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BACKGROUND: Remote ischaemic conditioning (RIC) is currently being explored as a non-invasive method to attenuate ischaemia/reperfusion injuries in organs. A randomised clinical study (CONTEXT) evaluated the effects of RIC compared to non-RIC controls in human kidney transplants. METHODS: RIC was induced prior to kidney reperfusion by episodes of obstruction to arterial flow in the leg opposite the transplant using a tourniquet (4 × 5 min). Although RIC did not lead to clinical improvement of transplant outcomes, we explored whether RIC induced molecular changes through precision analysis of CONTEXT recipient plasma and kidney tissue samples by high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). RESULTS: We observed an accumulation of muscle derived proteins and altered amino acid metabolism in kidney tissue proteomes, likely provoked by RIC, which was not reflected in plasma. In addition, MS/MS analysis demonstrated transient upregulation of several acute phase response proteins (SAA1, SAA2, CRP) in plasma, 1 and 5 days post-transplant in RIC and non-RIC conditions with a variable effect on the magnitude of acute inflammation. CONCLUSIONS: Together, our results indicate sub-clinical systemic and organ-localised effects of RIC.

Original publication

DOI

10.1186/s12014-020-09301-x

Type

Journal article

Journal

Clin Proteomics

Publication Date

02/11/2020

Volume

17

Keywords

Acute phase proteins, CONTEXT clinical trial, ELISA, Kidney transplantation, Mass spectrometry, Proteomics, Remote ischaemic conditioning