TY - JOUR
T1 - Transplant glomerulopathy may occur in the absence of donor-specific antibody and C4d staining
AU - Akalin, Enver
AU - Dinavahi, Rajani
AU - Dikman, Steven
AU - de Boccardo, Graciela
AU - Friedlander, Rex
AU - Schroppel, Bernd
AU - Sehgal, Vinita
AU - Bromberg, Jonathan S.
AU - Heeger, Peter
AU - Murphy, Barbara
PY - 2007/11
Y1 - 2007/11
N2 - Background and objectives: Transplant glomerulopathy (TGP) has been proposed to be a component of chronic antibody-mediated rejection (AMR). We have studied 36 patients with TGP and 51 patients with chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN) but without TGP for C4d staining and donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies (DSA) to investigate the alloantibody-mediated mechanisms. Design, setting, participants, & measurements: Allograft biopsies were stained with C4d staining and DSAs were studied by Luminex Flow Beads. Allograft biopsies were done at a mean of 5.3 ± 5.0 and 5.6 ± 4.6 yr after transplantation in patients with CAN and TGP, respectively. Results: The mean creatinine level at the time of the biopsy was 2.7 ± 1.2 mg/dl in each group. Proteinuria of >1.0 g/d was more common in patients with TGP (61 versus 25%; P = 0.002). Whereas three patients with TGP had a history of acute AMR, none of the patients with CAN had. Mean chronicity score of the biopsies were 1.7 ± 0.7 in patients with CAN and 1.9 ± 0.8 in patients with TGP. Biopsies from only two (4%) patients with CAN and four (11%) patients with TGP had diffuse C4d positivity. DSA were found in 36% of TGP and 33% of CAN patients. Conclusions: These results suggest that a substantial number of patients with TGP did not have positive C4d staining or DSA, indicating that a non-alloantibody-mediated process may be involved in the development of TGP in some patients.
AB - Background and objectives: Transplant glomerulopathy (TGP) has been proposed to be a component of chronic antibody-mediated rejection (AMR). We have studied 36 patients with TGP and 51 patients with chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN) but without TGP for C4d staining and donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies (DSA) to investigate the alloantibody-mediated mechanisms. Design, setting, participants, & measurements: Allograft biopsies were stained with C4d staining and DSAs were studied by Luminex Flow Beads. Allograft biopsies were done at a mean of 5.3 ± 5.0 and 5.6 ± 4.6 yr after transplantation in patients with CAN and TGP, respectively. Results: The mean creatinine level at the time of the biopsy was 2.7 ± 1.2 mg/dl in each group. Proteinuria of >1.0 g/d was more common in patients with TGP (61 versus 25%; P = 0.002). Whereas three patients with TGP had a history of acute AMR, none of the patients with CAN had. Mean chronicity score of the biopsies were 1.7 ± 0.7 in patients with CAN and 1.9 ± 0.8 in patients with TGP. Biopsies from only two (4%) patients with CAN and four (11%) patients with TGP had diffuse C4d positivity. DSA were found in 36% of TGP and 33% of CAN patients. Conclusions: These results suggest that a substantial number of patients with TGP did not have positive C4d staining or DSA, indicating that a non-alloantibody-mediated process may be involved in the development of TGP in some patients.
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U2 - 10.2215/CJN.02420607
DO - 10.2215/CJN.02420607
M3 - Article
C2 - 17942771
AN - SCOPUS:38449093287
SN - 1555-9041
VL - 2
SP - 1261
EP - 1267
JO - Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
JF - Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
IS - 6
ER -