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Elsevier, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, 4(12), p. 1023-1031, 2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2015.11.019

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Factor H inhibits complement activation induced by liposomal and micellar drugs and the therapeutic antibody rituximab in vitro.

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Abstract

Hypersensitivity reactions to particulate drugs can partly be caused by complement activation and represent a major complication during intravenous application of nanomedicines. Several liposomal and micellar drugs and carriers, as well as therapeutic antibodies, were shown to activate complement and induce complement activation-related pseudoallergy (CARPA) in model animals. To explore the possible use of the natural complement inhibitor factor H (FH) against CARPA, we examined the effect of FH on complement activation induced by CARPAgenic drugs. Exogenous FH inhibited complement activation induced by the antifungal liposomal Amphotericin-B (AmBisome), the widely used solvent of anticancer drugs Cremophor EL, and the anticancer monoclonal antibody rituximab in vitro. An engineered form of FH (mini-FH) was more potent inhibitor of Ambisome-, Cremophor EL- and rituximab-induced complement activation than FH. The FH-related protein CFHR1 had no inhibitory effect. Our data suggest that FH or its derivatives may be considered in the pharmacological prevention of CARPA.