title: Do different dialytic techniques have different atherosclerotic and antioxidant activities?
abstract: To compare the chronic effect of several dialytic techniques (bicarbonate dialysis, BHD; acetate free biofiltration, AFB; hemodiafiltration, HDF; paired filtration dialysis, PFD) on atherosclerosis and antioxidant activity, three different indices were created. The first (atherosclerotic index = AI) is formed using the sum of three plasma substances: MDA, Hcy, and Cys (malondialdehyde, homocysteine, cysteine). The second (antioxidant activity index = AOAI) is the sum of five erythrocyte (E) parameters: E-GSH, GPx, CAT, SOD, GR (E-glutathione, E-glutathione peroxidase, E-catalase, E-superoxide dismutase, E-glutathione reductase). The third (defense index = DI) is derived from the previous two: (AOAI - AI). The indices were so expressed as AI in mmol/L, AOAI in U/g hemoglobin (Hb), and DI in arbitrary units. These indices were calculated in 20 controls and 51 chronic HD patients (26 female, 25 male) before, during, and after the first session of the week. HD patients were divided according to their dialytic technique: BHD, n = 35; AFB, n = 5 patients; HDF, n = 7 patients; or PFD = 4 patients. All patients had been treated with a given technique for at least 12 months, before entering the study. As expected, HD patients had AI values higher than controls, both before and after the session, with a mean value of 541 (before) and 331 (after), whereas controls had a mean value of 205. The AOAI was lower than controls, both before and after the session, the mean value being 1,122 (before) and 1,582 (after), that of controls being 2,424. In all cases, PFD gave the best "acute" results; at the end of a PFD session, near normal values of AI, AOAI, and DI (defensive index = AOAI - AI) were obtained.
authors.affiliation: Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Legnano Hospital, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Biasioli
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schiavon
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Petrosino
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cavallini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: De Fanti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zambello
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Borin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Targa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000209:etiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002374:Catalase / Q000097:blood; D003545:Cysteine / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005978:Glutathione / Q000097:blood; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000097:blood; D005980:Glutathione Reductase / Q000097:blood; D017583:Hemodiafiltration / Q000009:adverse effects; D006710:Homocysteine / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000097:blood; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D006710:Homocysteine; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D005980:Glutathione Reductase; D005978:Glutathione; D003545:Cysteine