title: Beta-2-microglobulin generation rate and clearance rate in maintenance hemodialysis patients.
abstract: We analyzed the rebound pattern of plasma beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2-m) concentration from 4 h after completion of hemodiafiltration until the start of the next treatment according to the one-pool beta 2-m kinetic model so as to determine beta 2-m generation rate and whole-body beta 2-m clearance. Next, we obtained the whole renal beta 2-m clearance as the product of renal creatinine clearance and the glomerular sieving coefficient of beta 2-m. Then, extrarenal beta 2-m clearance was calculated as the difference between whole-body beta 2-m clearance and whole renal beta 2-m clearance and renal beta 2-m clearance due to tubular absorption was taken to be the difference between whole renal beta 2-m clearance and renal beta 2-m clearance due to urinary excretion. The results showed that the higher the patients' plasma beta 2-m concentration was, the lower was the whole-body beta 2-m clearance. Moreover, in the present study, an inverse correlation was found between the following respective factors: plasma beta 2-m concentration and whole renal beta 2-m clearance; plasma concentration and renal clearance due to tubular absorption; plasma concentration and renal clearance due to urinary excretion. However, there was no correlation between plasma beta 2-m concentration and extrarenal beta 2-m clearance. The findings indicate that the variation of plasma beta 2-m concentration with the individual patient is solely attributable to the variation in residual renal function in terms of beta 2-m elimination.
authors.affiliation: Nagoya University Branch Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shinzato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayakawa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin