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Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, September 2006, p. 1057-1063, Vol. 13, No. 9
1071-412X/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/CVI.00114-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Immunoglobulin G, A, and M Responses to BK Virus in Renal Transplantation

Parmjeet S. Randhawa,1* Gaurav Gupta,2 Abhay Vats,2 Ron Shapiro,3 and Raphael P. Viscidi4

Departments of Pathology,1 Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine,3 Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,2 Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland4

Received 20 March 2006/ Returned for modification 13 June 2006/ Accepted 17 July 2006

Immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgA, and IgM antibodies were measured in serum samples from 71 organ donors, 81 kidney transplant recipients at transplantation, and 67 patients during the posttransplant period by using a virus-like particle-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). BK virus (BKV) and JC virus DNA were detected in urine and plasma by real-time PCR. IgG antibodies to BKV were demonstrated in the majority (80.3 to 100%) of patients irrespective of clinical category, but titers were highest in patients with active viral replication. IgA antibodies were present with greater frequency (72.7 to 81.3% versus 0 to 23.6%; P < 0.001) and higher titer (mean optical density, 0.11 to 0.15 versus 0.05 to 0.08; P < 0.001) in patients who were BKV DNA positive than those who were BKV DNA negative. IgM antibodies showed a similar pattern of reactivity but lower frequency in the setting of active viral replication (9.1 to 43.7% versus 0 to 1.4%; P < 0.001). A rise in IgG level of >0.577 optical density (OD) units or a rise in IgA or IgM level of >0.041 OD units was strongly associated with active viral replication. Urine viral load showed a positive correlation with IgM titer (r = 0.22) but a negative correlation with IgG titer (r = –0.28) and IgA titer (r = –0.1). Chronic dialysis patients typically did not have serologic or virologic evidence of active BKV infection. Anti-BKV titers did not rise in patients with JC viruria. In conclusion, measurement of anti-BKV antibody titer and class response can be used to detect the onset of viral replication. ELISAs can be quite specific despite considerable sequence homology between BK virus and JC virus.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Transplant Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, E 737 UPMC-Montefiore Hospital, 3459 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Phone: (412) 647-7646. Fax: (412) 647-5237. E-mail: randhawapa{at}msx.upmc.edu.

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, September 2006, p. 1057-1063, Vol. 13, No. 9
1071-412X/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/CVI.00114-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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