Pretransplant C3d-Fixing Donor-Specific Anti-HLA Antibodies Are Not Associated with Increased Risk for Kidney Graft Failure

Elena G Kamburova, Bram W Wisse, Irma Joosten, Wil A Allebes, Arnold van der Meer, Luuk B Hilbrands, Marije C Baas, Eric Spierings, Cornelis E Hack, Franka E van Reekum, Arjan D van Zuilen, Marianne C Verhaar, Michiel L Bots, Adriaan C A D Drop, Loes Plaisier, Marc A J Seelen, Jan Stephan Sanders, Bouke G Hepkema, Annechien J A Lambeck, Laura B BungenerCaroline Roozendaal, Marcel G J Tilanus, Christina E Voorter, Lotte Wieten, Elly M van Duijnhoven, Mariëlle A C J Gelens, Maarten H L Christiaans, Frans J van Ittersum, Shaikh A Nurmohamed, Neubury M Lardy, Wendy Swelsen, Karlijn A M I van der Pant, Neelke C van der Weerd, Ineke J M Ten Berge, Frederike J Bemelman, Andries J Hoitsma, Paul J M van der Boog, Johan W de Fijter, Michiel G H Betjes, Sebastiaan Heidt, Dave L Roelen, Frans H Claas, Henny G Otten

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Background Complement-fixing antibodies against donor HLA are considered a contraindication for kidney transplant. A modification of the IgG single-antigen bead (SAB) assay allows detection of anti-HLA antibodies that bind C3d. Because early humoral graft rejection is considered to be complement mediated, this SAB-based technique may provide a valuable tool in the pretransplant risk stratification of kidney transplant recipients.Methods Previously, we established that pretransplant donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies (DSAs) are associated with increased risk for long-term graft failure in complement-dependent cytotoxicity crossmatch-negative transplants. In this study, we further characterized the DSA-positive serum samples using the C3d SAB assay.Results Among 567 pretransplant DSA-positive serum samples, 97 (17%) contained at least one C3d-fixing DSA, whereas 470 (83%) had non-C3d-fixing DSA. At 10 years after transplant, patients with C3d-fixing antibodies had a death-censored, covariate-adjusted graft survival of 60%, whereas patients with non-C3d-fixing DSA had a graft survival of 64% (hazard ratio, 1.02; 95% confidence interval, 0.70 to 1.48 for C3d-fixing DSA compared with non-C3d-fixing DSA; P=0.93). Patients without DSA had a 10-year graft survival of 78%.Conclusions The C3d-fixing ability of pretransplant DSA is not associated with increased risk for graft failure.

Originele taal-2English
Pagina's (van-tot)2279-2285
Aantal pagina's7
TijdschriftJournal of the American Society of Nephrology
Volume29
Nummer van het tijdschrift9
DOI's
StatusPublished - sep.-2018

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