Bioscience Medical Research Center, Niigata University Medical & Dental Hospital Niigata, Japan.
Clinical and Translational Research Center, Niigata University Medical & Dental Hospital Niigata, Japan.
J Immunol Methods. 2018 Sep;460:1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jim.2018.05.012. Epub 2018 Jul 9.
During a clinical trial of a Saccharomyces cerviciae-derived recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF), sargramostim, in patients with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (aPAP), we conducted a pharmacokinetic study of single-dose sargramostim inhalation. Several problems were encountered whereby sargramostim formed an immune-complex with GM-CSF autoantibodies (GMAbs) immediately after entering the body; thus, we could not measure the concentration of sargramostim using a commercial high sensitivity enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Moreover, the ELISA could not discriminate inhaled sargramostim from intrinsic GM-CSF. To solve these problems, we developed a novel ELISA system with a capture antibody that is specific for sargramostim and a detection antibody capable of binding with GM-CSF. This system quantified the serum sargramostim concentration, but not E. coli-, CHO-, or HEK293T-derived human recombinant GM-CSF. Using this system, serum pharmacokinetics were estimated in five patients after inhalation of 250 μg sargramostim, with a mean Cmax of 9.7 ± 2.85 pg/ml at a Tmax of 2 ± 1.22 h.
在一项针对自身免疫性肺泡蛋白沉积症(aPAP)患者使用来源于酿酒酵母重组人粒细胞-巨噬细胞集落刺激因子(rhGM-CSF),沙格司亭(sargramostim)的临床试验中,我们进行了单次吸入沙格司亭的药代动力学研究。在试验中发现了一些问题,即在进入人体后,沙格司亭会立即与 GM-CSF 自身抗体(GMAbs)形成免疫复合物;因此,我们无法使用商业高灵敏度酶联免疫吸附测定法(ELISA)来测量沙格司亭的浓度。此外,ELISA 无法区分吸入的沙格司亭和内源性 GM-CSF。为了解决这些问题,我们开发了一种新的 ELISA 系统,该系统使用一种针对沙格司亭的特异性捕获抗体和一种能够与 GM-CSF 结合的检测抗体。该系统可以定量血清中的沙格司亭浓度,但不能定量 E. coli、CHO 或 HEK293T 来源的人重组 GM-CSF。使用该系统,在 5 名患者吸入 250μg 沙格司亭后,估计了血清药代动力学,在 Tmax 为 2±1.22h 时,Cmax 为 9.7±2.85pg/ml。