A hepatite autoimune é uma inflamação hepatocelular, que se caracteriza pelos diferentes anticorpos circulantes. Neste trabalho foi avaliada a correlação entre os resultados obtidos através da técnica ELISA e da técnica de imunofluorescência indireta (IFI) para a determinação de auto-anticorpos na hepatite auto-imune. Foram incluídos 123 pacientes com hepatite autoimune, 91 (74%) do sexo feminino e 32 (26%) do sexo masculino, maiores de 18 anos, nos quais foi realizado um estudo comparativo entre ELISA e Imunofluoresência Indireta para a detecção dos anticorpos antinucleares (78 pacientes), anticorpos antimitocondriais (84 pacientes) e antimicrossomal hepatorrenal (85 pacientes). De acordo ao valor kappa obtido, foi encontrado que para o anticorpo antimicrossomal hepatorrenal o nivel de concordância foi muito bom (k=1,0, p<0,001); para o anticorpo antinuclear o nivel de concordância foi fraco, porém foi significativo (k=0,37, p<0,001) enquanto que para o anticorpo antimitocondrial o nivel de concordância foi pobre (k=0,05, p<0,476). A determinação do anticorpo antimicrossomal hepatorrenal foi o teste com maior sensibilidade, especificidade e concordância entre ambas técnicas analisadas e se estabeleceu que a técnica de ELISA, para o anticorpo antimitocondrial, só concorda com a técnica de Imunofluorescência Indireta em sujeitos com títulos altos.

Autoimmune hepatitis is a hepatocellular inflammation which is characterized by different circulating autoantibodies. In this paper, the correlation between the results obtained by ELISA and indirect immunofluorescence technique for the determination of autoantibodies in autoimmune hepatitis was evaluated. One hundred and twenty-three patients with autoimmune hepatitis, 91 (74%) female and 32 (26%) male, over 18 years were included. In these patients, a comparative study between ELISA and indirect immunofluorescence detection of the antinuclear antibodies (78 patients), anti-mitochondrial antibodies (84 patients) and anti-liver kidney microsome (85 patients) was performed. According to the kappa value obtained, it was found that for anti-liver kidney microsome the level of agreement was very good (k=1.0, p<0.001) for antinuclear antibody, the level of concordance was weak but significant (k=0.37, p<0.001,) meanwhile antimitochondrial antibody level of concordance was poor (k=0.05, p<0.476).The determination of the antibody anti-liver kidney microsome was the test with greater sensitivity, specificity and concordance between the two techniques discussed and it was established that the ELISA technique for antimitochondrial antibody is only in concordance with the indirect immunofluorescence in patients with high titers.

La hepatitis autoinmune es una inflamación hepatocelular que se caracteriza por diversos autoanticuerpos circulantes. En el presente trabajo se evaluó la concordancia entre los resultados obtenidos por la técnica ELISA y por la técnica de inmunofluorescencia indirecta (IFI) para la determinación de autoanticuerpos en hepatitis autoinmune. Se incluyeron 123 pacientes con hepatitis autoinmune, 91 (74%) del sexo femenino y 32 (26%) de sexo masculino, mayores de 18 años, en los cuales se realizó un estudio comparativo entre ELISA e inmunofluorescencia indirecta para la detección de los anticuerpos antinucleares (78 pacientes), anticuerpos antimitocondriales (84 pacientes) y antimicrosoma hepatorrenal (85 pacientes). De acuerdo al valor kappa obtenido se encontró que para el anticuerpo antimicrosoma hepatorrenal el nivel de concordancia fue muy bueno (k=1,0, p<0,001); para el anticuerpo antinuclear el nivel de concordancia fue débil, sin embargo fue significativo (k=0,37, p<0,001) mientras que para el anticuerpo antimitocondrial el nivel de concordancia fue pobre (k=0,05, p<0,476). La determinación del anticuerpo antimicrosoma hepatorrenal fue la prueba con mayor sensibilidad, especificidad y concordancia entre ambas técnicas analizadas y se estableció que la técnica de ELISA para el anticuerpo antimitocondrial solo concuerda con la técnica de inmunofluorescencia indirecta en sujetos con títulos altos.

OBJECTIVE: It is essential to identify a serological marker of injury in order to study the pathophysiology of intestinal ischemia reperfusion. In this work, we studied the evolution of several serological markers after intestinal ischemia reperfusion injury in rats. The markers of non-specific cell damage were aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransaminase, and lactic dehydrogenase, the markers of inflammation were tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin-6, and interleukin-1 beta, and the markers of intestinal mucosal damage were intestinal fatty acid binding protein and D-lactate. We used Chiús classification to grade the histopathological damage. METHODS: We studied 35 Wistar rats divided into groups according to reperfusion time. The superior mesenteric artery was clamped for 30 minutes, and blood and biopsies were collected at 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, and 48 hours after reperfusion. We plotted the mean ± standard deviation and compared the baseline and maximum values for each marker using Student’s t-test. RESULTS: The maximum values of interleukin-1 beta and lactic dehydrogenase were present before the maximal histopathological damage. The maximum tumor necrosis factor alpha and D-lactate expressions coincided with histopathological damage. Alanine aminotransaminase and aspartate aminotransferase had a maximum expression level that increased following the histopathological damage. The maximum expressions of interluken-6 and intestinal fatty acid binding protein were not significantly different from the Sham treated group. CONCLUSION: For the evaluation of injury secondary to acute intestinal ischemia reperfusion with a 30 minute ischemia period, we recommend performing histopathological grading, quantification of D-lactate, which is synthesized by intestinal bacteria and is considered an indicator of mucosal injury, and quantification of tumor necrosis factor alpha as indicators of acute inflammation three hours after reperfusion.