TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of PRA-STAT, sHLA-EIA, and anti-human globulin-panel reactive antibody to identify alloreactivity in pretransplantation sera of heart transplant recipients
T2 - Correlation to rejection and posttransplantation coronary artery disease
AU - Kerman, R. H.
AU - Susskind, B.
AU - Kerman, D.
AU - Lam, M.
AU - Gerolami, K.
AU - Williams, J.
AU - Kalish, R.
AU - Campbell, M.
AU - Katz, S.
AU - Van Buren, C. T.
AU - Frazier, H.
AU - Radovancevic, B.
AU - Fife, S.
AU - Kahan, B.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2007 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Background: Screening pretransplantation recipient sera for percent panel reactive antibodies (%PRA) by an anti-human globulin (AHG) assay may identify recipients who are at risk for graft rejection or development of posttransplantation coronary artery disease. However, the pretransplantation AHG-%PRA does not always correlate with the occurrence of graft rejection or coronary artery disease. Methods: We compared the predictive capacity of the AHG-%PRA with that of an enzyme-linked immunoassay (EIA)-based PRA assay that identifies immunoglobulin G bound to soluble human leukocyte antigen (sHLA) class I molecules from pooled platelets of 240 random donors (sHLA-EIA), and that of an EIA-based assay that detects immunoglobulin G anti-HLA class I antibodies bound to sHLA derived from individual HLA-typed cell cultures (PRA-STAT). The pretransplantation sera from 130 cardiac allograft recipients were comparatively tested and results evaluated. Results: Although AHG-%PRA- and sHLA-EIA-determined PRA results were comparable, neither assay discriminated potential recipients at risk for rejection or coronary artery disease. However, cardiac allograft recipients with pretransplantation PRA- STAT sera > 10% were at risk for (1) graft rejection (77% vs 56%, p < .05); (2) more rejections/recipient (1.9 vs 1.0, p < .02); (3) graft rejection within 30 days (92% vs 38%, p < .001); or (4) development of coronary artery disease (48% vs 23%, p < .05) than recipients with pretransplantation PRA- STAT sera < 10%. Conclusions: PRA-STAT analysis of pretransplantation sera from potential cardiac allograft recipients may be more clinically informative about HLA alloimmunity and a better predictor of adverse clinical events than either AHG-%PRA- or sHLA-EIA-determined PRA.
AB - Background: Screening pretransplantation recipient sera for percent panel reactive antibodies (%PRA) by an anti-human globulin (AHG) assay may identify recipients who are at risk for graft rejection or development of posttransplantation coronary artery disease. However, the pretransplantation AHG-%PRA does not always correlate with the occurrence of graft rejection or coronary artery disease. Methods: We compared the predictive capacity of the AHG-%PRA with that of an enzyme-linked immunoassay (EIA)-based PRA assay that identifies immunoglobulin G bound to soluble human leukocyte antigen (sHLA) class I molecules from pooled platelets of 240 random donors (sHLA-EIA), and that of an EIA-based assay that detects immunoglobulin G anti-HLA class I antibodies bound to sHLA derived from individual HLA-typed cell cultures (PRA-STAT). The pretransplantation sera from 130 cardiac allograft recipients were comparatively tested and results evaluated. Results: Although AHG-%PRA- and sHLA-EIA-determined PRA results were comparable, neither assay discriminated potential recipients at risk for rejection or coronary artery disease. However, cardiac allograft recipients with pretransplantation PRA- STAT sera > 10% were at risk for (1) graft rejection (77% vs 56%, p < .05); (2) more rejections/recipient (1.9 vs 1.0, p < .02); (3) graft rejection within 30 days (92% vs 38%, p < .001); or (4) development of coronary artery disease (48% vs 23%, p < .05) than recipients with pretransplantation PRA- STAT sera < 10%. Conclusions: PRA-STAT analysis of pretransplantation sera from potential cardiac allograft recipients may be more clinically informative about HLA alloimmunity and a better predictor of adverse clinical events than either AHG-%PRA- or sHLA-EIA-determined PRA.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 9730428
AN - SCOPUS:0031708127
VL - 17
SP - 789
EP - 794
JO - Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
JF - Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
SN - 1053-2498
IS - 8
ER -