Background: Chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) is an immune-mediated disease associated with cytokine dysbalance.
Objectives: The aim of our study was to evaluate the cytokines levels in CNO and compare to juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) – disease with immune-mediated mechanism.
Methods: The diagnosis of CNO made with criteria, proposed by Jansson (2007, 2009), after the exclusion of other causes of bone disease [1]. We included 42 patients with NBO, 28 patients with non-systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). We evaluated plasma levels of 14-3-3 protein, S100A8/S100A9-protein, interleukine-6 (IL-6), interleukine-18 (IL-18), interleukine-4 (IL-4), interleukine-17 (IL-17), interleukine-1β (IL-1 β) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα) in 2 groups by the ELISA. Statistical analysis was carried out with Statistica 10.0 software. We utilized descriptive statistics (Me; IQR), Mann-Whitney tests.
Results: We have found differences in the proinflammatory biomarkers between CNO, JIA. Patients with NBO had lower levels of studied cytokines, exclude14-3-3-protein, S100A8/S100A9 and interleukin-6 compare to JIA patients (
Comparison the cytokine levels between CNO, JIA N
Parameter | NBO (n=42) | JIA (n=28) | p |
---|---|---|---|
Hemoglobin, g/l | 112 (104; 124) | 120 (114.5; 126.0) | 0.02 |
WBC x 10 9 /l | 7.9 (7.0; 10.5) | 8.0 (6.7; 10.0) | 0.86 |
PLT x 10 9 /l | 347 (259; 408) | 336.5 (274.0; 390.5) | 0.98 |
ESR. mm/h | 25.0 (9.0; 46.0) | 8.5 (2.5; 13.0) | 0.013 |
CRP, mg/l | 6.1 (0.6; 2.4) | 1.8 (0.4; 11.9) | 0.027 |
14-3-3, ng/ml | 21.4 (18.5; 27.1) | 19.9 (18.0; 27.8) | 0.77 |
S100A8/S100A9, ng/ml | 5.9 (5.2; 6.5) | 5.9 (5.0; 6.2) | 0.76 |
IL-6, ng/ml | 126,2 (112.8; 137.5) | 132.4 (117.4; 142.9) | 0.16 |
IL-18, ng/ml | 270.1 (200.1; 316.1) | 388.3 (373.9; 405.1) | 0.0000001 |
IL-4, ng/ml | 15.3 (11.5; 18.2) | 18.7 (16.2; 20.2) | 0.003 |
IL-17, ng/ml | 83.1 (71.1; 97.3) | 99.2 (87.3; 115.8) | 0.003 |
IL-1b, ng/ml | 47.4 (42.0; 51.3) | 70.8 (65.3; 73.6) | 0.0000001 |
TNFa, ng/ml | 19.4 (17.8; 21.3) | 23.1 (20.2; 25.9) | 0.0006 |
Conclusion: Patients with CNO had less proinflammatory activity then JIA patients, besides IL-6 and S100A8/S100A9. Further investigations required for finding new more precise biomarkers and finding possible molecular targets for treatment.
This work supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant № 18-515-57001)
REFERENCES:
[1]Jansson AF, et al. Clinical score for nonbacterial osteitis in children and adults. Arthritis Rheum. 2009;60(4):1152-9.
Disclosure of Interests: None declared