PMID- 31018220 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191220 LR - 20211204 IS - 2567-689X (Electronic) IS - 0340-6245 (Linking) VI - 119 IP - 7 DP - 2019 Jul TI - Platelet Activation by Antiphospholipid Antibodies Depends on Epitope Specificity and is Prevented by mTOR Inhibitors. PG - 1147-1153 LID - 10.1055/s-0039-1685453 [doi] AB - Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) have been reported to activate platelets. This is considered to be one of the pathogenic properties of aPL. Even though aPL heterogeneity is quite well established, little is known, if the ability to activate platelets is common to all aPL or depends on antigen specificity. To further study this issue, we analyzed the ability of three human monoclonal aPL with distinctly different antigenic specificities to activate platelets in vitro. The results obtained with human monoclonal aPL were validated with immunoglobulin G (IgG) fractions obtained from patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). A co-factor-independent human monoclonal anticardiolipin aPL had no discernible effect on human platelets. Two monoclonal aPL reactive against beta2 glycoprotein I (beta2GPI) induced platelet aggregation, integrin alphaIIbbeta3 activation and P-selectin surface expression. These data could be confirmed with patient IgG fractions which could only induce aggregation, if they had anti-beta2GPI activity. Anti-beta2GPI aPL-induced platelet activation depended on interaction of aPL with the low affinity Fcgamma-receptor IIa on the platelet surface. It was completely abolished by pretreatment of platelet-rich plasma with the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors rapamycin or everolimus. This extends previous data showing that mTOR is involved in signaling of anti-beta2GPI in monocytes and endothelial cells. In conclusion, anti-beta2GPI aPL activate platelets while co-factor-independent anticardiolipin aPL have no effect. mTOR is involved in this signaling process which has implications beyond APS, because so far the role of mTOR signaling in platelets is incompletely explored and requires further study. CI - Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart . New York. FAU - Hollerbach, Anne AU - Hollerbach A AD - Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany. AD - Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany. FAU - Muller-Calleja, Nadine AU - Muller-Calleja N AD - Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany. AD - Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany. FAU - Ritter, Svenja AU - Ritter S AD - Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany. FAU - Hauser, Friederike AU - Hauser F AD - Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany. FAU - Canisius, Antje AU - Canisius A AD - Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany. FAU - Orning, Carolin AU - Orning C AD - Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany. FAU - Jurk, Kerstin AU - Jurk K AD - Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany. FAU - Lackner, Karl J AU - Lackner KJ AD - Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190424 PL - Germany TA - Thromb Haemost JT - Thrombosis and haemostasis JID - 7608063 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Antiphospholipid) RN - 0 (Autoantibodies) RN - 0 (Epitopes) RN - 0 (Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte) RN - 0 (Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex) RN - 0 (beta 2-Glycoprotein I) RN - 9HW64Q8G6G (Everolimus) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - Antibodies, Antiphospholipid/metabolism MH - Antiphospholipid Syndrome/drug therapy/*immunology MH - Autoantibodies/metabolism MH - Blood Platelets/*physiology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Epitopes/*metabolism MH - Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte/*metabolism MH - Everolimus/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Humans MH - Platelet Aggregation/*drug effects MH - Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Sirolimus/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors MH - beta 2-Glycoprotein I/immunology COIS- None declared. EDAT- 2019/04/25 06:00 MHDA- 2019/12/21 06:00 CRDT- 2019/04/25 06:00 PHST- 2019/04/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/12/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/04/25 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1055/s-0039-1685453 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Thromb Haemost. 2019 Jul;119(7):1147-1153. doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1685453. Epub 2019 Apr 24.