Impact of biomarkers on asthma phenotypes
Professor Kian Fan Chung MD DScExperimental Studies, National Heart & Lung Institute,
Imperial College London; Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital,
London, UK
17.06.16Lausanne
Declaration of interest
• Participation in Advisory Board meetings regarding treatments of asthma and COPD for GSK, AstraZeneca, Novartis and Johnson & Johnson
• Research grant funding from Pfizer, GSK and Merck
• Speaking engagements: AstraZeneca, Merck, Novartis
• Investigator of IMI EU/EFPIA funded UBIOPRED Consortium on Severe Asthma
How many phenotypes of asthma that clinicians can recognise?
• Late onset non-atopic asthma
• Early onset childhood atopic asthma
• Aspirin-induced asthma: Samter’s triad
• Corticosteroid-sensitive asthma associated with eosinophilia
• Asthma associated with chronic airflow obstruction
• Asthma with frequent exacerbations
© Global Initiative for Asthma
GINA 2015
Stepwise management - pharmacotherapy
*For children 6-11 years,
theophylline is not
recommended, and preferred
Step 3 is medium dose ICS
**For patients prescribed
BDP/formoterol or BUD/
formoterol maintenance and
reliever therapy
# Tiotropium by soft-mist
inhaler is indicated as add-on
treatment for adults
(≥18 yrs) with a history of
exacerbations
GINA 2015, Box 3-5 (2/8) (upper part)
Diagnosis
Symptom control & risk factors(including lung function)
Inhaler technique & adherence
Patient preference
Asthma medications
Non-pharmacological strategies
Treat modifiable risk factors
Symptoms
Exacerbations
Side-effects
Patient satisfaction
Lung function
Other
controller
options
RELIEVER
STEP 1 STEP 2STEP 3
STEP 4
STEP 5
Low dose ICS
Consider low
dose ICS
Leukotriene receptor antagonists (LTRA)
Low dose theophylline*
Med/high dose ICS
Low dose ICS+LTRA
(or + theoph*)
As-needed short-acting beta2-agonist (SABA) As-needed SABA or low dose ICS/formoterol**
Low dose
ICS/LABA*
Med/high
ICS/LABA
Refer for
add-on
treatment
e.g.
anti-IgE
PREFERRED CONTROLLER
CHOICE
Add tiotropium#High dose ICS + LTRA (or + theoph*)
Add tiotropium#Add low dose OCS
Severe asthma
Why do we need a systems medicine approach in severe asthma?
• A complex common disease with difficult definition
• Gene-environment interactions
• Variable disease with chronic changes
• Heterogeneous presentation
• Variable response to drugs
• Severe asthma, less responsive to current medications, need for new medications
Characteristics of severe asthma clinical traits
Early onset/childhood asthma vs late onset
Chronic airflow obstruction vs normal lung function
(Increased decline in FEV1)
Recurrent exacerbations vs occasional exacerbations
Atopic/high IgE vs non-atopic
Eosinophilic vs non-eosinophilic
Obese vs non-obese
Steroid-insensitive vs steroid-sensitive
b-adrenergic bronchodilation vs no bronchodilation
Th2-high vs Th2-low in mild-moderate asthma
A: Mild-moderateasthmaB: Healthy
Features of Th2-high asthma● More blood and BAL eosinophils● ↑ serum IgE● ↑ mucin MUC5AC● ↑ IL5 and IL13 in biopsies● ↑ bronchial hyperresponsiveness● FEV1 increase with ICS
Transcriptomic analysis of epithelial brushings: expression of Th2 cytokines
Woodruff et al AJRCCM 2009; 180:388
Molecular phenotyping
(50%)
How common is a Th2 (IL-13) high in severe asthma?
Cohort Non Smoking Severe Asthma
Smoking Severe Asthma
Mild/Moderate Asthma
IL13 Th2 high % 37 % (18/49) 17 % (3/18) 25 % (9/36)
Non-smokingSevereasthma
SmokingSevereasthma
Mild-Moderateasthma
Healthy
Enrichment score for IL-13 IVS signature
Gene Set Variation Analysis
U-BIOPRED Bronchial Brushings
Define “Th2(IL-13) High” as
>95th %ile of Healthy controls
Stelios Pavlidis, Matthew Loza, Fred Baribaud for UBIOPRED
Transcriptome analysis of bronchial brushings for Th2 signature from epithelial cells activated by IL-13 in vitro (IL13 IVS definition)
Potential Severe Asthma Phenotypes
Th2-high inflammation Th2-low inflammation
“Severe Asthma”
FEV1
Symptoms
Exacerbations
Early onset
allergicLate onset
eosinophilic
Obese
Oxidative stress
Neutrophilic
Bacterial infection
Adapted from Wenzel 2013
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Remodeling/repair Eosinophilic inflammation Neutrophilic inflammation
Poor asthma control High treatment requirements
Chronic airflow obstruction Recurrent exacerbations
Poor response to corticosteroids
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Eosinophil
Th2
Mast cellB-cell
IL-5
IgE
IL-3IL-4
IL-13
Histamine
Leukotrienes
Epithélium
Allergens, Virus, Bacteria
Pollution & oxidants
Non-T2
Th0
MHC II
Peptide
TCR
B7.2
CD28IL-12
Dendritic cells
Growth factors
eg TGFß
Fibroblast
Airway smooth muscle
GM-CSF
Eotaxin
RANTES
Neutrophil
TSLP, IL-33, IL-25
Th1 Th17
ILC-2
TNFa
IL-1ß
IFNγ,TNFα
IL-17A,E,F
IL6TGFβ
IL-8
Mechanisms of severe asthma
Non-T2
New asthma treatments: targettingINTERLEUKINS/CYTOKINES
T2 (ILC2)
IL-17
TSLP
TNFαIL-5
IL-5Rα
IL-13 IL-4Rα
MepolizumabReslizumab
Benralizumab
GSK679586LebrikizumabTralokinumab
AMG317Dupilumab CXCR2
Antagonist(SCH527123)
IL-4IL-13
Non-T2
CXCR8
Brodalumab
EtanerceptGolimumabOmalizumab
QGE031Quilizumab
IgE
AMG157
Mepolizumab, an anti-IL5 antibody, in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma
P<0.001P<0.05
Ortega et al NEJM 2014; 371: 1198
≥ 2 exacerbations ≥ 1,000 µg FP/day Blood eos > 150/µl
Anti-IL5 antibody
Exacerbations FEV1
6/24/2016
Currently-available biomarkers to select
patients for each specific anti-Th2 target?
1.Blood eosinophil count: for anti-IL5, anti-IgE,
Anti-IL4Rα (blocks IL4/IL-13)
2. Serum periostin: for anti-IL13
3. FeNO: for anti-IgE/anti-IL4Rα
4. Other biomarkers?
Biomarkers of response to therapy
www.ubiopred.eu
Severe asthma:
non-smoking
(308)
Severe asthma:
smoking & ex-
smoking (110)
Moderate
Asthma (98)
Non-asthma
(101)P-value
Age (yr) 50.9 54.5 42.4 38.92.9E-
17
Female (%) 65.91 50.91 50.00 38.61 5.16E-06
BMI (kg/m2) 29.08 29.56 25.88 25.31 2.02E-10
Exacerbations in past yr 2.48 2.55 0.37 0 2.51E-26
IgE (IU/ml) 119.5 126 89.4 23.45 5.40E-15
Atopy (%) 69 58 80 38 6.1E-066
Nasal polyps (%) 34.7 33.7 8.3 8.8 1.33E-06
FEV1 (% pred) 67.42 67.25 88.37 101.76 1.81E-44
Oral corticosteroids (%) 50.68 46.08 1.06 0 9.73E-17
Sputum eosinophils (%) 2.75 4.13 1.05 0.00 2.69E-12
Exhaled NO 27 23.5 25.50 19.00 3.00E-04
Total: 617 participants
Demographics of UBIOPRED cohort
Shaw et al: Clinical and inflammatory characteristics of the European U-BIOPRED adult severe asthma cohort.
European Respiratory Journal Sep 2015.
111 (26%) 154 (37%) 66(16%)
90 (21%)
IgE 30-1300 IU/mlAtopic
EOS ≥150 /ul
Anti-IgE
Anti-IL5
44 (10%) 115 (27%) 150 (36%)
112 (27%)
Periostin≥50 ng/ml
EOS ≥150 /ul
Anti-IL5
Anti-IL-13
Total 418 Total 418
Anti-IL5 vs Anti-IgE Anti-IL-13 vs Anti IL-5
Data from UBIOPRED
Assuming anti-IL5, anti-IgE and anti-IL13 available: application to UBIOPRED cohort
Potential anti-Th2 treatment approaches in severe asthma (1)
Stelios Pavlidis
(11%)
(13%)
(10%)
(13%)
(7%)
(8%)
(5%)
101 patients (32%) were low for all 3 biomarkers
Blood EOS≥300
Distribution of high FeNO, high serum periostin and high blood eosinophil count in 418 severe asthma (UBIOPRED)
Serum Periostin≥55
FeNO≥30 ppb
101 patients (32%) were low for all 3 biomarkers
Blood EOS≥300
High FeNO, high serum periostin and high blood eosinophil count: linked to exacerbations and Th2 signature
Serum Periostin≥50 µg/l
FeNO≥30 ppb
Th2 ES 0.10Exacerbations 2.17
Th2 ES 0.36Exacerbations 2.83
Th2 ES 0.08Exacerbations 2.2
Th2 ES 0.05Exacerbations 2
Th2 ES 0.29Exacerbations 2.2
Th2 ES 0.00Exacerbations 3.25
Th2 ES 0.13Exacerbations 1
Th2 ES -0.11Exacerbations 3.07
Th2 expression score (ES):Using gene set variation analysiswith IL-13/epithelial cell gene expression in epithelial brushings
www.ubiopred.eu
Wheelock et el. ERJ 2013;42:802
2013
2015
UBIOPRED PROCESS OF SYSTEMS MEDICINE
Tissue samples
CONFIDENTIAL
Analysis of sputum inflammatory
cells transcriptomics and
proteome: ‘sputum fingerprint’
Christos Rossios, Stelios Pavlidis, Chihhsi Kuo, Uruj Hoda
AJRCCM
Distribution of neutrophilic and eosinophilic inflammation in sputum
2%0% 5%
93%
NEU &EOSNEUONLYEOSONLY
Neu > 73.6%; Eos>1.49%
Neu > 73.6%; Eos<1.49%
Neu < 73.6%; Eos>1.49%
Neu < 73.6%; Eos<1.49%
12%
15%
50%
23%A - Severe Asthma
11%8%
53%
28%
B - Severe Smokers
2% 14%
40%
44%
C - Mild/Moderate Asthma3% 2%
2%
93%
D - Health Volunteers
Uruj Hoda
(PAUCI-GRANULOCYTIC)
Hierarchical Clustering
Number of differentially expressed genes
478 DEGs
Defining ‘disease drivers’ from sputum inflammatory cell pattern: eosinophilic vs non-
eosinophilic
EOS vs HC non-EOS vs HC
non-EOS vs EOS
• Eosinophilic phenotype:
Sputum EOS ≥ 1.5% (n=67)
• Non-Eosinophilic phenotype:
Sputum EOS < 1.5% (n=51)
• Healthy Control (n=21)
• Differentially expressed gene from 3 sets of comparison
201 genes 145 genes
197 genes
Kuo et al 2016
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TAC1
TAC2
TAC3
Eosinophilic
non-Eosinophilic
Clusters from disease drivers
Phenotype from cellproportion
478 DEGs
n=31 n=31 n=56
Hierarchical clustering of differentially expressed genes between eosinophilic vs non-eosinophilic asthma in sputum cells
TAC: Transcriptome-associated clusters
Kuo et al 2016
TAC 1 TAC 2 TAC 3Mechanisms ‘T-2 associated’
Epithelial driven
‘Inflammasome’
Macrophage driven
‘Mitochondrial’
Oxidative stress
Sputum inflammation
Eosinophilic/Mixed Neutrophilic/Mixed Eosinophilic/Paucigranulocytic
Microarray IL33R, TSLPR, CCR3, IL3RA
IFN & TNF superfamily, CASP4
Metabolic genes
GSVA Th2/ILC2 NLPR3/DAMP-associated Th17; OXPHOS; ageing
Protein (Somalogics)
IL-16, Periostin, Serpin peptidase inhibitor 1, ADIPOQ
TNFAIP6, MIF, Tyrosine kinase src
Cathepsin B, G
Clinical features Severe asthma; Highest nasal polyps and OCS use; Severe airflow obstruction
Moderate-to-severe asthmaMild airflow obstruction
Moderate-to-severe asthmaMild airflow obstruction
Transcriptome-associated clusters (TAC) of moderate-severe asthma from sputum analysis
Kuo et al 2016
Systems Medicine: finding biomarker(s)
Multi-omicsplatforms
HandprintsCandidate
Biomarkers
Point of CareBiomarkers
Novel/existingtargets
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