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BLOOD
卷 103, 期 10, 页码 3677-3683出版社
AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-09-3198
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- NCI NIH HHS [5 P30 CA46592] Funding Source: Medline
- NCRR NIH HHS [M01-RR00042] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAMS NIH HHS [AR42525, AR48234] Funding Source: Medline
- NIA NIH HHS [AG014783] Funding Source: Medline
- NIEHS NIH HHS [ES011196] Funding Source: Medline
Women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at risk for premature atherothrombosis independent of Framingham risk factors. We investigated whether endothelial cell (EC) apoptosis predicts abnormal vasomotor tone and contributes to circulating tissue factor (TF) levels in this disease. Brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD) and nitroglycerin-mediated dilation were determined in women with SLE, healthy control subjects, and subjects with coronary artery disease (CAD) (n = 43/ group). Quantification of circulating apoptotic ECs was performed by flow cytometry (CD146+ cells that stained for Annexin V [CD146(AnnV+)]) and immunofluorescent microscopy. Plasma TF was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Compared with healthy control and CAD subjects, patients with SLE had higher numbers of circulating CD146(AnnV+) cells (10 +/- 3, 18 +/- 5, and 89 +/- 32 cells/mL, respectively, mean +/- SEM; P < .01). Increased CD146(AnnV+) cells correlated strongly with abnormal vascular function (P=.037). After adjusting for known predictors of endothelial function, CD146(AnnV+) was the only variable that predicted FMD (beta = -4.5, P < .001). Increased CD146AnnV+ was strongly associated with elevated levels of circulating TF (r =.46, P =.002). Circulating apoptotic ECs are elevated in young women with SLE and strongly correlate with markedly abnormal vascular function and elevated TF levels. Heightened endothelial apoptosis may represent an important mechanism for development of atherothrombosis in SLE. (C) 2004 by The American Society of Hematology.
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