Ping Wang1,2, Yingmei Zhang1, Huiyuan Yang1, Wenyi Hou1, Bo Jin1, Jinxiao Hou1, Haitao Li1, Hongli Zhao1,3, Jin Zhou1. 1. a Center for Hematology and Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital , Harbin Medical University , Harbin , People's Republic of China. 2. b Department of Neonatology, The First Affiliated Hospital , Harbin Medical University , Harbin , People's Republic of China. 3. c Department of Hematology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital , Harbin Medical University , Harbin , People's Republic of China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Catastrophic hemorrhage remains the main cause of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) treatment failure. This study was aimed to study the pathogenesis of coagulopathy in patients with APL. METHODS: Multiple procoagulant and profibrinolytic parameters in plasma and peripheral leukocytes from 24 patients with newly diagnosed APL accompanied by coagulopathy before and after arsenic trioxide (ATO) treatment were evaluated. RESULTS: Prior to the treatment, the patients had elevated D-dimer and decreased fibrinogen levels. Plasma urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) and plasmin-ɑ2 antiplasmin complexes (PAP) levels, plasmin (Pn) activity, and cell surface levels of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) were significantly higher; plasma plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) levels and plasminogen (Pg) activity were significantly decreased; plasma plasminogen activator (PA) activity, uPA and tPA levels; and cell surface levels of uPAR and annexin II were not significantly different from levels in the control group. During ATO treatment, both patients' plasma PA activity and uPAR on leukocytes gradually increased, annexin II on leukocytes increased initially and decreased afterwards, and tPA and uPA on leukocytes remained consistently higher in the patients than in the controls. Other parameters gradually tended toward normal values. CONCLUSIONS: In APL, activated coagulation system activated fibrinolytic system, and increased uPAR levels could contribute to the hyperfibrinolysis. Annexin II might not be involved in the coagulopathy.
OBJECTIVES: Catastrophic hemorrhage remains the main cause of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) treatment failure. This study was aimed to study the pathogenesis of coagulopathy in patients with APL. METHODS: Multiple procoagulant and profibrinolytic parameters in plasma and peripheral leukocytes from 24 patients with newly diagnosed APL accompanied by coagulopathy before and after arsenic trioxide (ATO) treatment were evaluated. RESULTS: Prior to the treatment, the patients had elevated D-dimer and decreased fibrinogen levels. Plasma urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) and plasmin-ɑ2 antiplasmin complexes (PAP) levels, plasmin (Pn) activity, and cell surface levels of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) were significantly higher; plasma plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) levels and plasminogen (Pg) activity were significantly decreased; plasma plasminogen activator (PA) activity, uPA and tPA levels; and cell surface levels of uPAR and annexin II were not significantly different from levels in the control group. During ATO treatment, both patients' plasma PA activity and uPAR on leukocytes gradually increased, annexin II on leukocytes increased initially and decreased afterwards, and tPA and uPA on leukocytes remained consistently higher in the patients than in the controls. Other parameters gradually tended toward normal values. CONCLUSIONS: In APL, activated coagulation system activated fibrinolytic system, and increased uPAR levels could contribute to the hyperfibrinolysis. Annexin II might not be involved in the coagulopathy.
Authors: Adam Miszta; Dana Huskens; Demy Donkervoort; Molly J M Roberts; Alisa S Wolberg; Bas de Laat Journal: Int J Mol Sci Date: 2021-03-09 Impact factor: 5.923