Serum and Urine Thioflavin-T-Enhanced Fluorescence in Severe Preeclampsia. 2018

Katherine R Millen, and Catalin S Buhimschi, and Guomao Zhao, and Kara M Rood, and Sammy Tabbah, and Irina A Buhimschi
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (K.R.M., C.S.B., K.M.R., S.T., I.A.B.).

Common features of amyloid-like proteotoxic aggregates are the ability to bind Congo red (congophilia) and to induce fluorescence of thioflavin-T (ThT). Based on the prior discovery that women with preeclampsia exhibit urine congophilia, we proposed that amyloid-like protein aggregates present in urine also circulate in the bloodstream and this feature is linked to disease severity and clinical phenotype. ThT fluorescence was investigated in 217 paired serum and urine samples from women with severe features of preeclampsia (n=101; median [interquartile range] gestational age [GA], 32 [29-35] weeks), mild features of preeclampsia (n=22; GA, 36 [36-37] weeks), chronic hypertension (n=15; GA, 38 [37-39] weeks), healthy pregnant controls (n=57; GA, 39 [38-39] weeks), and nonpregnant controls (n=22). Serum and urine fluorescence attributable to advanced glycation end products was measured in the same samples with correction for autofluorescence. There were no GA-related changes in ThT fluorescence, although near-term serum ThT fluorescence increased compared with nonpregnant state. Compared with healthy pregnant controls, serum and urine ThT fluorescence was increased in severe features of preeclampsia (P<0.001 for both) but not in mild features of preeclampsia or chronic hypertension. Except for chronic hypertension, advanced glycation end products-related fluorescence of serum or urine did not differ from controls. Urine congophilia had a stronger relationship with preeclampsia severity compared with either urine or serum ThT fluorescence. However, serum ThT fluorescence was independently associated with clinical features of hemolysis, elevated liver enzyme levels, and low platelet levels syndrome (P=0.003). We demonstrate that ThT fluorescence, a marker of amyloid-like aggregates, is increased in serum of women with preeclampsia and likely because of their cytotoxicity associated with hemolysis, elevated liver enzyme levels, and low platelet levels syndrome.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011225 Pre-Eclampsia A complication of PREGNANCY, characterized by a complex of symptoms including maternal HYPERTENSION and PROTEINURIA with or without pathological EDEMA. Symptoms may range between mild and severe. Pre-eclampsia usually occurs after the 20th week of gestation, but may develop before this time in the presence of trophoblastic disease. Toxemias, Pregnancy,EPH Complex,EPH Gestosis,EPH Toxemias,Edema-Proteinuria-Hypertension Gestosis,Gestosis, EPH,Hypertension-Edema-Proteinuria Gestosis,Preeclampsia,Preeclampsia Eclampsia 1,Pregnancy Toxemias,Proteinuria-Edema-Hypertension Gestosis,Toxemia Of Pregnancy,1, Preeclampsia Eclampsia,1s, Preeclampsia Eclampsia,EPH Toxemia,Eclampsia 1, Preeclampsia,Eclampsia 1s, Preeclampsia,Edema Proteinuria Hypertension Gestosis,Gestosis, Edema-Proteinuria-Hypertension,Gestosis, Hypertension-Edema-Proteinuria,Gestosis, Proteinuria-Edema-Hypertension,Hypertension Edema Proteinuria Gestosis,Of Pregnancies, Toxemia,Of Pregnancy, Toxemia,Pre Eclampsia,Preeclampsia Eclampsia 1s,Pregnancies, Toxemia Of,Pregnancy Toxemia,Pregnancy, Toxemia Of,Proteinuria Edema Hypertension Gestosis,Toxemia Of Pregnancies,Toxemia, EPH,Toxemia, Pregnancy,Toxemias, EPH
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
D005453 Fluorescence The property of emitting radiation while being irradiated. The radiation emitted is usually of longer wavelength than that incident or absorbed, e.g., a substance can be irradiated with invisible radiation and emit visible light. X-ray fluorescence is used in diagnosis.
D005865 Gestational Age The age of the conceptus, beginning from the time of FERTILIZATION. In clinical obstetrics, the gestational age is often estimated from the onset of the last MENSTRUATION which is about 2 weeks before OVULATION and fertilization. It is also estimated to begin from fertilization, estrus, coitus, or artificial insemination. Embryologic Age,Fetal Maturity, Chronologic,Chronologic Fetal Maturity,Fetal Age,Maturity, Chronologic Fetal,Age, Embryologic,Age, Fetal,Age, Gestational,Ages, Embryologic,Ages, Fetal,Ages, Gestational,Embryologic Ages,Fetal Ages,Gestational Ages
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
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
D012720 Severity of Illness Index Levels within a diagnostic group which are established by various measurement criteria applied to the seriousness of a patient's disorder. Illness Index Severities,Illness Index Severity
D015415 Biomarkers Measurable and quantifiable biological parameters (e.g., specific enzyme concentration, specific hormone concentration, specific gene phenotype distribution in a population, presence of biological substances) which serve as indices for health- and physiology-related assessments, such as disease risk, psychiatric disorders, ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE and its effects, disease diagnosis; METABOLIC PROCESSES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; PREGNANCY; cell line development; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; etc. Biochemical Markers,Biological Markers,Biomarker,Clinical Markers,Immunologic Markers,Laboratory Markers,Markers, Biochemical,Markers, Biological,Markers, Clinical,Markers, Immunologic,Markers, Laboratory,Markers, Serum,Markers, Surrogate,Markers, Viral,Serum Markers,Surrogate Markers,Viral Markers,Biochemical Marker,Biologic Marker,Biologic Markers,Clinical Marker,Immune Marker,Immune Markers,Immunologic Marker,Laboratory Marker,Marker, Biochemical,Marker, Biological,Marker, Clinical,Marker, Immunologic,Marker, Laboratory,Marker, Serum,Marker, Surrogate,Serum Marker,Surrogate End Point,Surrogate End Points,Surrogate Endpoint,Surrogate Endpoints,Surrogate Marker,Viral Marker,Biological Marker,End Point, Surrogate,End Points, Surrogate,Endpoint, Surrogate,Endpoints, Surrogate,Marker, Biologic,Marker, Immune,Marker, Viral,Markers, Biologic,Markers, Immune
D052160 Benzothiazoles Compounds with a benzene ring fused to a thiazole ring.

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