• Thrombosis research · Jul 2014

    New insights in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia by the use of fluid-phase assays to detect specifically platelet factor 4/heparin complex antibodies and antibody-secreting cells.

    • Annika Schulze, Inga Jensch, Krystin Krauel, Adnan Alahmad, Hans-Peter Müller, Andreas Greinacher, and Matthias Hundt.
    • Center for Innovation Competence - Humoral Immune Reactions in Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
    • Thromb. Res. 2014 Jul 1; 134 (1): 174-81.

    IntroductionThe key feature of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is the production of antibodies (Ab) against the platelet factor 4 (PF4)/heparin complex. These Ab are directed against neoepitopes of the PF4 tetramer, which are induced by the complex formation with heparin. To study this humoral immune response in greater detail, either in a murine immunization model or in human blood samples, reliable and specific immune assays to detect specifically Ab against the PF4/heparin complexes, but not PF4 alone are required.Materials And MethodsWe established fluid-phase enzyme-immunoassays in which the soluble biotinylated antigen, PF4/heparin, is firstly captured by specific Ab, and secondly directly detected with enzyme-conjugated streptavidin.ResultsThe use of this fluid-phase principle allowed a higher specificity than the traditional solid-phase enzyme-immunoassays in terms of Ab binding to murine PF4/heparin compared to murine PF4 alone. This fluid-phase approach applied to the detection of specific murine PF4/heparin Ab-secreting cells (ASC) identified the spleen as the main lymphatic organ that contributes to the PF4/heparin Ab response in mice. IgG ASC specific for PF4/heparin are very transiently detectable in mice, which might explain why anti-PF4/heparin IgG Ab typically disappear within 100 days in humans. Furthermore, this fluid-phase approach was successfully transferred to detect human PF4/heparin-specific Ab.ConclusionThe fluid-phase principle for the specific detection of anti-PF4/heparin IgG and IgM Ab enables new and improved assays for HIT research in men and mice. At least in mice PF4/heparin antibodies are produced by transient B cells.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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