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  • Title: The association of serum-free light-chain levels with markers of renal function.
    Author: Erdem BK, Davran F, Yilmaz VT, Çetinkaya R, Akbas H.
    Journal: Ren Fail; 2015 Jul; 37(6):1057-60. PubMed ID: 26056734.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The kidney is often affected in plasma cell dyscrasias, usually due to the effects of nephrotoxic monoclonal-free light chains. Renal failure due to a monoclonal gammopathy may be detected by the highly sensitive serum-free light-chain (sFLC) ratio yet missed by electrophoretic assays. The aim of this study was to assess sFLC levels in relation to markers of renal function. METHODS: Five-hundred thirteen patients were included in this study. sFLC levels were measured by Freelite® (The Binding Site Group Ltd, Birmingham, UK) assay using the BNII nephelometer (Siemens Diagnostics, Germany). Kappa/lambda (κ/λ) sFLC ratio was calculated. Serum creatinine levels were analyzed by modified Jaffe method in Cobas 8000 analyser. GFR was estimated by the CKD-EPI (Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration) equation. Patients were assigned to two groups depending on their eGFR values: ≤ 60 mL/min/1.73 m(2) (Group 1, n = 103) and > 60 mL/min/1.73 m(2) (Group 2, n = 410). Data were expressed as median and min-max. All the statistical analyses were done with SPSS version 20.0 and a significance level of 0.05 was considered. RESULTS: Serum κ-FLC median value was 36.4 (5.62-16,000) mg/L, serum λ-FLC was 21.7 (4.91-8770) mg/L, κ/λ sFLC ratio was 1.33 (0.01-3258) and serum creatinine was 1.56 (0.63-7.21) mg/dL in Group 1. Both λ sFLC and κ/λ sFLC ratios were correlated with eGFR (r = -0.318, r = 0.198, p < 0.05, respectively). We did not find any significant correlation between κ/λ sFLC ratio and eGFR in Group 2. CONCLUSIONS: We examined the association between sFLC concentrations and renal function. Our preliminary findings suggest that serum λ-FLC might be considered as a useful marker for predicting renal function. Prospective studies are needed to clarify the usefulness of these parameters for identifying renal failure due to a monoclonal gammopathy.
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