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Comparative Study
. 2015 Sep;135(9):2237-2248.
doi: 10.1038/jid.2015.165. Epub 2015 May 6.

Oxypurinol-Specific T Cells Possess Preferential TCR Clonotypes and Express Granulysin in Allopurinol-Induced Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions

Wen-Hung Chung  1 , Ren-You Pan  2 , Mu-Tzu Chu  3 , See-Wen Chin  1 , Yu-Lin Huang  1 , Wei-Chi Wang  4 , Jen-Yun Chang  4 , Shuen-Iu Hung  5
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Comparative Study

Oxypurinol-Specific T Cells Possess Preferential TCR Clonotypes and Express Granulysin in Allopurinol-Induced Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions

Wen-Hung Chung et al. J Invest Dermatol. 2015 Sep.
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Abstract

Allopurinol, a first-line drug for treating gout and hyperuricemia, is one of the leading causes of severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SCARs). To investigate the molecular mechanism of allopurinol-induced SCAR, we enrolled 21 patients (13 Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS)/toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) and 8 drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS)), 11 tolerant controls, and 23 healthy donors. We performed in vitro T-cell activation assays by culturing peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) with allopurinol, oxypurinol, or febuxostat and measuring the expression of granulysin and IFN-γ in the supernatants of cultures. TCR repertoire was investigated by next-generation sequencing. Oxypurinol stimulation resulted in a significant increase in granulysin in the cultures of blood samples from SCAR patients (n=14) but not tolerant controls (n=11) or healthy donors (n=23). Oxypurinol induced T-cell response in a concentration- and time-dependent manner, whereas allopurinol or febuxostat did not. T cells from patients with allopurinol-SCAR showed no crossreactivity with febuxostat. Preferential TCR-V-β usage and clonal expansion of specific CDR3 (third complementarity-determining region) were found in the blister cells from skin lesions (n=8) and oxypurinol-activated T-cell cultures (n=4) from patients with allopurinol-SCAR. These data suggest that, in addition to HLA-B*58:01, clonotype-specific T cells expressing granulysin upon oxypurinol induction participate in the pathogenesis of allopurinol-induced SCAR.

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