title: Production and kinetics of interleukin-1 in hemodialysis. In vivo and in vitro study.
abstract: Interleukin-1-beta (IL-1-beta) was measured in the plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cell lysates of uremic patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis by means of either cuprophane or polysulfone membranes. Basal plasma levels of IL-1-beta in hemodialyzed patients were strikingly higher than those of uremic patients on conservative treatment or of healthy subjects. Plasma levels of IL-1-beta in uremic patients increased significantly after 3 and 6 months of hemodialysis. The study of the kinetics of IL-1-beta concentration during a single hemodialysis session revealed that the concentration of IL-1-beta fell to 21 and 22% of the predialysis level with cuprophane and polysulfone, respectively. Hemodialysis patients also had a significantly higher intracellular IL-1-beta level than normal controls. During the hemodialysis session, an increase in cell-associated IL-1-beta was seen regardless of the membrane employed. In a parallel study, normal mononuclear cells were subjected to closed-loop in vitro dialysis with either cuprophane or polysulfone membranes, with or without acetate buffer. After 120 min of recirculation, an increase in cell-associated IL-1-beta was detected, but no changes were seen in the circulating medium. IL-1-beta production was not significantly influenced by either membrane or the dialysate composition. Hemodialysis has been associated with high plasma- and cell-associated IL-1 levels. The kinetics of intradialytic changes of IL-1-beta levels make IL-1 an unlikely cause of acute complications in hemodialysis. On the other hand, a chronic elevation of IL-1 in plasma of patients on maintenance hemodialysis may contribute to the development of some of the long-term complications of this treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Donati
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Degiannis
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Homer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Raska
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Raskova
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002482:Cellulose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008875:Middle Aged; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D011108:Polymers; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D013450:Sulfones; D014511:Uremia / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D007375:Interleukin-1; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011108:Polymers; D013450:Sulfones; C017662:polysulfone P 1700; D002482:Cellulose; C009865:cuprammonium cellulose