Nephrol Dial Transplant (2001) 16: 276-285
© 2001 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association
Circulating soluble adhesion molecules in ANCA-associated vasculitis
1 Nephrology Service 2 Biostatistical and Epidemiological Unit and 3 Autoimmune diseases Unit, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
Background. To evaluate whether changes in concentrations of soluble (s) E-selectin, sP-selectin, sL-selectin, intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (sICAM-1), and vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (sVCAM-1) reflect disease activity in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis and whether serum levels of these adhesion molecules are related to the degree of renal failure in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF).
Subjects and methods. A sandwich ELISA was used to measure these soluble adhesion molecules in (i) sera from 20 patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (10 patients with Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) and 10 patients with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA)), obtained at the time of diagnosis and during the remission period; (ii) sera from 40 patients with CRF not undergoing haemodialysis.
Results. At the time of diagnosis, serum levels of sE-selectin, sICAM-1 and sVCAM-1 (88±42 ng/ml, 437±184 ng/ml, 1720±1174 ng/ml respectively) were significantly higher in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis than in healthy controls (P<0.0001, P=0.002 and P=0.001 respectively). Serum sP-selectin values did not differ from those obtained in normal donors. In contrast, sL-selectin levels (940±349 ng/ml) were significantly lower in patients than those recorded in healthy controls (P<0.0001). A significant decrease in concentrations of sE-selectin, sP-selectin, sICAM-1, and sVCAM-1 was observed between active and remission phases (P<0.0001, P=0.002, P=0.001 and P=0.001 respectively). No significant differences were observed in sL-selectin levels between active and remission phases. sL-selectin concentrations (802±306 ng/ml) during the remission phase remained lower than those observed in healthy controls (P<0.0001). No correlation was observed between serum creatinine and sE-selectin, sP-selectin, sICAM-1 and sVCAM-1 in patients of the CRF group. A slight negative correlation was established between creatinine and sL-selectin concentration.
Conclusions. Increased serum levels of sE-selectin, sICAM-1, and sVCAM-1 and decreased levels of sL-selectin in active ANCA-associated vasculitis, and the normalization of sE-selectin, sICAM-1, and sVCAM-1 during the remission phase suggest that the concentration of soluble levels of these adhesion molecules reflects disease activity. The decrease in sP-selectin levels between active and inactive phases also suggest that this receptor may reflect clinical activity.
The lack of correlation between serum levels of sE-selectin, sP-selectin, sICAM-1, and sVCAM-1 and the degree of renal failure in patients with CRF suggests that the mechanism of clearance of these molecules is not renal.
Keywords: ANCA-associated vasculitis; disease activity; microscopic polyangiitis; soluble adhesion molecules; Wegener's; granulomatosis
Correspondence and offprint requests to: Dr Jordi Ara, Nephrology Service, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, C/Villarroel 170, E-08036 Barcelona, Spain.
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