Evidence of BK Polyomavirus Infection in Urothelial but not Renal Tumors from a Single Center Cohort of Kidney Transplant Recipients
Open Access
- 3 January 2021
- Vol. 13 (1), 56
- https://doi.org/10.3390/v13010056
Abstract
Emerging evidence indicates that reactivation of BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) in the kidney and urothelial tract of kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) may be associated with cancer in these sites. In this retrospective study of a single center cohort of KTRs (n = 1307), 10 clear cell renal cell carcinomas and 5 urinary bladder carcinomas were analyzed from 15 KTRs for the presence of BKPyV infection through immunohistochemistry and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). Three of these patients had already exhibited biopsy-proven polyomavirus-associated nephropathies (PyVAN). Although the presence of BKPyV large-T antigen was evident in the urothelium from a kidney removed soon after PyVAN diagnosis, it was undetectable in all the formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) blocks obtained from the 10 kidney tumors. By contrast, large-T antigen (LT) labeling of tumor cells was detected in two out of five bladder carcinomas. Lastly, the proportion of BKPyV DNA-FISH-positive bladder carcinoma nuclei was much lower than that of LT-positive cells. Taken together, our findings further strengthen the association between BKPyV reactivation and cancer development in KTRs, especially bladder carcinoma.Keywords
Funding Information
- Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (PRIN 2017)
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