Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
J Infect Dis. 2012 Jun;205(11):1705-8. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jis269. Epub 2012 Apr 3.
Individuals with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) live with a risk of reactivation, and several treatments for chronic inflammatory conditions are highly associated with such reactivation. A new Janus kinase inhibitor, tofacitinib (CP-690550), has shown promising results for treatment of inflammatory disorders, thus raising concerns of risk of active tuberculosis. Our goal was to characterize the impact of tofacitinib on LTBI using a mouse model of contained tuberculosis. Our data indicate that tofacitinib reduces host containment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and promotes bacterial replication in the lungs, suggesting tuberculosis reactivation. Tofacitinib may carry a significant risk for LTBI reactivation in humans.
潜伏性结核感染(LTBI)个体存在再激活的风险,而几种慢性炎症性疾病的治疗方法与这种再激活高度相关。一种新型的 Janus 激酶抑制剂托法替尼(CP-690550)已显示出对治疗炎症性疾病有良好的效果,因此引起了对活动性结核的风险的担忧。我们的目标是使用包含性结核的小鼠模型来描述托法替尼对 LTBI 的影响。我们的数据表明,托法替尼降低了宿主对结核分枝杆菌的控制,并促进了肺部细菌的复制,提示结核再激活。托法替尼可能会对人类 LTBI 的再激活带来重大风险。