Effect of Burosumab on the Inflammatory Profile of Patients With X-linked Hypophosphatemic Rickets FLAM-XLH

Overview

X-linked hypophosphataemia (XLH) is a rare genetic disorder associated with increased circulating levels of the hormone FGF23, most commonly through mutation of the PHEX gene. XLH is associated with a wide range of clinical manifestations in children and adults, all of which can impact on their health-related quality of life. Conventional treatment (or standard of care, SOC) consists of phosphate supplementation and active vitamin D analogues. The management of patients with XLH has been modified in France since 2018 with the authorisation of the anti-FGF23 antibody, burosumab, in paediatrics (and in 2020 in adults). A propensity for overweight/obesity has recently been demonstrated in these patients. Could extra-skeletal effects of FGF23, in particular on the inflammatory profile of patients, be responsible for these manifestations? Obesity has been associated with inflammation in other populations. In terms of inflammation, there is a close link between FGF23 and inflammation: inflammatory cytokines increase the production of FGF23, which in turn increases inflammation by stimulating the production of inflammatory cytokines. Osteoclastogenesis and inflammation are linked and inflammation has been shown to increase bone resorption. In a recent study, the investigators showed that osteoclastogenesis was significantly impaired in cells obtained from XLH patients compared with control patients, and that osteoclasts obtained from XLH children showed higher gene expression of inflammatory markers than controls. Interestingly, no difference was observed in circulating monocytic cells between the two patient subgroups, conservative treatment and burosumab, whereas the inflammatory profile at the end of osteoclastic differentiation was reduced in cells derived from patients receiving burosumab. The aim of this study is therefore to investigate the inflammatory profile of circulating monocytic cells on the day of burosumab injection (D0) and seven days later (peak effect of anti-FGF23).

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