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Thromb Haemost 1997; 77(04): 760-766
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1656047
von Willebrand Factor
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Autoantibody Selectively Inhibits Binding of von Willebrand Factor to Glycoprotein Ib. Recognition Site Is Located in the A1 Loop of von Willebrand Factor

Hiroshi Mohri
1   The First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama
,
Etsuko Yamazaki
1   The First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama
,
Zekou Suzuki
3   The Department of Clinical Laboratory, Iwate Medical School, Morioka
,
Toshikuni Takano
4   The Department of Pediatrics, Iwate Medical School, Morioka, Japan
,
Shumpei Yokota
2   The Department of Pediatrics, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
,
Takao Okubo
1   The First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama
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Received 25 July 1996

Accepted after resubmission 12 December 1996

Publication Date:
11 July 2018 (online)

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Summary

A 20-year-old man with severe von Willebrand disease recently presented a progressive bleeding tendency, characterized recurrent subcutaneous hemorrhages and cerebral hemorrhage. Mixing and infusion studies suggested the presence of an inhibitor directed against vWF:RCo activity of von Willebrand factor (vWF) without significant inhibition of the FVIII:C. The inhibitor was identified as an antibody of IgG class. The inhibitor inhibited the interaction of vWF in the presence of ristocetin and that of asialo-vWF with GPIb while it partially blocked botrocetin-mediated interaction of vWF to GPIb. The inhibitor reacted with native vWF, the 39/34kDa fragment (amino acids [aa] 480/ 481-718) and the recombinant vWF fragment (MalE-rvWF508-704), but not with Fragment III-T2 (heavy chains, aa 273-511; light chains, aa 674-728). A synthetic peptide (aa 514-542) did not inhibit vWF-inhibitor complex formation. We conclude that this is the first autoantibody of class IgG from human origin that recognizes the sequence in the A1 loop of vWF, resulting in a virtual absence of functional vWF and a concomitant severe bleeding tendency although recognition site is different from the residues 514-542 which is crucial for vWF-GPIb interaction.

 

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