2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study on optimization of anti-CCR4 antibody therapy for patients with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy
Project/Area Number |
19K07983
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Review Section |
Basic Section 52020:Neurology-related
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Research Institution | St. Marianna University School of Medicine |
Principal Investigator |
Sato Tomoo 聖マリアンナ医科大学, 医学研究科, 准教授 (30387063)
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Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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Keywords | HTLV-1 / HTLV-1関連脊髄症 / 抗CCR4抗体療法 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
HTLV-1-associated myelopathy (HAM) is a neurological intractable disease caused by HTLV-1-infected cells. Corticosteroids have limited therapeutic efficacy in this disease. Recently, we demonstrated that anti-CCR4 antibody therapy for patients with HAM may improve spinal cord inflammation and clinical symptoms by destroying HTLV-1-infected cells, but in some cases the reduction of infected cells was insufficient. In this study, we found two major phenomena as to why anti-CCR4 antibodies fail to adequately destroy infected cells: one is the presence of neutralizing antibodies against CCR4, and the other is an increase in the number of infected cells that do not express CCR4.
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Free Research Field |
神経免疫学
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
HTLV-1関連脊髄症(HAM)は、うまく歩けない、尿が出にくい、足がしびれるといった症状が出現し、徐々に進行する希少難病である。その原因は、HTLV-1というウイルスに感染した細胞を排除しようとする免疫の反応が脊髄の中で持続し、脊髄の神経組織がやられ、脳から出る信号をうまく伝えられなくなるためと考えられている。したがってHTLV-1に感染した細胞を排除できる薬の登場が望まれていて、最近、抗CCR4抗体が見出されたが、うまく効果を発揮できない場合があった。本研究では、感染細胞がこの抗CCR4抗体の攻撃から逃れる2つの現象を突き止めた。
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