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TRANSPLANTATION
卷 88, 期 10, 页码 1161-1168出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181bca422
关键词
Polyomavirus; BKV; Cytomegalovirus; Viral replication; Immunosuppression; Tacrolimus; Cyclosporine A; Sirolimus; Leflunomide
资金
- Swiss National Fund [3200B0-110040/1]
- Freie Akademische Gesellschaft Basel
- Lichtenstein Stiftung
Background. Reducing immunosuppression is the treatment of choice for polyomavirus-associated nephropathy in kidney transplant (KT) patients, but strategies and targets are uncertain. Methods. Using interferon-gamma ELISpot assays, we investigated immunosuppressive drug levels and polyomavirus BK (BKV) large T-antigen-specific T-cell responses in KT patients in vivo and in healthy donors after titrating immunosuppression in vitro. Results. In KT patients, BKV-specific T-cell responses were inversely correlated with tacrolimus trough levels (R-2=0.28, P<0.002), but not with mycophenolate levels, prednisone, or overall immunosuppressive dosing. In vitro tacrolimus concentrations above 6 ng/mL inhibited BKV- and cytomegalovirus-specific T-cells more than 50%, whereas less than 30% inhibition was observed below 3 ng/mL. Inhibition by cyclosporine A was more than 50% at concentrations of 1920 ng/mL and less than 30% below 960 ng/mL, corresponding to clinical C-0 trough levels of 200 and 100 ng/mL, respectively. However, mycophenolate up to 8 mu g/mL, leflunomide 50 mu g/mL, or sirolimus concentrations 64 ng/mL did not inhibit BKV-specific interferon-gamma production, but antigen-dependent T-cell expansion. Conclusions. Calcineurin-inhibitor concentrations are critical for BKV-specific T-cell activation. Reducing calcineurin inhibitors should be considered as first step, whereas conversion to mTOR inhibitors may be an attractive alternative or second step that should be validated in clinical BKV intervention trials.
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