Anti-troponin I antibodies in renal transplant patients. 2015

José Pedro L Nunes, and Susana Sampaio, and Ana Cerqueira, and Ziya Kaya, and Nuno Pardal Oliveira
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Department of Cardiology, Hospital São João, Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: jplnunes@med.up.pt.

OBJECTIVE To characterize the prevalence and clinical correlates of anti-troponin I antibodies in renal transplant patients. METHODS A group of 48 consecutive renal transplant patients under immunosuppressive therapy were studied. Anti-troponin I antibodies were measured and clinical data were retrieved. RESULTS An anti-troponin I antibody titer <1:40 was seen in most patients (30). IgG antibody titers ≥1:80 were seen in eight patients, with a single value of 1:160. Regarding IgM antibodies, in six cases titers ≥1:80 were seen, with one value of 1:320. In only one patient were both anti-troponin I antibody IgG and IgM titers 1:80 or higher. Clinical cardiac disease was seen in nine patients. The presence of an anti-troponin I antibody titer ≥1:80 was not associated with the presence of clinical cardiac disease (p=0.232), but was associated with statin therapy status (p=0.008), being less frequent in patients under statin therapy. CONCLUSIONS Anti-troponin I antibodies are seen in a minority of renal transplant patients, and are not associated with the presence of clinical heart disease, but are associated with lack of statin therapy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D001323 Autoantibodies Antibodies that react with self-antigens (AUTOANTIGENS) of the organism that produced them. Autoantibody
D016030 Kidney Transplantation The transference of a kidney from one human or animal to another. Grafting, Kidney,Renal Transplantation,Transplantation, Kidney,Transplantation, Renal,Kidney Grafting,Kidney Transplantations,Renal Transplantations,Transplantations, Kidney,Transplantations, Renal
D019210 Troponin I A TROPONIN complex subunit that inhibits ACTOMYOSIN ATPASE activity thereby disrupting ACTIN and MYOSIN interaction. There are three troponin I subtypes: troponin I1, I2 and I3. Troponin I3 is cardiac-specific whereas troponin I1 and I2 are skeletal subtypes. Troponin I3 is a BIOMARKER for damaged or injured CARDIAC MYOCYTES and mutations in troponin I3 gene are associated with FAMILIAL HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY. Troponin I1,Troponin I2,Troponin I3,Troponin-I

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