title: Effects of recombinant human erythropoietin on physiological inhibitors of coagulation in children on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
abstract: The effects of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) on plasma and peritoneal effluent levels of antithrombin III (AT-III), protein C (PC) activity, and protein S (PS) activity were evaluated in 10 uremic children on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). The findings were compared with values obtained from ten healthy children. Levels of AT-III and of PC and PS activity in plasma and peritoneal effluent were measured before, and at 8 and 12 weeks after, rHuEPO treatment. Baseline levels of AT-III and PC activity in plasma were lower than the control values. Levels of PC activity increased during the trial, while levels of AT-III remained unchanged, and levels of PS activity decreased. Baseline levels of PC activity in peritoneal effluent were lower than those obtained during rHuEPO treatment, while no change in peritoneal levels of PS activity and AT-III was observed after rHuEPO treatment. A significant positive correlation was seen between plasma and peritoneal levels of PC activity at baseline. A significant positive correlation was also seen between plasma levels of PS activity and hemoglobin at week 12, and a significant negative correlation between plasma levels of AT-III and albumin at week 8. No correlation was found between the plasma natural coagulation inhibitors and CAPD duration. These results suggest that plasma PS activity can be decreased, and plasma PC activity increased, by rHuEPO treatment in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Medical Faculty, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Kisaarslan
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gündüz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Düsünsel
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Poyrazoglu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saraymen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Elmas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000517:prevention & control; D000990:Antithrombin III / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D011486:Protein C / Q000032:analysis*; D017293:Protein S / Q000032:analysis*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
chemical_list: D011486:Protein C; D017293:Protein S; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004921:Erythropoietin; D000990:Antithrombin III