[Neonatal lupus and maternofetal transmission of anti-SSA/Ro and anti-SSB/La antibodies]. 2015

S Feki, and A Turki, and F Frikha, and H Hachicha, and L Walha, and A Gargouri, and Z Bahloul, and H Masmoudi
Laboratoire d'immunologie, université de Sfax, CHU Habib-Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisie.

Neonatal lupus (NL) is a rare syndrome caused by placental transfer of maternal anti-SSA/Ro (60 and 52kDa) or anti-SSB/La antibodies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and biological profile of NL at the neonatal unit of Sfax, Tunisia, over a 10-year period. Six mother-NB pairs (two sets of twins and two sisters) had positive ANA by transplacental transmission during the study period. The ANA pattern was speckled and the NBs' sera titer was half that of their mothers'. Anti-SSA, anti-Ro52, and anti-SSB were found in 100%, 33%, and 50% of the mothers' sera, respectively. The transmission of anti-SSA was observed in four pregnancies out of six, anti-Ro52 in two pregnancies out of two, and anti-SSB in one pregnancy out of three. The patients' clinical records showed that two NBs had a congenital heart block: one with anti-SSA, whose mother had Sjögren syndrome, and another with anti-SSA, anti-SSB, anti-Ro52, and anti-mitochondrial antibodies (M2 type), whose mother had no diagnosis at the child's birth (cutaneous erythema and positive ANA with the same profile). Cutaneous signs (erythema, petechia) were described in three NBs out of six. The two sets of fraternal twins had cutaneous signs with the same ANA titer and profile (no anti-SSA transmission from their mother with lupus and anti-phospholipid syndrome). The two sisters' (two pregnancies 3 years apart) mother had Sjögren syndrome, one of them had heart block with positive anti-SSA, and the other was asymptomatic with anti-SSA and anti-Ro52. The same mother had a history of three pregnancies with two NBs who died of heart block.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008180 Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic A chronic, relapsing, inflammatory, and often febrile multisystemic disorder of connective tissue, characterized principally by involvement of the skin, joints, kidneys, and serosal membranes. It is of unknown etiology, but is thought to represent a failure of the regulatory mechanisms of the autoimmune system. The disease is marked by a wide range of system dysfunctions, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and the formation of LE cells in the blood or bone marrow. Libman-Sacks Disease,Lupus Erythematosus Disseminatus,Systemic Lupus Erythematosus,Disease, Libman-Sacks,Libman Sacks Disease
D008297 Male Males
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000097585 SS-B Antigen Nuclear autoantigens implicated in nascent RNA protection. It is a target of AUTOANTIBODIES in patients with SJOGREN'S SYNDROME. LA Antigen,La(SSB) Antigen,Lupus Antigen La,SS-B La Antigen,Sjogren's Syndrome-B Antigen,SS B Antigen
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D001324 Autoantigens Endogenous tissue constituents with the ability to interact with AUTOANTIBODIES and cause an immune response. Autoantigen,Autologous Antigen,Autologous Antigens,Self-Antigen,Self-Antigens,Antigen, Autologous,Antigens, Autologous,Self Antigen,Self Antigens
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D012261 Ribonucleoproteins Complexes of RNA-binding proteins with ribonucleic acids (RNA). Ribonucleoprotein

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