Immune pathomechanism and classification of drug hypersensitivity
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Immune pathomechanism and classification of drug hypersensitivity
Abstract
Drug hypersensitivity reactions (DHR) are based on distinct mechanisms and are clinically heterogeneous. Taking into account that also off-target activities of drugs may lead to stimulations of immune or inflammatory cells, three forms of DHR were discriminated: the allergic-immune mechanism relies on the covalent binding of drugs/chemicals to proteins, which thereby form new antigens, to which a humoural and/or cellular immune response can develop. In IgE-mediated drug allergies, a possible tolerance mechanism to the drug during sensitization and the need of a covalent hapten-carrier link for initiation, but not for elicitation of IgE-mediated reactions is discussed. The p-i ("pharmacological interaction with immune receptor") concept represents an off-target activity of drugs with immune receptors (HLA or TCR), which can result in unorthodox, alloimmune-like stimulations of T cells. Some of these p-i stimulations occur only in carriers of certain HLA alleles and can result in clinically severe reactions. The third form of DHR ("pseudo-allergy") is represented by drug interactions with receptors or enzymes of inflammatory cells, which may lead to their direct activation or enhanced levels of inflammatory products. Specific IgE or T cells are not involved. This classification is based on the action of drugs and is clinically useful, as it can explain differences in sensitizations, unusual clinical symptoms, dependence on drug concentrations, predictability and immunological and pharmacological cross-reactivities in DHR.
Keywords: allergic/immune hypersensitivity; classification; drug hypersensitivity; p-i concept; pseudo-allergic drug reactions.
© 2019 EAACI and John Wiley and Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
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