• Eric Cuevas, José M Arreola-Guerra, Erick A Hernández-Méndez, Isaac Salcedo, Natalia Castelán, Norma O Uribe-Uribe, Mario Vilatobá, Alan G Contreras-Saldívar, Aczel I Sánchez-Cedillo, Julia B Ramírez, David de Rungs, Julio Granados, Luis E Morales-Buenrostro, and Josefina Alberú.
• Department of Transplantation, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México, Mexico.
• Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2016 Oct 1; 31 (10): 1738-45.

BackgroundAngiotensin II type 1 receptor antibodies (AT1Rabs) have been associated with significantly reduced graft survival. Earlier graft loss has been observed in patients who had pretransplant AT1Rabs and posttransplant donor-specific antibodies (DSA).MethodsThe main goal of this retrospective cohort study was to examine the association between AT1Rabs and the time period to detection of de novo human leukocyte antigen (HLA-DSA) posttransplantation in living donor kidney transplant recipients (KTR). The analysis included 141 KTRs. Pretransplant frozen serum samples were tested for AT1Rabs by ELISA and HLA-DSA by SAB (Luminex) at both the pre- and post-KT time points.ResultsThe median AT1Rab level was 9.13 U (interquartile range 5.22-14.33). After a mean follow-up period of 3.55 years, 48 patients were found to harbour de novo HLA-DSAs. The presence of AT1Rabs [hazard ratio (HR) 1.009, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.002-1.01, P = 0.010], male-to-male transplantation (HR 2.57, 95% CI 1.42-4.67, P = 0.002) and antecedent borderline changes or acute cellular rejection (ACR) (HR 2.47, 95% CI 1.29-4.75, P = 0.006) were significantly associated with de novo DSA detection. A dose-dependent association between AT1Rab levels (<10 U, 10.1-16.9 U, 17-29.9 U and >30 U) and de novo DSA detection was observed (log-rank P = 0.0031). After multivariate analysis of AT1Rab levels (continuous variable), AT1Rabs >30 U, male-to-male transplantation, donor age, higher class I percentage of Panel Reactive Antibody and antecedent borderline changes or ACR remained as independent significant risk factors for the detection of de novo DSAs.ConclusionsThe findings suggest that higher levels of pretransplant circulating antibodies against AT1R (>30 U) in kidney graft recipients constitute an independent risk factor for earlier de novo HLA-DSA detection during the posttransplant period.© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of ERA-EDTA. All rights reserved.

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