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Monocyte activation and acquired autoimmune protein S deficiency promote disseminated intravascular coagulation in a patient with primary antiphospholipid syndrome.


ABSTRACT: Autoimmune protein S (PS) deficiency is a highly thrombotic, potentially life-threatening disorder. Its pathophysiological relevance in the context of primary antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is unclear. Here, we report the case of a 76-year-old woman, who presented with a painful reticular skin erythema caused by microvascular thromboses. Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) with consumptive coagulopathy was controlled only by continuous anticoagulation. While significantly elevated IgM antibodies to cardiolipin and β2-glycoprotein-I were consistent with primary APS, a function-blocking PS autoantibody of the IgG isotype was detected. Robust microvesicle (MV)-associated tissue factor (TF) procoagulant activity (PCA) was isolated from patient plasma. Moreover, patient IgG, but not IgM, induced expression of TF PCA and release of TF-bearing MVs by peripheral blood mononuclear cells from healthy donors. In primary APS, induction of monocyte TF in combination with an acquired PS inhibitor may provoke a deleterious imbalance of procoagulant and anticoagulant pathways with evolution of thrombotic DIC.

SUBMITTER: Beckmann L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8265818 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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