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      Cytokine Release Pathway in Mononuclear Cells Stimulated in vitro by Dialysis Membranes

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          Background: Among the possible variables associated with cytokine activation in hemodialysis, filter membrane has been reported to be a major factor and monocytes adherent to the membrane have been suggested as a possible source for cytokine synthesis. Methods: In order to exclude variables other than the direct cell-to-membrane interaction, suspensions of peripheral blood monocytes isolated from donors’ blood were incubated for 180 min at 37°C in Petri dishes coated with cuprophan (Cu) or polyacrylonitrile (AN69S) or polysulfone (PS). Total RNA was purified, reverse transcribed in cDNA and amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primed with specific oligomers for determining IL-1β and TNF-α gene expression. For Western blot analysis, cell homogenates and supernatants were electrophoresed and transferred to a polyvinylidene difluoride membrane and the membrane was then incubated with polyclonal antibodies specific for the detection of IL-1β and TNF-α. Results: Semi-quantitation of targets for PCR (using the technique of limiting dilutions and referring to actin and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase as noninducible molecule) revealed a comparable increase at 180 min (p < 0.05) in IL-1β and TNF-α mRNA in monocytes incubated with polyacrylonitrile, PS and Cu membranes. In 2 of 10 experiments pro-IL-1β was detected in monocytes interacting with Cu, PS and AN69S membrane. However, the extent of extracellular release of mature protein was greater for Cu. Conclusion: Some dissociation between transcriptional and translational events was detected in experiments using donors’ blood in vitro. More specifically, synthetic membranes (both polyacrylonitrile and PS) were found to be as active as Cu in inducing IL-1β and TNF-α mRNA expression, but less effective in promoting the extracellular release of proinflammatory cytokine products.

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                Journal
                AJN
                Am J Nephrol
                10.1159/issn.0250-8095
                American Journal of Nephrology
                S. Karger AG
                0250-8095
                1421-9670
                2002
                December 2002
                07 October 2002
                : 22
                : 5-6
                : 509-514
                Affiliations
                aCattedre e Scuola di Specializzazione di Patologia Clinica e Dipartimento di Medicina e Oncologia Sperimentale, Università di Torino; bCentro di Ricerche di Immunopatologia e Documentazione su Malattie Rare (CMID), Presidi Ospedalieri ASL4, sede Luigi Einaudi, Torino, Italia
                Article
                65288 Am J Nephrol 2002;22:509–514
                10.1159/000065288
                12381952
                99f535f0-2c3f-4b3d-b25e-1cea3fa73a0e
                © 2002 S. Karger AG, Basel

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                History
                : 29 August 2001
                : 11 June 2002
                Page count
                Figures: 4, References: 24, Pages: 6
                Categories
                Clinical Study

                Cardiovascular Medicine,Nephrology
                Western blot,Dialysis membranes,Tumor necrosis factor-α,Interleukin-1β,Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction

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