1. Epitope load identifies kidney transplant recipients at risk of allosensitization following minimization of immunosuppression
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Bénédicte Janbon, Sophie Caillard, Isabelle Jollet, Elisabeth Cassuto, Elodie Bailly, Bruno Hurault de Ligny, Michel Delahousse, Marc Hazzan, Anne Devys, Antoine Thierry, Pierre Merville, Sophie Girerd, Renaud Snanoudj, Dany Anglicheau, Vincent Vuiblet, Nassim Kamar, Kahina Amokrane, Philippe Grimbert, Eric Rondeau, Gabriel Choukroun, Alexandre Hertig, Marie Metzger, Jean-Luc Taupin, Yann Le Meur, Christophe Legendre, Emmanuel Morelon, Service de Néphrologie - Immunologie Clinique [Toulouse], CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-Hôpital de Rangueil, CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-PRES Université de Toulouse, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice (CHU Nice), Service de Néphrologie et Transplantation [Strasbourg], Hôpital Civil [Strasbourg], CHU Strasbourg-CHU Strasbourg, Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations (CESP), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Hôpital Paul Brousse-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Service de Néphrologie-transplantation-dialyse [Bordeaux], CHU Bordeaux [Bordeaux], Service de Néphrologie-Hémodialyse-Transplantation rénale [CHU Poitiers], Centre hospitalier universitaire de Poitiers (CHU Poitiers), Etablissement français du sang [Poitiers] (EFS), Service de néphrologie [CHU Henri Mondor], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Henri Mondor, Département de Néphrologie [CHU Necker], CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Service de Néphrologie et Transplantation rénale [CHRU-lille], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Lille] (CHRU Lille), Service de Néphrologie [Amiens], CHU Amiens-Picardie-hôpital Sud, Service de Néphrologie-Dialyse-Transplantation rénale [CHU Caen], Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-CHU Caen, Normandie Université (NU)-Tumorothèque de Caen Basse-Normandie (TCBN)-Tumorothèque de Caen Basse-Normandie (TCBN), Transplantation rénale [CHU Grenoble], Centre Hospitalier Universitaire [Grenoble] (CHU), Hôpital Maison Blanche, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims), Etablissement français du sang [Angers], Lymphocyte B et Auto-immunité (LBAI), Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut Brestois Santé Agro Matière (IBSAM), Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), CHRU Brest - Service de Nephrologie (CHU - BREST - Nephrologie), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest (CHRU Brest), Hôpital Foch [Suresnes], Service de néphrologie, Groupement Hospitalier Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France (Service de néphrologie, Groupement Hospitalier Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France), Service de néphrologie et immunologie clinique [CHRU Tours], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours (CHRU Tours)-Hôpital Bretonneau-Université de Tours (UT), Service de Néphrologie [CHRU Nancy], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy (CHRU Nancy), Service d'Immunologie et d'Histocompatibilité, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Groupe Hospitalier Saint Louis - Lariboisière - Fernand Widal [Paris], Service de néphrologie et de transplantation rénale [CHU Tenon], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Tenon [AP-HP], Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Paul Brousse-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut Brestois Santé Agro Matière (IBSAM), Université de Brest (UBO), Service de néphrologie et immunologie clinique [CHRU Tours] (EA4245 UT), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours (CHRU Tours)-Hôpital Bretonneau-Université de Tours, CHU Tenon [AP-HP], Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Lymphocytes B, Autoimmunité et Immunothérapies (LBAI), and Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-LabEX IGO Immunothérapie Grand Ouest-Institut Brestois Santé Agro Matière (IBSAM)
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Adult ,Graft Rejection ,Male ,0301 basic medicine ,Isoantigens ,Allosensitization ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Population ,030232 urology & nephrology ,kidney transplantation ,Human leukocyte antigen ,acute rejection ,Epitope ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Antigen ,HLA-DQ Antigens ,immunosuppression minimization ,Humans ,Transplantation, Homologous ,Medicine ,Everolimus ,education ,Kidney transplantation ,education.field_of_study ,biology ,Drug Substitution ,business.industry ,Histocompatibility Testing ,Patient Selection ,Graft Survival ,Immunosuppression ,Middle Aged ,epitopes ,medicine.disease ,HLA mismatching ,3. Good health ,030104 developmental biology ,Nephrology ,Immunology ,Cyclosporine ,antibody-mediated rejection ,biology.protein ,Female ,Antibody ,business ,Immunosuppressive Agents ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
International audience; Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) mismatching and minimization of immunosuppression are two major risk factors for the development of de novo donor-specific antibodies, which are associated with reduced kidney graft survival. Antibodies do not recognize whole HLA antigens but rather individual epitopes, which are short sequences of amino acids in accessible positions. However, compatibility is still assessed by the simple count of mismatched HLA antigens. We hypothesized that the number of mismatched epitopes, or ("epitope load") would identify patients at the highest risk of developing donor specific antibodies following minimization of immunosuppression. We determined epitope load in 89 clinical trial participants who converted from cyclosporine to everolimus 3 months after kidney transplantation. Twenty-nine participants (32.6%) developed de novo donor specific antibodies. Compared to the number of HLA mismatches, epitope load was more strongly associated with the development of donor specific antibodies. Participants with an epitope load greater than 27 had a 12-fold relative risk of developing donor-specific antibodies compared to those with an epitope load below that threshold. Using that threshold, epitope load would have missed only one participant who subsequently developed donor specific antibodies, compared to 8 missed cases based on a 6-antigen mismatch. DQ7 was the most frequent antigenic target of donor specific antibodies in our population, and some DQ7 epitopes appeared to be more frequently involved than others. Assessing epitope load before minimizing immunosuppression may be a more efficient tool to identify patients at the highest risk of allosensitization.
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- 2019
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