Protein spectrum changes in exosomes after therapeutic plasma exchange in patients with neuromyelitis optica

Autor: Yan-Nan Feng, Yuan Zhuang, Guibin Wang, Tianxin Yang, Lu Yang, Chunya Ma, Wanjun Shen, Zhong Liu, Deqing Wang, Ying Wu, Leiying Zhang, Xiaomin Liu, Yang Yu, Shufang Wang
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Clinical Apheresis. 35:206-216
ISSN: 1098-1101
0733-2459
DOI: 10.1002/jca.21781
Popis: INTRODUCTION Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an autoimmune disease with a high rate of blindness and positive for the detection of aquaporin-4 antibody (AQP4) in most patients. NMO acute attacks are managed by high-doses of intravenous methylprednisolone followed by oral taper, and if symptoms fail to resolve, therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is added. TPE can remove pathological antibodies and inflammatory factors leading to clinical improvement. METHODS A total of 40 TPE fluid collections from the first to fifth TPE treatments were obtained from eight patients. Exosomes were isolated by ultracentrifugation. Mass spectrometry analyses were used to compare protein change in TPE fluid collection exosomes after the first to the fifth TPE treatments in these patients. RESULTS We detected 647 exosome proteins through data-independent acquisition analysis. It was found that some unknown functional antibody fragments and complement pathway proteins decreased after TPE treatment. The results revealed a significant involvement of the following two key pathways: the primary immunodeficiency and systemic lupus erythematosus that may be associated with NMO pathophysiology and TPE treatment efficacy (P
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