Volume 43, Issue 5 pp. 490-503
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Increasing the removal of protein-bound uremic toxins by liposome-supported hemodialysis

Yuanyuan Shi

Yuanyuan Shi

Division of Nephrology & Unit of Critical Nephrology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

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Yifeng Wang

Yifeng Wang

Division of Nephrology & Unit of Critical Nephrology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

The State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, China

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Shuai Ma

Shuai Ma

Division of Nephrology & Unit of Critical Nephrology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

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Tingyan Liu

Tingyan Liu

Division of Nephrology & Unit of Critical Nephrology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

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Huajun Tian

Huajun Tian

Division of Nephrology & Unit of Critical Nephrology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

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Qiuyu Zhu

Qiuyu Zhu

Division of Nephrology & Unit of Critical Nephrology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

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Wenji Wang

Wenji Wang

Division of Nephrology & Unit of Critical Nephrology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

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Yulin Li

Yulin Li

The State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, China

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Feng Ding

Corresponding Author

Feng Ding

Division of Nephrology & Unit of Critical Nephrology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

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Feng Ding, Division of Nephrology & Unit of Critical Nephrology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 639 Zhizaoju Road, Shanghai 200011, China.

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First published: 30 October 2018
Citations: 22
Yuanyuan Shi and Yifeng Wang contributed equally to this work.

Funding information

National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant/Award Number: 81270850 and 81470990; Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality, Grant/Award Number: 17441904200; Shanghai Pudong New Area Program, Grant/Award Number: PW2015D-4; Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital Clinical Research Program, Grant/Award Number: JYLJ007; Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital MDT Program, Grant/Award Number: 2017-1-019

Abstract

Protein-bound uremic toxins (PBUTs) accumulate at high plasma levels and cause various deleterious effects in end-stage renal disease patients because their removal by conventional hemodialysis is severely limited by their low free-fraction levels in plasma. Here, we assessed the extent to which solute removal can be increased by adding liposomes to the dialysate. The uptake of liposomes by direct incubation in vitro showed an obvious dose-response relationship for p-cresyl sulfate (PCS) and indoxyl sulfate (IS) but not for hippuric acid (HA). The percent removal of both PCS and IS but not of HA was gradually increased with the increased concentration of liposomes in a rapid equilibrium dialysis setup. In vitro closed circulation showed that adding liposomes to the dialysate markedly increased the dialysances of PBUTs without greatly altering that of urea and creatinine. In vivo experiments in uremic rats demonstrated that adding liposomes to the dialysate resulted in higher reduction ratios (RRs) and more total solute removal (TSR) for several PBUTs compared to the conventional dialysate, which was approximately similar to the addition of bovine serum albumin to the dialysate. These findings highlight that as an adjunct to conventional hemodialysis, addition of liposomes to the dialysate could significantly improve the removal of protein-bound uremic solutes without greatly altering the removal of small, water-soluble solutes.

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