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- Title
Natural history of platelet antibody formation against αIIbβ3 in a French cohort of Glanzmann thrombasthenia patients.
- Authors
FIORE, M.; FIRAH, N.; PILLOIS, X.; NURDEN, P.; HEILIG, R.; NURDEN, A. T.
- Abstract
. Treatment of the bleeding syndrome in Glanzmann thrombasthenia (GT) is often complicated by naturally occurring isoantibodies directed against the αIIbβ3 integrin that cause the removal of or render ineffective transfused donor platelets. Such antibodies are produced after transfusion or pregnancy when the patient's immune system comes into contact with normal platelets. Despite many reports of anti-αIIbβ3 antibodies in GT patients, there is no consensus pertaining to their frequency, their long-term evolution in the circulation, or their formation in relation to either (i) the extent of the αIIbβ3 deficiency in the patient's platelets or (ii) the nature of the genetic defect ( ITGA2B or ITGB3 genes). Antibody screening was performed on a large series of 24 GT patients in South-West France dividing the patients into two cohorts: (i) 16 patients with the French gypsy mutation (c.1544 + 1G >A) within ITGA2B that gives platelets totally lacking αIIbβ3 and (ii) 8 patients carrying other defects of ITGA2B or ITGB3 with different expression levels of αIIbβ3. Our results confirm that patients with premature termination mutations resulting in platelets lacking αIIbβ3 are the most susceptible to form isoantibodies, a finding that may be useful in deciding the choice of therapy between platelet transfusion and the use of recombinant factor VIIa (FVIIa).
- Subjects
BLOOD platelets; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; BLOOD donors; BLOOD transfusion; IMMUNE system
- Publication
Haemophilia, 2012, Vol 18, Issue 3, pe201
- ISSN
1351-8216
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2516.2011.02744.x