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Proinflammatory macrophages and miR-155 are increased in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We studied membrane TNF (mTNF) expression on blood monocytes, polarization into macrophages, miR-155 expression, and the effect of anti-TNF on these biomarkers in RA patients. Sixty-seven RA patients and 109 controls (55 healthy, 54 with spondyloarthritis and connective tissue diseases) were studied. Monocytes were isolated and differentiated into macrophages with or without anti-TNF. mTNF expression was increased on monocytes from RA patients, but not from other inflammatory diseases, correlated with disease activity. Under human serum AB or M-CSF, only monocytes from RA had a defect of differentiation into M2-like macrophages and had a propensity for preferential maturation toward M1-like macrophages that contributed to synovial inflammation. This defect was correlated to mTNF expression and was partially reversed by monoclonal anti-TNF Abs but not by the TNF soluble receptor. miR-155 was increased in M2-macrophages except in adalimumab-treated patients. Transfection of healthy monocytes with miR-155 induced a decrease in M2-like markers, and transfection of RA monocytes with antagomir-155 allowed restoration of M2-like polarization. Defect in differentiation of monocytes into M2-like-macrophages linked to increased miR-155 and correlated with increased mTNF on monocytes could play a key role in RA pathogenesis. Monoclonal anti-TNF Abs but not the TNF soluble receptor partially restored this defect.

Monocyte/Macrophage Abnormalities Specific to Rheumatoid Arthritis Are Linked to miR-155 and Are Differentially Modulated by Different TNF Inhibitors