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ADAMTS13 activity in sickle cell disease

✍ Scribed by John-John B. Schnog; Johanna A. Kremer Hovinga; Soraya Krieg; Şakir Akin; Bernhard Lämmle; Dees P.M. Brandjes; Melvin R. Mac Gillavry; Fred D. Muskiet; Ashley J. Duits

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
177 KB
Volume
81
Category
Article
ISSN
0361-8609

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✦ Synopsis

Sickle red blood cell (SRBC)-endothelial adhesion plays a central role in sickle cell disease (SCD)-related vaso-occlusion. As unusually large von Willebrand factor (ULVWF) multimers mediate SRBC-endothelial adhesion, we investigated the activity of ADAMTS13, the metalloprotease responsible for cleaving ULVWF multimers, in SCD. ADAMTS13 activity was determined using a quantitative immunoblotting assay. VWF:Ag and VWF:RCo were determined using commercial assays. The high-molecular-weight VWF multimer percentage was determined by employing gel electrophoresis. ADAMTS13 activity was similar among asymptomatic patients (n = 8), patients at presentation with a painful crisis (n = 23), and healthy controls. ADAMTS13/VWF:Ag ratios were lower in patients compared to healthy HbAA controls, with the lowest values at presentation with a painful crisis (P = 0.02). Division of samples in those with VWF:RCo/VWF:Ag ratios < 0.70 and those with ratios >or= 0.70 revealed significantly more samples with ratios >or= 0.70 (P = 0.01) collected during painful crises. ULVWF multimers were detected in 6 patient samples and in 1 control sample. ADAMTS13/VWF:Ag ratios were inversely related to the duration of symptoms at presentation with an acute vaso-occlusive event (r(s)-0.67, P = 0.002). Although SCD is characterized by elevated VWF:Ag levels, no severe ADAMTS13 deficiency was detected in our patients.

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