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TRANSPLANT IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages 55-58Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2012.06.001
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Kidney transplantation; Tubular complement activation; sC5b-9; Proteinuria; Urine
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- Dutch Kidney Foundation [NSN C03-6014]
- Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development [92003525]
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Local activation of the complement system has been associated with ischemia/reperfusion injury following kidney transplantation and tubular injury under proteinuric conditions. The soluble terminal complement complex sC5b-9 is a stable end-product of the complement cascade, and as such a promising urinary biomarker. In the early post-transplant period we found high urinary levels of sC5b-9, significantly correlating with the degree of proteinuria, suggesting activation of filtered complement components at the tubular epithelial surface of the kidney. However, when mimicking proteinuria in vitro by exposing serum (or blood) to urine (both negative for sC5b-9), we found extensive generation of sC5b-9 in urine. This process was inhibited by EDTA, confirming activation of the complement system. In conclusion, although sC5b-9 is an attractive urinary biomarker, one should be aware of the risk of extra-renal complement activation independent of a renal contribution. This may be of special interest when measuring urinary sC5b-9 following kidney transplantation in which procedure-related (microscopic) hematuria and proteinuria are common. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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