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In a group of subjects with chronic renal failure (CRF), we evaluated the leukocyte rheological activity, expressed as the filtration rate, the polymorphonuclear (PMN) membrane fluidity and the PMN cytosolic Ca2+ content. Using the St. George's Filtrometer, we determined the filtration rate of unfractionated, mononuclear and PMN leukocytes. Using the fluorescent probe 1.4-(trimethylamino)-phenyl-4-phenyl-hexatriene (TMA-DPH), we examined the PMN membrane fluidity and, using the Fura 2-AM, the PMN cytosolic Ca2+ content. From the results obtained, it is evident that only the initial relative flow rate of unfractionated leukocytes was significantly reduced in subjects with CRF, while the filtration parameters of mononuclear and PMN cells did not distinguish normals from CRF subjects. No variation was evident for the PMN membrane fluidity, while the PMN cytosolic Ca2+ content was significantly increased in CRF subjects. In these subjects no correlation was found between leukocyte filtration parameters, PMN membrane fluidity, PMN cytosolic Ca2+ content and plasma parameters (blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine), reflecting the degree of the CRF. In conclusion, in CRF subjects the abnormality of the leukocyte flow properties was restricted to the initial flow rate of unfractionated leukocytes, whereas the increase of PMN cytosolic Ca2+ content might be attributed to PMN activation.
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