Serum Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin as a Predictor of Organ Recovery from Delayed Graft Function after Kidney Transplantation from Donors after Cardiac Death

Cell Transplantation

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Yoko Kuroyanagi¹  Kiyotaka Hoshinaga¹  Hitomi Sasaki¹  Ryoichi Shiroki¹  Mamoru Kusaka¹  Terumi Mori¹  Kunihiro Hayakawa¹  Takahiro Maruyama¹  Hiroki Kurahashi¹  Kayuri Nagaoka¹ 

[1] Department of Urology, Division of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science and 21st Century COE Program, Development Center for Targeted and Minimally Invasive Diagnosis and Treatment, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi 470-1192, Japan;

关键词: Donation after cardiac death;    Delayed graft function;    Kidney transplantation;    Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL);   

DOI  :  10.3727/000000008783907116

 received in 2007-02-05, accepted in 2007-09-30,  发布年份 2008

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Because of a worldwide shortage of renal grafts, kidneys procured from donors after cardiac death (DCD) have recently become an important source of renal transplants. However, DCD kidneys often have complications with delayed graft function (DGF) and recipients require hemodialysis (HD) in the early period after kidney transplantation (KTx). This study evaluated serum NGAL as a potential specific parameter to predict early functional recovery of transplanted DCD kidneys. The average serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) level in normal samples was 53 ± 30 ng/ml, while that in patients with chronic renal failure requiring HD was markedly raised at 963 ± 33 ng/ml. In patients undergoing a living-related KTx from a living donor (n = 11), serum NGAL level decreased rapidly after KTx, and only in two cases, with serum NGAL levels over 400 ng/ml on postoperative day 1 (POD1), was HD required due to DGF. In contrast, all patients undergoing a KTx from a DCD (n = 5) required HD due to DGF. Even in these cases, serum NGAL levels decreased rapidly several days after a KTx prior to the recovery of urine output and preceding the decrease in serum creatinine level. The pattern of decline in serum NGAL was biphasic, the decrease after the second peak indicating a functional recovery within the next several days. These data suggest that monitoring of serum NGAL levels may allow us to predict graft recovery and the need for HD after a KTx from a DCD.

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