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Perit Dial Int 24(1): 28-36 2004
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Peritoneal Dialysis International, Vol 24, Issue 1, 28-36
Copyright © 2004 by International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis

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Leukocyte CD11b and CD62l expression in response to interstitial inflammation in CAPD patients

E Dadfar, J Lundahl, E Fernvik, A Nopp, B Hylander, and SH Jacobson

Division of Clinical Immunology, Karolinska Hospital and Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. elham.dadfar@ks.se

OBJECTIVE: Very little is known about the kinetics of leukocyte recruitment and the modulation of adhesion molecules on leukocytes in the interstitium at the site of inflammation outside the peritoneal cavity in patients on peritoneal dialysis. These issues were addressed in the present study. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Two skin blisters were raised in 10 patients on peritoneal dialysis and in 19 healthy subjects. After 12 hours, blister exudates were collected and the blisters were thereafter challenged with buffer or autologous serum in order to establish an intermediate and an intense cutaneous inflammation. Leukocyte count, leukocyte CD11b/CD62L expression, monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), and interleukin-8 (IL-8) were determined in blood and at the three sites of interstitial inflammation by immunostaining, flow cytometry, and ELISA. RESULTS: In monocytes and granulocytes, expression of CD11b increased and CD62L decreased significantly during the transmigration process from the peripheral blood into the three sites of interstitial inflammation. In the nonstimulated blister, expression of CD11b on both monocytes and granulocytes was similar in patients and healthy subjects. At the site of intermediate inflammation, expression of CD11b on both monocytes and granulocytes was significantly higher in healthy subjects compared to patients (p < 0.05 and p < 0.001 respectively). At the site of intense inflammation, expression of CD11b on granulocytes was significantly lower (p < 0.001), and CD62L significantly higher (p < 0.001) in patients. Interstitial concentrations of MCP-1 and IL-8 at the sites of intermediate inflammation were significantly higher in healthy subjects compared to patients (p < 0.05 and p < 0.05 respectively). However, at the site of intense inflammation, similar concentrations of MCP-1 and IL-8 were observed. Furthermore, there were no significant correlations between concentrations of MCP-1 and IL-8 in blister exudates and expression of CD11b on monocytes and granulocytes at the sites of interstitial inflammation. CONCLUSION:The ability of monocytes and granulocytes to modulate the expression of adhesion molecule in response to interstitial inflammation was significantly impaired in patients on peritoneal dialysis. Furthermore, these data suggest that the expression of CD11b on leukocytes is not dependent on concentrations of IL-8 and MCP-1 in interstitium in this patient group.






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