Niels Steinebrunner1, Catharina Sandig1, Claudia Sommerer2, Ulf Hinz3, Thomas Giese4, Wolfgang Stremmel1, Alexandra Zahn1. 1. Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. 2. Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. 3. Department of Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. 4. Department of Immunology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Due to considerable pharmacokinetic (PK) variability, immunosuppression with calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) remains challenging. The objective of this study was to assess a pharmacodynamic (PD) approach of monitoring nuclear factor of activated T cell (NFAT)-regulated gene expression in the course of time and in correlation with rejection episodes. MATERIAL/ METHODS: 22 de novo liver allograft recipients were observed for a period of up to 12 months and the residual gene expression (RGE) of NFAT-regulated genes was monitored prospectively and correlated to acute rejection episodes. RESULTS: There was a significant increase in RGEs between the time points 4-7 months and 1 month (25±7 µg/l vs. 9±5 µg/l, p≤0.0001) and 8-12 months and 1 month (50±8 µg/l vs. 10±7 µg/l, p=0.002) in the cyclosporine A (CsA) group, whereas in the tacrolimus (Tac) group a significant increase in RGEs appeared at the time point 8-12 months first. Acute rejection episodes occurred in 4 patients within 1 month after transplantation. These patients demonstrated a higher RGE of all NFAT-regulated genes compared to the other patients (CsA-treated patients: 39±0% vs. 11±5%, p=0.0001, Tac-treated patients: 48±12% vs. 18±10%, p=0.0082). CONCLUSIONS: RGE of all NFAT-regulated genes show a relation between acute rejection episodes in the early post transplant period. Thus, this PD method has the potential to aid therapeutic drug monitoring.
BACKGROUND: Due to considerable pharmacokinetic (PK) variability, immunosuppression with calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) remains challenging. The objective of this study was to assess a pharmacodynamic (PD) approach of monitoring nuclear factor of activated T cell (NFAT)-regulated gene expression in the course of time and in correlation with rejection episodes. MATERIAL/ METHODS: 22 de novo liver allograft recipients were observed for a period of up to 12 months and the residual gene expression (RGE) of NFAT-regulated genes was monitored prospectively and correlated to acute rejection episodes. RESULTS: There was a significant increase in RGEs between the time points 4-7 months and 1 month (25±7 µg/l vs. 9±5 µg/l, p≤0.0001) and 8-12 months and 1 month (50±8 µg/l vs. 10±7 µg/l, p=0.002) in the cyclosporine A (CsA) group, whereas in the tacrolimus (Tac) group a significant increase in RGEs appeared at the time point 8-12 months first. Acute rejection episodes occurred in 4 patients within 1 month after transplantation. These patients demonstrated a higher RGE of all NFAT-regulated genes compared to the other patients (CsA-treated patients: 39±0% vs. 11±5%, p=0.0001, Tac-treated patients: 48±12% vs. 18±10%, p=0.0082). CONCLUSIONS: RGE of all NFAT-regulated genes show a relation between acute rejection episodes in the early post transplant period. Thus, this PD method has the potential to aid therapeutic drug monitoring.
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