The Journal of Immunology, Vol 137, Issue 5 1532-1537, Copyright © 1986 by American Association of Immunologists

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Antibody and immune complexes induce tissue factor production by human endothelial cells

SH Tannenbaum, R Finko and DB Cines

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have an increased incidence of arterial and venous thromboses. The mechanism by which thromboses develop in these patients is unknown. We had previously observed that the sera of patients with SLE contain antibodies and immune complexes that can bind to endothelial cells. Because endothelial cells can synthesize tissue factor, a potent activator of coagulation, we studied the effect of IgG complexes and sera from patients with SLE on the production of tissue factor by these cells. Human umbilical venous endothelial cells incubated with heat-aggregated IgG (HA-IgG) (0.5 to 4.0 mg) elaborate procoagulant activity in a dose- dependent manner. All procoagulant activity was found in the particulate cell fraction, and none was secreted into the medium. Maximum expression of procoagulant activity required 6 to 8 hr, and its production was totally inhibited by the addition of cyclohexamide or actinomycin D. The presence of gel-filtered platelets augmented production of procoagulant activity by endothelial cells stimulated by HA-IgG. Endothelial cell procoagulant activity was not inactivated by diisofluoropropylphosphate, required the presence of Factor VII for its expression, and was neutralized by a specific anti-tissue factor antibody. Endothelial cells incubated with sera from 14 of 16 patients with SLE produced increased amounts of tissue factor compared with 21 normal sera (p less than 0.025). Fractions of two SLE sera containing monomeric IgG, IgA, or IgM, as well as fractions containing IgG complexes, each stimulated endothelial cells to produce more tissue factor than similar fractions prepared from two normal sera. These studies demonstrate that endothelial cells will produce the procoagulant tissue factor after exposure to anti-endothelial cell antibodies or IgG-containing immune complexes. The production of tissue factor by endothelial cells at sites of immune vascular injury may play a role in the development of thromboses in patients with SLE.

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