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The goals of our study were to determine the possible association of interleukin (IL)-31 with Th17 cytokine profile in serum and to quantify retinoic acid-related orphan receptor C () mRNA expression in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients. This cross-sectional study was conducted in 50 patients with PsA and 30 control subjects (CS) matched by age and gender. The cytokine serum levels were quantified by magnetic bead-based assay using the Bio-Plex MAGPIX system, and  mRNA expression was determined by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). As a result, significant differences in IL-31 were observed between study groups (77.23 pg/mL in PsA vs 64.4 pg/mL in CS,  < 0.001) and Th17 cytokine profile serum levels (IL-17A: 6.36 pg/mL in PsA vs 2.97 pg/mL in CS,  = 0.02; IL-17F: 44.15 pg/mL in PsA vs 23.36 pg/mL in PsA,  = 0.01; IL-17E: 3.03 pg/mL in PsA vs 0.82 pg/mL in CS,  < 0.001; IL-21: 36.45 pg/mL in PsA vs 12.44 pg/mL in CS,  = 0.02); however, significant differences were not observed for IL-23 (31.2 pg/mL in PsA vs 53.26 pg/mL in CS,  = 0.58). Furthermore, positive correlations between IL-31 and Th17 cytokine profile serum levels were found (IL-17A: r = 0.64,  < 0.001; IL-17F: r = 0.73,  < 0.001; IL-17E: r = 0.70,  < 0.001; IL-21: r = 0.54,  = 0.002; IL-23: r = 0.5,  < 0.01). Regarding  gene expression, the PsA group showed an increase of 6.85-fold compared to the CS group. We did not find any association between the serum levels of cytokines and  gene expression. In conclusion, in PsA, there are increased serum levels of IL-31, IL-17A, IL-17F, IL-17E, and IL-21, but not IL-23. Moreover, there was a positive correlation of IL-31 with the Th17 cytokine profile and a high  gene expression. Altogether, these findings suggest a proinflammatory contribution of IL-31 in close association with the Th17 cytokine profile in PsA.

A potential inflammatory role of IL-31 in psoriatic arthritis: A correlation with Th17 cytokine profile