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Kidney injury molecule-1 is an early noninvasive indicator for donor brain death-induced injury prior to kidney transplantation.

Authors: Nijboer, WN  Schuurs, TA  Damman, J  Van Goor, H  Vaidya, VS  Van der Heide, JJ  Leuvenink, HG  Bonventre, JV  Ploeg, RJ 
Citation: Nijboer WN, etal., Am J Transplant. 2009 Aug;9(8):1752-9. Epub 2009 Jun 12.
RGD ID: 2316588
Pubmed: PMID:19522876   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC2747608   (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI: DOI:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02713.x   (Journal Full-text)

With more marginal deceased donors affecting graft viability, there is a need for specific parameters to assess kidney graft quality at the time of organ procurement in the deceased donor. Recently, kidney injury molecule-1 (Kim-1) was described as an early biomarker of renal proximal tubular damage. We assessed Kim-1 in a small animal brain death model as an early and noninvasive marker for donor-derived injury related to brain death and its sequelae, with subsequent confirmation in human donors. In rat kidney, real-time PCR revealed a 46-fold Kim-1 gene upregulation after 4 h of brain death. In situ hybridization showed proximal tubular Kim-1 localization, which was confirmed by immunohistochemistry. Also, Luminex assay showed a 6.6-fold Kim-1 rise in urine after 4 h of brain death. In human donors, 2.5-fold kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) gene upregulation and 2-fold higher urine levels were found in donation after brain death (DBD) donors compared to living kidney donors. Multiple regression analysis showed that urinary KIM-1 at brain death diagnosis was a positive predictor of recipient serum creatinine, 14 days (p < 0.001) and 1 year (p < 0.05) after kidney transplantation. In conclusion, we think that Kim-1 is a promising novel marker for the early, organ specific and noninvasive detection of brain death-induced donor kidney damage.

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Havcr1  (hepatitis A virus cellular receptor 1)


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