Hadis Yousefzadeh1, Farahzad Jabbari Azad2, Maryam Rastin1, Mahnaz Banihashemi3, Mahmoud Mahmoudi1. 1. Immunology Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. 2. Allergy Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. 3. Cutaneous Leishmaniosis Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Psoriasis is a T cell-mediated autoimmune disease in patients with elevated levels of proinflammatory cytokines belonging mainly to the Th1 pathway. We investigated whether treatment of psoriasis patients with methotrexate (MTX), along with micronutrients, modulated mRNA expression of Th1 and Th2 components and whether expression of these components correlated with psoriasis severity. METHODS: Thirty plaque-type psoriasis patients with Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) scores greater than 10 were recruited; these were 15 non-micronutrients taking- (NMT) patients treated with MTX daily (0.2-0.3 mg/kg/week), and 15 micronutrients taking- (MT) patients treated with MTX plus a micronutrient supplement daily, for 12 weeks. Blood samples were collected immediately before treatment (baseline) and after 12 weeks of treatment. Taqman quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was applied to analyze the expression of the Th1 components T-bet, interleukin-12 (IL-12), and interferon-gamma (IFN-Υ), and the Th2 components GATA-3 and interleukin-4 (IL-4). Disease severity was measured using the PASI scoring system. RESULTS: Significant clinical improvement in the MT group coincided with significant down-regulation of Th1 and up-regulation of Th2 markers (P<0.05). With respect to the PASI-75, (defined as a 75% or greater reduction in the PASI score) cut-off point, expression of IFN-γ in the MT group with PASI scores above 75 was significantly less than that of patients in the NMT group (P=0.05). Also, GATA3 and IL-4 mRNA expression in the MT group with PASI scores greater than above 75 was significantly greater than that of patients in the NMT group (P=0.05 and 0.04, respectively). CONCLUSION: Based on significant attenuation of the PASI score, which correlated with upregulation of Th2 pathway markers in the MT group, we recommend administration of micronutrients combined with MTX for psoriasis patients. Our results contribute to a better understanding of methotrexate immunepathogenesis mechanisms and their correlations to clinical responses in psoriasis.
BACKGROUND:Psoriasis is a T cell-mediated autoimmune disease in patients with elevated levels of proinflammatory cytokines belonging mainly to the Th1 pathway. We investigated whether treatment of psoriasispatients with methotrexate (MTX), along with micronutrients, modulated mRNA expression of Th1 and Th2 components and whether expression of these components correlated with psoriasis severity. METHODS: Thirty plaque-type psoriasispatients with Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) scores greater than 10 were recruited; these were 15 non-micronutrients taking- (NMT) patients treated with MTX daily (0.2-0.3 mg/kg/week), and 15 micronutrients taking- (MT) patients treated with MTX plus a micronutrient supplement daily, for 12 weeks. Blood samples were collected immediately before treatment (baseline) and after 12 weeks of treatment. Taqman quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was applied to analyze the expression of the Th1 components T-bet, interleukin-12 (IL-12), and interferon-gamma (IFN-Υ), and the Th2 components GATA-3 and interleukin-4 (IL-4). Disease severity was measured using the PASI scoring system. RESULTS: Significant clinical improvement in the MT group coincided with significant down-regulation of Th1 and up-regulation of Th2 markers (P<0.05). With respect to the PASI-75, (defined as a 75% or greater reduction in the PASI score) cut-off point, expression of IFN-γ in the MT group with PASI scores above 75 was significantly less than that of patients in the NMT group (P=0.05). Also, GATA3 and IL-4 mRNA expression in the MT group with PASI scores greater than above 75 was significantly greater than that of patients in the NMT group (P=0.05 and 0.04, respectively). CONCLUSION: Based on significant attenuation of the PASI score, which correlated with upregulation of Th2 pathway markers in the MT group, we recommend administration of micronutrients combined with MTX for psoriasispatients. Our results contribute to a better understanding of methotrexate immunepathogenesis mechanisms and their correlations to clinical responses in psoriasis.
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