• Clinical endocrinology · Apr 2013

    Clinical Trial

    Regulatory T cells and other lymphocyte subpopulations in patients with melanoma developing interferon-induced thyroiditis during high-dose interferon-α2b treatment.

    • Berta Soldevila, Núria Alonso, Maria J Martínez-Arconada, Maria L Granada, Aram Boada, Virginia Vallejos, Manuel Fraile, Marco A Fernández-Sanmartín, Ricardo Pujol-Borrell, Manel Puig-Domingo, Anna Sanmartí, and Eva M Martínez-Cáceres.
    • Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, spain. bsoldevila.germanstrias@gencat.cat
    • Clin. Endocrinol. (Oxf). 2013 Apr 1; 78 (4): 621-8.

    ContextOne of the side effects of interferon-alpha therapy is interferon-induced thyroiditis (IIT). The role of lymphocyte subpopulations in IIT melanoma patients remains to be defined.ObjectiveOur objective was to assess different peripheral blood lymphocyte subpopulations, mainly regulatory T cells (Tregs), in melanoma patients who developed IIT.Design, Patients And MethodsFrom 30 melanoma patients receiving high-dose interferon (HDI)-alpha 2b (IFN-α2b) treatment, those who developed IIT (IIT patients) were selected and compared with patients who did not develop IIT (Co-MM) and healthy controls (Co-H). Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were obtained before treatment (BT), mid-treatment (MT), end of treatment (ET), 24 weeks post-treatment and at appearance of IIT (TT).ResultsNine patients developed IIT (30%): four Hashimoto's thyroiditis and five destructive thyroiditis. An increase in Tregs was observed in both melanoma groups during HDI treatment. A decrease in CD3(+) , NKT lymphocyte subpopulations and Bcl2 expression on B cells was also observed in both groups. However, no changes were observed in the percentage of CD4(+) , CD8(+) , CD3(+) γδ(+) , CD19(+) , transitional B cells (CD24(high) CD38(high) CD19(+) CD27(-) ), natural killer (NK), invariant NKT (iNKT) lymphocytes and Th1/Th2 balance when BT was compared with ET. At TT, IIT patients had a higher Tregs percentage than Co-MM (P = 0·012) and Co-H (P = 0·004), a higher iNKT percentage than Co-MM (P = 0·011), a higher transitional B cells percentage than Co-H (P = 0·015), a lower CD3(+) percentage than Co-H (P = 0·001) and a lower Bcl2 expression on B cells than Co-H (P < 0·001).ConclusionsOur results point to the immunomodulatory effects of IFN-α on different lymphocyte subpopulations and a possible role of Tregs in melanoma patients who developed IIT.© 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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