Proteomic profiling for biomarker discovery in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.

Nilius, Henning; Hamzeh-Cognasse, Hind; Hastings, Janna; Studt, Jan-Dirk; Tsakiris, Dimitrios A; Greinacher, Andreas; Mendez, Adriana; Schmidt, Adrian Emanuel; Wuillemin, Walter A; Gerber, Bernhard; Vishnu, Prakash; Graf, Lukas; Kremer Hovinga, Johanna A; Bakchoul, Tamam; Cognasse, Fabrice; Nagler, Michael (2024). Proteomic profiling for biomarker discovery in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. (In Press). Blood advances American Society of Hematology 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024012782

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New analytical techniques can assess hundreds of proteins simultaneously with high sensitivity, facilitating the observation of their complex interplay and role in disease mechanisms. We hypothesized that proteomic profiling targeting proteins involved in thrombus formation, inflammation, and the immune response would identify potentially new biomarkers for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). Four existing panels of the Olink proximity extension assay covering 356 proteins involved in thrombus formation, inflammation, and immune response were applied to randomly selected patients with suspected HIT (confirmed HIT, n=32; HIT ruled-out, n=38; positive heparin/PF4 [H/PF4] antibodies, n=28). The relative difference in protein concentration was analyzed using a linear regression model adjusted for sex and age. To confirm the test results, soluble P-selectin was determined using ELISA in above mentioned patients and an additional second dataset (n=49). HIT was defined as a positive heparin-induced platelet aggregation test (HIPA; washed platelet assay). Among 98 patients of the primary dataset, the median 4Ts score was 5 in patients with HIT, 4 in patients with positive heparin/PF4 antibodies, and 3 in patients without HIT. The median OD of a polyspecific heparin/PF4 ELISA was 3.0, 0.9, and 0.3, respectively. Soluble P-selectin remained statistically significant after multiple test adjustments. The area under the receiver-operating-characteristics-curve was 0.81 for Olink and 0.8 for ELISA. Future studies shall assess the diagnostic and prognostic value of soluble P-selectin in the management of HIT.

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