71b0d977a02025-02-12T07:26:15ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Immunology1664-32242025-02-011610.3389/fimmu.2025.15295821529582Ultrasensitive interferons quantification reveals different cytokine profile secretion in inflammatory myopathies and can serve as biomarkers of activity in dermatomyositisLoïs Bolko0Loïs Bolko1Loïs Bolko2Céline Anquetil3Céline Anquetil4Alba Llibre5Solène Maillard6Damien Amelin7Karim Dorgham8Vincent Bondet9Océane Landon-Cardinal10Océane Landon-Cardinal11Océane Landon-Cardinal12Ségolène Toquet13Ségolène Toquet14Kuberaka Mariampillai15Samuel Malatre16Alexandrine Mahoudeau17Baptiste Hervier18Mathieu Rodero19Guy Gorochov20Darragh Duffy21Olivier Benveniste22Olivier Benveniste23Yves Allenbach24Yves Allenbach25Rheumatology, Maison Blanche Hospital, Reims, FranceDepartment of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, National Reference Center for Rare NeuroMuscular Disorders, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceSorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Association Institut de Myologie, Center of Research in Myology, UMRS, Paris, FranceDepartment of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, National Reference Center for Rare NeuroMuscular Disorders, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceSorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Association Institut de Myologie, Center of Research in Myology, UMRS, Paris, FranceTranslational Immunology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Paris, FranceSorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Association Institut de Myologie, Center of Research in Myology, UMRS, Paris, FranceSorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Association Institut de Myologie, Center of Research in Myology, UMRS, Paris, FranceSorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses (CIMI-Paris), Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, FranceTranslational Immunology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Paris, FranceDepartment of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, National Reference Center for Rare NeuroMuscular Disorders, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceDepartment of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, CanadaDivision of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montreal, QC, CanadaDepartment of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, National Reference Center for Rare NeuroMuscular Disorders, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceSorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Association Institut de Myologie, Center of Research in Myology, UMRS, Paris, FranceDepartment of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, National Reference Center for Rare NeuroMuscular Disorders, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceSorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Association Institut de Myologie, Center of Research in Myology, UMRS, Paris, FranceSorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Association Institut de Myologie, Center of Research in Myology, UMRS, Paris, FranceDepartment of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, National Reference Center for Rare NeuroMuscular Disorders, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceLaboratory of Pharmacological and Toxicological Chemistry and Biochemistry, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris Cité University, Paris, FranceSorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses (CIMI-Paris), Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, FranceTranslational Immunology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Paris, FranceDepartment of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, National Reference Center for Rare NeuroMuscular Disorders, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceSorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Association Institut de Myologie, Center of Research in Myology, UMRS, Paris, FranceDepartment of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, National Reference Center for Rare NeuroMuscular Disorders, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceSorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Association Institut de Myologie, Center of Research in Myology, UMRS, Paris, FranceObjectiveThe objective of this study was to evaluate the presence of different types of interferon in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) and their subgroups using ultrasensitive cytokine detection techniques (SIMOA) and to assess their potential as activity biomarkers.MethodsDisease activity was measured at the time of serum collection and assessed by manual muscle testing eight (MMT8 score 0-150), muscle enzymes to calculate the Physician Global Assessment (PGA) (0-10). Patients were classified as active if PGA>5.Serum IFN-α and IFN-γ levels was measured using the single molecule array (SIMOA) technique. Serum IFN-β level was measured by Elisa. Correlation between IFN levels and disease activity were performed.ResultsWe included 242 IIM patients and found a good correlation between type I Interferon (IFN) and dermatomyositis disease activity. IFN-α and IFN-β was highly correlated with disease activity (r=0.76 and r=0,58). To evaluate whether the different types of Interferons could serve as biomarkers of activity, we generated ROC curves. Patients with active DM had a higher median IFN-α level (0.49 pg/ml [0.1-3.7]) compared with non-active patients (0.03 pg/ml [0.01-0.07] p<0.05). The area under the curve was 0.90 IC95 (0.76-0.97) p<0.05. Furthermore, Myositis-specific antibodies appear to be associated with a different secretion profile; patients with anti-MDA 5 antibodies had higher level of IFN-α than most other antibodies (6.58 vs 0.14 p<0.005). NXP2 had higher IFN-β level than patients with Tif1γ antibodies.ConclusionSerum IFN-α level measured by SIMOA is a reliable biomarker of DM activity. Myositis-specific antibodies appear to be associated with a different secretion profile. This data needs to be confirmed in order to select the good therapeutics strategies in DM.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2025.1529582/fullinterferondermatomyositisimmune mediated necrotizing myopathieAnti-synthetase syndrominclusion body myositisbiomarker
spellingShingle Loïs Bolko
Loïs Bolko
Loïs Bolko
Céline Anquetil
Céline Anquetil
Alba Llibre
Solène Maillard
Damien Amelin
Karim Dorgham
Vincent Bondet
Océane Landon-Cardinal
Océane Landon-Cardinal
Océane Landon-Cardinal
Ségolène Toquet
Ségolène Toquet
Kuberaka Mariampillai
Samuel Malatre
Alexandrine Mahoudeau
Baptiste Hervier
Mathieu Rodero
Guy Gorochov
Darragh Duffy
Olivier Benveniste
Olivier Benveniste
Yves Allenbach
Yves Allenbach
Ultrasensitive interferons quantification reveals different cytokine profile secretion in inflammatory myopathies and can serve as biomarkers of activity in dermatomyositis
Frontiers in Immunology
interferon
dermatomyositis
immune mediated necrotizing myopathie
Anti-synthetase syndrom
inclusion body myositis
biomarker
title Ultrasensitive interferons quantification reveals different cytokine profile secretion in inflammatory myopathies and can serve as biomarkers of activity in dermatomyositis
title_full Ultrasensitive interferons quantification reveals different cytokine profile secretion in inflammatory myopathies and can serve as biomarkers of activity in dermatomyositis
title_fullStr Ultrasensitive interferons quantification reveals different cytokine profile secretion in inflammatory myopathies and can serve as biomarkers of activity in dermatomyositis
title_full_unstemmed Ultrasensitive interferons quantification reveals different cytokine profile secretion in inflammatory myopathies and can serve as biomarkers of activity in dermatomyositis
title_short Ultrasensitive interferons quantification reveals different cytokine profile secretion in inflammatory myopathies and can serve as biomarkers of activity in dermatomyositis
title_sort ultrasensitive interferons quantification reveals different cytokine profile secretion in inflammatory myopathies and can serve as biomarkers of activity in dermatomyositis
topic interferon
dermatomyositis
immune mediated necrotizing myopathie
Anti-synthetase syndrom
inclusion body myositis
biomarker
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2025.1529582/full
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