383 A Pilot Study of Tear Cytokine Profiling in a Patient with Ocular Graft versus Host Disease

Abstract

OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Ocular graft versus host disease (oGVHD) affects ~50% of individuals after an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant for treating blood cancers. OGVHD results in severe dry eye disease and decreased vision. Quantifying specific cytokine changes in tears may reveal biomarkers and future treatment targets for patients with oGVHD. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: The goal of this study is to determine if cytokines can be measured in tears with the Isoplexis platform. This pilot validation study evaluates the tears of a patient with oGVHD utilizing the Isoplexis platform. The Isoplexis has specific advantages for tear samples including high-throughput analysis, and small sample requirements, but has yet to be validated in tears. A sample from normal and oGVHD patient tears were collected for comparison. Samples were analyzed on two separate backgrounds–standard Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) background and artificial tears (ATs). The negative control was ATs and positive control was a concentrated cytokine solution. Analysis of 22 cytokines was performed. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Analysis of 22 cytokines was performed. As expected, the cytokine levels of the ATs alone were below the limit of detection (LOD). The oGVHD patient tears showed elevated TNF-alpha, TNF-beta, perforin, MIP-1a, MIP-1β, MCP-1, IL2, IL4, IL5, IL-7A, IL9, IL-13, IL-15, IFN-γ, granzyme B, and GM-CSF with ATS background, but no cytokines above the LOD in the BSA background plate. The control tears had elevated IP-10. The elevated cytokines for the oGVHD patient corresponded to symptom severity and clinical findings. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: These results suggest that using ATs as the background with the Isoplexis platform improves the sensitivity to detect tear cytokines. Findings of elevated IL-7A and GM-CSF in tears parallels literature findings for oGVHD. Further evaluation of samples will continue to validate the Isoplexis multiplex assay for tear cytokine analyses.