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  • Title: The effects of hemodialysis (HD) membranes on interleukin 1-beta (IL-1 beta) production from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC).
    Author: Momoi T, Ono M, Takagi T, Sugiura S, Ogawa H, Saito A.
    Journal: Clin Nephrol; 1995 Nov; 44 Suppl 1():S24-8. PubMed ID: 8608657.
    Abstract:
    Dialysis-related symptoms are thought to be mediated by monocyte/macrophage-derived inflammatory cytokines, including interleukin 1-beta (IL-1 beta) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha). We investigated the effect of hemodialysis (HD) membranes on IL-1 beta production using cultured peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). PBMC were stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and the cell content and production of IL-1 beta were measured by ELISA. PBMC from a single healthy donor incubated with 5% of untreated plasma, and we found that HD patients plasma enhanced IL-1 beta production less than normal control plasma. The plasma obtained from the venous side of HD patients 15 minutes after starting a single HD (15-min HD plasma) did not enhance IL-1 beta production as much as the plasma from the arterial side, either before or upon completion of a single HD (pre-HD plasma, post-HD plasma). We studied IL-1 beta productivity when pre-HD plasma (arterial side) and 15-min HD plasma (venous side) were added to autologous PBMC. The IL-1 beta production by PBMC was less when the 15-min HD plasma was added to PBMC as compared to when the pre-HD plasma was added. This reduction tended to be greater when a dialyzer membrane used was a large-pore type made of regenerated cellulose (RC) or polymethylmetacrylate (PMMA) than with a small-pore RC membrane. After HD for 2 weeks using a small-pore RC membrane, the same HD patient was then treated with a large-pore RC membrane. The PBMC IL-1 beta production level decreased with the use of the large-pore RC as compared to the case with the small-pore RC membranes. The present study suggests that large-pore dialyzer membranes remove middle molecules and low molecular weight proteins which enhance IL-1 beta production, and that this production may be regulated by some mechanism unrelated to complement activation.
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