MO650: In Vitro Performance Evaluation of a Filter Used for Hemodiafiltration by Using Β-Lactoglobulin
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation(2022)
摘要
Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS Filters currently used for hemodiafiltration (HF) can remove sufficiently low to middle molecular weight solutes, like urea to β2 microglobulin (molecular weight: 11.800). Therefore, the removal rate of α1 microglobulin (α1-MG; molecular weight: 33.000) and albumin leakage are used as a guide to select a filter and to set appropriate operating conditions. Since α1-MG is very expensive, in vitro performance evaluation of the filters using α1-MG is not practical. In the present study, we aimed to investigate whether β-lactoglobulin (β-LG), which has a molecular weight of 18.400 and forms dimer (molecular weight: 36.800) under physiological conditions, can be used as a marker solute in the 30.000 molecular weight region. METHOD HF experiments were performed using 1.8 L of porcine whole blood (hematocrit: 30 ± 3%, total protein concentration: 6.5 ± 0.5 g/dL). The sieving coefficients of β-LG, separated from milk by membrane separation (untreated), made whey containing β-LG by acid treatment of milk and pH adjusted (acid-treated) and powdered reagent, were measured in porcine blood. In addition, HF experiments with permeate recycle were performed using three filters with different pore sizes (MFX-S, MFX-E and MFX-M; Nipro) at a blood flow rate of 250 mL/min and filtration flow rate of 42 mL/min for 240 min. The concentration of β-LG was measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS The sieving coefficient of acid-treated or powdered reagent β-LG added to the blood was almost equal to that of untreated β-LG. When the powdered reagent β-LG was treated with mercaptoethanol, the sieving coefficient became larger, meaning that the β-LG is tightly bound by disulfide bonds to form a stable dimer. In HF experiments using three filters with different pore sizes, the filter with a larger pore size resulted in lower transmembrane pressure. The sieving coefficients of β-LG decreased with time and were 0.15 ± 0.024, 0.39 ± 0.023, 0.75 ± 0.064 (mean ± SD, n = 3) at 60 min for MFX-M, MFX-E and MFX-S, respectively, indicating that the difference in filter performance was able to classify in the sieving coefficient of β-LG. CONCLUSION β-lactoglobulin existed stably as a dimer and was able to classify the performance of filters used for hemodiafiltration as a marker solute in the 30.000 molecular weight region.
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hemodiafiltration,filter
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