Table 1

Effects of anti-TWEAK monoclonal antibodies on the secretion of proinflammatory molecules by dermal fibroblasts stimulated by hTWEAK, alone or in association with TNF or IL-1β



BCB10
BEB3
Stimulation

BCB10
BEB3
Stimulation
Stimulus
None
(10 μg/ml)
(10 μg/ml)
index*
None
(10 μg/ml)
(10 μg/ml)
index*


IL-8 secretion (ng/ml)

IL-6 secretion (ng/ml)

Medium alone
6.4
8.3
5.4
1.0
1.1
1.4
0.9
1.0
hTWEAK (50 ng/ml)
55.1
9.6
96.0
17.8
6.0
2.2
15.9
17.7
TNF (1 ng/ml)
111.6
126.1
114.3
1.0
11.2
11.4
10.8
1.0
TNF + hTWEAK
264.3
136.7
446.1
3.9
21.1
13.9
42.9
4.0
IL-1β (0.1 ng/ml)
214.9
248.6
190.2
1.0
42.5
60.9
53.5
1.0
IL-1β + hTWEAK
439.7
277.2
583.1
3.1
69.8
59.3
116.8
2.2

MMP-1 secretion (μg/ml)

IP-10 secretion (pg/ml)

Medium alone
0.44
0.53
0.38
1.0
18.5
nd
nd
1.0
hTWEAK (50 ng/ml)
1.68
0.82
2.46
6.5
388
nd
625
33.8
TNF (1 ng/ml)
2.36
2.52
2.49
1.0
241
85
93
1.0
TNF + hTWEAK
2.38
3.09
3.20
1.3
6358
600
6403
68.8
IL-1β (0.1 ng/ml)
2.48
2.82
2.05
1.0
175
103
111
1.0
IL-1β + hTWEAK
3.8
2.89
3.59
1.8
272
83
407
3.7

PGE2 secretion (ng/ml)

RANTES secretion (ng/ml)

Medium alone
15
11
10
1.0
0.79
0.63
0.55
1.0
hTWEAK (50 ng/ml)
22
8
31
3.1
10.56
0.77
15.72
28.6
TNF (1 ng/ml)
71
41
57
1.0
2.04
2.65
1.99
1.0
TNF + hTWEAK
125
104
177
3.1
77.88
5.27
91.96
46.2
IL-1β (0.1 ng/ml)
139
156
259
1.0
1.16
1.30
1.49
1.0
IL-1β + hTWEAK
143
186
312
1.2
29.28
1.57
51.78
34.7

* Stimulationindices were calculated from the values obtained with the BEB3 anti-TWEAK mAb results: TWEAK/medium; (TNF + TWEAK)/TNF alone; (IL-1β + TWEAK)/IL-1β alone. Similar results were obtained in 3 independent experiments. hTWEAK, human TNF-like weak inducer of apoptosis; IP-10, interferon-γ-inducible protein-10; MMP-1, matrix metalloproteinase-1; nd, not detectable; PGE2, prostaglandin E2; RANTES, regulated on activation, normal T expressed and secreted; TNF, tumour necrosis factor.

Chicheportiche et al. Arthritis Res 2002 4:126   doi:10.1186/ar388