1. High cut-off dialysis mitigates pro-calcific effects of plasma on vascular progenitor cells.
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Schaub T, Janke D, Zickler D, Lange C, Girndt M, Schindler R, Dragun D, and Hegner B
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- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cell Differentiation, Female, Fibroblast Growth Factor-23, Humans, Kidney Failure, Chronic blood, Kidney Failure, Chronic pathology, Kidney Failure, Chronic therapy, Male, Mesenchymal Stem Cells cytology, Middle Aged, Osteoblasts cytology, Renal Dialysis instrumentation, Renal Dialysis methods, Vascular Calcification blood, Vascular Calcification pathology, Mesenchymal Stem Cells pathology, Osteoblasts pathology, Renal Dialysis adverse effects, Vascular Calcification etiology
- Abstract
Mortality of patients with end-stage renal disease tremendously exceeds that of the general population due to excess cardiovascular morbidity. Large middle-sized molecules (LMM) including pro-inflammatory cytokines are major drivers of uremic cardiovascular toxicity and cannot be removed sufficiently by conventional high-flux (HFL) hemodialysis. We tested the ability of plasma from 19 hemodialysis patients participating in a trial comparing HFL with high cut-off (HCO) membranes facilitating removal of LMM to induce calcification in mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) functioning as vascular progenitors. HCO dialysis favorably changed plasma composition resulting in reduced pro-calcific activity. LMM were removed more effectively by HCO dialysis including FGF23, a typical LMM we found to promote osteoblastic differentiation of MSC. Protein-bound uremic retention solutes with known cardiovascular toxicity but not LMM inhibited proliferation of MSC without direct toxicity in screening experiments. We could not attribute the effect of HCO dialysis on MSC calcification to distinct mediators. However, we found evidence of sustained reduced inflammation that might parallel other anti-calcifying mechanisms such as altered generation of extracellular vesicles. Our findings imply protection of MSC from dysfunctional differentiation by novel dialysis techniques targeted at removal of LMM. HCO dialysis might preserve their physiologic role in vascular regeneration and improve outcomes in dialysis patients.
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- 2021
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