Antiphosphatidylserine/prothrombin antibodies (aPS/PT) as potential diagnostic markers and risk predictors of venous thrombosis and obstetric complications in antiphospholipid syndrome

Author:

Shi Hui1,Zheng Hui2,Yin Yu-Feng1,Hu Qiong-Yi1,Teng Jia-Lin1,Sun Yue1,Liu Hong-Lei1,Cheng Xiao-Bing1,Ye Jun-Na1,Su Yu-Tong1,Wu Xin-Yao1,Zhou Jin-Feng3,Norman Gary L.4,Gong Hui-Yun5,Shi Xin-Ming5,Peng Yi-Bing5,Wang Xue-Feng6,Yang Cheng-De7

Affiliation:

1. Department of Rheumatology and Immunology , Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , P.R. China

2. Department of Rheumatology and Immunology , Affiliated Hospital of Taishan Medical University , Shandong , P.R. China

3. Werfen Medical Device Trading (Beijing) Co. Ltd. , Beijing , P.R. China

4. INOVA Diagnostics, Inc. , San Diego, CA , USA

5. Department of Laboratory Medicine , Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , P.R. China

6. Department of Laboratory Medicine , Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , No. 197 Ruijin Second Road, Huangpu District , Shanghai 200025 , P.R. China , Phone: +86 21 54667770, Fax: +86 21 64333548

7. Department of Rheumatology and Immunology , Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , No. 197 Ruijin Second Road, Huangpu District , Shanghai 200025 , P.R. China , Phone: +86 21 64370045, Fax: +86 21 34186000

Abstract

Abstract Background: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and clinical associations of antiphosphatidylserine/prothrombin antibodies (aPS/PT) with thrombosis and pregnancy loss in Chinese patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) and seronegative APS (SNAPS). Methods: One hundred and eighty six Chinese patients with APS (67 primary, 119 secondary), 48 with SNAPS, 176 disease controls (79 systemic lupus erythematosus [SLE], 29 Sjogren’s syndrome [SS], 30 ankylosing spondylitis [AS], 38 rheumatoid arthritis [RA]) and 90 healthy donors were examined. IgG and IgM aPS/PT, IgG/IgM/IgA anticardiolipin (aCL) and IgG/IgM/IgA anti-β2-glycoprotein I (anti-β2GPI) antibodies were tested by ELISA. Results: One hundred and sixty (86.0%) of APS patients were positive for at least one aPS/PT isotype. One hundred and thirty five (72.6%) were positive for IgG aPS/PT, 124/186 (66.7%) positive for IgM aPS/PT and 99 (53.2%) positive for both. Approximately half of the SNAPS patients were positive for IgG and/or IgM aPS/PT. Highly significant associations between IgG aPS/PT and venous thrombotic events (odds ratio [OR]=6.72) and IgG/IgM aPS/PT and pregnancy loss (OR=9.44) were found. Levels of IgM aPS/PT were significantly different in APS patients with thrombotic manifestations and those with fetal loss (p=0.014). The association between IgG/IgM aPS/PT and lupus anticoagulant (LAC) was highly significant (p<0.001). When both were positive, the OR for APS was 101.6. Notably, 91.95% (80/87) of LAC-positive specimens were positive for IgG and/or IgM aPS/PT, suggesting aPS/PT is an effective option when LAC testing is not available. Conclusions: Anti-PS/PT antibody assays demonstrated high diagnostic performance for Chinese patients with APS, detected some APS patients negative for criteria markers and may serve as potential risk predictors for venous thrombosis and obstetric complications.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Biochemistry (medical),Clinical Biochemistry,General Medicine

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