The antiphospholipid/cofactor syndromes: a primary variant with antibodies to beta 2-glycoprotein-I but no antibodies detectable in standard antiphospholipid assays

The American Journal of Medicine
A R CabralD Alarcón-Segovia

Abstract

Most systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients with two or more clinical manifestations of the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) and negative antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) have antibodies to beta 2-glycoprotein-I (a beta 2 GP-I). Herein we describe a similar set of circumstances, but in patients without evidence of SLE. We studied 6 patients with recurrent venous and/or arterial thromboses without aPL as detected by routine assays nor clinical or serological evidence of other autoimmune disease. Immunoglobin (Ig) G and IgM antibodies to bovine and human phospholipid-free beta 2 GP-I were studied by Western blot test and by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) utilizing radiated and nonirradiated plates. We also tested antibodies to cardiolipin, phosphatidylserine, and phosphatidylethanolamine by ELISA. As controls, 54 normal sera were studied. All 6 patients had recurrent arterial and/or venous thromboses. Three also had thrombocytopenia, 1 had livedo reticularis, and 2 had valvular heart disease. None of the patients had aPL, but all had serum IgG reactivity against human and bovine beta 2 GP-I (P < 0.001 versus controls for both). Titers of anti-bovine beta 2 GP-I were higher when studied in irradiated plates but wer...Continue Reading

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