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Background <p>Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) is a subgroup of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies associated with anti-signal recognition particle (SRP) or anti-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMGCR) autoantibodies. The direct pathogenic effects of IMNM patient autoantibodies on skeletal muscle contractile force, independent of the downstream activation of the complement pathway, remain understudied.</p> Methods <p>This study leverages a custom 3-D human skeletal muscle microtissue (hMMT) culture platform that encourages muscle cell contractile apparatus maturation and enables analysis of contractile function. Force generation competent hMMTs were treated with total immunoglobulins (IgGs) isolated from the plasma of IMNM patients with amplification of anti-SRP<sup>+</sup> (<i>n</i> = 7) or anti-HMGCR<sup>+</sup> (<i>n</i> = 7) autoantibodies and delivered in complement inactivated media for 4 days. hMMT function was then evaluated by quantifying the peak force and contraction kinetics in response to electrical field stimulation, followed by histological analysis of muscle cell gross morphology and sarcomere structure. To determine whether IgG from IMNM patients can enter muscle cells, 2-D myotube cultures were treated with donor total IgG delivered in complement replete media for 36&#xa0;h, and then analyzed using immunostaining and confocal microscopy.</p> Results <p>Exposure to total IgGs isolated from a subset of IMNM patients induced a decline in hMMT twitch and tetanus contractile force and were associated with sarcomere fragility and slowed muscle cell contraction and relaxation rates. Pathogenic influences on hMMT force generation were observed at a greater frequency in response to total IgGs isolated from IMNM patients with anti-HMGCR + autoantibodies. Substantial intracellular human IgG staining was observed in conditions where myotubes were treated with total IgGs from IMNM patients.</p> Conclusions <p>This study demonstrates that total IgGs isolated from IMNM patients have the aberrant capacity to enter muscle cells in the absence of complement. Further, a subset of patient IgGs exert direct pathogenic influences on engineered muscle contractile function that are independent of the complement system. Together, these findings have important implications for the advancement of IMNM precision medicine therapies.</p>

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Complement-independent pathogenic influences of anti-HMGCR + and anti-SRP + immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy autoantibodies on engineered muscle function

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    2025年11月25日

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  • Heta Lad,
  • Yekaterina Tiper,
  • Ernest Myguel Esteban,
  • Manish K. Singh,
  • Alexandrine Mahoudeau,
  • Zhuoye Xie,
  • Berenice Tendrel,
  • Yves Allenbach,
  • Olivier Benveniste,
  • Penney M. Gilbert

摘要

Background

Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) is a subgroup of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies associated with anti-signal recognition particle (SRP) or anti-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMGCR) autoantibodies. The direct pathogenic effects of IMNM patient autoantibodies on skeletal muscle contractile force, independent of the downstream activation of the complement pathway, remain understudied.

Methods

This study leverages a custom 3-D human skeletal muscle microtissue (hMMT) culture platform that encourages muscle cell contractile apparatus maturation and enables analysis of contractile function. Force generation competent hMMTs were treated with total immunoglobulins (IgGs) isolated from the plasma of IMNM patients with amplification of anti-SRP+ (n = 7) or anti-HMGCR+ (n = 7) autoantibodies and delivered in complement inactivated media for 4 days. hMMT function was then evaluated by quantifying the peak force and contraction kinetics in response to electrical field stimulation, followed by histological analysis of muscle cell gross morphology and sarcomere structure. To determine whether IgG from IMNM patients can enter muscle cells, 2-D myotube cultures were treated with donor total IgG delivered in complement replete media for 36 h, and then analyzed using immunostaining and confocal microscopy.

Results

Exposure to total IgGs isolated from a subset of IMNM patients induced a decline in hMMT twitch and tetanus contractile force and were associated with sarcomere fragility and slowed muscle cell contraction and relaxation rates. Pathogenic influences on hMMT force generation were observed at a greater frequency in response to total IgGs isolated from IMNM patients with anti-HMGCR + autoantibodies. Substantial intracellular human IgG staining was observed in conditions where myotubes were treated with total IgGs from IMNM patients.

Conclusions

This study demonstrates that total IgGs isolated from IMNM patients have the aberrant capacity to enter muscle cells in the absence of complement. Further, a subset of patient IgGs exert direct pathogenic influences on engineered muscle contractile function that are independent of the complement system. Together, these findings have important implications for the advancement of IMNM precision medicine therapies.