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Donor-specific alloantibodies (DSA) can cause acute antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) in all solid organ allografts. However, long-term outcome in patients with posttransplant DSA needs further study. We retrospectively evaluated prospectively collected paired serum, tissue, and data on 45 matched DSA- positive [DSA+; mean florescence intensity (MFI) ≥10,000] and -negative (DSA-) recipients of a primary liver-only allograft from January 2000 to April 2009. Blinded histopathologic evaluation demonstrated that DSA+ versus DSA- patients were more likely to have subtle inflammation and unique patterns of fibrosis, despite normal or near-normal liver function tests. Stepwise multivariable modeling developed a score (putatively named the chronic AMR [cAMR] score) that included interface activity, lobular inflammation, portal tract collagenization, portal venopathy, sinusoidal fibrosis, and hepatitis C virus status. The score was developed (c = 0.811) and cross-validated (c = 0.704) to predict allograft failure. Two cutoffs were employed to optimize sensitivity and specificity (80% each); a value >27.5 predicted 50% 10-year allograft failure. We propose chronic AMR as a potential new entity defined by (1) a high cAMR score, (2) DSA, and (3) elimination of other potential causes of a similar injury pattern. In conclusion, cAMR score calculation identified liver allograft recipients with DSA at highest risk for allograft loss, although independent validation is needed.
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Enfermedad Hepática en Estado Terminal/cirugía , Rechazo de Injerto/diagnóstico , Isoanticuerpos/sangre , Trasplante de Hígado/efectos adversos , Complicaciones Posoperatorias , Aloinjertos , Estudios de Casos y Controles , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Rechazo de Injerto/sangre , Rechazo de Injerto/inmunología , Supervivencia de Injerto , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Pronóstico , Estudios Prospectivos , Estudios Retrospectivos , Factores de RiesgoRESUMEN
T lymphocyte hyperactivity and progressive inflammation in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients results in over-expression of human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-Ib on the surface of lymphocytes. These are shed into the circulation upon inflammation, and may augment production of antibodies promoting pathogenicity of the disease. The objective was to evaluate the association of HLA-Ib (HLA-E, HLA-F and HLA-G) antibodies to the disease activity of SLE. The immunoglobulin (Ig)G/IgM reactivity to HLA-Ib and ß2m in the sera of 69 German, 29 Mexican female SLE patients and 17 German female controls was measured by multiplex Luminex(®)-based flow cytometry. The values were expressed as mean flourescence intensity (MFI). Only the German SLE cohort was analysed in relation to the clinical disease activity. In the controls, anti-HLA-G IgG predominated over other HLA-Ib antibodies, whereas SLE patients had a preponderance of anti-HLA-F IgG over the other HLA-Ib antibodies. The disease activity index, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI)-2000, was reflected only in the levels of anti-HLA-F IgG. Anti-HLA-F IgG with MFI level of 500-1999 was associated with active SLE, whereas inactive SLE revealed higher MFI (>2000). When anti-HLA-F IgG were cross-reactive with other HLA-Ib alleles, their reactivity was reflected in the levels of anti-HLA-E and -G IgG. The prevalence of HLA-F-monospecific antibodies in SLE patients was also associated with the clinical disease activity. Anti-HLA-F IgG is possibly involved in the clearance of HLA-F shed from lymphocytes and inflamed tissues to lessen the disease's severity, and thus emerges as a beneficial immune biomarker. Therefore, anti-HLA-Ib IgG should be considered as a biomarker in standard SLE diagnostics.
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Autoanticuerpos/sangre , Autoanticuerpos/inmunología , Antígenos HLA-G/inmunología , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidad Clase I/inmunología , Lupus Eritematoso Sistémico/inmunología , Adulto , Anciano , Anticuerpos Antiidiotipos/sangre , Biomarcadores/sangre , Femenino , Humanos , Inmunoglobulina G/sangre , Inmunoglobulina M/sangre , Lupus Eritematoso Sistémico/diagnóstico , Lupus Eritematoso Sistémico/fisiopatología , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Brote de los Síntomas , Adulto Joven , Antígenos HLA-ERESUMEN
BACKGROUND: BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) viremia/nephropathy and reduction in immunosuppression following viremia may increase the risk of alloimmune activation and allograft rejection. This study investigates the impact of BKPyV viremia on de novo donor anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-specific antibodies (dnDSA). PATIENTS AND METHODS: All primary renal transplants at East Carolina University from March 1999 to December 2010, with at least 1 post-transplant BKPyV viral load testing, were analyzed. Patients were negative for anti-HLA antibodies to donor antigens (tested via single antigen beads) at transplantation and at first BKPyV testing. RESULTS: Nineteen of 174 patients (11%) tested positive for BKPyV viremia. Within 24 months of BKPyV viremia detection, 79% of BKPyV-viremic patients developed dnDSA. Only 20% of BKPyV viremia-persistent cases, compared to 86% of BKPyV viremia-resolved cases, developed dnDSA (P = 0.03). Poor allograft survival was evident in BKPyV viremia-persistent patients (60% failure by 2 years post BKPyV diagnosis) and in BKPyV viremia-resolved patients with dnDSA (5-year post BKPyV diagnosis allograft survival of 48%). CONCLUSIONS: Post-transplant BKPyV viremia and preemptive immunosuppression reduction is associated with high rates of dnDSA. When preemptively treating BKPyV viremia, dnDSA should be monitored to prevent allograft consequences.
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Anticuerpos/sangre , Virus BK/aislamiento & purificación , Antígenos HLA/inmunología , Terapia de Inmunosupresión/efectos adversos , Infecciones por Polyomavirus/inmunología , Infecciones Tumorales por Virus/inmunología , Adulto , Relación Dosis-Respuesta a Droga , Femenino , Humanos , Inmunosupresores/administración & dosificación , Inmunosupresores/uso terapéutico , Trasplante de Riñón/efectos adversos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Infecciones por Polyomavirus/sangre , Infecciones Tumorales por Virus/sangre , ViremiaRESUMEN
Recent literature confirms donor-specific HLA alloantibodies (DSA) impair 5-year survival in some but not all liver transplant recipients. In an effort to improve DSA testing's association with rejection and death, we retrospectively evaluated 1270 liver transplant recipients for the presence of IgG3 and C1q-fixing DSA. In patients with preformed DSA, 29 and 51% had IgG3 and C1q-fixing DSA, respectively. In patients with de novo DSA, 62% and 67% had IgG3 and C1q-fixing DSA, respectively. When different types of DSA positive patients were compared to DSA negative patients, multivariable analysis showed that IgG3 DSA positivity had the highest numerical hazard ratio for death (IgG3: HR = 2.4, p < 0.001; C1q: HR = 1.9, p < 0.001; standard DSA: HR = 1.6, p < 0.001). Similarly, multivariable analysis demonstrated de novo IgG3 DSA positivity compared to no DSA had the highest hazard ratio for death (IgG3: HR = 2.1, p = 0.004; C1q: HR = 1.9, p = 0.02; standard DSA: HR = 1.8, p = 0.007). Preformed C1q-fixing class II DSA showed the strongest correlation with early rejection. In conclusion, preformed and de novo IgG3 subclass DSA positive patients had the highest absolute HR for death in side-by-side comparison with C1q and standard DSA positive versus DSA negative patients; however, IgG3 negative DSA positive patients still had inferior outcomes compared to DSA negative patients.
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Complemento C1q/inmunología , Rechazo de Injerto/inmunología , Supervivencia de Injerto/inmunología , Antígenos HLA/inmunología , Inmunoglobulina G/inmunología , Isoanticuerpos/inmunología , Trasplante de Hígado , Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana EdadRESUMEN
Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) reacted with a wide array of human leucocyte antigen (HLA) alleles, in contrast to normal sera, due possibly to the purification of IgG from the pooled plasma. The reactivity of IgG purified from normal sera was compared with that of native sera to determine whether any serum factors mask the HLA reactivity of anti-HLA IgG and whether IgG purified from sera can recognize the HLA types of the corresponding donors. The purified IgG, unlike native sera, mirrored IVIg reactivity to a wide array of HLA-I/-II alleles, indicating that anti-HLA IgG may be masked in normal sera - either by peptides derived from soluble HLA or by those from antibodies. A < 3 kDa peptide from the complementarity-determining region (CDR) of the Fab region of IgG (but not the HLA peptides) masked HLA recognition by the purified IgG. Most importantly, some of the anti-HLA IgG purified from normal sera - and serum IgG from a few donors - indeed recognized the HLA types of the corresponding donors, confirming the presence of auto-HLA antibodies. Comparison of HLA types with the profile of HLA antibodies showed auto-HLA IgG to the donors' HLA antigens in this order of frequency: DPA (80%), DQA (71%), DRB345 (67%), DQB (57%), Cw (50%), DBP (43%), DRB1 (21%), A (14%) and B (7%). The auto-HLA antibodies, when unmasked in vivo, may perform immunoregulatory functions similar to those of therapeutic preparations of IVIg.
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Autoanticuerpos/inmunología , Regiones Determinantes de Complementariedad/inmunología , Antígenos HLA/inmunología , Fragmentos Fab de Inmunoglobulinas/inmunología , Inmunoglobulina G/inmunología , Inmunoglobulinas Intravenosas/administración & dosificación , Factores Inmunológicos/administración & dosificación , Alelos , Especificidad de Anticuerpos , Autoanticuerpos/aislamiento & purificación , Regiones Determinantes de Complementariedad/aislamiento & purificación , Humanos , Fragmentos Fab de Inmunoglobulinas/aislamiento & purificación , Inmunoglobulina G/aislamiento & purificación , Inmunoglobulinas Intravenosas/inmunología , Factores Inmunológicos/inmunología , MasculinoRESUMEN
Activated CD4(+) T cells undergo blastogenesis and proliferation and they express several surface receptors, including ß2-microglobulin-free human leucocyte antigen (HLA) heavy chains (open conformers). Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) suppresses activated T cells, but the mechanism is unclear. IVIg reacts with HLA-Ia/Ib antigens but its reactivity is lost when the anti-HLA-E Ab is adsorbed out. Anti-HLA-E antibodies may bind to the peptides shared by HLA-E and the HLA-I alleles. These shared peptides are cryptic in intact HLA, but exposed in open conformers. The hypothesis that anti-HLA-E monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that mimic HLA-I reactivity of IVIg may suppress activated T cells by binding to the shared peptides of the open conformers on the T cell surface was tested by examining the relative binding affinity of those mAbs for open conformers coated on regular beads and for intact HLA coated on iBeads, and by comparing the effects on the suppression of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-activated T cells of three entities: IVIg, anti-HLA-E mAbs that mimic IVIg [Terasaki Foundation Laboratory (TFL)-006 and (TFL)-007]; and anti-HLA-E antibodies that do not mimic IVIg (TFL-033 and TFL-037). Suppression of blastogenesis and proliferation of those T cells by both IVIg and the anti-HLA-E mAbs was dose-dependent, the dose required with mAbs 50-150-fold lower than with IVIg. TFL-006 and TFL-007 significantly suppressed blastogenesis and proliferation of activated CD4(+) T cells, but neither the non-IVIg-mimicking mAbs nor control antibodies did so. The suppression may be mediated by Fab-binding of TFL-006/TFL-007 to the exposed shared peptides. The mAb binding to the open conformer may signal T cell deactivation because the open conformers have an elongated cytoplasmic tail with phosphorylation sites (tryosine(320)/serine(335)).
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Anticuerpos Monoclonales/inmunología , Linfocitos T CD4-Positivos/inmunología , Antígenos HLA/inmunología , Inmunoglobulinas Intravenosas/inmunología , Activación de Linfocitos/inmunología , Procesos de Crecimiento Celular/inmunología , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidad Clase I/inmunología , Humanos , Masculino , Péptidos/inmunología , Antígenos HLA-ERESUMEN
The impact of donor-specific HLA alloantibodies (DSA) on short- and long-term liver transplant outcome is not clearly defined. While it is clear that not all levels of allosensitization produce overt clinical injury, and that liver allografts possess some degree of alloantibody resistance, alloantibody-mediated adverse consequences are increasingly being recognized. To better define the current state of this topic, we assembled experts to provide insights, explore controversies and develop recommendations for future research on the consequences of DSA in liver transplantation. This article summarizes the proceedings of this inaugural meeting. Several insights emerged. Acute antibody-mediated rejection (AMR), although rarely diagnosed, is increasingly understood to overlap with T cell-mediated rejection. Isolated liver allograft recipients are at increased risk of early allograft immunologic injury when preformed DSA are high titer and persist posttransplantation. Persons who undergo simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation are at risk of renal AMR when Class II DSA persist posttransplantation. Other under-appreciated DSA associations include ductopenia and fibrosis, plasma cell hepatitis, biliary strictures and accelerated fibrosis associated with recurrent liver disease. Standardized DSA testing and diagnostic criteria for both acute and chronic AMR are needed to distil existing associations into etiological processes in order to develop responsive therapeutic strategies.
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Rechazo de Injerto/inmunología , Antígenos HLA/inmunología , Isoanticuerpos/inmunología , Hepatopatías/inmunología , Trasplante de Hígado , Guías de Práctica Clínica como Asunto , Donantes de Tejidos , Humanos , Hepatopatías/cirugía , Pronóstico , Informe de InvestigaciónRESUMEN
B memory cells remain in circulation and secrete alloantibodies without antigen exposure > 20 years after alloimmunization postpartum or by transplantation. These long-lived B cells are resistant to cytostatic drugs. Therapeutically, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) is administered to reduce allo-human leucocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies pre- and post-transplantation, but the mechanism of reduction remains unclear. Recently, we reported that IVIg reacts with several HLA-I alleles and the HLA reactivity of IVIg is lost after its HLA-E reactivity is adsorbed out. Therefore, we have generated an anti-HLA-E monoclonal antibody that mimics the HLA-reactivity of IVIg to investigate whether this antibody suppresses IgG secretion, as does IVIg. B cells were purified from the blood of a woman in whose blood the B memory cells remained without antigen exposure > 20 years after postpartum alloimmunization. The B cells were stimulated with cytokines using a well-defined culture system. The anti-HLA-E monoclonal antibody (mAb) significantly suppressed the allo-HLA class-II IgG produced by the B cells, and that this suppression was far superior to that by IVIg. These findings were confirmed with HLA-I antibody secreted by the immortalized B cell line, developed from the blood of another alloimmunized woman. The binding affinity of the anti-HLA-E mAb for peptide sequences shared (i.e. shared epitopes) between HLA-E and other ß2-microglobulin-free HLA heavy chains (open conformers) on the cell surface of B cells may act as a ligand and signal suppression of IgG production of activated B memory cells. We propose that anti-HLA-E monoclonal antibody may also be useful to suppress allo-HLA IgG production in vivo.
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Formación de Anticuerpos/inmunología , Linfocitos B/inmunología , Antígenos HLA/inmunología , Memoria Inmunológica , Isoanticuerpos/inmunología , Adulto , Alelos , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Animales , Anticuerpos Monoclonales/inmunología , Anticuerpos Monoclonales/farmacología , Formación de Anticuerpos/efectos de los fármacos , Linfocitos B/efectos de los fármacos , Linfocitos B/metabolismo , Células Cultivadas , Niño , Epítopos de Linfocito B/química , Epítopos de Linfocito B/inmunología , Femenino , Antígenos HLA/química , Antígenos HLA/genética , Cadenas beta de HLA-DR/genética , Cadenas beta de HLA-DR/inmunología , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidad Clase I/química , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidad Clase I/genética , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidad Clase I/inmunología , Humanos , Inmunización , Inmunoglobulina G/inmunología , Inmunoglobulina G/farmacología , Inmunoglobulinas Intravenosas/inmunología , Inmunoglobulinas Intravenosas/farmacología , Memoria Inmunológica/efectos de los fármacos , Inmunofenotipificación , Activación de Linfocitos/inmunología , Masculino , Ratones , Persona de Mediana Edad , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Fenotipo , Adulto Joven , Antígenos HLA-ERESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Although anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies (DSA) is associated with graft loss, 3 things remain unclear: whether the duration and strength of DSA affect renal function; what mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) cut-off should be used; and whether the DSA effect is additive in case of multiple DSAs. METHODS: A study was made of 63 patients who received living donor kidney transplants with clonal deletion protocol and were followed up for 18 months with reduced doses of immunosuppressants. DSA was tested for monthly, using Luminex Mixed and Single Antigen beads (One Lambda, Inc., Canoga Park, CA, USA). Decrease of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was obtained at baseline and 18 months after transplantation. Association of renal damage and DSAs was compared using several DSA models with several MFI cut-offs. RESULTS: Additive DSA models always showed better association with renal damage than comprehensive models. When calculating the DSA effect in additive models, "proxy-area under the curve" (AUC)-a triangular approximation of the actual AUC-showed better association with renal damage than did DSA duration (R(2) = 0.105 vs 0.087). Adjusting for other factors, 27% of the variation of GFR change was explained by proxy-AUC. No significant change of association occurred if the MFI cut-off level changed from 1000 to 3000. CONCLUSION: Our results support the association of DSA with development of longitudinal renal damage. The clinical interpretation may be similar at MFI cut-offs of 1000, 2000, and 3000. An additive DSA effect may be expected in patients with multiple DSAs. Our study suggests the importance of frequently checking for DSA and reducing their MFI value to minimize renal damage by the antibodies.
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Anticuerpos/inmunología , Antígenos HLA/inmunología , Trasplante de Riñón , Riñón/inmunología , Donadores Vivos , Insuficiencia Renal/inmunología , Insuficiencia Renal/cirugía , Adulto , Área Bajo la Curva , Femenino , Fluorescencia , Tasa de Filtración Glomerular , Prueba de Histocompatibilidad/métodos , Humanos , Inmunosupresores/uso terapéutico , Masculino , Modelos Estadísticos , Factores de Tiempo , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
Reports have associated non-HLA antibodies, specifically those against angiotensin II type-1 receptor (AT1R), with antibody-mediated kidney graft rejection. However, association of anti-AT1R with graft failure had not been demonstrated. We tested anti-AT1R and donor-specific HLA antibodies (DSA) in pre- and posttransplant sera from 351 consecutive kidney recipients: 134 with biopsy-proven rejection and/or lesions (abnormal biopsy group [ABG]) and 217 control group (CG) patients. The ABG's rate of anti-AT1R was significantly higher than the CG's (18% vs. 6%, p < 0.001). Moreover, 79% of ABG patients with anti-AT1R lost their grafts (vs. 0%, CG), anti-AT1R levels in 58% of those failed grafts increasing posttransplant. With anti-AT1R detectable before DSA, time to graft failure was 31 months-but 63 months with DSA detectable before anti-AT1R. Patients with both anti-AT1R and DSA had lower graft survival than those with DSA alone (log-rank p = 0.007). Multivariate analysis showed that de novo anti-AT1R was an independent predictor of graft failure in the ABG, alone (HR: 6.6), and in the entire population (HR: 5.4). In conclusion, this study found significant association of anti-AT1R with graft failure. Further study is needed to establish causality between anti-AT1R and graft failure and, thus, the importance of routine anti-AT1R monitoring and therapeutic targeting.
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Autoanticuerpos/sangre , Rechazo de Injerto/inmunología , Supervivencia de Injerto , Trasplante de Riñón , Receptor de Angiotensina Tipo 1/inmunología , Adulto , Autoanticuerpos/inmunología , Biopsia , Estudios de Casos y Controles , Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Rechazo de Injerto/sangre , Rechazo de Injerto/diagnóstico , Rechazo de Injerto/mortalidad , Antígenos HLA/inmunología , Humanos , Terapia de Inmunosupresión , Enfermedades Renales/sangre , Enfermedades Renales/cirugía , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Pronóstico , Tasa de Supervivencia , Trasplante HomólogoRESUMEN
The role of de novo donor-specific HLA antibodies (DSA) in liver transplantation remains unknown as most of the previous studies have only focused on preformed HLA antibodies. To understand the significance of de novo DSA, we designed a retrospective cohort study of 749 adult liver transplant recipients with pre- and posttransplant serum samples that were analyzed for DSA. We found that 8.1% of patients developed de novo DSA 1 year after transplant; almost all de novo DSAs were against HLA class II antigens, and the majority were against DQ antigens. In multivariable modeling, the use of cyclosporine (as opposed to tacrolimus) and low calcineurin inhibitor levels increased the risk of de novo DSA formation, while a calculated MELD score >15 at transplant and recipient age >60 years old reduced the risk. Multivariable analysis also demonstrated that patients with de novo DSA at 1-year had significantly lower patient and graft survival. In conclusion, we demonstrate that de novo DSA development after liver transplantation is an independent risk factor for patient death and graft loss.
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Rechazo de Injerto/epidemiología , Supervivencia de Injerto/inmunología , Antígenos HLA/inmunología , Trasplante de Hígado/inmunología , Donantes de Tejidos , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Niño , Femenino , Rechazo de Injerto/inmunología , Antígenos HLA/sangre , Prueba de Histocompatibilidad , Humanos , Incidencia , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estudios Retrospectivos , Factores de Riesgo , Estados Unidos/epidemiología , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
In contrast to kidney transplantation where donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies (DSA) negatively impact graft survival, correlation of DSA with clinical outcomes in patients after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) has not been clearly established. We hypothesized that DSA are present in patients who develop chronic rejection after OLT. Prospectively collected serial serum samples on 39 primary OLT patients with biopsy-proven chronic rejection and 39 comparator patients were blinded and analyzed for DSA using LABScreen(®) single antigen beads test, where a 1000 mean fluorescence value was considered positive. In study patients, the median graft survival was 15 months, 74% received ≥ one retransplant, 20% remain alive and 87% had ≥ one episode of acute rejection. This is in contrast to comparator patients where 69% remain alive, and no patient needed retransplant or experienced rejection. Thirty-six chronic rejection patients (92%) and 24 (61%) comparator patients had DSA (p = 0.003). Chronic rejection versus comparator patients had higher mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) DSA. Although a further study with larger numbers of patients is needed to identify clinically significant thresholds, there is an association of high-MFI DSA with chronic rejection after OLT.
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Autoanticuerpos/inmunología , Rechazo de Injerto/inmunología , Antígenos HLA/inmunología , Trasplante de Hígado , Donantes de Tejidos , Adulto , Femenino , Fluorescencia , Humanos , Inmunosupresores/uso terapéutico , Masculino , Persona de Mediana EdadRESUMEN
Preformed donor HLA-specific antibodies are a known indicator for poor patient survival after cardiac transplantation. The role of de novo donor-specific antibodies (DSA) formed after cardiac transplantation is less clear. Here we have retrospectively analyzed 243 cardiac transplant recipients, measuring HLA antibody production every year after transplantation up to 13 years post-transplant. Production of de novo DSA was analyzed in patients who had been negative for DSA prior to their transplant. DSA including transient antibodies were associated with poor patient survival (p = 0.0018, HR = 3.198). However, de novo and persistent DSA was strongly associated with poor patient survival (p = 0.0001 HR = 4.351). Although complement fixing persistent DSA correlated with poor patient survival, this was not increased compared to noncomplement fixing persistent DSA. Multivariable analysis indicated de novo persistent DSA to be an independent predictor of poor patient survival along with HLA-DR mismatch and donor age. Only increasing donor age was found to be an independent risk factor for earlier development of CAV. In conclusion, patients who are transplanted in the absence of pre-existing DSA make de novo DSA after transplantation which are associated with poor survival. Early and regular monitoring of post-transplant DSA is required to identify patients at risk of allograft failure.
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Antígenos HLA/inmunología , Trasplante de Corazón/efectos adversos , Trasplante de Corazón/inmunología , Isoanticuerpos/biosíntesis , Adulto , Especificidad de Anticuerpos , Pruebas de Fijación del Complemento , Femenino , Rechazo de Injerto/etiología , Rechazo de Injerto/inmunología , Antígenos HLA-DR/inmunología , Trasplante de Corazón/mortalidad , Prueba de Histocompatibilidad , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Análisis Multivariante , Modelos de Riesgos Proporcionales , Estudios Retrospectivos , Factores de Riesgo , Donantes de TejidosRESUMEN
The WHO Nomenclature Committee for Factors of the HLA System met during the 15th International Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Workshop in Buzios, Brazil in September 2008. This update is an extract of the main report that documents the additions and revisions to the nomenclature of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) specificities following the principles established in previous reports.
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Antígenos HLA , Terminología como Asunto , Organización Mundial de la Salud , HumanosRESUMEN
A total of 69 individuals received a kidney from a living donor after a TLI-based clonal deletion protocol with no post-transplant maintenance immunosuppression planned. If needed, immunosuppression was started on a patient-specific basis, adding one drug at a time, a strategy we AWN". call "Drugs Added When Needed," or "DAWN. Following this strategy, at last follow-up 40 of the 69 patients (58%) had to be rescued by conventional immunosuppression, 23 (33%) had to be started on daily prednisone and six (9%) remained with no maintenance immunosuppression. The overall rate of de novo donor-specific antibody produced was 36% (in 25 of the 69 patients), and mean time to detection was about four months. The incidence of acute rejection episodes that displayed humoral components was 27% (19 cases), of which 14 were pure antibody-mediated rejection, five combined antibody- and T-cell-mediated rejection, and six were episodes (9%) of pure T-cell-mediated rejection. Finally, this study shows that although complete clonal deletion was not achieved, an important proportion of patients--42%, or 29 of the original 69--could be maintained with prednisone alone or even with no immunosuppression for a total mean follow-up of 13.3 months. Moreover, 16 patients with recent follow-up are surviving with no maintenance immunosuppression or just on prednisone. The mean serum creatinine at last follow-up for these 16 patients is 1.33 +/- 0.2 mg/dL with a mean follow-up of 19.3 months. Clonal deletion can be used to transplant patients without maintenance immunosuppression, adding drugs only as needed.
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Supresión Clonal/inmunología , Terapia de Inmunosupresión/métodos , Trasplante de Riñón/inmunología , Tejido Linfoide/efectos de la radiación , Adulto , Creatinina/sangre , Femenino , Rechazo de Injerto/tratamiento farmacológico , Rechazo de Injerto/epidemiología , Supervivencia de Injerto , Antígenos HLA/inmunología , Prueba de Histocompatibilidad , Humanos , Inmunosupresores , India , Trasplante de Riñón/mortalidad , Trasplante de Riñón/fisiología , Donadores Vivos , Masculino , Tasa de Supervivencia , Trasplante Homólogo/inmunología , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
1. A total of 61 patients were treated with a clonal deletion protocol and transplanted without planned post-transplant immunosuppression. 2. Twenty-nine (48%) patients did not develop any donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies after the transplant, with a median follow-up of 158 days and a mean sCr of 2.1 mg/dL at the last follow-up. 3. Only 23% of the patients who received a DST of 60 mL produced DSA after the transplant, while 68% of the patients who received a bigger DST dose did. 4. Small doses of donor-specific transfusions (60 mL) elicited smaller specific responses, allowing efficient deletion of the reacting clones, creating conditions in which donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies were not produced. 5. A better deleting agent is needed to achieve higher rates of success using the clonal deletion protocol.
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Anticuerpos/sangre , Supresión Clonal , Rechazo de Injerto/prevención & control , Antígenos HLA/inmunología , Histocompatibilidad , Trasplante de Riñón , Donadores Vivos , Acondicionamiento Pretrasplante/métodos , Adolescente , Adulto , Niño , Femenino , Rechazo de Injerto/inmunología , Supervivencia de Injerto , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Factores de Tiempo , Resultado del Tratamiento , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
We show the ability of bortezomib to remove donor-specific HLA antibody from kidney allograft patients, the drug acting as a proteasome inhibitor, providing targeted therapy against antibody-producing plasma cells. Ten out of thirteen patients (77%) experienced primary DSA reversal, and in the remaining three patients the MFI of their primary DSA was dramatically reduced. Bortezomib is a viable therapy to treat donor-specific HLA antibody in allograft recipients. The potential for long-term benefits--and complications--are still unknown. Prospective trials are being conducted at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; and at IKDRC-ITS, Ahmedabad, India.
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Anticuerpos/sangre , Ácidos Borónicos/uso terapéutico , Rechazo de Injerto/prevención & control , Antígenos HLA/inmunología , Inmunosupresores/uso terapéutico , Trasplante de Riñón/inmunología , Células Plasmáticas/efectos de los fármacos , Inhibidores de Proteasas/uso terapéutico , Inhibidores de Proteasoma , Pirazinas/uso terapéutico , Adulto , Bortezomib , Rechazo de Injerto/inmunología , Humanos , Donadores Vivos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Células Plasmáticas/enzimología , Células Plasmáticas/inmunología , Plasmaféresis , Factores de Tiempo , Trasplante Homólogo , Resultado del Tratamiento , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
An international collaborative study of 45 transplant centers was undertaken at the 14th International HLA (human leukocyte antigen) and Immunogenetics Workshop to see if HLA antibodies detected posttransplant are predictive of chronic graft failure. With the newly developed assay, MICA (major histocompatibility complex class I-related chain A) antibodies were also measured and their effect analyzed. Total of 5219 sera from patients who were more than 6 months posttransplant with functioning graft were tested for HLA antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, flow cytometry, or Luminex. HLA antibodies were found in 27.2% of kidney patients, 23.6% in the liver, 52.7% in the heart, and 21.7% in the lung. The method of antibody testing did not have a marked influence on the frequency of antibodies detected. MICA antibodies were detected in 15% of kidney patients, 30% of heart patients, and 31% of liver patients. Among 948 kidney patients who had HLA antibodies, 7.3% had rejected their graft within 1 year of testing, compared with 1.7% in 2615 patients without HLA antibodies (P= 0.8 x 10(-17)). Death occurred in 1.4% of total kidney patients and did not correlate to the presence of antibodies. We conclude that patients with posttransplant HLA antibodies indeed have a higher rate of chronic graft failure and that posttransplant antibodies are predictive of chronic rejection.