Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Fondazione Luigi Villa and Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
J Thromb Haemost. 2014;12(3):329-36. doi: 10.1111/jth.12494.
The formation of ADAMTS13-specific circulating immune complexes (CICs) may be a pathophysiologic mechanism in autoimmune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), but has not been systematically investigated.
(a) To develop an assay for ADAMTS13-specific CICs; (b) to evaluate their prevalence in autoimmune TTP; and (c) to assess their association with ADAMTS13-related measurements and clinical features in autoimmune TTP patients.
PATIENTS/METHODS: We developed and validated an ELISA method for ADAMTS13-specific CICs. ADAMTS13-specific CICs were searched for in 55 patients with autoimmune TTP from the Milan TTP Registry (URL:http://www.ttpdatabase.org/) and 28 controls. The associations between ADAMTS13-specific CIC levels and ADAMTS13 activity, antigen, anti-ADAMTS13 IgGs and acute TTP clinical features were assessed by multivariate linear regression.
Intra- and inter-assay coefficients of variation of the new test were 5.3 and 9.6%. In 36 patients with severe ADAMTS13 deficiency and anti-ADAMTS13 autoantibodies, the prevalence of ADAMTS13-specific CICs was 47% (n = 17; 95% confidence interval [CI], 32-63%). ADAMTS13-specific CICs were detected also in seven of 19 (37%; 95% CI, 19-59%) patients with reduced ADAMTS13 activity, but apparently negative anti-ADAMTS13 autoantibodies. ADAMTS13-specific CICs were not associated with ADAMTS13 activity, antigen or anti-ADAMTS13 IgGs. In patients with acute TTP, increasing levels of ADAMTS13-specific CICs were associated with a higher number of plasma-exchange procedures required to attain remission (per 0.1 increase in normalized OD values, beta, 2.9; 95% CI, -0.7 to 6.5).
Approximately one to two-thirds of patients with autoimmune TTP display ADAMTS13-specific CICs. A thorough investigation of the prognostic relevance of ADAMTS13-specific CIC levels in autoimmune TTP is warranted.
ADAMTS13 特异性循环免疫复合物(CICs)的形成可能是自身免疫性血栓性血小板减少性紫癜(TTP)的病理生理机制,但尚未进行系统研究。
(a)开发 ADAMTS13 特异性 CIC 的检测方法;(b)评估其在自身免疫性 TTP 中的患病率;(c)评估其与自身免疫性 TTP 患者的 ADAMTS13 相关测量和临床特征的相关性。
患者/方法:我们开发并验证了用于 ADAMTS13 特异性 CIC 的 ELISA 方法。在来自米兰 TTP 登记处(URL:http://www.ttpdatabase.org/)的 55 例自身免疫性 TTP 患者和 28 例对照中搜索 ADAMTS13 特异性 CIC。通过多元线性回归评估 ADAMTS13 特异性 CIC 水平与 ADAMTS13 活性、抗原、抗 ADAMTS13 IgG 和急性 TTP 临床特征之间的相关性。
新检测方法的内和间试验变异系数分别为 5.3%和 9.6%。在 36 例严重 ADAMTS13 缺乏和抗 ADAMTS13 自身抗体的患者中,ADAMTS13 特异性 CIC 的患病率为 47%(n=17;95%置信区间,32-63%)。在 19 例 ADAMTS13 活性降低但显然抗 ADAMTS13 自身抗体阴性的患者中,也检测到了 ADAMTS13 特异性 CIC。ADAMTS13 特异性 CIC 与 ADAMTS13 活性、抗原或抗 ADAMTS13 IgG 无关。在急性 TTP 患者中,ADAMTS13 特异性 CIC 水平的升高与达到缓解所需的血浆置换次数增加相关(每增加 0.1 个归一化 OD 值,β值为 2.9;95%置信区间,-0.7 至 6.5)。
大约有 1/3 至 2/3 的自身免疫性 TTP 患者存在 ADAMTS13 特异性 CIC。需要深入研究 ADAMTS13 特异性 CIC 水平在自身免疫性 TTP 中的预后相关性。