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Perit Dial Int 19(2): 119-123 1999
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Peritoneal Dialysis International, Vol 19, Issue 2, 119-123
Copyright © 1999 by International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis

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Changes in volume of peritoneal mesothelial cells exposed to osmotic stress

A Breborowicz, A Polubinska, and DG Oreopoulos

Department of Pathophysiology, Poznan Medical School, Poland.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate changes in volume of mesothelial cells exposed to hypertonic medium and the role of volume regulatory mechanisms in adaptation to hyperosmolality. DESIGN: Experiments were performed on primary cultures of human peritoneal mesothelial cells. Cell volume was estimated by measuring equilibrated (intracellular/extracellular space) 14C-urea in cellular water. Cells in monolayers were exposed to hyperosmotic media and changes in cellular water or intracellular uptake of 3H-proline were measured. RESULTS: Exposure of mesothelial cell monolayers to hyperosmotic media reduced the cell volume; the effect was proportional to the osmolality of the medium. Volume of cells exposed to medium supplemented with glucose (180 mmol/L) decreased by 26%, p < 0.001, after 30 minutes' incubation. Prolonged exposure of mesothelial cells to hyperosmotic medium resulted in gradual recovery, after initial decline, of their volume. Intracellular uptake of amino acid 3H-proline increased after 240 minutes' exposure of the mesothelial cells to medium supplemented with glucose (90 mmol/L) (+40%, p < 0.05). When cells cultured for 7 days in medium supplemented with glucose (45 mmol/L) were exposed to medium with low glucose content (5 mmol/L) their volume increased by 17%, p < 0.05. CONCLUSION: Mesothelial cells shrink after exposure to hypertonic medium. Increased intracellular uptake of amino acids may be one of the regulatory mechanisms that ensure subsequent volume increase in these cells. Mesothelial cells chronically exposed to hypertonic medium swell after transfer to a medium with physiologic osmolality.




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