title: Monocyte-macrophage mediated suppression of erythropoiesis in renal anaemia.
abstract: To investigate monocyte-macrophages and their secretions in the pathogenesis of renal anaemia we studied the following in 12 uraemic patients and in 12 normal subjects: 1. in vitro proliferation of erythroid progenitors (BFU-e) from uraemic and normal peripheral whole mononuclear cells; 2. effects of monocyte-depletion of uraemic or normal whole mononuclear cells on proliferation of BFU-e; 3. effects of adding uraemic or normal peritoneal macrophages (PM0) to peripheral blood normal non-adherent mononuclear cells; and 4. Interleukin-1 (IL-1) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) concentrations in supernatants of uraemic and normal PM0. BFU-e growth from uraemic whole mononuclear cells is lower than that of normal whole mononuclear cells. The removal of monocytes induces an increase in BFU-e development in uraemic patients, but a decrease in normal subjects. The addition of uraemic PM0 to normal nonadherent mononuclear cells causes a decrease in BFU-e formation, compared to values incubating normal PM0. PGE2 release in supernatants of uraemic PM0 is greater than in supernatants of normal PM0, and IL-1 activity is less with uraemic PM0 than that with normal PM0. In Conclusion we found that uraemic monocyte-macrophages have a suppressive effect on BFU-e development in vitro which can be mediated by abnormal release of secretory products.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015232:Dinoprostone; D004920:Erythropoiesis; D005260:Female; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000502:physiology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009000:Monocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000032:analysis; D014511:Uremia / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D011458:Prostaglandins E; D015232:Dinoprostone