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- Title
Decreased neutrophil function in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients is restored with lenalidomide therapy.
- Authors
Askman, Sandra; Westerlund, Julia; Pettersson, Åsa; Hellmark, Thomas; Johansson, Åsa; Wichert, Stina; Hansson, Markus
- Abstract
Objectives: Bacterial infections are common and a major cause of morbidity and mortality in multiple myeloma (MM). We have investigated the function of polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN), the immune system's first line of defense against bacteria, in peripheral blood (PB) and bone marrow (BM) samples from patients with newly diagnosed MM (NDMM), smoldering MM (SMM), monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and healthy controls. Methods: Phagocytosis and oxidative burst in PMN cells from patients and healthy donors were investigated using PhagoTest and PhagoBurst assay. Results: PMN from NDMM, SMM, and MGUS patients had reduced phagocytosis and oxidative burst ability compared with healthy controls. The dysfunction was most prominent in BM samples from MM, SMM, and MGUS patients. Importantly the reduced phagocytosis in MM patients was restored in patients on lenalidomide therapy. Consistently the ability of Escherichia coli stimulated oxidative burst in BM was reduced for the MM, SMM, and MGUS cohort in contrast to the healthy controls and the patients on lenalidomide treatment. Conclusion: Our results show that MM patients have neutrophil dysfunction that could contribute to susceptibility for bacterial infections and that lenalidomide therapy was associated with restored PMN function.
- Subjects
MULTIPLE myeloma; LENALIDOMIDE; NEUTROPHILS; BONE marrow; BACTERIAL diseases; MONOCLONAL gammopathies
- Publication
European Journal of Haematology, 2024, Vol 113, Issue 1, p72
- ISSN
0902-4441
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ejh.14200