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. 2022 Jun 22;12(1):10547.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14954-9.

Serum anti-malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde IgA antibody concentration improves prediction of coronary atherosclerosis beyond traditional risk factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

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Serum anti-malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde IgA antibody concentration improves prediction of coronary atherosclerosis beyond traditional risk factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Hannah E Lomzenski et al. Sci Rep. .

Abstract

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have increased atherosclerosis; oxidative stress may be a contributor. Oxidative stress produces immunogenic malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde (MAA) protein adducts and anti-MAA antibodies are detectable in human serum. We hypothesized that anti-MAA antibody concentrations are associated with coronary atherosclerosis in RA patients. Serum concentrations of anti-MAA antibodies (IgA, IgG, and IgM) were measured in 166 RA patients using ELISA cross-sectionally. Relationship between anti-MAA antibody concentrations and cardiovascular and metabolic measures and predictive accuracy of anti-MAA antibodies for presence of coronary artery calcium (CAC) and high CAC (≥ 300 Agatston units or ≥ 75th percentile) were assessed. Only serum IgA anti-MAA antibody concentration was associated with increased CAC, insulin resistance, and decreased high-density lipoprotein particle number. When added as an interaction term with ACC/AHA 10-year risk score plus high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, IgA anti-MAA antibody concentration improved the C-statistic for prediction of any CAC and high CAC compared to ACC/AHA 10-year risk score plus hs-CRP alone. IgA anti-MAA concentration is associated with multiple cardiovascular risk factors and modifies the relationship between ACC/AHA 10-year risk score and CAC in RA patients. IgA anti-MAA concentration could assist in prediction of atherosclerotic CVD and risk stratification when added to standard measures of cardiovascular risk.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Plots of anti-MAA antibody isotype concentrations based on coronary artery calcium in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Box demonstrates the median, upper and lower quartiles. Whiskers represent 95% confidence intervals. CAC = coronary artery calcium. High CAC = high coronary artery calcium score based on ≥ 300 Agatston units or ≥ 75th percentile for age, sex, and ethnicity. AU = arbitrary units. Serum anti-MAA IgA concentrations were significantly higher among those with CAC compared to those without CAC (Panel A, P = 0.04), and significantly higher among those with high CAC compared to low CAC (Panel A, P = 0.003). Anti-MAA IgG and IgM serum concentrations were not significantly altered based on CAC (Panels B and C, all P > 0.05).
Figure 2
Figure 2
The interaction between anti-MAA IgA concentration and ACC/AHA 10-year risk score in predicting the presence of coronary artery calcium. Percentiles refer to the ACC/AHA 10-year risk score percentile of the RA patients. At higher ACC/AHA 10-year risk score, shown as 75th and 90th percentiles, presence of elevated anti-MAA IgA was associated with an amplified probability of coronary calcium.

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