title: Endotoxin-stimulated peritoneal macrophages obtained from continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients show an increased capacity to release interleukin-1 beta in vitro during infectious peritonitis.
abstract: Interleukin-1 (IL-1) release by peritoneal macrophages obtained from patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) was studied in nine patients during an infection-free period and eight patients during an infectious peritonitis, using an ELISA for IL-1 beta. Without exogenous stimulation with LPS, peritoneal macrophages from infected and uninfected patients released the same amounts of IL-1 beta, 183 +/- 40 pg ml-1 24 h-1) per 10(6) cells (means +/- SEM) and 251 +/- 96 pg ml-1, respectively. However, in response to a dose of 5 micrograms ml-1 of LPS, peritoneal macrophages released significantly more (P less than 0.005) IL-1 beta during peritonitis (6579 +/- 2793 pg ml-1 24 h-1 per 10(6) cells) compared with the infection-free period (1040 +/- 182 pg ml-1). These findings show that after microbial invasion of the peritoneal cavity, peritoneal macrophages are primed in vivo to release an increased amount of IL-1 beta in vitro after subsequent exogenous stimulation with LPS, indicating that peritoneal macrophage activation for IL-1 beta secretion occurs in steps.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Dijkzigt, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Fieren
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Van den Bemd
authors.forename: I L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Bonta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000276:immunology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000166:cytology; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides