Neopterin - Kurzinfos Neopterin - Deutsch Neopterin - English
Measurement Biological Effects Oxidative Stress HIV-Infection Trauma, Sepsis Cancer Autoimmunity Heart Diseases Immunmodulation Blood Tranfusion In Vitro Testing Anemia Tryptophan Degradation Homocysteine Soluble TNF-Receptor Infection
Winterworkshop 2008 Winterworkshop 2007 Winterworkshop 2006 Winterworkshop 2005 Winterworkshop 2004 Awards
View the Crew Neopterin Treff Alpine Surroundings Most Recent Salfeins Paintings
Chemisches Rechnen AIDS aktuell Neopterin Clinical Biochemistry of Infectious Diseases
Impressum Scientific References Curriculum Impact Factor
Autoimmunity

Increased neopterin concentrations are common in patients with autoimmune disorders, e.g. rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. Neopterin concentrations correlate with disease activity and indicate response to therapy.

 

Serum soluble markers of immune activation and disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus

Samsonov MY, et al.

Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, Cardiology Research Center, Moscow, Russia

(Lupus 1995; 4: 29-32)


We investigated a possible association between markers of immune activation and disease activity in 52 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Serum concentrations of neopterin, beta-2-microglobulin, 55 kD-type soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor, soluble interleukin-2 receptor and soluble CD8 were compared to the Index of European Consensus Lupus Activity Measurement (ECLAM). All markers of immune activation, except sCD8, significantly correlated with ECLAM. Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis revealed erythrocyte sedimentation rate and neopterin to correlate best with ECLAM (multiple correlation coefficient = 0.74, P < 0.001). The study shows that serum neopterin concentrations are a useful independent index for disease activity in SLE. The finding of enhanced concentrations of various parameters of immune activation in patients confirm a role of the T cell and macrophage activation in the pathogenesis of SLE.

 Correlation between synovial neopterin and inflammatory activity in rheumatoid arthritis

Krause A, et al.
Department of Medicine, University Hospital Marburg, West Germany
Ann Rheum Dis 1989; 48: 636-40


According to recent investigations neopterin (a pyrazinopyrimidine derivative) is a biochemical marker that reflects the activity of the proinflammatory immunocellular system of the synovial tissue in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Interferon gamma, derived from antigen activated T lymphocytes, stimulates macrophages to synthesise and release neopterin into the culture supernatant in vitro. To extend this in vitro model to a clinical level a sensitive new radioimmunoassay technique was used to measure neopterin concentrations in the synovial fluid (SF) of 17 patients with active RA, nine with osteoarthritis, and six with acute gout, and in that of 12 controls undergoing meniscectomy. The SF neopterin concentrations were significantly higher in patients with RA than in the other groups of patients, particularly the controls. Multivariant analysis showed that SF neopterin concentrations correspond better with the systemic inflammatory activity of RA than with the local disease activity of the knee joints. Thus the study strengthens the hypothesis that neopterin reflects the essential role of the activated immunocellular reaction in the pathogenesis of RA.

 Urinary neopterin reflects clinical activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Reibnegger G, et al.
Institute of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
(Arthritis Rheum 1986; 29: 1063-70)


Neopterin is a marker for activation of cellular immunity. Urinary neopterin levels were measured in 106 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and in 45 patients with osteoarthritis. Levels were significantly higher in RA patients than in osteoarthritis patients and were strongly dependent on stage and activity of RA. Correlations with other laboratory parameters were weak. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that urinary neopterin levels reflected clinical activity better than did other laboratory findings. Thus, urinary neopterin determination might be useful in monitoring RA patients.