PMID- 33053214 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210623 LR - 20220531 IS - 1399-0012 (Electronic) IS - 0902-0063 (Linking) VI - 34 IP - 12 DP - 2020 Dec TI - The effect of human leukocyte antigen A1 and B35-Cw4 on sustained BK polyomavirus DNAemia after renal transplantation. PG - e14110 LID - 10.1111/ctr.14110 [doi] AB - Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I presentation pathway plays a central role in natural killer (NK) cell and cytotoxic T-cell activities against BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) DNAemia. We determined the risk of sustained BKPyV DNAemia in 175 consecutive renal transplant recipients considering the simultaneous effect of donor/recipient HLA class I antigens and pre- or post-transplant variables. Median (IQR) age was 53 (44-64) years, and 37% of patients were female. 40 patients (22.9%) developed sustained BKPyV DNAemia [median (IQR) viral load: 9740 (4350-17 125) copies/ml]. In the Cox proportional hazard analysis, HLA-A1 (HR: 3.06, 95% CI: 1.51-6.17) and HLA-B35-Cw4 (HR: 4.63, 95% CI: 2.12-10.14) significantly increased the risk of sustained BKPyV DNAemia, while 2 HLA-C mismatches provided a marginally protective effect (HR: 0.32, 95% CI: 0.10-0.98). HLA-Cw4 is a ligand for NK cell inhibitory receptor, and HLA-B35 is in strong linkage disequilibrium with the HLA-Cw4 allele. The association between HLA-B35-Cw4 expression and sustained BKPyV DNAemia supports the important role of cytotoxic T cells and NK cells that would normally control BKPyV activation through engagement with immunoglobulin-like killer receptors (KIRs). Further studies are required to investigate the effect of HLA-C alleles along with NK cell activity against BKPyV DNAemia. CI - (c) 2020 John Wiley & Sons A/S . Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Hosseini-Moghaddam, Seyed M AU - Hosseini-Moghaddam SM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7979-2458 AD - Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. AD - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, ON, Canada. AD - Multiorgan Transplant Program, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, ON, Canada. FAU - Xu, Qingyong AU - Xu Q AD - Multiorgan Transplant Program, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, ON, Canada. AD - Histocompatibility Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. FAU - Jevnikar, Anthony M AU - Jevnikar AM AD - Multiorgan Transplant Program, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, ON, Canada. FAU - House, Andrew A AU - House AA AD - Multiorgan Transplant Program, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, ON, Canada. FAU - Luke, Patrick AU - Luke P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9089-6933 AD - Multiorgan Transplant Program, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, ON, Canada. FAU - Campigotto, Aaron AU - Campigotto A AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. FAU - Kum, Jina J Y AU - Kum JJY AD - Multiorgan Transplant Program, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, ON, Canada. AD - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, ON, Canada. FAU - Singh, Gagandeep AU - Singh G AD - Multiorgan Transplant Program, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, ON, Canada. FAU - Alharbi, Hajed AU - Alharbi H AD - Multiorgan Transplant Program, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, ON, Canada. FAU - Speechley, Mark R AU - Speechley MR AD - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, ON, Canada. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201028 PL - Denmark TA - Clin Transplant JT - Clinical transplantation JID - 8710240 RN - 0 (HLA-A1 Antigen) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - *BK Virus/genetics MH - Female MH - HLA-A1 Antigen MH - Humans MH - *Kidney Transplantation/adverse effects MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - *Polyomavirus Infections/etiology MH - Transplant Recipients OTO - NOTNLM OT - BKPy virus OT - kidney transplantation OT - polyomavirus OT - viremia EDAT- 2020/10/15 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/24 06:00 CRDT- 2020/10/14 18:00 PHST- 2020/07/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/10/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/10/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/10/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/10/14 18:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/ctr.14110 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Transplant. 2020 Dec;34(12):e14110. doi: 10.1111/ctr.14110. Epub 2020 Oct 28.