title: Whole-blood cyclosporin G in renal transplant recipients determined by two immunoassays and liquid chromatography.
abstract: Cyclosporin G (CsG) is less nephrotoxic than cyclosporin A (CsA) and is undergoing clinical trials for use as an immunosuppressive agent after renal transplantation. Three assays for whole-blood CsA-HPLC, RIA (INCSTAR, Cyclo-Trac SP), and FPIA (Abbott TDx)--were adapted for use with CsG and were assessed for analytical suitability and to determine which assay was capable of deriving CsG values rapidly after transplantation. The assays were acceptable in terms of sensitivity, linearity, analytical recovery, and precision. When considering blood samples (n = 107) from renal transplant recipients receiving a low dose of CsG (5 mg/kg per day) and a high dose (10 mg/kg per day), we obtained the following correlation data: RIA = 0.974HPLC + 27.89 (r = 0.9798, Sy/x = 39.24); FPIA = 0.964HPLC + 33.59 (r = 0.9819, Sy/x = 36.66); and FPIA = 0.977RIA + 9.50 (r = 0.9894, Sy/x = 28.12). The FPIA of CsG is recommended as the most rapid method, although it is the most expensive. HPLC, RIA, and FPIA were capable of accurately deriving projected CsG concentrations at various stages of the clinical trial when the low- and high-dose regimes were tapered over a period of 16 weeks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine 90024-1732.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: McBride
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Danovitch
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Rodgerson
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Ota
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016572:Cyclosporine; D003524:Cyclosporins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood*; D016231:Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000097:blood*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D011786:Quality Control; D011863:Radioimmunoassay / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D003524:Cyclosporins; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; C045571:cyclosporin G; D016572:Cyclosporine