Donor-specific anti-HLAAbs and graft failure in matched unrelated donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Stefan O. Ciurea, Peter F. Thall, Xuemei Wang, Sa A. Wang, Ying Hu, Pedro Cano, Fleur Aung, Gabriela Rondon, Jeffrey J. Molldrem, Martin Korbling, Elizabeth J. Shpall, Marcos De Lima, Richard E. Champlin, Marcelo Fernandez-Vina

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Abstract

Anti-HLA donor-specific Abs (DSAs) have been reported to be associated with graft failure in mismatched hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; however, their role in the development of graft failure in matched unrelated donor (MUD) transplantation remains unclear. We hypothesize that DSAs against a mismatched HLA-DPB1 locus is associated with graft failure in this setting. The presence of anti-HLA Abs before transplantation was determined prospectively in 592 MUD transplantation recipients using mixedscreen beads in a solid-phase fluorescent assay. DSA identification was performed using single-Ag beads containing the corresponding donor's HLA-mismatched Ags. Anti-HLA Abs were detected in 116 patients (19.6%), including 20 patients (3.4%) with anti-DPB1 Abs. Overall, graft failure occurred in 19 of 592 patients (3.2%), including 16 of 584 (2.7%) patients without anti-HLA Abs compared with 3 of 8 (37.5%) patients with DSA (P = .0014). In multivariate analysis, DSAs were the only factor highly associated with graft failure (P = .0001; odds ratio = 21.3). Anti-HLA allosensitization was higher overall in women than in men (30.8% vs 12.1%; P < .0001) and higher in women with 1 (P = .008) and 2 or more pregnancies (P = .0003) than in men.We conclude that the presence of anti-DPB1 DSAs is associated with graft failure in MUD hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)5957-5964
Number of pages8
JournalBlood
Volume118
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 24 2011

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Immunology
  • Hematology
  • Cell Biology

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