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  • Title: Postvaricella purpura fulminans caused by acquired protein s deficiency resulting from antiprotein s antibodies: search for the epitopes.
    Author: van Ommen CH, van Wijnen M, de Groot FG, van der Horst CM, Peters M.
    Journal: J Pediatr Hematol Oncol; 2002; 24(5):413-6. PubMed ID: 12142795.
    Abstract:
    Postvaricella purpura fulminans is a rare disease in children that is probably caused by an acquired protein S deficiency resulting from antiprotein S antibodies. The epitope of these antibodies is unknown. A 5-year-old girl is described with postvaricella purpura fulminans and an acquired protein S deficiency. In this patient and in her 3-year-old sister with uncomplicated varicella, the concentrations of antiprotein S antibodies were measured and followed with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay techniques. The epitope of the antiprotein S antibodies was studied using miniprotein S, a recombinant variant of protein S that consists of the first 242 amino acids of protein S, lacking the sex hormone binding globulin-like domain. In the patient's plasma, concentrations of free protein S antigen and total protein S antigen reached normal levels in 4 months and 5 weeks, respectively. The concentrations of the antiprotein S antibodies decreased to 25% of the initial level in the course of 5 months. In the sister, antiprotein S antibodies were present as well, but the concentrations were lower than those in the patient. Most of the antiprotein S antibodies were directed against the first 242 amino acids of protein S. After varicella, a heterozygous autoantibody response may develop that may result in severe acquired protein S deficiency leading to purpura fulminans. Epitopes of these antiprotein S antibodies are situated on both the first 242 amino acids of protein S and the sex hormone binding globulin-like domain.
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