title: Evaluation of White Blood Cell- and Platelet-Derived Cytokine Accumulation in MIRASOL-PRT-Treated Platelets.
abstract: BACKGROUND: Soluble mediators in platelet concentrates (PCs) released from contaminating white blood cells (WBCs) and platelets (PLTs) themselves are supposed to promote allergic and non-hemolytic febrile transfusion reactions in the recipient. Pathogen reduction technologies (PRTs) prevent replication and proliferation of pathogens as well as of WBCs, and may reduce cytokine accumulation in PCs during storage and prevent adverse events after PLT transfusion. On the other hand, such treatments may also lead to increased cytokine production by stimulation of WBCs or PLTs due to the photochemical or photodynamical process itself. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 12 triple-dose PLT apheresis collections were leukoreduced by the process-controlled leukoreduction system of the Trima Accel machine and split into 3 units undergoing Mirasol-PRT treatment (M) or gamma irradiation (X) or remaining untreated (C). During storage for up to 7 days, PLT activation, WBC-derived Th-1/2, and inflammatory as well as PLT-derived cytokines were measured by cytometric bead array and enzymelinked immunosorbent assay, respectively. RESULTS: Independent of treatment, all PLT products exhibited low levels of WBC-associated cytokines near or below assay detection limits. WBC-associated cytokines were not elevated by Mirasol-PRT treatment. PLT-derived cytokines were detected at higher levels and increased significantly during storage in all units. Most likely due to higher PLT activation, M units showed significantly higher levels of PLT-derived cytokines compared to untreated and gamma-irradiated units on day 5 of storage. CONCLUSION: In all PCs, PLTs themselves were the main source of cytokine release. Mirasol-PRT treatment was associated with a significantly increased PLT activation and accumulation of PLT-derived cytokines during storage, without affecting WBC-derived cytokines relative to controls.
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authors.lastname: Picker
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steisel
authors.forename: Birgit S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Gathof
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