Casonato, A;
Galletta, E;
Galvanin, F;
Daidone, V;
(2021)
Von Willebrand disease type Vicenza: In search of a classification for the archetype of reduced von Willebrand factor survival.
eJHaem
10.1002/jha2.196.
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Abstract
Type Vicenza von Willebrand disease (VWD) features a von Willebrand factor (VWF) with a very short half‐life, and is classified as a form of type 1 VWD. To test the appropriateness of type Vicenza VWD classification, the main features of 17 patients from eight unrelated families were analysed. They had low VWF antigen levels and function (always below 20 U/dl); ristocetin‐induced platelet aggregation sometimes normal, sometimes reduced/absent (even in the same patient); normal platelet VWF levels; an increased VWF propeptide to VWF antigen ratio (8.74 ± 1.65 vs. normal 1.04 ± 0.28) and a reduced VWF half‐life. Plasma VWF multimer levels were homogeneously reduced, and unusually large VWF multimers were sometimes present. Recombinant p.R1205H VWF showed a normal synthesis, release, function, and multimer pattern, with no ultra‐large VWF multimers. The mathematical model by Galvanin et al. was used to explore the kinetic changes in VWF after DDAVP. It showed that the release, but especially the proteolysis (kproteol 1.0−3 ± 2.5−3 vs. normal 4.5−4 ± 6.4−4) and elimination (kel 1.0−2 ± 5.2−3 vs. normal 1.1−3 ± 6.8−4) of type Vicenza VWF were significantly higher than normal. The increased elimination is consistent with the short half‐life, while the increased proteolysis was unexpected. As a shorter survival of VWF is wholly responsible for the type Vicenza VWD phenotype (VWF synthesis, structure and function are normal), it might be better to classify it as a type 2 VWD (rather than type 1) to emphasise the greater interaction with clearance receptors as a new VWF functional defect.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Von Willebrand disease type Vicenza: In search of a classification for the archetype of reduced von Willebrand factor survival |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/jha2.196 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/jha2.196 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2021 The Authors. eJHaem published by British Society for Haematology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10127546 |
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