妊娠相关性非典型溶血尿毒综合征的回顾性研究。
A retrospective study of pregnancy-associated atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome.
机构信息
Department of Nephrology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain; RedinRen RD016/009/009, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Center for Biological Research, Madrid, Spain; Center for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases, Madrid, Spain.
出版信息
Kidney Int. 2018 Feb;93(2):450-459. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2017.06.022. Epub 2017 Sep 12.
Pregnancy-associated atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) refers to the thrombotic microangiopathy resulting from uncontrolled complement activation during pregnancy or the postpartum period. Pregnancy-associated aHUS is a devastating disease for which there is a limited clinical understanding and treatment experience. Here we report a retrospective study to analyze the clinical and prognostic data of 22 cases of pregnancy-associated aHUS from the Spanish aHUS Registry under different treatments. Sixteen patients presented during the first pregnancy and as many as nine patients required hemodialysis at diagnosis. Identification of inherited complement abnormalities explained nine of the 22 cases, with CFH mutations and CFH to CFHR1 gene conversion events being the most prevalent genetic alterations associated with this disorder (66%). In thirteen of the cases, pregnancy complications were sufficient to trigger a thrombotic microangiopathy in the absence of genetic or acquired complement alterations. The postpartum period was the time with highest risk to develop the disease and the group shows an association of cesarean section with pregnancy-associated aHUS. Seventeen patients underwent plasma treatments with a positive renal response in only three cases. In contrast, ten patients received eculizumab with an excellent renal response in all, independent of carrying or not inherited complement abnormalities. Although the cohort is relatively small, the data suggest that pregnancy-associated aHUS is not different from other types of aHUS and suggest the efficacy of eculizumab treatment over plasma therapies. This study may be useful to improve prognosis in this group of aHUS patients.
妊娠相关性非典型溶血性尿毒症综合征(aHUS)是指妊娠或产后期间补体失控激活导致的血栓性微血管病。妊娠相关性 aHUS 是一种破坏性疾病,目前对其临床认识和治疗经验有限。在此,我们报告了一项回顾性研究,分析了西班牙 aHUS 登记处 22 例不同治疗方法的妊娠相关性 aHUS 患者的临床和预后数据。16 例患者在首次妊娠时出现,多达 9 例患者在诊断时需要血液透析。识别遗传性补体异常解释了 22 例中的 9 例,其中 CFH 突变和 CFH 到 CFHR1 基因转换事件是与该疾病相关的最常见遗传改变(66%)。在 13 例病例中,妊娠并发症足以在没有遗传或获得性补体改变的情况下引发血栓性微血管病。产后是发病风险最高的时期,该组中剖宫产与妊娠相关性 aHUS 有关。17 例患者接受了血浆治疗,但仅有 3 例患者有肾脏反应。相比之下,10 例患者接受了依库珠单抗治疗,所有患者的肾脏反应均良好,无论是否携带遗传性补体异常。尽管队列相对较小,但数据表明妊娠相关性 aHUS 与其他类型的 aHUS 并无不同,并提示依库珠单抗治疗优于血浆治疗。本研究可能有助于改善该组 aHUS 患者的预后。