Circulating Donor Heart Exosome Profiling Enables Noninvasive Detection of Antibody-mediated Rejection.


Journal

Transplantation direct
ISSN: 2373-8731
Titre abrégé: Transplant Direct
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101651609

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Nov 2020
Historique:
received: 22 06 2020
revised: 28 07 2020
accepted: 05 08 2020
entrez: 2 11 2020
pubmed: 3 11 2020
medline: 3 11 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Endomyocardial biopsy remains the gold standard for distinguishing types of immunologic injury-acute versus antibody-mediated rejection (AMR). Exosomes are tissue-specific extracellular microvesicles released by many cell types, including transplanted heart. Circulating transplant heart exosomes express donor-specific human leukocyte antigen (HLA) I molecules. As AMR is mediated by antibodies to donor HLAs, we proposed that complement deposition that occurs with AMR at tissue level would also occur on circulating donor heart exosomes. Plasma exosomes in 4 patients were isolated by column chromatography and ultracentrifugation. Donor heart exosomes were purified using anti-donor HLA I antibody beads and complement C4d protein expression was assessed in this subset as marker for AMR. Three patients had no rejection episodes. Circulating donor heart exosomes showed troponin protein and mRNA expression at all follow-up time points. One patient developed AMR on day 14 endomyocardial biopsy that was treated with rituximab, IVIG/plasmapheresis. Time-specific detection of C4d protein was seen in donor heart exosome subset in this patient, which resolved with treatment. C4d was not seen in other 3 patients' donor exosomes. Anti-donor HLA I specificity enables characterization of circulating donor heart exosomes in the clinical setting. Further characterization may open the window to noninvasively diagnose rejection type, such as AMR.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Endomyocardial biopsy remains the gold standard for distinguishing types of immunologic injury-acute versus antibody-mediated rejection (AMR). Exosomes are tissue-specific extracellular microvesicles released by many cell types, including transplanted heart. Circulating transplant heart exosomes express donor-specific human leukocyte antigen (HLA) I molecules. As AMR is mediated by antibodies to donor HLAs, we proposed that complement deposition that occurs with AMR at tissue level would also occur on circulating donor heart exosomes.
METHODS METHODS
Plasma exosomes in 4 patients were isolated by column chromatography and ultracentrifugation. Donor heart exosomes were purified using anti-donor HLA I antibody beads and complement C4d protein expression was assessed in this subset as marker for AMR.
RESULTS RESULTS
Three patients had no rejection episodes. Circulating donor heart exosomes showed troponin protein and mRNA expression at all follow-up time points. One patient developed AMR on day 14 endomyocardial biopsy that was treated with rituximab, IVIG/plasmapheresis. Time-specific detection of C4d protein was seen in donor heart exosome subset in this patient, which resolved with treatment. C4d was not seen in other 3 patients' donor exosomes.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Anti-donor HLA I specificity enables characterization of circulating donor heart exosomes in the clinical setting. Further characterization may open the window to noninvasively diagnose rejection type, such as AMR.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33134491
doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001057
pmc: PMC7575166
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e615

Subventions

Organisme : NHLBI NIH HHS
ID : K08 HL132099
Pays : United States
Organisme : NCATS NIH HHS
ID : UL1 TR001863
Pays : United States

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Transplantation Direct. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Auteurs

Robert W Hu (RW)

Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

Laxminarayana Korutla (L)

Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

Sanjana Reddy (S)

Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

Joey Harmon (J)

Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

Patrick D Zielinski (PD)

Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

Alex Bueker (A)

Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

Maria Molina (M)

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

Connie Romano (C)

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

Ken Margulies (K)

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

Rhondalyn McLean (R)

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

Priti Lal (P)

Department of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

Prashanth Vallabhajosyula (P)

Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

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