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Doxycycline host-directed therapy in human pulmonary tuberculosis

Doxycycline host-directed therapy in human pulmonary tuberculosis
Doxycycline host-directed therapy in human pulmonary tuberculosis

BACKGROUND. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are key regulators of tissue destruction in tuberculosis (TB) and may be targets for host-directed therapy. We conducted a phase II double-blind, randomized, controlled trial investigating doxycycline, a licensed broad-spectrum MMP inhibitor, in patients with pulmonary TB. METHODS. Thirty patients with pulmonary TB were enrolled within 7 days of initiating anti-TB treatment and randomly assigned to receive either 100 mg doxycycline or placebo twice a day for 14 days, in addition to standard care. RESULTS. Whole blood RNA-sequencing demonstrated that doxycycline accelerated restoration of dysregulated gene expression in TB towards normality, rapidly down-regulating type I and II interferon and innate immune response genes, and up-regulating B-cell modules relative to placebo. The effects persisted for 6 weeks after doxycycline discontinuation, concurrent with suppressed plasma MMP-1. Doxycycline significantly reduced sputum MMP-1, -8, -9, -12 and -13, suppressed type I collagen and elastin destruction, reduced pulmonary cavity volume without altering sputum mycobacterial loads, and was safe. CONCLUSION. Adjunctive doxycycline with standard anti-TB treatment suppressed pathological MMPs in PTB patients. Larger studies on adjunctive doxycycline to limit TB immunopathology are merited.

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Miow, Quig
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Wang, Yu
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Bai, Chen
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Teo, Felicia
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Wang, Alvin
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Loh, Hong
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Tan, Tuan
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Ding, Ying
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She, Hoi
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Gan, Suay
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Chee, Cynthia
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Polak, Marta
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Wang, Yee
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Singhal, Amit
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Elkington, Paul
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Friedland, Jon S.
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Ong, Catherine W.M.
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Miow, Quig
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Wang, Yu
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Bai, Chen
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Teo, Felicia
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Wang, Alvin
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Loh, Hong
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She, Hoi
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Gan, Suay
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Lum, Josephine
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Chee, Cynthia
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Polak, Marta
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Wang, Yee
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Singhal, Amit
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Elkington, Paul
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Friedland, Jon S.
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Ong, Catherine W.M.
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Miow, Quig, Vallejo Pulido, Andres, Wang, Yu, Hong, Jia, Bai, Chen, Teo, Felicia, Wang, Alvin, Loh, Hong, Tan, Tuan, Ding, Ying, She, Hoi, Gan, Suay, Paton, Nicholas, Lum, Josephine, Tay, Alicia, Chee, Cynthia, Tambyah, Paul, Polak, Marta, Wang, Yee, Singhal, Amit, Elkington, Paul, Friedland, Jon S. and Ong, Catherine W.M. (2021) Doxycycline host-directed therapy in human pulmonary tuberculosis. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 131 (15), [e14i895]. (doi:10.1172/JCI141895).

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Abstract

BACKGROUND. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are key regulators of tissue destruction in tuberculosis (TB) and may be targets for host-directed therapy. We conducted a phase II double-blind, randomized, controlled trial investigating doxycycline, a licensed broad-spectrum MMP inhibitor, in patients with pulmonary TB. METHODS. Thirty patients with pulmonary TB were enrolled within 7 days of initiating anti-TB treatment and randomly assigned to receive either 100 mg doxycycline or placebo twice a day for 14 days, in addition to standard care. RESULTS. Whole blood RNA-sequencing demonstrated that doxycycline accelerated restoration of dysregulated gene expression in TB towards normality, rapidly down-regulating type I and II interferon and innate immune response genes, and up-regulating B-cell modules relative to placebo. The effects persisted for 6 weeks after doxycycline discontinuation, concurrent with suppressed plasma MMP-1. Doxycycline significantly reduced sputum MMP-1, -8, -9, -12 and -13, suppressed type I collagen and elastin destruction, reduced pulmonary cavity volume without altering sputum mycobacterial loads, and was safe. CONCLUSION. Adjunctive doxycycline with standard anti-TB treatment suppressed pathological MMPs in PTB patients. Larger studies on adjunctive doxycycline to limit TB immunopathology are merited.

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Accepted/In Press date: 11 June 2021
e-pub ahead of print date: 15 June 2021
Published date: 15 June 2021

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Local EPrints ID: 449845
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/449845
ISSN: 0021-9738
PURE UUID: 91a85a92-bde6-47c3-ba3d-2e4103bf9499
ORCID for Andres Vallejo Pulido: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4688-0598
ORCID for Paul Elkington: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0390-0613

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Date deposited: 22 Jun 2021 16:30
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 01:59

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Author: Quig Miow
Author: Andres Vallejo Pulido ORCID iD
Author: Yu Wang
Author: Jia Hong
Author: Chen Bai
Author: Felicia Teo
Author: Alvin Wang
Author: Hong Loh
Author: Tuan Tan
Author: Ying Ding
Author: Hoi She
Author: Suay Gan
Author: Nicholas Paton
Author: Josephine Lum
Author: Alicia Tay
Author: Cynthia Chee
Author: Paul Tambyah
Author: Marta Polak
Author: Yee Wang
Author: Amit Singhal
Author: Paul Elkington ORCID iD
Author: Jon S. Friedland
Author: Catherine W.M. Ong

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