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- Title
Haptoglobin degradation product as a novel serum biomarker for hematopoietic stem cell transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy.
- Authors
Schuh, Meredith P.; Bennett, Michael R.; Lane, Adam; Jodele, Sonata; Laskin, Benjamin L.; Devarajan, Prasad
- Abstract
Background: Hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT)-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA) is a well-known complication of HSCT and carries high risk of morbidity and mortality. A lack of consistent non-invasive diagnostic criteria can delay diagnosis and lead to irreversible organ damage.Methods: Serum samples of 100 patients that underwent HSCT at Cincinnati Children's Hospital were serially collected. Unbiased proteomic profiling by SELDI-TOF-MS was performed on serum from TA-TMA patients at baseline (pre-HSCT), 2 weeks before TMA diagnosis (pre-TMA), and at clinical TMA diagnosis. Two proteins with mass to charge ratios of 12-13 kDa were consistently elevated at the 2 week pre-TMA time point by SELDI-TOF, compared to control samples. Potential peptides were isolated and analyzed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) on the Linear Trap Quadropole (LTQ). A MASCOT search identified haptoglobin fragments in the 12-17-kDa range. Western blot was performed to validate haptoglobin fragments as a potential biomarker.Results: Western blot of TA-TMA patients showed haptoglobin fragments at 12, 14, and 17 kDa that varied between baseline, pre-TMA, and TMA time points for each patient. By densitometric analysis, the 17-kDa fragment in the pre-TMA samples differed significantly from TMA diagnosis (p < 0.0001). There was no significant difference in the concentrations of the 12-kDa and 14-kDa fragments.Conclusion: The 17-kDa haptoglobin degradation product may represent a novel early serum biomarker for TA-TMA that could potentially allow for earlier diagnosis and intervention.
- Subjects
PEPTIDE analysis; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD proteins; DENSITOMETRY; GLOBULINS; HEMATOPOIETIC stem cell transplantation; LIQUID chromatography; MASS spectrometry; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WESTERN immunoblotting; PROTEOMICS; DISEASE complications; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Pediatric Nephrology, 2019, Vol 34, Issue 5, p865
- ISSN
0931-041X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00467-018-4178-x