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PLENARY PAPER
From the Hamilton Civic Hospitals Research Centre,
Hamilton, Canada; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada;
Hôpital Ste. Justine, Montreal, Canada.
Acquired activated protein C resistance (APCR) has been
hypothesized as a possible mechanism by which antiphospholipid
antibodies (APLAs) cause thrombotic events (TEs). However, available
evidence for an association of acquired APCR with APLAs is limited.
More importantly, an association of acquired APCR with TEs has not been
demonstrated. The objective of the study was to determine, in pediatric
patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), whether (1) acquired
APCR is associated with the presence of APLAs, (2) APCR is associated
with TEs, and (3) there is an interaction between APCR and APLAs in
association with TEs. A cross-sectional cohort study of 59 consecutive,
nonselected children with SLE was conducted. Primary clinical outcomes
were symptomatic TEs, confirmed by objective radiographic tests.
Laboratory testing included lupus anticoagulants (LAs), anticardiolipin
antibodies (ACLAs), APC ratio, protein S, protein C, and factor V
Leiden. The results revealed that TEs occurred in 10 (17%) of 59 patients. Acquired APCR was present in 18 (31%) of 58 patients.
Acquired APCR was significantly associated with the presence of LAs but not ACLAs. Acquired APCR was also significantly associated with TEs.
There was significant interaction between APCR and LAs in the
association with TEs. Presence of both APCR and LAs was associated with
the highest risk of a TE. Protein S and protein C concentrations were
not associated with the presence of APLAs, APCR, or TEs. Presence of
acquired APCR is a marker identifying LA-positive patients at high risk
of TEs. Acquired APCR may reflect interference of LAs with the protein
C pathway that may represent a mechanism of LA-associated TEs.
(Blood. 2001;97:844-849) Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune
disorder characterized by the presence of multiple autoantibodies.
About one-third of patients with SLE have antiphospholipid antibodies (APLAs).1,2 APLAs are a heterogenous group of
autoantibodies directed at phospholipid-bound plasma
proteins.3 There are 2 major types of APLAs, lupus
anticoagulants (LAs), which are detected by phospholipid-dependent
coagulation tests, and anticardiolipin antibodies (ACLAs), which are
quantitated by solid-phase immunoassays.4 In patients with
SLE, a significant association between the presence of APLAs and
thromboembolic events (TEs) is well described.5
Although the association between APLAs and TEs is established,
the mechanism of APLA-associated TEs remains unclear. One plausible mechanism hypothesized in the literature relates to acquired
abnormalities of the protein C pathway associated with APLAs. The
protein C pathway is one of the most important physiologic
anticoagulant systems,6 and congenital abnormalities of
the protein C pathway are associated with an increased risk
of TEs. Reported abnormalities associated with APLAs include
acquired activated protein C resistance (APCR)7-18 and
decreased plasma concentrations of protein S.19-26
However, the association of acquired APCRs or decreased protein S
concentrations with APLAs has not been clearly established because
studies to date were performed in small patient populations selected on
the basis of APLA positivity. More importantly, no study has determined
whether acquired abnormalities of the protein C pathway in patients
with APLAs are associated with TEs. Finally, it remains to be
elucidated whether there is an interaction between these abnormalities
and APLAs in association with TEs, ie, whether the risk of TEs
associated with APLAs is increased in the presence of acquired APCR
and/or protein S deficiency.
Previously, we reported a highly significant association between
the presence of LAs with TEs in a cohort of pediatric patients with
SLE.2 An important observation from our study was that no
pediatric SLE patients who were negative for LAs had TEs. In contrast,
approximately 40% of adult SLE patients negative for APLAs have
TEs.27 Therefore, when studying potential mechanisms of
APLA-associated TEs, a pediatric cohort is advantageous, as other risk
factors that confound the association of APLAs with TEs in adult
populations are rare in children.
The objectives of the current study were to determine, in pediatric
patients with SLE, (1) whether acquired APCR and/or protein S
deficiency are associated with the presence of APLAs, (2) whether acquired APCR and/or protein S deficiency are associated with TEs, and
(3) whether there is an interaction between acquired APCR and/or
protein S deficiency and APLAs in association with TEs.
Study population
Evaluation for thromboembolic events
Laboratory testing All study patients had blood samples taken at study entry and on a separate occasion during a follow-up visit at least 3 months after the initial visit. Patients who developed acute TEs during the study period had blood drawn at the time of the event and at a later visit at least 3 months from the acute event. Normal control subjects had blood samples drawn on one occasion.Venous blood was drawn into Vacutainer tubes (Becton Dickinson,
New Jersey) containing 0.105 M buffered citrate solution for a final
ratio of 1 part anticoagulant to 9 parts of blood. Plasma was
immediately separated from cellular elements by double centrifugation at 1500g for 15 minutes at 4°C. Samples to be tested for
LAs were filtered through a 0.02-micron screen (Acrodisk, Gelman
Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI) to achieve complete platelet removal. Plasma
was subsequently aliquoted and frozen at Testing for LAs was based on 3 steps according to the criteria of the subcommittee on APLAs of the International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis30 as previously described in detail2: (1) screening assays included the kaolin clotting time, dilute activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), dilute prothrombin time, and 2 dilute Russel viper venom times; (2) all tests were repeated in a 1:1 mix with normal plasma; (3) positive tests were confirmed with the same reagent in the presence of excess phospholipids. At least one test system had to be positive in all 3 steps for a patient to be considered LA positive. ACLAs were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA; Advanced Biological Products, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada). The APC ratio was measured, using an APTT-based system (Biopool,
Ventura, CA) on the ACL coagulometer (Instrumentation Laboratory, Milan, Italy). The test was performed in undiluted patient plasma. The
APC ratio was determined by the clotting time obtained in the presence
of added human APC divided by the APTT in the absence of APC. In
LA-positive patients with a largely prolonged baseline APTT, the APTT
in the presence of APC is frequently not proportionally prolonged. The
resulting decreased APC ratio is a laboratory artifact.31 In this study, the APTT reagent used for the APC ratio (micronized silica) was insensitive to LAs, resulting in baseline APTTs in patients
with LAs that were normal or minimally prolonged ( Factor V Leiden status was determined by extracting genomic DNA from plasma of patients in whom cellular material was not available. Plasma DNA extraction was done with the use of DNA purification columns (Gentra System Capture Columns, Minneapolis, MN). DNA from buffy coat samples was extracted, using the Bio Rad InstaGene Whole Blood Kit (Bio Rad, Missisauga, Ontario). DNA was amplified by using the polymerase chain reaction method as previously described.32 Samples containing DNA in insufficient amounts were further amplified, using a nested polymerase chain reaction system as described by Ryan et al.33 PCR products were digested with Mnl1 and subjected to electrophoresis, using 3.5% agarose gels. Protein S, total and free (Affinity Biologicals, Hamilton, Ontario), and protein C (Asserachrom, Diagnostica Stago, France) were measured by commercial ELISA kits. To assay free protein S, the plasma was treated with polyethylene glycol to precipitate the bound protein S, leaving free protein S to be measured. C4b binding protein was measured by radial immunodiffusion, using a rabbit anti-human antibody (Diagnostica Stago). Normal ranges were derived from the mean ± 2 SD of values measured in age-matched healthy control subjects. When patients were on warfarin treatment, the data on APC ratio, protein C, and protein S were excluded from analysis (10 samples in 7 patients). von Willebrand factor (vWF) antigen levels were measured by ELISA (Affinity Biologicals). vWF was tested to account for a potential association of vWF or factor VIII with APCR and the risk of TEs as previously reported in the literature.34 As study samples had been stored for several years, analysis of VIII:C by functional assay was not considered valid. vWF measured by ELISA is less affected by sample storage. There is a well-described correlation between plasma VIII:C and vWF levels; therefore, vWF was measured as a surrogate for VIII:C levels. Normal ranges were derived from the mean ± 2 SD of values measured in healthy controls. Statistical analysis Statistical analysis was performed, using the Minitab Statistical package (version 12.1). For comparisons between groups, results of samples from different time points were summarized for each individual patient. For continuous variables (eg, the APC ratio), results are reported as the mean of each patient's samples. For dichotomous outcome variables (eg, the presence of APCR), results were categorized as abnormal if at least one of the patient's samples was abnormal.Continuous variables were compared between groups by t test. Because of skewed distributions, APC ratios were log-transformed. Dichotomous variables were organized into 2 × 2 tables. Risk differences (RD) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated (eg, the difference in proportions of TEs between groups with or without APCR). The RD was used as a summary outcome measure because some subgroups had zero outcome events that did not allow the calculation of odds ratios. Statistical comparison was done using chi-square or Fisher's exact test. Multivariable analysis was performed to simultaneously test for the associations of APCR, LAs, and APCR × LA interaction with TEs. A binomial additive excess model was fitted, using Epicure (version 2.07, Program GMBO), essentially fitting a linear model to the RD. The score test was used to assess the fits of the components of the model.
Study population Fifty-nine patients with SLE were studied, 49 females and 10 males. Their median age was 14 years with a range from 4 to 19 years. Disease activity scores overall were 2.2 ± 2.3 (mean, SD), on a scale ranging from 0 to 10. Disease activity scores were 2.6 ± 2.5 at study entry and 1.9 ± 2.1 during follow-up. Scores did not differ between patients with or without TEs. The control population consisted of 35 concurrent healthy children, 18 females and 17 males. Their median age was 10 years with a range from 4 to 19 years.Thrombotic events Thirteen TEs occurred in 10 (17%) of the 59 patients with SLE. Six TEs occurred before patients entered the study. Seven TEs occurred during the prospective follow-up, 3 of which were recurrent in patients with previous TEs following discontinuation of their warfarin therapy. Four events were deep venous thromboses in the lower extremities, 2 were pulmonary emboli, 1 was a portal vein thrombosis, and 6 involved the central nervous system of which 3 events were venous (sagittal sinus thrombosis) and 3 were arterial strokes.All TEs were symptomatic. All deep venous TEs were proximal in location, causing significant swelling and pain. Both patients with pulmonary embolism presented with pleuritic chest pain and ventilation perfusion scans that showed high probability of a pulmonary embolism. Central nervous system TEs caused a variety of neurologic symptoms, depending on their location. There were no deaths. All TEs were managed with heparin, followed by warfarin for at least 3 months. Activated protein C resistance Frequency of APCR in patients with SLE.
APCR was present in 18 (31%) of 58 evaluable patients (95% CI,
20%-45%) with SLE. Median APC ratios were significantly decreased in
patients with SLE (median, 2.58; minimum [min]-maximum [max], 1.86-4.47) compared to normal control subjects (median, 3.04; min-max,
2.18-4.26; P < .001) (Figure
1). APC ratios in samples taken during
warfarin treatment were significantly increased (median, 4.13; min-max,
2.90-5.0) compared to APC ratios in other samples of patients with SLE
and normal control subjects and were excluded from the analysis (Figure
1). APC ratios were evaluable in 2 or 3 samples in 53 of 59 patients.
Because of warfarin therapy, 5 patients with TEs had APC ratio
evaluable from only their sample at study entry, and one patient had no
evaluable sample.
Acquired APCR. For the purposes of this study, acquired APCR was defined as APCR not associated with factor V Leiden. Factor V Leiden was tested in the 18 patients with APCR. Sixteen patients tested negative for factor V Leiden. Genetic testing was unsuccessful in 2 patients, one patient with and one patient without TEs. Because APCR was transient in both patients, the patients were assumed to be factor V Leiden negative. Therefore, all 18 patients were considered to have acquired APCR. Association of APCR with APLAs.
Acquired APCR was significantly more frequent in LA-positive patients
(10 of 20, 50%) than in LA-negative patients (8 of 38; 21%) (RD,
29%; 95% CI, 4%-53%; P = .03) (Table
1). There was no significant association
between APCR and individual LA tests. Median APC ratios did not differ
significantly between LA-positive (median, 2.55; min-max, 1.91-4.47)
and LA-negative patients (median, 2.65; min-max, 1.86-3.84;
P = .96). APCR was not significantly associated with the
presence of ACLAs (RD, 20%; 95% CI,
Association of APCR with TEs.
A significant association was observed between the presence of acquired
APCR and TEs (Table 2). Seven
(39%) of 18 patients with APCR had TEs compared to 2 (5%) of 40 patients without APCR (RD, 34%; 95% CI, 13%-57%;
P = .001). APCR was present in 5 of the 7 patients who had
samples obtained prior to TEs, in 3 of 3 samples taken at the time of
event, and in one of 2 patients with evaluable follow-up samples after
TEs. Median APC ratios tended to be decreased in patients who had TEs
(median, 2.18; min-max, 1.91-4.47) compared to patients without TEs
(median, 2.67; min-max, 1.86-3.48; P = .73)
(Figure 1).
Interaction between APCR and LAs in association with TEs.
Table 3 shows the associations of both
APCR and LAs with TEs. In APCR-positive patients, 7 of 10 LA-positive
patients had TEs, compared to none of the LA-negative patients (RD,
70%; 95% CI, 28-90; P = .004). In APCR-negative
patients, only 2 of 10 LA-positive patients had TEs, compared to none
of the LA-negative patients (RD, 20%; 95% CI
Protein S, C4b binding protein, and protein C Plasma concentrations of total and free protein S were similar in patients with SLE compared to normal controls. Total protein S levels (mean ± SD, 0.98 ± 0.12 U/mL) and free protein S concentrations (1.04 ± 0.28 U/mL) in LA-positive patients tended to be increased compared to LA-negative patients (total protein S, 0.91 ± 012 U/mL; P = .16; free protein S, 0.92 ± 0.22; P = .11). Protein S (total and free) concentrations were not associated with either the presence of ACLAs or APCR. Total protein S levels were similar in patients with or without TEs. Free protein S levels tended to be lower in patients with TEs (0.88 ± 0.29 U/mL) than patients without TEs (0.97 ± 0.24 U/mL; P = .44). Total protein S values were all within normal range. Free protein S levels were decreased below normal range in 3 patients (5% of all patients with SLE) who did not have TEs.Mean C4b binding protein concentrations were similar in patients with SLE (1.13 ± 0.26 U/mL) compared to normal control subjects (1.06 ± 0.18 U/mL) and were similar in the presence or absence of APLAs, APCR, or TEs. Twenty (36%) SLE patients had abnormally increased C4b binding protein concentrations that were equally distributed between patients with or without APLAs, APCR, or TEs. Protein C concentrations were increased in patients with SLE (1.10 ± 0.28 U/mL) compared to normal controls (0.83 ± 0.18 U/mL; P < .001). Protein C concentrations were not different in the presence or absence of APLAs, APCR, or TEs. von Willebrand factor Forty patients (69%) had vWF plasma concentrations increased above the upper normal limit. There was no association between increased vWF and the presence of APCR. Also, there was no association between increased vWF and the risk of TEs. Of 3 patients who had samples taken at the time of TEs, 1 had increased and 2 patients had normal vWF levels.
The present study is the first to show, in a nonselected cohort of pediatric SLE patients, that (1) a significant association between acquired APCR and LAs, (2) a significant association between acquired APCR and TEs, and (3) a significant interaction between acquired APCR and LAs in association with TEs. These results provide the first clinical evidence that the interference of LAs with the protein C pathway may represent a mechanism of TEs. Resistance to APC is defined as a decreased anticoagulant response to APC. Hereditary APCR because of the factor V Leiden mutation is clearly associated with an increased risk of thrombosis.35 Acquired APCR has been reported in patients with APLAs,7-18 in pregnancy,36 and with use of oral contraceptives.34 Although the mechanisms of acquired APCR are not well understood, autoantibodies directed against components of the protein C pathway37,38 and increased factor VIII levels34,39 have been suggested. Acquired APCR was associated with TEs in case-control studies of patients who experienced a stroke40-42 or venous TEs39; however, whether there is a causal relationship between acquired APCR and TEs has yet to be determined. Acquired APCR induced by LAs has been hypothesized to be a possible mechanism of LA-associated TEs.43 There is good evidence based on in vitro laboratory experiments that plasma or purified immunoglobulin G from LA-positive patients impairs APC-mediated factor Va and factor VIIIa inactivation.7-11,15,16 Furthermore, studies reported decreased APC ratios in subsets of LA-positive patients negative for factor V Leiden. However, clinical evidence of acquired APCR is limited to small retrospective studies in patient populations selected on the basis of LA positivity.12-14,17,18 Because of design limitations, these studies could neither clearly demonstrate an association between APCR and LAs nor establish an association between acquired APCR and TEs. The current study of a nonselected cohort of pediatric SLE patients was designed to address these questions. Acquired APCR was present in 31% of SLE patients, none of whom had factor V Leiden. APCR was significantly associated with LAs, being present in 50% of LA-positive patients. These findings support the hypothesis that LAs induce an acquired APCR. In agreement with previous reports,13,44 no significant association between APCR and ACLAs was observed in our study. The current study is the first to show an association between acquired APCR and objectively documented TEs in SLE patients. Patients who had APCR had a 34% (95% CI, 13%-57%) increased risk of TEs compared to APCR-negative patients. These findings highlight the clinical relevance of acquired APCR. Notably, a significant interaction was observed between APCR and LAs in their associations with TEs. Therefore, presence of both APCR and LAs was associated with the highest risk of TEs. Conclusions from these data need to be drawn cautiously. First, because the study was cross-sectional in design, some patients had TEs identified retrospectively. However, 70% of patients had TEs during prospective follow-up. Second, longitudinal testing of APC ratios was not available from some patients with TEs, as they were on warfarin therapy. Therefore, the temporal relationship between the presence of APCR and TEs cannot fully be established. Consequently, a causal relationship cannot be proven. Finally, the data have been generated from a pediatric population, and whether the findings can be extrapolated to adults has to be determined in future studies. The most plausible interpretation of the interaction between APCR and LAs is that APCR reflects interference of LAs with the protein C pathway and represents a mechanism for thrombosis. The results of the current study provide the first clinical evidence for this previously hypothesized mechanism.7-18 An alternative interpretation of the observed interaction is that both factors synergistically increase the risk of TEs by different mechanisms. Such a synergism has previously been suggested for patients with both LAs and the factor V Leiden mutation.45 However, our finding that APCR and LAs were associated does not support the synergy model. A third interpretation is that APCR may have been the result of TEs in some patients, reflecting an acute phase response.46 However, this mechanism would not explain the APCR found prior to TEs in the majority of patients. More in-depth laboratory work, using patient samples from well-designed clinical studies, is still needed to accurately define the mechanism of acquired APCR. Acquired APCR was observed in 21% of LA-negative patients that may have been related to other APLA subtypes not assessed in this study. However, APCR in the absence of LAs was not associated with TEs. Inversely, TEs occurred in 2 LA-positive patients who did not have APCR, suggesting that APCR is not the only mechanism of LA-associated TEs. For the purposes of this study, the APC ratio was determined by the conventional method, using undiluted patient plasma. In the modified APC ratio, using a dilution of patient plasma in factor V-deficient plasma to improve specificity for factor V Leiden,47 other factors interfering with APC function (eg, LA antibodies) would be diluted out, and alterations in factor levels would be normalized.39 A disadvantage of the conventional APC ratio test, however, is that it cannot be used for patients receiving warfarin.48,49 In the current study, no significant decrease of the plasma concentrations of total and free protein S, protein C, and C4b binding protein was observed in relation to the presence of APLAs, of APCR, or the occurrence of TEs. These results indicate that APCR is due to functional interference of LA antibodies with the protein C pathway rather than depletion of its components. Also, these observations do not support the hypothesis in the literature that acquired abnormalities in plasma concentrations of these proteins are a mechanism for TEs in APLA-positive patients.19-26 In conclusion, pediatric SLE patients positive for both APCR and LAs are at the highest risk of TEs. Acquired APCR may reflect interference of LAs with the protein C pathway that may represent an important mechanism for LA-associated TEs. APCR may serve as a marker to identify LA-positive patients at high risk of TE.
C.M. is a recipient of an Erwin Schroedinger Scholarship from the Austrian Science Fund. L.M. is a Scholar of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. M.A. is a Career Scientist with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
Submitted February 14, 2000; accepted October 23, 2000.
Supported by grant-in-aid MT7595 from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (M.E.A.) and by grant NA4433 from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (L.M.).
The publication costs of this article were defrayed in part by page charge payment. Therefore, and solely to indicate this fact, this article is hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. section 1734.
Reprints: Lesley Mitchell, 555 University Ave, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada; e-mail: mitchell{at}sickkids.on.ca.
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Abstract
Introduction
70°C. All assays were
performed in one central laboratory at the Hamilton Civic Hospitals
Research Centre by the same technologist who had no knowledge of the
patients' clinical status. Lot numbers of all reagents were constant
during the study.
7 seconds) that
would not cause this artifact. Consequently, a decreased APC ratio (ie,
an inadequate APTT prolongation after addition of APC) was considered
reflective of inhibition of the effect of APC. The normal cutoff value
for the APC ratio was 2.2 as derived from the 2.5th percentile of
values measured in age-matched healthy control subjects.
indicates individual APC ratios; +, median values;
and -, normal cutoff level.
a crucial role for acquired free protein S deficiency.
Thromb Haemost.
1996;76:190-194
glutamine mutation.
Stroke.
1996;27:1163-1166