Detection of 'antiphospholipid' antibodies: a single chromogenic assay of thrombin generation sensitively detects lupus anticoagulants, anticardiolipin antibodies, plus antibodies binding beta(2)-glycoprotein I and prothrombin. Clinical and experimental immunology. [Clin Exp Immunol] Journal article | | Title | Detection of 'antiphospholipid' antibodies: a single chromogenic assay of thrombin generation sensitively detects lupus anticoagulants, anticardiolipin antibodies, plus antibodies binding beta(2)-glycoprotein I and prothrombin. | | Author(s) | Sheng Y, Hanly JG, Reddel SW, Kouts S, Guerin J, Koike T, Ichikawa K, Sturgess A, Krilis SA | | Institution | Department of Medicine, St George Hospital, Kogarah and the University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. | | Source | Clin Exp Immunol 2001 Jun; 124(3):502-8. | | MeSH | Animals
Antibodies, Anticardiolipin
Antibodies, Antiphospholipid
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Chromatography, Affinity
Chromogenic Compounds
Glycoproteins
Humans
Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor
Mice
Oligopeptides
Prothrombin
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sensitivity and Specificity
Thrombin
| | Abstract | The diagnosis of the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) requires both a typical clinical event plus a persistently positive test in an assay for either anticardiolipin (aCL) antibodies or a lupus anticoagulant (LA). Enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) specific for autoantibodies against beta(2)-glycoprotein I (beta(2)GPI) or prothrombin are also used, but none of the tests are adequately sensitive or specific. A chromogenic assay was developed that measures the effect of test antibody or plasma samples on in vitro thrombin formation. It is able to detect both LA and beta(2)GPI-dependent aCL antibodies and may have greater specificity for APS than currently available tests. Using this method various monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) were examined, from mice immunized with beta(2)GPI, mice with a spontaneous animal model of APS, and from three humans with APS. Plasma and affinity purified antibodies from patients with APS and control groups were also examined. Thrombin inhibition was more sensitive to perturbation by MoAbs than a combination of tests for LA (P < 0.05) and at lower antibody concentrations (12.5 microg/ml versus 100 microg/ml). There was a significant correlation between inhibition of thrombin generation and the level of MoAb reactivity to beta(2)GPI (r = 0.90; P < 0.001) but not to CL (r = 0.06; P = 0.76). Plasma and affinity purified antibodies from patients with APS also inhibited thrombin generation, and significantly more so than patients with aPL from causes other than APS. APS patient samples showed thrombin inhibition in the presence of anti-beta(2)GPI or antiprothrombin antibodies. All MoAbs binding beta(2)GPI showed inhibition of thrombin generation, while MoAbs binding domain I of beta(2)GPI had more LA effect. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 11472415 |
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