The effect of IL-1β inhibitor canakinumab (Ilaris®) on IL-6 production in human skeletal muscle cells.

ABSTRACT: Muscle inflammation is one of the hallmarks of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Dystrophin-deficient skeletal muscle cells produce higher levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin 1β (IL-1β) in response to toll-like receptor stimulation compared to normal muscle skeletal cells. IL- 1β induces the human skeletal muscle secretion of the myokine Interleukin-6 (IL-6). Here, we evaluated the effect of a human IgG1κ monoclonal antibody (canakinumab (Ilaris®)) that specifically blocks the IL-1β effect on IL-6 secretion by human skeletal muscle cells. Canakinumab is an excellent candidate for therapeutic repositioning to treat DMD because it is an FDA-approved drug to treat periodic fever syndromes and systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Unlike previous generations of IL-1 inh

SUBMITTER: Cordeiro-Santanach A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11884680 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature