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Molecular patterns of isolated tubulitis differ from tubulitis with interstitial inflammation in early indication biopsies of kidney allografts

ABSTRACT: The Banff 2019 kidney allograft pathology update excluded isolated tubulitis without interstitial inflammation (ISO-T) from the category of borderline (suspicious) for acute T cell-mediated rejection due to its proposed benign clinical outcome. In this study, we explored the molecular assessment of ISO-T. ISO-T or interstitial inflammation with tubulitis (I?+?T) was diagnosed in indication biopsies within the first 14 postoperative days. The molecular phenotype of ISO-T was compared to I?+?T either by using RNA sequencing (n?=?16) or by Molecular Microscope Diagnostic System (MMDx, n?=?51). RNA sequencing showed lower expression of genes related to interferon-y (p?=?1.5 *10–16), cytokine signaling (p?=?2.1 *10–20) and inflammatory response (p?=?1.0*10–13) in the ISO-T group than in I?+?T group. Transcripts with increased expression in the I?+?T group overlapped significantly with previously described pathogenesis-based transcript sets associated with cytotoxic and effector T cell transcripts, and with T cell-mediated rejection (TCMR). MMDx classified 25/32 (78%) ISO-T biopsies and 12/19 (63%) I?+?T biopsies as no-rejection. ISO-T had significantly lower MMDx scores for interstitial inflammation (p?=?0.014), tubulitis (p?=?0.035) and TCMR (p?=?0.016) compared to I?+?T. Fewer molecular signals of inflammation in isolated tubulitis suggest that this is also a benign phenotype on a molecular level.

SUBMITTER: Hruba P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7746707 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Project description:Background and objectivesIn preclinical studies, ischemia-reperfusion injury and older donor age are associated with graft inflammation in the early phase after transplantation. In human kidney transplantation, impaired allograft function in the first days after transplantation is often adjudicated to donor- and procedure-related characteristics, such as donor age, donor type, and ischemia times.Design, setting, participants, & measurementsIn a cohort of 984 kidney recipients, 329 indication biopsies were performed within the first 14 days after transplantation. The histologic picture of these biopsies and its relationship with alloimmune risk factors and donor- and procedure-related characteristics were studied, as well as the association with graft failure. Multivariable Cox models were applied to quantify the cause-specific hazard ratios for early rejection and early inflammatory scores, adjusted for potential confounders. For quantification of hazard ratios of early events for death-censored graft failure, landmark analyses starting from day 15 were used.ResultsEarly indication biopsy specimens displayed microvascular inflammation score ≥2 in 30% and tubulointerstitial inflammation score ≥2 in 49%. Rejection was diagnosed in 186 of 329 (57%) biopsies and associated with the presence of pretransplant donor-specific HLA antibodies and the number of HLA mismatches, but not nonimmune risk factors in multivariable Cox proportional hazards analysis. In multivariable Cox proportional hazards analysis, delayed graft function, the graft dysfunction that prompted an early indication biopsy, HLA mismatches, and pretransplant donor-specific HLA antibodies were significantly associated with a higher risk for death-censored graft failure, whereas early acute rejection was not.ConclusionsIndication biopsies performed early after kidney transplantation display inflammatory changes related to alloimmune risk factors. Nonimmune risk factors for ischemia-reperfusion injury, such as cold and warm ischemia time, older donor age, and donor type, were not identified as strong risk factors for early inflammation after human kidney transplantation.

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