title: Detection of donor-specific anti-HLA class I and II antibodies using antibody monitoring system.
abstract: The antibody monitoring system (AMS, GTI Inc) is a solid enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) crossmatch test for the detection of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody to donor-specific solubilized HLA class I and class II antigens. The objective of this study was to compare the results of the AMS assay with donor-specific anti-HLA IgG antibodies (DS-HLA Abs), as determined by ELISA panel reactive antibody (PRA) and the flow cytometric crossmatch test (FCXM). A total of 107 sera were screened for the presence of HLA Abs by ELISA PRA (LAT-M, One-Lambda Inc), the DS-HLA Abs were determined in 34 serum samples (31.8%) by an ELISA panel (LAT class I and class II, One-Lambda Inc) and FCXM. The FCXM and AMS assays were performed with matched lymphocytes from 56 donors. There was a significant degree of concordance (89.7%) between the two tests (P < .001). The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of AMS assay to detect DS-HLA Abs was 88.2%, 94.5%, 88.2%, and 94.5%, respectively. The AMS is a simple, objective test, which has several advantages over the cell-based crossmatch test, such as elimination of non-HLA antibody reactivity, elimination of non-donor-specific antibody reactivity, no need for viable cells, and preparation of the donor's HLA antigens in advance. In summary, this study suggested that AMS may be useful as a supportive crossmatch test or as a monitoring test after transplantation to detect class I or class II DS-HLA Abs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, the Catholic University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006681:HLA-D Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007518:Isoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology; D015166:Monitoring, Immunologic / Q000379:methods; D014850:Waiting Lists
chemical_list: D006681:HLA-D Antigens; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007518:Isoantibodies