Edwin K S Wong1,2,3, Kevin J Marchbank1,2, Hannah Lomax-Browne4, Isabel Y Pappworth2, Harriet Denton2, Katie Cooke2, Sophie Ward2, Amy-Claire McLoughlin2, Grant Richardson2, Valerie Wilson1, Claire L Harris1,2, B Paul Morgan5, Svetlana Hakobyan5, Paul McAlinden6, Daniel P Gale7, Heather Maxwell8, Martin Christian9, Roger Malcomson10, Timothy H J Goodship1, Stephen D Marks11,12, Matthew C Pickering4, David Kavanagh1,2,3, H Terence Cook4, Sally A Johnson. 1. National Renal Complement Therapeutics Centre, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. 2. Complement Therapeutics Research Group, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. 3. Department of Renal Medicine, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. 4. Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom. 5. Systems Immunity Research Institute, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom. 6. Research and Development Department, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. 7. Department of Renal Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom. 8. The Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, United Kingdom. 9. Nottingham Children's Hospital, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 10. Histopathology Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, United Kingdom. 11. Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom. 12. National Institute for Health Research Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Membranoproliferative GN and C3 glomerulopathy are rare and overlapping disorders associated with dysregulation of the alternative complement pathway. Specific etiologic data for pediatric membranoproliferative GN/C3 glomerulopathy are lacking, and outcome data are based on retrospective studies without etiologic data. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: A total of 80 prevalent pediatric patients with membranoproliferative GN/C3 glomerulopathy underwent detailed phenotyping and long-term follow-up within the National Registry of Rare Kidney Diseases (RaDaR). Risk factors for kidney survival were determined using a Cox proportional hazards model. Kidney and transplant graft survival was determined using the Kaplan-Meier method. RESULTS: Central histology review determined 39 patients with C3 glomerulopathy, 31 with immune-complex membranoproliferative GN, and ten with immune-complex GN. Patients were aged 2-15 (median, 9; interquartile range, 7-11) years. Median complement C3 and C4 levels were 0.31 g/L and 0.14 g/L, respectively; acquired (anticomplement autoantibodies) or genetic alternative pathway abnormalities were detected in 46% and 9% of patients, respectively, across all groups, including those with immune-complex GN. Median follow-up was 5.18 (interquartile range, 2.13-8.08) years. Eleven patients (14%) progressed to kidney failure, with nine transplants performed in eight patients, two of which failed due to recurrent disease. Presence of >50% crescents on the initial biopsy specimen was the sole variable associated with kidney failure in multivariable analysis (hazard ratio, 6.2; 95% confidence interval, 1.05 to 36.6; P<0.05). Three distinct C3 glomerulopathy prognostic groups were identified according to presenting eGFR and >50% crescents on the initial biopsy specimen. CONCLUSIONS: Crescentic disease was a key risk factor associated with kidney failure in a national cohort of pediatric patients with membranoproliferative GN/C3 glomerulopathy and immune-complex GN. Presenting eGFR and crescentic disease help define prognostic groups in pediatric C3 glomerulopathy. Acquired abnormalities of the alternative pathway were commonly identified but not a risk factor for kidney failure.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Membranoproliferative GN and C3 glomerulopathy are rare and overlapping disorders associated with dysregulation of the alternative complement pathway. Specific etiologic data for pediatric membranoproliferative GN/C3 glomerulopathy are lacking, and outcome data are based on retrospective studies without etiologic data. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: A total of 80 prevalent pediatric patients with membranoproliferative GN/C3 glomerulopathy underwent detailed phenotyping and long-term follow-up within the National Registry of Rare Kidney Diseases (RaDaR). Risk factors for kidney survival were determined using a Cox proportional hazards model. Kidney and transplant graft survival was determined using the Kaplan-Meier method. RESULTS: Central histology review determined 39 patients with C3 glomerulopathy, 31 with immune-complex membranoproliferative GN, and ten with immune-complex GN. Patients were aged 2-15 (median, 9; interquartile range, 7-11) years. Median complement C3 and C4 levels were 0.31 g/L and 0.14 g/L, respectively; acquired (anticomplement autoantibodies) or genetic alternative pathway abnormalities were detected in 46% and 9% of patients, respectively, across all groups, including those with immune-complex GN. Median follow-up was 5.18 (interquartile range, 2.13-8.08) years. Eleven patients (14%) progressed to kidney failure, with nine transplants performed in eight patients, two of which failed due to recurrent disease. Presence of >50% crescents on the initial biopsy specimen was the sole variable associated with kidney failure in multivariable analysis (hazard ratio, 6.2; 95% confidence interval, 1.05 to 36.6; P<0.05). Three distinct C3 glomerulopathy prognostic groups were identified according to presenting eGFR and >50% crescents on the initial biopsy specimen. CONCLUSIONS: Crescentic disease was a key risk factor associated with kidney failure in a national cohort of pediatric patients with membranoproliferative GN/C3 glomerulopathy and immune-complex GN. Presenting eGFR and crescentic disease help define prognostic groups in pediatric C3 glomerulopathy. Acquired abnormalities of the alternative pathway were commonly identified but not a risk factor for kidney failure.
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