title: Production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha in patients on hemodiafiltration.
abstract: The systemic production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha was evaluated in uremic patients before and after hemodiafiltration (HDF) and paired filtration dialysis (PFD) and in the interdialytic period. Both HDF and PFD were performed using polysulfone dialyzers with either standard or ultrapure dialysis fluid. TNF-alpha was quantitated by using a specific biological assay based on its cytotoxic effect on a TNF-sensitive human melanoma cell line SK-MEL-109. Postdialytic mean plasma TNF-alpha levels decreased, albeit not significantly, in regard to predialytic values. These results differ from those obtained in patients on HDF using other high-permeability membranes such as polymethylmethacrylate and polyacrylonitrile (AN 69) as recently described by us. Of interest, the adoption of ultrapure dialysis fluid resulted in a marked reduction in the interdialytic production of TNF-alpha. These results suggest that the enhanced production of TNF-alpha in patients dialyzed with high-permeability membranes is mainly dependent upon the bacteriological purity of dialysis fluid.
authors.affiliation: Bellco Laboratories, Mirandola, Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tetta
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fidelio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Licata
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Iacono
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sancipriano
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Biancone
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ragni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Segoloni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Camussi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015314:Dialysis Solutions / Q000009:adverse effects; D004340:Drug Contamination; D005260:Female; D006440:Hemofiltration / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D014511:Uremia / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D015314:Dialysis Solutions; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha