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Low Density Lipoprotein Apheresis Ameliorates Interferon‐γ Production in Patients With Nephrotic Syndrome
Author(s) -
Miyata Hitomi,
Uno Kazuko,
Ono Takahiko,
Yashiro Masatomo,
Fukatsu Atsushi,
Kita Toru,
Kimura Takeshi,
Muso Eri
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
therapeutic apheresis and dialysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.415
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1744-9987
pISSN - 1744-9979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-9987.2011.01045.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrotic syndrome , peripheral blood mononuclear cell , lipoprotein , endocrinology , apheresis , immunology , cholesterol , platelet , in vitro , biochemistry , chemistry
Rapid amelioration of hypercholesterolemia in nephrotic syndrome (NS) using low density lipoprotein‐apheresis (LDL‐A) sometimes leads to NS remission, along with improvement of impaired biodefense system; however, the mechanism of how LDL‐A affects NS is still unknown. We studied IFN‐γ production under IL‐12 stimulation for 24 h in whole blood from 30 NS patients, 31 non‐NS patients, 35 healthy volunteers and another four persistent NS patients due to refractory focal segmental glomerulonephritis and minimal change type nephrotic syndrome. We compared IFN‐γ production in whole blood and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from persistent NS patients before and after each of 14 LDL‐A procedures. Finally, we studied the effect that persistent NS patients' serum before and after LDL‐A had on IFN‐γ production in healthy volunteers' PBMC. Whole blood IFN‐γ production was significantly lower in NS patients compared with healthy volunteers or non‐NS patients. In persistent NS, after LDL‐A, IFN‐γ production returned to normal levels. IFN‐γ production in PBMC varied greatly among these patients and did not show consistent changes after LDL‐A. Healthy volunteers PBMC incubated with persistent NS patients' serum obtained after LDLA showed higher IFN‐γ production than before LDL‐A. IFN‐γ production in peripheral blood is impaired if a patient is in a nephrotic state. LDL‐A might restore suppressed PBMC function in persistent NS patients, thereby ameliorating the nephrotic state, possibly through removing interfering serum factors.