The Factor V Leiden Mutation which Predisposes to Thrombosis Is Not Common in Patients with Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Author:

Dizon-Townson Donna1,Hutchison Christopher1,Silver Robert1,Branch D Ware1,Ward Kenneth12

Affiliation:

1. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

2. The Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Abstract

SummaryAntiphospholipid syndrome is associated with venous, arterial, and placental thrombosis, possibly through autoantibody impairment of phospholipid-dependent protein C activation. Recently, a missense mutation in the factor V gene (1691 G → A) has been identified that results in an abnormal factor V product (1). This mutation, known as the Leiden mutation, causes an amino acid substitution of glutamine for arginine at position 506 in the factor V molecule and renders the protein resistant to proteolytic inactivation by activated protein C and thus predisposes to thrombosis (2, 3). We hypothesized that some individuals with antiphospholipid syndrome may also carry the Leiden mutation, and thus have a “second hit” predisposition to thrombosis. To test this hypothesis, allele-specific hybridization and allele-specific restriction analysis were used to test for the Leiden mutation in thirty women with the antiphospholipid syndrome, 10 of whom had a history of thrombosis. None of the women were heterozygous or homozygous for the factor V mutation. We conclude that the presence of the factor V Leiden mutation is not a prerequisite for the thrombotic events in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome, due to the occurrence of thrombosis seen in patients lacking the factor V mutation.

Publisher

Georg Thieme Verlag KG

Subject

Hematology

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