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Quantitation of anti-factor VIII antibodies in human plasma.

Authors :
Krudysz-Amblo J
Parhami-Seren B
Butenas S
Brummel-Ziedins KE
Gomperts ED
Rivard GE
Mann KG
Source :
Blood [Blood] 2009 Mar 12; Vol. 113 (11), pp. 2587-94. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Jan 14.
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

The presence of antibodies (Abs) in hemophilia A patients can potentially influence the therapeutic qualities of factor VIII (fVIII) administration. Much work has been focused on the presence of inhibitory antibodies, whereas the quantitation of noninhibitory anti-fVIII antibodies has been largely undetermined. Our objective was to develop a sensitive and specific fluorescence-based immunoassay (FLI) for the quantitation of anti-fVIIIAbs in human plasma. Affinity-purified human anti-fVIIIAb, isolated from a hemophilia A subject, was used as a calibrator with a detectability limit of 40 (+/-1.5) pM. The calibrator and the human plasma anti-fVIIIAb were captured on recombinant fVIII (rfVIII)- coupled microspheres and probed with mouse anti-human Ig-R-phycoerythrin. Plasma samples from 150 healthy donors and 39 inhibitor-negative hemophilia A subjects were compared with 4 inhibitor-positive hemophilia A plasma samples with inhibitor titers of 1 BU/mL (94.6 +/- 0.8 nM), 11 BU/mL (214.3 +/- 7.1 nM), 106 BU/mL (2209.4 +/- 84.9 nM), 140 BU/mL (2417.7 +/- 3.8 nM) as measured by the Nijmegen method. We also describe the validation of a mouse anti-human fVIIIAb as a surrogate calibrator. Four healthy individuals (3%) showed detectable anti-fVIIIAb in the range of 0.6 to 6.2 nM, whereas 13 (33%) of the 39 inhibitor-free hemophilia A subjects were positive for anti-fVIIIAb in the range of 0.5 to 20 nM. The method may be useful for therapeutic management of hemophilia A patients.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1528-0020
Volume :
113
Issue :
11
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Blood
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
19144987
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2008-08-174987