Transfusion · 2025
Vesiculation as potential novel pathogenic mechanism in autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
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de Boer Esther C W, Mulder Femke V M, Neri Silvia, Wiskerke-van Stuijvenberg Marije, Arts Janine J G, Tol Simon, Beuger Boukje, Bosman Matthieu C J, Thielen Noortje, van der Griend René, Folman Claudia C, de Haas Masja, van Bruggen Robin, Pouw Richard B, Vos Josephine M I
Аннотация
BACKGROUND: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is typically mediated by immunoglobulin G (IgG) or immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies, and more rarely by immunoglobulin A (IgA). The mechanism of red blood cell (RBC) destruction in IgA-mediated AIHA is not well understood. We report a case of severe AIHA with intravascular hemolysis, positive for IgA. Hemolysis did not subside despite multiple transfusions and treatment lines, leading to a fatal outcome. Here, we set out to investigate underlying pathophysiological mechanisms.
STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: To investigate the underlying pathophysiological methods, standard hematological methods were used, as well as erythrophagocytosis assays and flow cytometry using patient RBCs and plasma, to investigate anti-RBC antibodies, complement activation, and vesiculation.
RESULTS: Blood smear analysis revealed significant heterogeneity in RBC size and volume, and the presence of ghost cells, indicating RBC damage. While the patient's RBCs were found opsonized with IgA and IgG autoantibodies, phagocytosis by neutrophils was not induced in vitro, nor did sensitized donor RBCs with patient plasma. Using flow cytometry, we detected vesicles in the patient's plasma and observed patient plasma-induced vesiculation of healthy donor RBC. Patient plasma showed marked complement activation, and the vesicles in the patient plasma were also complement-opsonized, as well as bound by IgA, IgG, and IgM.
CONCLUSIONS: Based on these findings, we suggest vesiculation of RBCs as evidenced by the presence of vesicles and ghost cells in the patient, and subsequent complement activation induced by the vesicles. This could have driven the aggravation of the disease in this patient, resulting in a fatal outcome.
STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: To investigate the underlying pathophysiological methods, standard hematological methods were used, as well as erythrophagocytosis assays and flow cytometry using patient RBCs and plasma, to investigate anti-RBC antibodies, complement activation, and vesiculation.
RESULTS: Blood smear analysis revealed significant heterogeneity in RBC size and volume, and the presence of ghost cells, indicating RBC damage. While the patient's RBCs were found opsonized with IgA and IgG autoantibodies, phagocytosis by neutrophils was not induced in vitro, nor did sensitized donor RBCs with patient plasma. Using flow cytometry, we detected vesicles in the patient's plasma and observed patient plasma-induced vesiculation of healthy donor RBC. Patient plasma showed marked complement activation, and the vesicles in the patient plasma were also complement-opsonized, as well as bound by IgA, IgG, and IgM.
CONCLUSIONS: Based on these findings, we suggest vesiculation of RBCs as evidenced by the presence of vesicles and ghost cells in the patient, and subsequent complement activation induced by the vesicles. This could have driven the aggravation of the disease in this patient, resulting in a fatal outcome.