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Sheng X, Song X, Xiong Y, Ren T, Chang X, Wu J, Cao J, Cheng T, Wang M. Maternal and infant outcomes of pregnancy associated with anti-SSA/RO antibodies: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2023; 21:22. [PMID: 36870970 PMCID: PMC9985242 DOI: 10.1186/s12969-023-00803-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/26/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE The relationship between anti-SSA/RO antibodies and pregnancy has been reported previously, and we aim to visualize the rates of maternal and infant outcomes with anti-SSA/RO. METHODS We systematically searched records from Pubmed, Cochrane, Embase, and Web of Science databases, pooled incidence rates of adverse outcomes of pregnancy, and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were performed with RStudio. RESULTS A total of 890 records comprising 1675 patients and 1920 pregnancies were searched from the electronic databases. For maternal outcomes, the pooled estimate rates were 4% for termination of pregnancy, 5% for spontaneous abortion, 26% for preterm labor, and 50% for cesarean operation. While for fetal outcomes, the pooled estimate rates were 4% for perinatal death, 3% for intrauterine growth retardation, 6% for endocardial fibroelastosis, 6% for dilated cardiomyopathy, 7% for congenital heart block, 12% for congenital heart block recurrence, 19% for cutaneous neonatal lupus erythematosus, 12% for hepatobiliary disease and 16% for hematological manifestations. A subgroup analysis of congenital heart block prevalence was performed, diagnostic method and study region were found to affect heterogeneity to some extent. CONCLUSION Cumulative analysis of data from real-world studies confirmed adverse pregnancy outcomes of women with anti-SSA/RO, serves as a reference and a guide for the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of these women, thereby enhancing maternal and infant health. Additional studies with real-world cohorts are required to validate these results.
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- Xiangrui Sheng
- Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No.188 Shizi St, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No.188 Shizi St, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No.188 Shizi St, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No.188 Shizi St, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No.188 Shizi St, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No.188 Shizi St, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No.188 Shizi St, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China.
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- Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No.188 Shizi St, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China.
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- Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No.188 Shizi St, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China.
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Sunderji S, Peyvandi S, Jaeggi E, Szwast A, Ryan G, Tessier F, Siddiqui S, Cuneo B, Sheth S, Treadwell M, Frommelt M, Turan S, Copel J, Emery S, Rand L, Moon-Grady AJ. NAFTNet retrospective report on the treatment of anti-Ro/SSA mediated fetal heart block with dexamethasone. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2022; 35:9263-9270. [PMID: 35014577 DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2022.2025536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Complete atrioventricular block (CAVB) is a complication of maternal antibody positivity and treatment of fetal disease is controversial in terms of efficacy and safety. We hypothesized that dexamethasone treatment for fetal anti-Ro/SSA antibody-mediated cardiac disease leads to better pregnancy outcomes than expectant management. METHODS A retrospective multi-center cohort study of anti-Ro/SSA antibody positive pregnancies with fetal conduction disease reported by participating North American Fetal Therapy Network (NAFTNet) centers between January 2010 and December 2018. The primary outcomes included: fetal death, oligohydramnios, growth restriction, preterm delivery, and new maternal comorbidities. Secondary outcomes included: pacemaker prior to 28 days, transplantation, and neonatal death in maternal/fetal dyads treated with dexamethasone versus not. RESULTS In 127 anti-Ro/SSA positive pregnancies, 98 were treated with dexamethasone and 29 were not. Of those treated, 61/96 (63.5%) met the primary outcome including 45/91 (49.4%) premature deliveries; 20 mothers developed comorbidities during treatment (fetal death 5, 10 growth restriction, 14 oligohydramnios, two new/worsening gestational diabetes). In the untreated group, 15/25 (60%) met the primary outcome including 11/22 (50%) premature deliveries and four mothers developing comorbidities during their pregnancy (fetal death 3, one growth restriction, one new onset maternal hypertension). Regarding secondary outcomes, 37/96 (43%) treated fetuses required a pacemaker or died by 28 days, while untreated 13/25 (52%) required pacemaker placement, died prior to 28 days or required listing for transplantation. Excluding terminations, survival without transplant was 17 (68%) in untreated and 85 (89%) in treated patients (p<.01). CONCLUSIONS While the use of dexamethasone in anti-Ro/SSA positive pregnancies is associated with a high rate of poor pregnancy outcomes, there was an unexpected similarly high rate in untreated positive pregnancies. This suggests that the maternal disease itself is influencing pregnancy complications independent of dexamethasone. Our data, which show that treatment decreases neonatal morbidity and overall mortality without increasing overall pregnancy complications, warrant further study.
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- Sherzana Sunderji
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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- Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Figura N, Palazzuoli A, Vaira D, Campagna M, Moretti E, Iacoponi F, Giordano N, Clemente S, Nuti R, Ponzetto A. Cross-sectional study: CagA-positive Helicobacter pylori infection, acute coronary artery disease and systemic levels of B-type natriuretic peptide. J Clin Pathol 2013; 67:251-7. [PMID: 24334757 DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2013-201743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) determination is routinely used to evaluate the severity of congestive heart failure, a possible consequence of coronary artery disease (CAD). CAD originates from vascular atherosclerotic processes and is stimulated by inflammatory events, which may also be triggered by chronic bacterial infections. AIM To explore the effect of Helicobacter pylori infection upon systemic BNP, tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels and linear homology between cardiac peptides and H pylori. METHODS A group of 103 consecutive patients with a diagnosis of non-ST elevation acute CAD (ACAD) and no other concomitant pathology was examined. BNP was measured by a commercial solid-phase sandwich immunoradiometric assay. H pylori infection, CagA serological status and circulating levels of IL-6 and TNF-α, were determined by ELISA assays. Amino acid sequence homology between human cardiac and H pylori peptides was investigated by Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) analysis. RESULTS Circulating levels of BNP and IL-6, in pg/mL (interquartile difference), among infected patients with anti-CagA serum antibodies, respectively 781 (1899) and 37.7 (137.6), were significantly increased in respect to those measured in uninfected patients, respectively 325 (655) and 7.7 (23.5), (p<0.01 and p=0.025), and, with regard to BNP alone, also in patients infected by CagA negative H pylori strains, 305 (593), (p<0.01). TNF-α levels were raised in CagA positive in respect to uninfected patients. Tropomyosin and Ca2+ transporting ATPases showed strong similarities to H pylori proteins, suggesting the existence of molecular mimicry phenomena. CONCLUSIONS Chronic infection by H pylori expressing CagA correlates with high circulating levels of BNP and IL-6 in patients with ACAD.
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- Natale Figura
- Department of Medical, Surgical and Neurological Sciences, University of Siena and Policlinico S. Maria alle Scotte, , Siena, Italy
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Buneva VN, Krasnorutskii MA, Nevinsky GA. Natural antibodies to nucleic acids. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2013; 78:127-143. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297913020028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023]
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Kater L, Gmelig-Meyling FHJ, Derksen RHWM, Faille HB. Immunopathogenesis and Therapy of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03259309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Idiotype, anti-idiotype network of autoantibodies: pathogenetic considerations and clinical application. Autoimmun Rev 2010; 9:631-3. [PMID: 20478412 DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2010.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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A common serologic finding in autoimmune diseases is the presence of autoantibodies against intracellular autoantigens. Recent data suggest that an anti-idiotypic network exists in these diseases, regulating the production of autoantibodies (idiotypic response). The anti-idiotypic antibodies can be monitored using complementary epitopes, designed according to the “molecular recognition” theory. The role of antiidiotypic antibodies in neonatal lupus and type 1 diabetes are discussed. In neonatal lupus, mothers with high anti-idiotypic antibody activity against anti-La autoantibodies are at lower risk of giving birth to an un-healthy child, as compared with mothers without anti-idiotypic antibodies. Similarly,the lack of particular anti-idiotypic antibodies against anti-GAD65 autoantibodies predispose in type 1 diabetes. These findings imply that antiidiotypic antibodies may confer protection from the harmful effect of autoantibodies in certain autoimmune diseases [corrected].
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Monsarrat N, Houfflin-Debarge V, Richard A, Launay D, Lambert M, Hatron PY, Subtil D, Deruelle P. [Fetal ultrasonography and Doppler in isolated congenital heart block]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 37:633-44. [PMID: 19586792 DOI: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2009.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2008] [Accepted: 05/18/2009] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Isolated congenital heart block is linked to transplacental passage of maternal anti-SSA/Ro and/or anti-SSB/La antibodies that may be related to a connective tissue disease. Ultrasonography and Doppler are essential to screen fetus at risk. They allow the diagnosis of first- and second-degree blocks which are probably preliminary stages in conducting tissue's injury. In these situations, a maternal treatment by fluorinated steroids can be proposed because of its possible effect on partial blocks. However, these early signs of nodal injury can be lacking: some fetus present a complete heart block without previously detected less advanced block. Moreover, the significance of first-degree block is unclear since it could reverse spontaneously. Other markers of nodal injury would be valuable. In case of complete congenital heart block, ultrasonography is useful to detect congestive heart failure and help the obstetrical management when unfavorable prognostic signs occur.
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- N Monsarrat
- Clinique d'obstétrique, hôpital Jeanne-de-Flandre, centre hospitalier régional et universitaire (CHRU) de Lille, avenue Eugène-Avinée, 59037 Lille cedex, France.
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Rein A, Mevorach D, Perles Z, Gavri S, Nadjari M, Nir A, Elchalal U. Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Atrioventricular Block in the Fetus Exposed to Maternal Anti-SSA/Ro-SSB/La Antibodies. Circulation 2009; 119:1867-72. [DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.108.773143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Background—
A fetus exposed to maternal anti-SSA/Ro or anti-SSB/La antibodies (or both) may develop complete atrioventricular block (AVB), which results in high prenatal and postnatal morbidity and mortality. Until recently, only high-grade AVB could be diagnosed in utero. The tissue velocity–based fetal kinetocardiogram (FKCG) enables accurate measurement of AV conduction time and diagnosis of low-grade AVB. In the present multicenter observational study, we used FKCG to detect first-degree AVB in fetuses at risk.
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FKCG was performed in 70 fetuses of 56 mothers who were positive for anti-SSA/Ro and/or anti-SSB/La. Fetuses were monitored with weekly FKCG from 13 to 24 weeks’ gestation, followed by monthly assessments until delivery in unaffected fetuses and weekly assessments in affected fetuses. AV conduction in 70 at-risk and 109 normal fetuses was compared. FKCG was obtained readily in all fetuses; 6 showed first-degree AVB (AV conduction time >2
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scores above normal mean) at 21 to 34 gestational weeks. Immediate maternal treatment with dexamethasone resulted in normalization of AV conduction in all affected fetuses within 3 to 14 days. AV conduction time in the remaining 64 untreated fetuses remained normal throughout gestation. The ECG PR interval immediately after birth was normal in all affected newborns. No child developed AVB or cardiomyopathy in the subsequent 1- to 6-year (median 4-year) follow-up.
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The present findings suggest that an FKCG can detect first-degree AVB in the fetus exposed to maternal anti-SSA/Ro or anti-SSB/La antibodies (or both). Dexamethasone given on detection was associated with normalized AV conduction in fetuses with first-degree AVB. No fetus in the present study developed complete prenatal or postnatal AVB.
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- A.J.J.T. Rein
- From the Department of Pediatric Cardiology (A.J.J.T.R., Z.P., S.G., A.N.), Rheumatology Unit (D.M.), Department of Medicine, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (M.N., U.E.), Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- From the Department of Pediatric Cardiology (A.J.J.T.R., Z.P., S.G., A.N.), Rheumatology Unit (D.M.), Department of Medicine, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (M.N., U.E.), Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- From the Department of Pediatric Cardiology (A.J.J.T.R., Z.P., S.G., A.N.), Rheumatology Unit (D.M.), Department of Medicine, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (M.N., U.E.), Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- From the Department of Pediatric Cardiology (A.J.J.T.R., Z.P., S.G., A.N.), Rheumatology Unit (D.M.), Department of Medicine, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (M.N., U.E.), Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- From the Department of Pediatric Cardiology (A.J.J.T.R., Z.P., S.G., A.N.), Rheumatology Unit (D.M.), Department of Medicine, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (M.N., U.E.), Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- From the Department of Pediatric Cardiology (A.J.J.T.R., Z.P., S.G., A.N.), Rheumatology Unit (D.M.), Department of Medicine, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (M.N., U.E.), Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- From the Department of Pediatric Cardiology (A.J.J.T.R., Z.P., S.G., A.N.), Rheumatology Unit (D.M.), Department of Medicine, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (M.N., U.E.), Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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Breda L, Nozzi M, De Sanctis S, Chiarelli F. Laboratory tests in the diagnosis and follow-up of pediatric rheumatic diseases: an update. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2009; 40:53-72. [PMID: 19246077 DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2008.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2008] [Revised: 12/03/2008] [Accepted: 12/15/2008] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES We reviewed the literature to evaluate the role of common laboratory tests and to examine the recent progress in the laboratory diagnosis of pediatric rheumatic diseases. METHODS We used the PubMed database (1950-2008) to search for the keywords "laboratory," "erythrocyte sedimentation rate" (ESR), "C-reactive protein" (CRP), "blood cytology," "procalcitonin" (PCT), "complement system," "ferritin," "antistreptolysin O titer" (ASO), "autoantibodies," "genetic studies," in conjunction with "rheumatic disease in children" and "pediatric autoimmune diseases." All relevant original and review articles in English were reviewed as well as textbooks of pediatric rheumatology. RESULTS Laboratory tests (ESR, CRP, blood cytology, complement system, ferritin, ASO titer) play an important role in confirming a diagnosis and in the follow-up of rheumatic diseases in the pediatric age group. The ESR is probably the most widely measured index of the acute phase response. Measurement of CRP is very useful in the rapid diagnosis of infection as a progressive increase can be shown in the first 48 hours. Also, the subsequent fall in serum CRP concentration on resolution of inflammation is useful for monitoring the efficacy of treatment. In chronic diseases, a combination of CRP and ESR may provide the most useful information. Cytopenia and different forms of anemia can be encountered in many rheumatic diseases: they can be related to disease activity or to therapeutic side effects. Determination of complement levels (C3 and/or C4) is useful in the follow-up of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. Ferritin is a laboratory hallmark of primary and secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. ASO titer should be obtained to confirm a diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever; other important antibody markers of streptococcal infection include antihyaluronidase, antideoxyribonuclease B, and antistreptokinase antibodies. We also found that, in the pediatric age, the main indication for synovial fluid analysis is suspected joint infection. Antinuclear antibodies, anti-Smith antigen, and anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies are important in the diagnosis of SLE, are useful prognostic markers, and facilitate clinical and treatment follow-up. Anti-SSA/Ro and anti-SSB/La antibodies are associated with Sjögren's syndrome and congenital heart block, while the anti-U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein antibodies show high specificity for mixed connective tissue disease. Repetitive spontaneous abortions, thrombocytopenia, and many types of venous or arterial thrombosis are associated with antiphospholipid antibodies. The presence of cytoplasmic antineutrophil antibodies is essential in the diagnosis of Wegener granulomatosis. The discovery of underlying single causative gene defects led to the identification of several autoinflammatory diseases, a group of genetic disorders characterized by recurrent attacks of inflammation (hereditary periodic fever syndromes). These include familial Mediterranean fever due to mutations in the Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene, hyperimmunoglobulinemia D syndrome due to mutations in the MK gene for mevalonate kinase, cryopyrinopathies such as Muckle-Wells syndrome or neonatal-onset multisystemic inflammatory disease (neonatal-onset multisystemic inflammatory disease or chronic infantile neurological cutaneous and articular (CINCA)) associated with cold-induced autoinflammatory syndrome 1 gene mutations, and tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome due to mutation of TNF receptor I gene. CONCLUSIONS Laboratory investigations play an important role in the diagnosis and follow-up of inflammatory rheumatic diseases in children. A good history and a complete physical examination are the best screening tests. Routine laboratory tests are useful to confirm a suspected diagnosis, to assess disease activity, and to measure the response and toxicity to treatment. Only a few tests represent diagnostic criteria such as antinuclear antibodies and anti-double-stranded DNA in SLE or cytoplasmic antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies in Wegener's granulomatosis. Recent advances in molecular genetics have impacted diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatment in genetic fever syndromes.
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- Luciana Breda
- Department of Pediatrics, Reumathology Unit, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy.
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Buyon JP, Clancy RM. Dying right to live longer: positing apoptosis as a link between maternal autoantibodies and congenital heart block. Lupus 2008; 17:86-90. [PMID: 18250129 DOI: 10.1177/0961203307085115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The association of isolated congenital heart block (CHB) with maternal autoantibodies to SSA/Ro and SSB/La ribonucleoproteins is approaching the predictable, even in mothers who are completely asymptomatic. Indeed, this model of passively acquired autoimmunity offers an exceptional opportunity to examine the effector arm of immunity and define the pathogenicity of an autoantibody in mediating tissue injury. The study of CHB exemplifies not only translational research, which inherently draws upon clinical observations and explores them in the laboratory, but "integrational" research which attempts to fit critical clinical and basic observations together, even those seemingly at odds. The spectrum of conduction abnormalities includes second and third-degree block, but injury can extend to the myocardium and endocardium, in rare cases without AV nodal dysfunction. The rarity of disease continues to drive the search for factors (fetal and environmental) that might amplify the effects of the maternal autoantibodies. The identification of exaggerated apoptosis, macrophage/myfibroblast crosstalk, TGF beta expression, and extensive fibrosis in the conducting system and in some cases surrounding myocardium in fetuses dying with CHB, provide in vivo support for several parallel lines of in vitro investigation. Specifically, the consideration of exaggerated apoptosis as the initial link between maternal antibody and tissue injury led to the observation that cardiocytes are capable of phagocytosing autologous apoptotic cardiocytes and anti-Ro/La antibodies inhibit this function. Recognizing that this perturbation of physiologic efferocytosis might divert uptake to professional Fc gamma R-bearing phagocytes fits well with experiments demonstrating macrophage secretion of pro-inflammatory and fibrosing cytokines when coincubated with apoptotic cardiocytes bound by Ro/La antibodies. While CHB is rare, its study should set precedent for defining the role of autoantibodies in driving end organ disease.
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- J P Buyon
- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, NY, USA.
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Neonatal lupus has become an important model of passively acquired autoimmunity since the seminal observation in the late 1970s that sera from nearly all mothers of children with isolated congenital heart block (CHB) contain specific autoantibodies.
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- Peter M Izmirly
- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, 560 First Avenue, TCH-407, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Fritsch C, Hoebeke J, Dali H, Ricchiuti V, Isenberg DA, Meyer O, Muller S. 52-kDa Ro/SSA epitopes preferentially recognized by antibodies from mothers of children with neonatal lupus and congenital heart block. Arthritis Res Ther 2007; 8:R4. [PMID: 16356190 PMCID: PMC1526571 DOI: 10.1186/ar1848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2005] [Revised: 09/30/2005] [Accepted: 10/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Neonatal lupus erythematosus is a rare disorder caused by the transplacental passage of maternal autoantibodies. The 52-kDa Ro/SSA antigen (Ro52) ribonucleoprotein represents an antigenic target strongly associated with the autoimmune response in mothers whose children have neonatal lupus and cardiac conduction disturbances, mainly congenital heart block. The objective of this study was to identify putative Ro52/60-kDa Ro/SSA antigen (Ro60) epitopes associated with neonatal lupus and congenital heart block. The reactivity of IgG antibodies present in the sera from mothers with systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjögren's syndrome and in the sera from asymptomatic mothers (a longitudinal study of 192 samples from 66 subjects) was investigated by ELISA using Ro52, Ro60 and 48-kDa La/SSB antigen proteins, as well as 45 synthetic peptides, 13–24 residues long, of Ro52/Ro60 proteins. One to 19 samples collected before, during and after pregnancy were available for each mother. Forty-three disease controls selected randomly and normal sera were tested in parallel. Although no differences were found between Sjögren's syndrome and asymptomatic mothers of group I, who had at least one infant with neonatal lupus, and of group II, who had healthy babies only, significant differences were observed between lupus mothers from both groups. In the former group of lupus mothers, a significantly higher frequency of antibodies to Ro52 peptides 107–122 and 277–292 was observed. Between 18 and 30 weeks of gestation, the period of risk, there was clearly an elevated level of antibodies reacting with Ro52 peptides 1–13, 277–292 and 365–382. Antibodies to Ro52 peptide 365–382 have been shown previously to cross-react with residues 165–185 of the heart 5-HT4 serotoninergic receptor, and might be pathologically important. The level of these Ro52 antibody subsets decreased at the end of pregnancy and after delivery. IgG antibodies to Ro52 peptides 1–13, 107–122, 277–292 and 365–382 may therefore represent important biomarkers to predict a complication in pregnant lupus women with Ro52 antibodies.
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- Christine Fritsch
- UPR 9021 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France
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- UPR 9021 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France
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- UPR 9021 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France
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- UPR 9021 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Centre for Rheumatology, The Middlesex Hospital, University College London, UK
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- Groupe Hospitalier Bichat-Claude Bernard, Service de Rhumatologie, Paris, France
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- UPR 9021 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France
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Kowal C, Aranow C, Mackay M, Diamond B, Volpe BT. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Descriptive Past and Mechanistic Future. Neurobiol Dis 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012088592-3/50018-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Stea EA, Routsias JG, Clancy RM, Buyon JP, Moutsopoulos HM, Tzioufas AG. Anti-La/SSB antiidiotypic antibodies in maternal serum: a marker of low risk for neonatal lupus in an offspring. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 54:2228-34. [PMID: 16802359 DOI: 10.1002/art.21954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The anti-La/SSB response to major B cell epitopes of La/SSB can be blocked by an active idiotypic/antiidiotypic network, which can be identified using synthetic complementary epitopes deduced from the sequence of the major B cell epitopes of the molecule. This study evaluated the role of this network in pregnant women with anti-Ro/SSA and/or anti-La/SSB antibodies in the development of neonatal lupus syndrome (NLS). METHODS Sixty-three serum samples collected from anti-Ro/anti-La-positive women during pregnancy or within 6 months after delivery were obtained from the Research Registry for Neonatal Lupus and the PR Interval Dexamethasone Evaluation study. These samples, as well as 30 sera from healthy individuals, were tested in a blinded manner by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay against synthetic peptides corresponding to major B cell epitopes and complementary epitopes of La/SSB. RESULTS Sera from mothers giving birth to a healthy child and having no history of a child with NLS exhibited higher antiidiotypic antibody activity compared with mothers carrying a child with NLS (P < 0.0001) or mothers giving birth to a healthy child but who previously gave birth to a child with NLS (P = 0.0151). Sera from mothers of healthy children, which exhibited no apparent epitope activity against amino acids 349-364, revealed a significantly greater frequency of hidden anti-349-364aa epitope responses, blocked by antiidiotypic antibodies, as compared with sera from women pregnant with an affected child (P = 0.0094). CONCLUSION The presence of antiidiotypic antibodies to autoantibodies against La/SSB may protect the fetus by blocking pathogenic maternal autoantibodies. Testing for these antiidiotypic responses may be useful in predicting a decreased risk of NLS.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic/blood
- Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic/immunology
- Antibodies, Antinuclear/blood
- Antibodies, Antinuclear/immunology
- Biomarkers/blood
- Case-Control Studies
- Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Female
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Infant, Newborn, Diseases/immunology
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/blood
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/diagnosis
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/immunology
- Maternal-Fetal Exchange/immunology
- Pregnancy/blood
- Pregnancy/immunology
- Ribonucleoproteins/blood
- Ribonucleoproteins/immunology
- Risk Factors
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Claus R, Hickstein H, Külz T, Lenschow U, Meiske D, Kotitschke A, Thiesen HJ, Lorenz P. Identification and management of fetuses at risk for, or affected by, congenital heart block associated with autoantibodies to SSA (Ro), SSB (La), or an HsEg5-like autoantigen. Rheumatol Int 2006; 26:886-95. [PMID: 16402218 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-005-0101-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2005] [Accepted: 12/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The congenital heart block (CHB), diagnosed in structurally normal hearts, is strongly associated with, if not caused by, maternal SSA/SSB antibodies (Abs). It develops between 16 and 24 weeks' gestation, coincidentally with the increased transplacental IgG passage, and a window of unique cardiac vulnerability. Less is known about rare CHB cases in which neither cardiac malformations nor SSA/SSB Abs are detectable. We report on four pregnant women: patient 1 at high CHB risk (owing to Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and recurrent pregnancy losses), and patients 2-4 with already established CHB (aggravated by hydrops in patient 2). Abs were found directed to SSA/SSB (patients 1-3) or to an HsEg5-like autoantigen instead (patient 4). During preventive immunoadsorption (IA) from week 19 throughout (patient 1), or therapeutic IA (plus dexamethasone), commenced at week 25 (patient 2), SSA Ab levels decreased per session by 47+/-7 or 80+/-16%, respectively, and hydropic changes resolved. Patient 1 delivered a healthy boy, while patients 2-4 gave birth to CHB-affected children at need for permanent pacing. The irreversibility of complete CHB may justify (a) early ANA screening in all pregnancies (thereby also considering specificities as anti-HsEg5), and (b) preventive immmunoadsorption in high-risk pregnancies (before/during the critical cardiac development phase). This implies controversy, because factors converting risk to disease (in only approximately 2%) are unknown, and prospective randomized treatment studies are not available, given the rarity of CHB.
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- Renate Claus
- Department of Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Rostock, Schillingallee 70, 18057 Rostock, Germany.
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Neufing PJ, Clancy RM, Jackson MW, Tran HB, Buyon JP, Gordon TP. Exposure and binding of selected immunodominant La/SSB epitopes on human apoptotic cells. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 2005; 52:3934-42. [PMID: 16320341 DOI: 10.1002/art.21486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Opsonization of apoptotic cells by autoantibodies bound to surface membrane-translocated La/SSB antigens may initiate tissue damage in the setting of congenital heart block. By injecting pregnant mice with human anti-La antibodies, we previously demonstrated the formation of IgG-apoptotic cell complexes in the developing mouse fetus; however, the binding of anti-La antibodies to human-specific epitopes could not be addressed. Accordingly, the objective of the current study was to delineate the epitope specificity of human La antibodies that are exposed on the surface of apoptotic cells. METHODS We used fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry to assess the binding of human anti-La antibodies affinity purified against immunodominant epitopes of La to human cells undergoing spontaneous apoptosis, in a murine xenograft model in vivo and in cultured human fetal cardiocytes rendered apoptotic in vitro, respectively. RESULTS Anti-La antibodies bound to immunodominant epitopes of La within the NH(2)-terminus and the RNA recognition motif (RRM) region of apoptotic human cells, in both xenografts and fetal cardiocytes. In contrast, human antibodies affinity purified against the COOH-terminal La epitope did not bind apoptotic cells in either model. This defines the topology of redistributed La during apoptosis, with surface exposure of the NH(2)-terminus and RRM regions. The potential importance of anti-La NH(2)-terminal and anti-La RRM specificity was confirmed by detection of this reactivity in mothers of children with congenital heart block. CONCLUSION These findings provide insight into both the molecular modification of the La autoantigen during apoptosis and the specificity of antibodies capable of binding to surface-exposed La. Subsequent formation of surface immune complexes may lead to tissue injury in patients with autoimmune diseases such as congenital heart block.
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- Petra J Neufing
- Department of Immunology, Allergy and Arthritis, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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Ayed K, Gorgi Y, Sfar I, Khrouf M. [Congenital heart block associated with maternal anti SSA/SSB antibodies :a report of four cases]. PATHOLOGIE-BIOLOGIE 2004; 52:138-47. [PMID: 15063933 DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2003.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2003] [Accepted: 06/11/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Congenital heart block (CHB) associated with maternal anti-SSA/SSB antibodies: a report of four cases. CHB detected in utero is strongly associated with maternal antibodies to SSA (Ro) and SSB (La). Their pathogenic role in the development of CHB has been established in several studies. The mothers of affected infants frequently had autoimmune disease (systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren's syndrome) or were entirely asymptomatic. It is very difficult to identify pregnant asymptomatic mothers carrying anti-SSA/SSB antibodies. We report four cases of infants born to asymptomatic mothers with anti-SSA/SSB antibodies, three of them developed isolated congenital cardiac heart block and one with no evidence of CHB. All three CHB are detected during pregnancy between 16 and 24 weeks of gestation. All maternal sera contained antibodies to SSA alone or the both SSA and SSB. Three of four subsequent pregnancies were complicated by heart block. One child affected died in utero. While the two other newborns with CHB required pacemaker insertion during the first 3 months of life. Although the association of anti-SSA/SSB with CHB is widely accepted, the precise mechanism by which these antibodies cause cardiac conduction abnormalities remains to be defined. Antibodies to SSA/SSB have been proposed to be a serologic marker for neonatal lupus syndrome and CHB. Fetal and neonatal diseases are presumed to be due to the transplacental passage of these IgG autoantibodies from the mother into the fetal circulation. Since these antibodies may have a pathogenic role in CHB, screening of infants with isolated CHB or neonatal lupus and their mothers for the presence of anti-SSA and anti-SSB is strongly recommended.
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- K Ayed
- Laboratoire d'immunologie EPS, Charles-Nicolle, boulevard du 9-Avril, Tunis, Tunisie.
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Clancy RM, Kapur RP, Molad Y, Askanase AD, Buyon JP. Immunohistologic evidence supports apoptosis, IgG deposition, and novel macrophage/fibroblast crosstalk in the pathologic cascade leading to congenital heart block. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 2004; 50:173-82. [PMID: 14730614 DOI: 10.1002/art.11430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess in vivo the pathologic cascade leading to fibrosis in congenital heart block (CHB). In vitro studies suggest that CHB is initiated via apoptosis, resulting in translocation of SSA/Ro and SSB/La antigens and surface binding by maternal autoantibodies. These opsonized cardiocytes are phagocytosed by macrophages, which secrete factors inducing fibrosis. METHODS Immunohistochemistry analysis was performed on formalin-fixed sections of 4 fetal hearts identified in utero as having CHB or isolated myocarditis; mothers had anti-SSA/Ro and anti-SSB/La antibodies. RESULTS Apoptosis was most extensive in fetuses dying early and most pronounced in regions containing conduction tissue. Deposition of IgG was observed in hearts from fetuses with CHB/myocarditis, but not in 3 control hearts, and was colocalized with apoptotic cells. Giant cells and macrophages (frequently seen proximal to IgG and apoptotic cells) were present in septal and thickened fibrous subendocardial regions, most apparent in the youngest fetuses. Septal tissue also revealed extensive areas of fibrosis and microcalcification in which a predominant smooth muscle actin (SMA)-positive infiltrate (myofibroblast scarring phenotype) was observed. In contrast, there were no macrophages or SMA-positive cells (other than those lining blood vessels) in septal tissue from control hearts, although rare macrophages were seen in the working myocardium. CONCLUSION In summary, findings in this unique autopsy material paralleled those in in vitro studies. These data support the notion of exaggerated apoptosis, probably due to ongoing inflammation caused by IgG binding and ingestion by macrophages. Transdifferentiation of cardiac fibroblasts to a scarring phenotype may be a pathologic process initiated by maternal antibodies, and persistence of this phenotype even after birth may relate to the progression of block seen in some infants postpartum.
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- Robert M Clancy
- Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10003, USA
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Costedoat-Chalumeau N, Amoura Z, Le Thi Hong D, Georgin S, Vauthier D, Sebbouh D, Francès C, Villain E, Wechsler B, Piette JC. [Neonatal lupus syndrome: review of the literature]. Rev Med Interne 2003; 24:659-71. [PMID: 14550519 DOI: 10.1016/s0248-8663(03)00211-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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PURPOSE Neonatal lupus syndrome include skin lesions, hematological and hepatic disorders, and congenital heart block (CHB) in the absence of severe cardiac malformation. This rare disorder is closely linked to transplacental transport of anti-SSA/Ro and anti-SSB/La maternal antibodies. CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND KEY POINTS The prevalence of CHB in newborns of anti-Ro/SSA positive women with known connective tissue disease is 2% and the risk of recurrence ranges from 10 to 17%. Skin and systemic lesions are transient, whereas CHB is definitive and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality (estimated at 16-19%). A pacemaker must be implanted in 2/3 of cases. Myocarditis may be associated or may appeared secondarily. Mothers of children with CHB are usually asymptomatic or have Gougerot-Sjögren, or undifferentiated connective tissue disease. Mothers of children with cutaneous manifestations may present with more severe disease and systemic lupus erythematosus. In anti-Ro/SSA positive pregnant women, echocardiograms should be performed at least every 2 weeks from 16 to 24 weeks gestation. Electrocardiogram should be performed for all children. FUTURE PROSPECTS AND PROJECTS The efficiency of prophylactic treatment of CHB is not established. Therapy for CHB detected in utero is not standardized and involves fluorinated steroids (especially betamethasone).
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- N Costedoat-Chalumeau
- Service de médecine interne, centre hospitalier universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris cedex 13, France.
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Buyon JP, Clancy RM. Maternal autoantibodies and congenital heart block: mediators, markers, and therapeutic approach. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2003; 33:140-54. [PMID: 14671725 DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2003.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Jill P Buyon
- Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York University School of Medicine, NY 10003, USA.
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Stevens AM, Hermes HM, Rutledge JC, Buyon JP, Nelson JL. Myocardial-tissue-specific phenotype of maternal microchimerism in neonatal lupus congenital heart block. Lancet 2003; 362:1617-23. [PMID: 14630442 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(03)14795-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND During pregnancy, maternal cells pass into the fetus, where they can persist for many years after birth. We investigated the presence of maternal cells in neonatal lupus syndrome (NLS), an autoimmune disease that develops in utero. The most serious complication of NLS is inflammation of the atrioventricular node leading to congenital heart block (CHB). METHODS In a blinded case-control study, maternal (female) cells were detected and quantified in male NLS and control heart-tissue samples. We used fluorescence in-situ hybridisation to label X and Y chromosomes. Studies in transplantation suggest that donor cells can differentiate into somatic tissue cells. Therefore, we asked whether maternal cells transferred in utero have cellular plasticity. To simultaneously identify and characterise maternal cells, we developed a technique by which multiple phenotypic markers could be detected concurrently with fluorescence in-situ hybridisation in the same cells of a tissue section. FINDINGS Maternal cells were found in 15 of 15 sections of NLS heart tissue, ranging from 0.025% to 2.2% of total cells. By contrast, maternal cells were found in two of eight control sections (0-0.1%). Very few maternal cells expressed the haemopoietic cell marker CD45. Most expressed sarcomeric alpha actin, a specific marker for cardiac myocytes. INTERPRETATION Our findings suggest that differentiated tissue-specific maternal microchimerism can occur in neonates. Thus, semiallogeneic maternal cells could be the target of an immune response. Alternatively, maternal cells could contribute to a secondary process of tissue repair.
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- Anne M Stevens
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Immunogenetics, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
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Brucato A, Jonzon A, Friedman D, Allan LD, Vignati G, Gasparini M, Stein JI, Montella S, Michaelsson M, Buyon J. Proposal for a new definition of congenital complete atrioventricular block. Lupus 2003; 12:427-35. [PMID: 12873043 DOI: 10.1191/0961203303lu408oa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The classic old definition of congenital heart block by Yater (1929) is still generally accepted: 'Heart block established in a young patient. There must be some evidence of the existence of the slow pulse at a fairly early age and absence of a history of any infection which might cause the condition after birth: notably diphtheria, rheumatic fever, chorea and congenital syphilis'. However, other definitions are used. We systematically reviewed 1825 cases from 38 separate studies. We conclude that complete AV blocks detected in utero in the absence of structural abnormalities differ from blocks detected later in life with respect to pathogenesis (they are generally associated with maternal anti-Ro/SSA antibodies), poorer childhood prognosis, increased risk of developing late-onset dilated cardiomyopathy, different maternal clinical features and increased risk of recurrence in future pregnancies. For these reasons we propose a new modern definition of congenital complete AV block which might be acceptable to cardiologists, rheumatologists, pediatricians and obstetricians: 'an AV block is defined as congenital if it is diagnosed in utero, at birth or within the neonatal period (0-27 days after birth)'.
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- A Brucato
- Divisione Medica Brera e Reumatologia, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy.
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Fonollosa Pla V, Labrador Horrillo M, Vilardell Tarrés M. Anticuerpos antinucleares en la práctica clínica. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s1134-2072(02)75641-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Nield LE, Silverman ED, Smallhorn JF, Taylor GP, Mullen JBM, Benson LN, Hornberger LK. Endocardial fibroelastosis associated with maternal anti-Ro and anti-La antibodies in the absence of atrioventricular block. J Am Coll Cardiol 2002; 40:796-802. [PMID: 12204513 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(02)02004-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study was designed to document the association of endocardial fibroelastosis (EFE) and maternal autoantibodies. BACKGROUND Neonatal lupus erythematosus is associated with the transplacental passage of maternal anti-Ro and anti-La antibodies, leading to complete atrioventricular block (CAVB). In some cases, CAVB is associated with EFE. Isolated EFE may be independently related to maternal anti-Ro and anti-La antibodies. METHODS We identified three cases (one fetus and two infants, all female) of isolated EFE in infants born to autoantibody-positive mothers in the absence of CAVB. Demographics, echocardiograms, and pathology were reviewed. Immunohistochemical analyses for immunoglobulin (Ig)G, IgM, IgA, T-cell, B-cell, and terminal deoxynucleoleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end-labeling (TUNEL) (test for cell apoptosis) staining were performed on multiple sections of the heart in each case and compared with negative controls. RESULTS Two cases died and one received a cardiac transplant. All three cases had histologically confirmed EFE. All cases demonstrated significant diffuse IgG infiltration. To a lesser extent, myocardial tissue was also positive for IgM, CD43, and Granzyme B. None of the specimens were TUNEL positive. CONCLUSIONS These are the first reported cases of isolated EFE associated with maternal anti-Ro and anti-La antibodies in the absence of CAVB. The diffuse deposition of IgG and the presence of a T-cell infiltrate throughout the myocardium suggest that the transplacental passage of maternal autoantibodies induces an immune reaction within the myocardium, leading to isolated EFE. Autoantibody-mediated EFE may be an etiologic factor in cases of fetal and neonatal "idiopathic" dilated cardiomyopathy.
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- Lynne E Nield
- Division of Cardiology, The Hospital for Sick Children and the Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Buyon JP, Clancy R, Di Donato F, Miranda-Carus ME, Askanase AD, Garcia J, Qu Y, Hu K, Yue Y, Chan EKL, Boutjdir M. Cardiac 5-HT(4) serotoninergic receptors, 52kD SSA/Ro and autoimmune-associated congenital heart block. J Autoimmun 2002; 19:79-86. [PMID: 12367562 DOI: 10.1006/jaut.2002.0594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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It was recently reported that sera from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus contain antibodies reactive with the second extracellular loop of the serotoninergic 5-HT(4) receptor expressed in the human heart. This antibody response was associated with antibodies to 52kD SSA/Ro, a reactivity prevalent in mothers of children with congenital heart block (CHB). The current study was undertaken to determine whether the 5-HT(4) receptor is a target of the immune response in these mothers. Initial experiments demonstrated mRNA expression of the 5-HT(4) receptor in the human foetal atrium. Electrophysiologic studies established that human foetal atrial cells express functional 5-HT(4) receptors. Sera from 116 mothers enrolled in the Research Registry for Neonatal Lupus, whose children have CHB, were evaluated. Ninety-nine (85%) of these maternal sera contained antibodies to SSA/Ro, 84% of which were reactive with the 52kD SSA/Ro component by immunoblot. None of the 116 sera were reactive with the peptide spanning aa165-185 of the serotoninergic receptor. Rabbit antisera which recognized this peptide did not react with 52kD SSA/Ro or peptide aa365-382 in the C terminus. Although 5-HT(4) receptors are present and functional in the human foetal heart, maternal antibodies to the 5-HT(4) receptor are not associated with the development of CHB.
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- Jill P Buyon
- Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10003, USA.
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Tran HB, Ohlsson M, Beroukas D, Hiscock J, Bradley J, Buyon JP, Gordon TP. Subcellular redistribution of la/SSB autoantigen during physiologic apoptosis in the fetal mouse heart and conduction system: a clue to the pathogenesis of congenital heart block. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 2002; 46:202-8. [PMID: 11817591 DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200201)46:1<202::aid-art10062>3.0.co;2-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In isolated congenital heart block, the mechanism by which maternal autoantibodies target the intracellular components of the Ro/La RNP complex is unclear. Previous studies have demonstrated that cultured fetal cardiac myocytes rendered apoptotic bind antibodies to 48-kd La/SSB. This study further investigated the subcellular distribution of the La antigen during apoptosis in the fetal mouse heart and conduction system. METHODS The atrioventricular (AV) node, AV bundle, and sinoatrial (SA) node were identified in serial sections prepared from paraffin blocks of normal mouse fetuses on days 15, 17, and 19 of gestation. Apoptosis was detected by TUNEL assay. Under confocal microscopy, fluorescent labeling of fragmented DNA in apoptotic cells was assessed by TUNEL, and La protein localization was visualized simultaneously using a murine monoclonal antibody or affinity-purified human polyclonal anti-La antibodies. RESULTS Apoptotic cells were detected in and at the periphery of the AV and SA nodes as well as in the fetal heart valve insertions and working myocardium. In contrast, no apoptosis was detected in the adult heart AV node or surrounding myocardium. As expected, the La antigen was predominantly immunolocalized to the nucleus in nonapoptotic cells. However, apoptotic cells showed a marked reduction of nuclear La and redistribution of La to the cytoplasm. High-resolution confocal microscopy revealed that in cells that had undergone apoptosis, La antigen asymmetrically clustered near the surface of TUNEL-positive nuclei and apoptotic bodies. CONCLUSION These data provide the first in vivo demonstration of the subcellular translocation of La autoantigen during apoptosis in the fetal heart and the conduction system under physiologic conditions. This observation supports the hypothesis that subcellular redistribution of La in the normally developing heart facilitates the binding of cognate maternal antibodies and subsequent tissue damage.
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- Hai B Tran
- Flinders Medical Centre, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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Di Donato F, Chan EK, Askanase AD, Miranda-Carus M, Buyon JP. Interaction between 52 kDa SSA/Ro and deubiquitinating enzyme UnpEL: a clue to function. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2001; 33:924-34. [PMID: 11461834 DOI: 10.1016/s1357-2725(01)00055-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The detection of isolated heart block in utero strongly predicts the presence of maternal autoantibodies reactive with 52 kDa SSA/Ro. The mechanisms that underlie this observation may be elucidated by defining the function of the target antigen. The initial approach was to identify proteins interactive with 52Ro using transcriptional activity in the yeast 2-hybrid system. A cDNA library was constructed using RNA isolated from human fetal hearts (12-23 weeks) and cloned into the HybriZAP vector encoding the activation domain of GAL4(AD) as target. Approximately 7 x 10(6) cDNAs were cotransformed with the bait into YRG-2. Plasmids from five interactive colonies were sequenced and three identified as the specific human deubiquitinating enzyme, UnpEL. UnpEL did not interact with bait plasmid encoding 52 beta, an alternative leucine zipper-minus form of 52 kDa SSA/Ro which is maximally expressed in fetal life. The mammalian 2-hybrid assay confirmed the interaction between full-length 52Ro and UnpEL. Further support for a biologic interaction was the marked redistribution in cellular localization of UnpEL following cotransfection of the two proteins into cultured human cardiocytes, human renal carcinoma cells (293 cells), and monkey kidney fibroblasts (COS-1). In conclusion, the interaction of full-length 52Ro and UnpEL implies that the former may also be involved in the ubiquitin pathway, an observation of particular interest since 52Ro contains a RING finger domain, a motif common to several recently reported proteins involved in modulating ubiquitination. The absence of an interaction with 52 beta raises the consideration that regulation of protein ubiquitination might differ in fetal life.
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- F Di Donato
- Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York University School of Medicine, Room 1608, 301 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA
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Qu Y, Xiao GQ, Chen L, Boutjdir M. Autoantibodies from mothers of children with congenital heart block downregulate cardiac L-type Ca channels. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2001; 33:1153-63. [PMID: 11444920 DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.2001.1379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Congenital heart block (CHB) affects offspring of mothers with autoantibodies (positive IgG) to intracellular SSA/Ro and SSB/La ribonucleoproteins and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Here, we show that maternal anti-Ro/La antibodies immunoreact with human fetal cardiomyocyte sarcolemma, recognize human L-type Ca channel alpha(1C)-protein and functionally inhibit expressed current in oocytes injected with alpha(1C) cRNA and Purkinje L-type Ca current. Furthermore, cardiac myocytes from pups born to SSA/Ro-immunized mice exhibited reduced L-type Ca current density. All together, the data establish that L-type calcium channel is a target for maternal antibodies and may provide a functional basis for the electrocardiographic abnormalities seen in infants with CHB.
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- Y Qu
- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Program, VA New York Harbor Healthcare System and SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn, New York 11209, USA
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Maternal disorders and exposures that affect fetal cardiac structure and function are reviewed, emphasizing fetal echocardiographic diagnosis and monitoring, and approaches for in utero therapy. Maternal diabetes, hyperthyroidism, lupus erythematosis, epilepsy, congenital heart disease, infections, and drug exposures are considered.
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- A J Shillingford
- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
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Brackley KJ, Ismail KM, Wright JG, Kilby MD. The resolution of fetal hydrops using combined maternal digoxin and dexamethasone therapy in a case of isolated complete heart block at 30 weeks gestation. Fetal Diagn Ther 2000; 15:355-8. [PMID: 11111217 DOI: 10.1159/000021036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The development of hydrops fetalis in cases of isolated complete heart block is associated with a very poor prognosis. Various pharmacological strategies have been proposed, involving both direct fetal access and transplacental therapy, with inconsistent results in small numbers of subjects. The optimal antenatal management will remain uncertain until multicentre controlled trials are organised. We report the complete resolution of fetal hydrops at 30 weeks of gestation using combination of maternal digoxin and dexamethasone therapy, despite persistence of the complete heart block. A Caesarean section was performed at 37 weeks of gestation due to evidence of fetal intrauterine growth restriction. The baby girl is now 8 months of age and remains well, with a heart rate of 45-50 beats per minute on no medication and without pacing.
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- K J Brackley
- Department of Fetal Medicine, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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Eftekhari P, Sallé L, Lezoualc'h F, Mialet J, Gastineau M, Briand JP, Isenberg DA, Fournié GJ, Argibay J, Fischmeister R, Muller S, Hoebeke J. Anti-SSA/Ro52 autoantibodies blocking the cardiac 5-HT4 serotoninergic receptor could explain neonatal lupus congenital heart block. Eur J Immunol 2000; 30:2782-90. [PMID: 11069058 DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200010)30:10<2782::aid-immu2782>3.0.co;2-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The 52-kDa SSA/Ro (Ro52) ribonucleoprotein is an antigenic target strongly associated with the autoimmune response in mothers whose children develop neonatal lupus and congenital heart block. When sera from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus were used as autoimmune controls in an enzyme immunoassay to screen for antibodies against the human serotoninergic 5-HT4-receptor, a high correlation was found between the presence of anti-Ro52 protein antibodies in such sera and antibodies reacting with a synthetic peptide, corresponding to the second extracellular loop of the human 5-HT4 receptor (amino acid residues 165-185). Homology scanning between the 5-HT4 peptide and the sequence of the Ro52 protein indicated two potential common epitopes located between residues 365 and 396 of the Ro52 protein. Cross-reactivity was found between the peptide derived from the 5-HT4 receptor, and a peptide corresponding to residues 365-382 of the Ro52 protein. Autoantibodies, affinity-purified on the 5-HT4 receptor peptide, specifically recognized both the Ro52 protein and the 5-HT4 receptor protein in immunoblots. The affinity-purified antibodies antagonized the serotonin-induced L-type Ca channel activation on human atrial cells. This effect could explain the electrophysiological abnormalities in neonatal lupus.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Amino Acid Motifs
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Antinuclear/immunology
- Antibody Specificity
- Autoantigens/immunology
- Autoimmune Diseases/complications
- Autoimmune Diseases/immunology
- CHO Cells
- Calcium Channels/metabolism
- Cricetinae
- Cricetulus
- Cross Reactions
- Female
- Heart Block/congenital
- Heart Block/etiology
- Heart Block/immunology
- Humans
- Immunity, Maternally-Acquired
- Infant, Newborn
- Ion Channel Gating
- Ion Transport
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/complications
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/immunology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Myocardium/immunology
- Peptide Fragments/chemistry
- Peptide Fragments/immunology
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications/immunology
- RNA, Small Cytoplasmic
- Rabbits
- Receptors, Serotonin/chemistry
- Receptors, Serotonin/genetics
- Receptors, Serotonin/immunology
- Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT4
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/immunology
- Ribonucleoproteins/immunology
- Transfection
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- P Eftekhari
- UPR 9021 CNRS "Immunochimie des Peptides et des Virus", Strasbourg, France
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Sherer Y, Shoenfeld Y. The idiotypic network in antinuclear-antibody-associated diseases. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2000; 123:10-5. [PMID: 11014967 DOI: 10.1159/000024419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) entail a large group of autoantibodies (Abs) that bind certain nuclear antigens. The ANA test is a useful screening test for many autoimmune diseases and the presence of a specific binding pattern directs secondary testing for specific Abs associated with the suspected disease. Idiotypes (Ids) are the antigenic constitution of the variable region of an Ab, and they are recognized by anti-Ids Abs. The Id network is composed of interacting Abs in which the Id determinants of each Ab are complemented by those of another. It has a role in both physiologic and pathologic conditions. In this communication, we review the induction of autoimmune diseases via Id manipulation, the Ids of some ANA-associated Abs (DNA, SS-A, SS- B, Sm Abs), the pathogenic role of Abs carrying Ids, and the clinical implications of the Id network in autoimmunity.
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- Y Sherer
- Department of Medicine 'B' and the Research Unit of Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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de Parseval N, Forrest G, Venables PJ, Heidmann T. ERV-3 envelope expression and congenital heart block: what does a physiological knockout teach us. Autoimmunity 2000; 30:81-3. [PMID: 10435720 DOI: 10.3109/08916939908994764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Congenital heart block is a serious condition with significant mortality due in most cases to the transplacental transfer of autoantibodies from an otherwise asymptomatic mother. Although SSA/Ro and SSB/La autoantibodies have been implicated, attention has focused recently on autoantibodies to envelope proteins of endogenous retrovirus-3 (ERV-3). We have recently identified in 1% of the caucasian population a natural knock out of ERV-3 due to a premature stop mutation generating a severely truncated form of the protein [corrected]. If a pregnant female homozygous for the truncated form of the ERV-3 carries a foetus expressing the entire protein, the mother might be expected to acquire high titre immunity, while the foetus homozygous for the truncated form would not be expected to immunise its mother. In order to test whether this naturally occurring model could shed light on the pathogenesis of CHB, we determined the status of the ERV-3 stop polymorphism in 12 mothers of CHB infants [corrected]. The fact that none was homozygous for the stop mutation tends to rule out a role for the stop polymorphism of the mothers in the generation of the CHB disease, but does not exclude that other polymorphisms might be involved [corrected].
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- N de Parseval
- Unité Rétrovirus Endogènes et Eléments Rétroïdes des Eucaryotes Supérieurs, CNRS UMR 1573, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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Garcia S, Campos-de-Carvalho AC. Neonatal lupus syndrome: the heart as a target of the immune system. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2000; 72:83-9. [PMID: 10932109 DOI: 10.1590/s0001-37652000000100012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE) is an auto-immune disease related to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Unlike SLE it is not a spontaneous syndrome but rather an acquired one. In NLE the most common disease manifestations are a transient cutaneous lesion and cardiac conduction disturbances. The cutaneous lesions and other non-cardiac manifestations of NLE are transient and disappear about six months after birth, at the time when maternal antibodies disappear from the neonatal circulation. This fact suggests that maternal antibodies may cross the placenta leading to an inflammatory reaction in the fetal tissues. NLE is the principal cause of atria-ventricular block, when it is not associated with congenital birth defects. All the clinical studies to date correlate the heart block in NLE with the presence of certain types of circulating maternal antibodies, against the Ro/SSA nuclear proteins, in the serum of the newborn. In this paper we discuss animal models that have been developed by our and others groups to study the participation of the anti-Ro/SSA antibodies in the pathogenesis of the cardiac conduction blockades that occur in NLE.
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- S Garcia
- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Cidade Universitária, Brasil
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Miyagawa S, Kidoguchi K, Kaneshige T, Shirai T. Neonatal lupus erythematosus: analysis of HLA class I genes in Japanese child/mother pairs. Lupus 1999; 8:751-4. [PMID: 10602448 DOI: 10.1191/096120399678840891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE), characterized by two major symptoms of congenital heart block (CHB) and transient cutaneous lesions, is an antibody mediated disorder due to placentally transmitted maternal autoantibodies to Ro/SSA and/or La/SSB. We genotyped 14 mothers, 9 children with CHB, 8 with cutaneous NLE only and 5 asymptomatic siblings at HLA class I loci, by the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) combined with sequence-specific amplification. Mothers of children with NLE exhibited a very high polymorphism of HLA class I genes. Significant increases of HLA-B*1501 (B62) and Cw*0303 (Cw9) with absence of HLA-A1/B8 haplotype in Japanese mothers differed from the serologically defined HLA class I profiles among NLE mothers in white and North American black populations. Child/mother heterozygous HLA-A/B/C haplotype identity, which extended to HLA-class II DR/DQ loci, was observed in only one of 9 cases with CHB. No association was found between HLA class I alleles of children and the symptoms of NLE. These findings provide for the opportunity to investigate the primary genetic associations with NLE/CHB in different ethnic groups.
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- S Miyagawa
- Department of Dermatology, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan.
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Wang D, Buyon JP, Zhu W, Chan EK. Defining a novel 75-kDa phosphoprotein associated with SS-A/Ro and identification of distinct human autoantibodies. J Clin Invest 1999; 104:1265-75. [PMID: 10545525 PMCID: PMC409828 DOI: 10.1172/jci8003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Mothers of children with neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE) and heart block, as well as patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and systemic lupus erythematosus, have serum autoantibodies that recognize SS-A/Ro autoantigens including the 60-kDa ribonucleoprotein. By yeast 2-hybrid screening, we identified a novel 75-kDa protein (pp75) that interacts with the carboxyl 70% of 60-kDa SS-A/Ro. The specificity of interaction was confirmed using mammalian 2-hybrid and chemical crosslinking studies. Immunoprecipitation with radiolabeled HeLa cell extracts showed that pp75 was phosphorylated and associated with 2 other phosphoproteins of 64 kDa. In Northern blot analysis, pp75 was expressed in all tissues analyzed; the highest expression was in the human heart. Based on immunofluorescence of transfected HeLa cells, pp75 is localized predominantly in the cytoplasm, an observation confirmed by immunohistochemistry in untransfected cells. Based on Western blot and ELISA assays, sera from 14 of 84 mothers of children with NLE recognized pp75, including 1 mother in whom anti-SS-A/Ro antibodies were not detected. In addition, sera from 5 of 80 patients with SS were positive for anti-pp75 antibody. Identification of molecular partners is a first step toward elucidating the functions and possible involvement in pathogenesis of long-recognized autoantigens such as 60-kDa SS-A/Ro, which are at present poorly understood.
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- D Wang
- W.M. Keck Autoimmune Disease Center, DNA Core Laboratory for Structural Analysis, Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Saleeb S, Copel J, Friedman D, Buyon JP. Comparison of treatment with fluorinated glucocorticoids to the natural history of autoantibody-associated congenital heart block: retrospective review of the research registry for neonatal lupus. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1999; 42:2335-45. [PMID: 10555029 DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199911)42:11<2335::aid-anr12>3.0.co;2-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 247] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare intervention with fluorinated glucocorticoids to the natural history of untreated congenital heart block (CHB) with respect to conduction abnormalities, associated effusions, ascites, and hydrops fetalis, and the requirement for a pacemaker. METHODS Records of all mothers enrolled in the Research Registry for Neonatal Lupus were reviewed. The cohort includes 47 mothers whose sera contain anti-SSA/Ro or anti-SSB/La antibodies, and their 50 offspring with CHB, in whom at least 4 echocardiograms were performed after in utero diagnosis. In 28 pregnancies, mothers received dexamethasone 4-9 mg/day for 3-19 weeks or betamethasone 12-24 mg/week for >6 weeks (group A). In 22 pregnancies, fluorinated steroids were not used (group B). RESULTS Third-degree block was present in 21 fetuses in group A and 18 fetuses in group B; none were reversible despite steroid treatment. Three fetuses in group A and 2 in group B progressed from second-degree block, alternating with third-degree block, to permanent third-degree block at birth and postnatally. Of 4 fetuses in group A with second-degree block at presentation, all reverted to first-degree block by birth; 2 remain so at age 4 years, 1 alternates between first-degree and second-degree block at 2 years, and the fourth is in second-degree block at age 4 years. Of 2 fetuses in group B with second-degree block at presentation, both progressed to permanent third-degree block postnatally. Initial echocardiographic evaluation revealed pericardial effusions in 13 group A versus 4 group B fetuses, pleural effusions in 2 group A versus 0 group B, ascites in 8 group A versus 0 group B (P < 0.007), hydrops fetalis in 8 group A versus 0 group B (P < 0.007), and intrauterine growth restriction in 1 group A versus 1 group B. Pericardial effusions resolved and reappeared in both groups. Steroid therapy was most effective in the resolution of pleural effusions (2 of 2), ascites (6 of 8), and hydrops fetalis (5 of 8). Oligohydramnios ensued in 9 group A and 2 group B fetuses. Although fetuses in group A had more complications at presentation than those in group B, there were no significant differences in the duration of pregnancy (35.7 weeks versus 37.0 weeks), the number of deaths (4 versus 1), final degree of heart block, or requirement for a pacemaker (14 versus 11). CONCLUSION While prospective trials are needed, these data suggest that fluorinated steroids should be considered for fetuses with incomplete block or hydropic changes. Serial echocardiograms are recommended to monitor fetal progress. It remains to be determined whether third-degree block is reversible if therapy is initiated immediately upon detection.
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- S Saleeb
- Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York University Medical Center, New York 10003, USA
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Colombo G, Brucato A, Coluccio E, Compasso S, Luzzana C, Franceschini F, Quinzanini M, Scorza R. DNA typing of maternal HLA in congenital complete heart block: comparison with systemic lupus erythematosus and primary Sjögren's syndrome. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1999; 42:1757-64. [PMID: 10446878 DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199908)42:8<1757::aid-anr27>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate which maternal HLA allele or haplotype is primarily associated with isolated congenital complete heart block (CCHB) in offspring. METHODS HLA class II typings were assessed by line probe assay and polymerase chain reaction-sequence-specific oligonucleotide probe methods, and HLA class I by the microlymphocytotoxicity test, in 13 Italian anti-Ro-positive mothers of children with CCHB and 41 anti-Ro-positive mothers with healthy children (20 mothers with systemic lupus erythematosus [SLE] and 21 with Sjögren's syndrome [SS]). Anti-Ro antibodies were studied by immunoblot. RESULTS HLA-DRB1*03011 and DRB1*03011; DQA1*0501;DQB1*0201 were more frequent in mothers of infants with CCHB than in mothers who had SLE, but not in mothers who had SS and whose children were healthy. Mothers of infants with CCHB were either HLA-B5/35, B17, or B44 positive and had a higher prevalence of B44;DRB11;DQA1*0501;DQB1*0301 and isolated anti-52-kd antibodies, which were absent in SS and SLE controls. CONCLUSION Mothers of infants with CCHB presented a strong genetic similarity to mothers who had SS, except for HLA class I phenotype. HLA-DRB1*03011;DQA1*0501;DQB1*0201 seemed not to be primary CCHB-associated genes, but were involved in an SS-like anti-Ro/La response. The combined presence of HLA-DRB1*03011 and anti-52-kd SSA/Ro antibodies conveyed the highest risk of giving birth to an affected child.
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- G Colombo
- IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore, Università degli Studi, Milan, Italy
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Tseng CE, Miranda E, Di Donato F, Boutjdir M, Rashbaum W, Chan EK, Buyon JP. mRNA and protein expression of SSA/Ro and SSB/La in human fetal cardiac myocytes cultured using a novel application of the Langendorff procedure. Pediatr Res 1999; 45:260-9. [PMID: 10022600 DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199902000-00018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Irreversible congenital heart block (CHB) and the transient rash of neonatal lupus are strongly associated with maternal antibodies to SSA/Ro and SSB/La proteins; however, the precise mechanism by which these antibodies mediate organ-specific injury is not yet defined. Culturing of keratinocytes has provided critical insights. Accordingly, successful culturing of human fetal cardiac myocytes at high yield would constitute a powerful tool to directly examine conditions that promote expression of the target autoantigens. To accomplish this aim, fetal cardiac myocytes from 18- to 22-wk abortuses were established in culture using a novel technique in which cells were isolated after perfusion of the aorta with collagenase in a Langendorff apparatus. After preplating to decrease fibroblast contamination, cardiocytes were grown in flasks and slide chambers. Staining with monoclonal anti-sarcomeric alpha-actinin revealed the expected striations typical of cardiac myocytes in 70-90% of the cells after 4 d in culture. Furthermore, the cells were observed to beat at rates varying between 25-75 beats per minute (bpm) after the addition of 1.8 mM CaCl2. An average yield of 45-60 x 10(6) cells was obtained from a 3- to 5-g heart. Cellular localization of SSA/Ro and SSB/La by indirect immunofluorescence and demonstration of mRNA expression by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction supports the feasibility of cultured cardiac myocytes for the study of congenital heart block. In contrast to the increased expression of SSA/Ro reported for keratinocytes, incubation of cultured human cardiac myocytes with either 17beta-estradiol or progesterone did not alter mRNA expression or cellular localization of 48 kD SSB/La, 52 kD SSA/Ro, or 60 kD SSA/Ro. In summary, we describe a novel method to successfully culture human fetal cardiac myocytes that should provide a valuable resource for investigation of the molecular mechanism(s) contributing to the development of congenital heart block. Differential constitutive and estradiol-induced expression of 52 and 60 kD SSA/Ro in human cardiac myocytes compared with keratinocytes may be a factor contributing to the marked discordance of clinically detectable injury in these two target tissues.
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- C E Tseng
- Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York 10003, USA
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Halse A, Harley JB, Kroneld U, Jonsson R. Ro/SS-A-reactive B lymphocytes in salivary glands and peripheral blood of patients with Sjögren's syndrome. Clin Exp Immunol 1999; 115:203-7. [PMID: 9933443 PMCID: PMC1905201 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1999.00778.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to investigate the production of anti-Ro/SS-A antibodies in labial salivary glands (LSG) and peripheral blood (PB) of Sjögren's syndrome (SS) patients. The ELISPOT method was performed to quantify the frequency of LSG lymphocytes and PB lymphocytes spontaneously secreting anti-Ro/SS-A antibodies. The total number of IgG-, IgA- and IgM-producing cells was also quantified. The bovine Ro 60-kD protein was used as target antigen. Six of six primary SS patients had LSG B cells producing anti-bovine Ro 60 kD of the IgG isotype, and two of two primary SS patients had in addition PB lymphocytes producing anti-bovine Ro 60 kD of the IgG isotype. The six patients who had IgG antibodies against the Ro/SS-A antigen in LSG all had focus scores of >/= 7 in biopsies of LSG. The results indicate that SS patients with a high degree of local inflammation in LSG have B cells producing anti-Ro/SS-A antibodies in both LSG and PB. Thus, the anti-Ro/SS-A antibodies may have pathogenic importance in the progression of the exocrinopathy of SS.
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- A Halse
- Broegelmann Research Laboratory, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Halse A, Wahren-Herlenius M, Jonsson R. Ro/SS-A- and La/SS-B-reactive B lymphocytes in peripheral blood of patients with Sjögren's syndrome. Clin Exp Immunol 1999; 115:208-13. [PMID: 9933444 PMCID: PMC1905183 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1999.00779.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to investigate the production of anti-Ro/SS-A and anti-La/SS-B antibodies in peripheral blood (PB) of patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS). The ELISPOT method was performed to quantify the frequency of PB lymphocytes spontaneously secreting anti-Ro/SS-A and/or anti-La/SS-B antibodies. The total number of IgG-, IgA- and IgM-producing cells was also quantified. The recombinant Ro 52-kD, Ro 60-kD and La 48-kD proteins were used as target antigens. Three of 18 SS patients had PB lymphocytes secreting IgG antibodies against the recombinant Ro 52-kD protein. The same three patients had high serum titres of anti-Ro 52-kD antibodies. In addition, these patients were classified as having severe disease, and all three had focus scores of >/= 8 in biopsies of the labial salivary glands (LSG). The correlation between the number of PB cells producing IgG antibodies against the recombinant Ro 52-kD protein and the focus score was significant (P < 0.01). The results indicate that only SS patients with severe disease and high degree of local inflammation in LSG have B cells producing anti-Ro/SS-A antibodies in PB. Thus, most of the spontaneous autoantibody production must take place in other body compartments, e.g. in exocrine glands and probably also in the lymphoid organs and/or other mucosal sites.
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- A Halse
- Broegelmann Research Laboratory, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Miranda-Carús ME, Boutjdir M, Tseng CE, DiDonato F, Chan EKL, Buyon JP. Induction of Antibodies Reactive with SSA/Ro-SSB/La and Development of Congenital Heart Block in a Murine Model. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.11.5886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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To correlate the arrhythmogenic effects of maternal autoantibodies with the genesis of congenital heart block, female BALB/c mice were immunized with human recombinant 48-kDa SSB/La, 60-kDa SSA/Ro, 52-kDa SSA/Ro (52α), and 52β (amino acids 169–245 deleted) as well as with murine recombinant 52-kDa SSA/Ro. Control animals received β-galactosidase or a polypeptide encoded by pET-28 alone. Following primary immunization and two boosters, high titer responses to the respective Ags were established by ELISA, immunoblotting, and immunoprecipitation. Sera from mice immunized with either human 52α or 52β immunoprecipitated murine 52Ro. mRNA and protein expression of 52Ro was demonstrated in the newborn murine heart. A spectrum of atrioventricular nodal conduction abnormalities was identified by electrocardiogram. First-degree block was detected in 7% of 27 pups born to mothers immunized with 48La, 20% of 54 pups born to 60Ro-immunized mothers, 6% of 56 pups born to 52α-immunized mothers, 7% of 86 pups born to 52β-immunized mothers, and 9% of 22 pups born to mothers immunized with murine 52Ro. Advanced conduction abnormalities were only identified in offspring of 52α- or 52β-immunized mice. In the 52α group, one pup had complete block and another had second-degree block (Wenckebach type); in the 52β group, five pups had complete block. Maternal Abs to the primary immunogens were detected in the pups. No control had any conduction abnormalities. This Ab-specific animal model provides strong evidence for a pathogenic role of anti-SSA/Ro-SSB/La Abs, particularly 52Ro, in the development of congenital heart block. The range and frequency of conduction defects suggest that additional factors promote disease expression.
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- M. Eugenia Miranda-Carús
- *Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10003
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- †Cardiology Division, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11209; and
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- *Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10003
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- *Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10003
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- *Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10003
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Miranda ME, Tseng CE, Rashbaum W, Ochs RL, Casiano CA, Di Donato F, Chan EKL, Buyon JP. Accessibility of SSA/Ro and SSB/La Antigens to Maternal Autoantibodies in Apoptotic Human Fetal Cardiac Myocytes. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.9.5061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Access of intracellular Ags SSA/Ro and SSB/La to cognate maternal autoantibodies is unexplained despite their strong association with congenital heart block. To investigate the hypothesis that apoptosis facilitates surface accessibility of these Ags, human fetal cardiac myocytes from 16- to 22-wk abortuses were established in culture using a novel technique in which cells were isolated after perfusing the aorta with collagenase. Confirmation of cardiac myocytes included positive staining with antisarcomeric α-actinin and contractility induced by 1.8 mM calcium. Incubation with 0.5 μM staurosporine or 0.3 mM 2,3-dimethoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone induced the characteristic morphologic and biochemical changes of apoptosis. The cellular topology of Ro and La was evaluated with confocal microscopy and determined in nonapoptotic and apoptotic cardiocytes by indirect immunofluorescence. In permeabilized nonapoptotic cardiocytes, Ro and La were predominantly nuclear, and propidium iodide (PI) stained the nucleus. In early apoptotic cardiocytes, condensation of the PI- and Ro- or La-stained nucleus was observed, accompanied by Ro/La fluorescence around the cell periphery. In later stages of apoptosis, nuclear Ro and La staining became weaker, and PI demonstrated nuclear fragmentation. Ro/La-stained blebs emerged from the cell membrane, a finding observed in nonpermeabilized cells, supporting an Ab-Ag interaction at the cell surface. In summary, induction of apoptosis in cultured cardiocytes results in surface translocation of Ro/La and recognition by Abs. Although apoptotic cells are programmed to die and do not characteristically evoke inflammation, binding of maternal Abs and subsequent influx of leukocytes could damage surrounding healthy fetal cardiocytes.
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- M. Eugenia Miranda
- *Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10003
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- *Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10003
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- †Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY 10003; and
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- *Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10003
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- *Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10003
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Horsfall AC, Neu E, Forrest G, Venables PJ, Field M. Maternal autoantibodies and congenital heart block: clues from two consecutive pregnancies, one in which there was congenital complete heart block and one in which the fetus was healthy. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1998; 41:2079-80. [PMID: 9811065 DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199811)41:11<2079::aid-art25>3.0.co;2-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- A C Horsfall
- The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, London, UK
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- J P Buyon
- Department of Rheumatology and Medicine, Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York University School of Medicine, NY 10003, USA
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Stott DI, Hiepe F, Hummel M, Steinhauser G, Berek C. Antigen-driven clonal proliferation of B cells within the target tissue of an autoimmune disease. The salivary glands of patients with Sjögren's syndrome. J Clin Invest 1998; 102:938-46. [PMID: 9727062 PMCID: PMC508959 DOI: 10.1172/jci3234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 246] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Structures resembling germinal centers are seen in the salivary glands of patients with Sjögren's syndrome, but it is not known whether the microenvironment of these cell clusters is sufficient for the induction of a germinal center response. Therefore, we cloned and sequenced rearranged Ig V genes expressed by B cells isolated from sections of labial salivary gland biopsies from two Sjögren's syndrome patients. Rearranged V genes from B cells within one cell cluster were polyclonal and most had few somatic mutations. Two adjacent clusters from another patient each contained one dominant B cell clone expressing hypermutated V genes. None of the rearranged V genes was found in both clusters, suggesting that cells are unable to migrate out into the surrounding tissue and seed new clusters. The ratios of replacement to silent mutations in the framework and complementarity determining regions suggest antigen selection of high-affinity mutants. These results show that an antigen-driven, germinal center-type B cell response is taking place within the salivary glands of Sjögren's syndrome patients. In view of the recent demonstration of a germinal center response within the rheumatoid synovial membrane and the existence of similar structures in the target tissues of other autoimmune diseases, we propose that germinal center- type responses can be induced in the nonlymphoid target tissues of a variety of autoimmune diseases.
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- D I Stott
- University Department of Immunology, Western Infirmary, Glasgow G11 6NT, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Meckler KA, Kapur RP. Congenital heart block and associated cardiac pathology in neonatal lupus syndrome. Pediatr Dev Pathol 1998; 1:136-42. [PMID: 9507038 DOI: 10.1007/s100249900017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- K A Meckler
- Department of Laboratories, Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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Isolated congenital heart block (CHB) in children is strongly associated with the occurrence of autoantibodies to Ro/SS-A and La/SS-B in the circulation of the mother. Although these antibodies are generally found in patients with generalized autoimmune diseases, they may also occur in symptomless mothers of CHB patients. It is thought that anti-Ro/SS-A and anti-La/SS-B may reach the fetal circulation via transplacental transport, starting around the 20th week of gestation. Although several hypotheses have been put forward, the exact mechanism through which these autoantibodies bind the fetal conduction system and elicit a local inflammatory response is still unclear. Also, the induction of the autoantibody response in the mother remains largely obscure, although a putative role of viral infection has been suggested. In this overview, the structure of the involved antigens will be discussed, followed by the nature of the antibodies. Recent data regarding the etiology of the anti-Ro/SS-A and anti-La/SS-B response and the role of these autoantibodies in the pathogenesis of CHB will be presented.
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- R J Smeenk
- Central Laboratory of The Netherlands Red Cross Blood transfusion Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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