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Provedor de dados: |
BJMBR
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País: |
Brazil
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Título: |
Absence of peripheral blood mononuclear cells priming in hemodialysis patients
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Autores: |
Santos,B.C.
Starobinas,N.
Barbuto,J.A.M.
Russo,M.
Schor,N.
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Data: |
2003-02-01
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Ano: |
2003
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Palavras-chave: |
Cytokine
Stress response
Translational control
Transcriptional blockage
Priming
Membrane-anchored tumor necrosis factor
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Resumo: |
As a consequence of the proinflammatory environment occurring in dialytic patients, cytokine overproduction has been implicated in hemodialysis co-morbidity. However, there are discrepancies among the various studies that have analyzed TNF-alpha synthesis and the presence of peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) priming in this clinical setting. We measured bioactive cytokine by the L929 cell bioassay, and evaluated PBMC TNF-alpha production by 32 hemodialysis patients (HP) and 51 controls. No difference in TNF-alpha secretion was observed between controls and HP (859 ± 141 vs 697 ± 130 U/10(6) cells). Lipopolysaccharide (5 µg/ml) did not induce any further TNF-alpha release, showing no PBMC priming. Paraformaldehyde-fixed HP PBMC were not cytotoxic to L929 cells, suggesting the absence of membrane-anchored TNF-alpha. Cycloheximide inhibited PBMC cytotoxicity in HP and controls, indicating lack of a PBMC TNF-alpha pool, and dependence on de novo cytokine synthesis. Actinomycin D reduced TNF-alpha production in HP, but had no effect on controls. Therefore, our data imply that TNF-alpha production is an intrinsic activity of normal PBMC and is not altered in HP. Moreover, TNF-alpha is a product of de novo synthesis by PBMC and is not constitutively expressed on HP cell membranes. The effect of actinomycin D suggests a putative tighter control of TNF-alpha mRNA turnover in HP. This increased dependence on TNF-alpha RNA transcription in HP may reflect an adaptive response to hemodialysis stimuli.
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Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Idioma: |
Inglês
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Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2003000200009
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Editor: |
Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
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Relação: |
10.1590/S0100-879X2003000200009
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text/html
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Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research v.36 n.2 2003
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Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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