Von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity and proteolysis of von Willebrand factor in bone marrow transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy

The Hematology Journal : the Official Journal of the European Haematology Association
S AraiH M Tsai

Abstract

Thrombotic microangiopathy (TM) of the fulminant type occurring in patients following bone marrow transplant (BMT) has clinical manifestations that are similar to thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and hemolytic uremic syndrome, but the outcome is generally fatal despite conventional therapy. Idiopathic acquired TTP has been associated with IgG inhibitors to the cleaving protease of von Willebrand factor (vWF) in plasma. In this study, we investigated the role of the vWF protease and vWF proteolysis in the pathogenesis of BMT-associated TM of the fulminant type. vWF antigen level, vWF multimeric pattern, and vWF metalloprotease activity were investigated in the plasma samples of six consecutive patients with acute BMT-associated TM. Histologic and immunohistochemical studies were also performed on autopsy kidney specimens from four of the patients. All six patients had the fulminant type of the disorder with a fatal outcome and none of the patients responded to plasma infusion. The vWF-cleaving protease activity in plasma was normal in all patients. However, analysis of the vWF multimeric pattern showed a decrease of high molecular weight multimers. The decrease of large multimers may be caused by vWF-platelet binding as...Continue Reading

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