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How and when to intervene to prevent multiple
sclerosis; targeting the environment?
Professor Gavin Giovannoni Professor of Clinical Neurology & Chair of Neurology
Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London
Multiple sclerosis is a complex disease
Genes 1. HLA 2. Etc.
Epigenetics
1. Month of birth 2. Maternal parent-
of origin effect 3. Dizygotic vs.
sibling concordance rates
4. vD, EBV & smoking
Environment
1. EBV 2. vD 3. Smoking
Chance
EBV
99.2% vs. 90.2%
.
Ascherio et al, 2000
Sero-positivity among MS patients compared with controls by study
Infectious mononucleosis
Handel et al. 2010.
Small OR
Odds ratio of MS in subjects seronegative for EBV
Ascherio et al, 2007
Distribution of MS in England
Ramagopalan et al., JNNP 2011.
Distribution of IM in England
Ramagopalan et al., JNNP 2011.
Correlation Between Distribution of IM and MS in England
Females- Pearson R= 0.70, p=0.000025
Males- Pearson R= 0.55, p=0.003
Correlations don’t imply causation Ramagopalan et al., JNNP 2011.
Primary infection with the EBV and risk of MS
• Nested case-control study including from over 8 million military personnel with serum stored in the Department of Defense Serum Repository.
Levin et al. Ann Neurol 2010.
MS
Controls N = 610
N = 305 10/305 (3.3%) EBV –ve
32/610 (5.2%) EBV –ve 10/28 (35.7%) EBV –ve
10/10 (100%) EBV –ve
• MS risk is extremely low among individuals not infected with EBV, but it increases sharply in the same individuals following EBV infection.
The ugly fact
“The great tragedy of Science; the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.” Thomas Henry Huxley
Viral serologies in children with MS
Banwell et al. Lancet Neurology, Sept. 2007
?
The risk of developing MS in individuals seronegative for EBV: a meta-analysis
Pakpoor et al., MSJ 2012
EBV antibody titres: anti-EBNA1
.
Levin et al, 2005
EBV & Disease Activity
Farrell et al. Neurology 2009
EBNA-1
NOT VCA or EA
International CIS study: EBNA-1 IgG and conversion to CDMS*
Cox univariate HR 95% CI P value
EBNA-1 nOD 1.01 0.996-1.029 0.137
* similar results in OCB+ve and MRI T2 +ve patients only
Median Survival (days) Log-rank p
< Median 1247
0.216 > Median 1032
Dr Jens Khule, ECTRIMS 2013
N Engl J Med 2008;358:676-88.
The Reduction in Gd-Enhancing T1 Lesions
by OCR Is Maintained Through 144 Weeks
Primary endpoint:
OCR vs placebo1
Weeks
* *
1. Kappos L, et al. Lancet. 2011;378(9805):1779–87; 2. Kappos L, et al. Abstract presented (P362) ECTRIMS 2012 , October 12
OCR 600 mg arm (n=55)
OCR 1000 mg arm (n=55)
Placebo (n=54)
IFN-β1a (n=54)
- ‘Core Study' (0–96 weeks)
- ‘Follow-Up' (97–144 weeks)a
*p<0.0001 for both OCR doses vs placebo, N (for primary analysis): Placebo=54, OCR 600 mg=51, OCR 1000 mg=52, IFN-β1a=522
aPatients who withdrew during earlier treatment cycles were also included in the follow-up periods
Patients with baseline MRI
vD
Compston & Coles, Lancet 2008.
Epidemiology: worldwide distribution & migration studies
Latitude & link with vD & UVB
1Jablonski NG, Chaplin G. J Hum Evol 2000;39:57–106. 2Chaplin G. Am J Phys Anthropol 2004;125:292–302.
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MS Prevalence by Department Against UVMED Minimum
3–4
4–6
6–7
Department UVMed MIN
7–9
10–11
11–13
14–16
Relationship of MS Prevalence to Ultraviolet exposure
Ramagopalan et al, 2011
Prevalence of MS in Norway
• Prevalence data for counties in Norway (/105):
A Finnmark1 (2003) >83
B Troms1 (2003) >104
C Nordland (1999) 106
D Nord Trøndelag (1999) 164
E Oppland (2002) 190
F Hordaland (2003) 151
G Oslo (2005) 154
• In Norway, MS prevalence does not rise with increasing latitude, unlike other northern European countries and the USA
• As expected, measured UV radiation levels decrease with increasing latitude
1Kampman MT et al. J Neurol 2007;254:471–477.
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B
C
D
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Fish consumption?
Kampman et al, 2007
A study of childhood environmental factors in Norway
Odds ratio for MS and summer outdoor activities
Kampman MT et al. J Neurol 2007;254:471–477.
Unadjusted odds ratio P- value Adjusted odds ratio* P- value
Summer outdoor activities
OR† 95% CI OR† 95% CI
Age 16–20 0.54 0.38–0.75 0.001 0.55 0.39–0.78 0.001
Age 11–15 0.70 0.52–0.96 0.025 0.74 0.54–1.01 0.055
Age 6–10 0.69 0.51–0.93 0.013 0.71 0.52–0.96 0.025
The regression analysis included 111 patients and 246 controls with complete data for all variables. *Adjusted for use of cod-liver oil supplementation and meals of boiled or fried fish. †Odds ratio per one unit change in summer outdoor activities.
Can serum levels of 25(OH)D3 predict MS risk?
• Nested case-control study including from over 7 million military personnel with serum stored in the Department of Defense Serum Repository.
MS
Controls N = 296
N = 148 25-OH vD3
25-OH vD3
quintiles
• RR of MS significantly decreased with increasing levels of 25-OH-vD
• OR for a 50-nmol/L increase in 25-OH-vD was 0.59 (95%CI = 0.36-0.97)
• RR lowest quintile (<63.3 nmol/L) as the reference, the ORs for each subsequent quintile were 0.57, 0.57, 0.74, and 0.38 (P = .02 for trend across quintiles)
• OR for the highest quintile, corresponding to 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels higher than 99.1 nmol/L, was significantly different from 1.00 (OR = 0.38; 95%CI = 0.19-0.75; P = .006)
Munger KL et al. JAMA 2006;296:2832–2838.
Can vD supplements prevent MS?
• Nurses' Health Study
• NHS I - 92,253 women followed from 1980 to 2000
• NHS II - 95,310 women followed from 1991 to 2001
• Diet assessed at baseline & every 4 years thereafter
Munger KL et al. Neurology. 2004 Jan 13;62(1):60-5.
Results:
• RR highest quintile of total vitamin D intake to the lowest quintile was 0.67 (95% CI = 0.40 to 1.12; p for trend = 0.03)
• RR comparing women with intake of >or=400 IU/day with women with no supplemental vitamin D intake was 0.59 (95% CI = 0.38 to 0.91; p for trend = 0.006)
MS N = 173
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
What dose of vD?
Veith Am J Clin Nutr 1999;69:842–56.
Level of vD supplementation
Veith Am J Clin Nutr 1999;69:842–56.
Level of vD supplementation
Cultural changes
Genetics of MS: the rate of MS in females is increasing
1Orton SM et al. Lancet Neurol 2006;5:932–936.
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Ramagopalan & Giovannoni, submitted.
Sunscreen sales per capita in the USA (1997-2008)
Smoking
Smoking is a risk factor for multiple sclerosis
Handel et al. PLoS One. 2011 Jan 13;6(1):e16149.
Prevalence of Smoking in England
Source: Office of National Statistics
When to supplement?
Month of Birth
1Willer CJ et al. BMJ 2005;330:120–125.
Compston & Coles, Lancet 2008.
MS Familial Risk
Parent-of-origin effects
Ebers et al. Lancet. 2004;363(9423):1773–1774.
Analogy
Japanese macaque encephalomyelitis: spontaneous MS–like disease in a nonhuman primate
Axthelm et al. Ann Neurol 2011.
Prevention strategies
A causal cascade for multiple sclerosis?
.
Ramagopalan et al, 2010
vD supplementation
Smoking prevention
EBV vaccination IM prevention and treatment EBV therapies
Causation theory
Sir Bradford-Hill: Criteria for Causation
Bradford-Hill A. The environment and disease: association or causation? Proc Royal Soc Med 1966; 58:295.
1. CONSISTENCY AND UNBIASEDNESS OF FINDINGS
2. STRENGTH OF ASSOCIATION
3. TEMPORAL SEQUENCE
4. BIOLOGICAL GRADIENT (DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP)
5. SPECIFICITY
6. COHERENCE WITH BIOLOGICAL BACKGROUND AND PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE
7. BIOLOGICAL PLAUSABILITY
8. REASONING BY ANALOGY
9. EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE
Sir Bradford-Hill: Criteria for Causation Is EBV the cause of MS?
Bradford-Hill A. The environment and disease: association or causation? Proc Royal Soc Med 1966; 58:295.
1. CONSISTENCY AND UNBIASEDNESS OF FINDINGS - Yes (not 100%)
2. STRENGTH OF ASSOCIATION – ? / Yes (RR ~ 2 to 3)
3. TEMPORAL SEQUENCE - Yes
4. BIOLOGICAL GRADIENT (DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP) - ? (not relevant to infections)
5. SPECIFICITY – No (not 100% other putative autoimmune diseases also associated with EBV)
6. COHERENCE WITH BIOLOGICAL BACKGROUND AND PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE - Yes
7. BIOLOGICAL PLAUSABILITY - Yes
8. REASONING BY ANALOGY - Yes
9. EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE - ?
VS.
Conclusions • Genetics
• Increased familial risk proportional to degree of relatedness
• The effect of the HLA dwarfs that of any other region (at least 6 loci)
• 102 imputed genes, of modest effect, now have convincing evidence for involvement in MS
• Genetics support an immunological basis to the aetiology of MS
• Epigenetics • Month of birth effect
• Dizygotic twin vs. sibling concordance rate
• Parent of orgin effect
• vD, EBV and smoking biology
• Environment • vD; latitude, migration, outdoor activity, Vd levels, fish consumption, etc.
? epigenetic / immunological mechanisms
• EBV ? Cause; ? biological mechanisms
• Smoking ? Post-translational modification of putative autoantigens
• Is MS a preventable disease? YES!!!!
Acknowledgements
• Ute Meier
• Monica Marta
• Sreeram Ramagopalan
• Ruth Dobson
• George Ebers
• Jo Topping
• Georgina Burrow
• Julian Gold
• Rachel Farrell
• Cosimo Maggiore
• Jaap Middeldorp
• Sandra Amor
• Dorothy Crawford
• Karen McCauley
• Adam Handel
• Giulio DeSanto
• Hadi Amir-Maghzi
• Chris Hawkes
• Klaus Schmierer
• David Baker
• Jens Kuhle
• Arie Gafson
• Julia Pakpoor
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