F Hiepe, K Wolbart, W Schossler, A Speer, T Montag, F Mielke, E Apostoloff
{"title":"Development of a DNA-adsorbent for the specific removal of anti-DNA autoantibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).","authors":"F Hiepe, K Wolbart, W Schossler, A Speer, T Montag, F Mielke, E Apostoloff","doi":"10.3109/10731199009117337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/10731199009117337","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Autoantibodies against DNA are of primary importance for the diagnosis and pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematousus (SLE). The level of anti-DNA antibodies correlates well with the disease activity and renal involvement. In such patients the removal of anti-DNA antibodies from plasma may lead to a clinical improvement. For this reason an adsorbent was made by covalent coupling of calf thymus DNA to a solid support based on ethylene dimethacrylate cross-linked hydroxethyl methacrylate. Up to 2.5 mg of DNA were immobolized to 1 ml of the support activated chemically by aminosilane and glutaraldehyde. The incubation of 40 ml of SLE plasma with 1 ml of the adsorbent resulted in a 50% decline in anti-DNA activity. There was no release of immobilized P-32-DNA into the plasma. Biocompatibility, sterilisation, and reapplication (without loss of binding capacity) of the adsorbent could be demonstrated. We concluded that the adsorbent may be suitable for treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":77498,"journal":{"name":"Biomaterials, artificial cells, and artificial organs","volume":"18 5","pages":"683-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/10731199009117337","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13254718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Artificial red cells. A link between the membrane skeleton and RES detectability?","authors":"R D MacGregor, C A Hunt","doi":"10.3109/10731199009117311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/10731199009117311","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Factors governing nonspecific reticuloendothelial system (RES)-detectability are largely unknown. Will a liposome that mimics the lipid composition of the outer leaflet of the erythrocyte membrane be invisible to the RES? On both experimental and theoretical grounds we believe the answer is no, in part because 1) sorption of proteins is believed to be important in determining RES uptake, 2) a membrane skeleton is apparently necessary to inhibit protein sorption into erythrocyte membranes and 3) Neohemocytes (a liposome encapsulated hemoglobin product) currently lack a membrane skeleton. Neohemocytes with erythrocyte outer leaflet lipid composition do have extended circulation half-times, but these are at least two orders of magnitude shorter than the circulation half-times of erythrocytes. How might a membrane skeleton modulate RES-detectability? Can avoidance of opsonization result in part from the properties of the membrane skeleton? If so, then how? To explore and quantify such questions we have developed a theoretical, statistical-thermodynamic model of protein binding into membranes. It predicts that the membrane area available for rapid lateral diffusion is critically important in controlling the amount of sorbed protein per unit area, and that a membrane skeleton can reduce a protein's sorption by several orders of magnitude. Based on theoretical results, we offer a speculative model for the detection of non-self lipid bilayers by the RES.</p>","PeriodicalId":77498,"journal":{"name":"Biomaterials, artificial cells, and artificial organs","volume":"18 2","pages":"329-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/10731199009117311","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13519428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Whole complement hemolytic activity (CH50) following infusion of stroma-free and polyhemoglobin solutions in rats.","authors":"J Ning, T M Chang","doi":"10.3109/10731199009117302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/10731199009117302","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We developed a method to determine whole complement hemolytic activity (CH50) in rat plasma using a modification of the method of Mayer(1). Plasma CH50 level in 30 male Sprague Dawley rats was 1000 +/- 200 units. Following infusions with human and rat stroma-free hemoglobin or polyhemoglobin solutions, CH50 did not change significantly in rats when compared to albumin infused rats. On the other hand, CH50 significantly decreased in the group receiving membrane stroma and bacterial endotoxins.</p>","PeriodicalId":77498,"journal":{"name":"Biomaterials, artificial cells, and artificial organs","volume":"18 2","pages":"203-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/10731199009117302","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13518756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V W Macdonald, R M Winslow, M A Marini, M T Klinker
{"title":"Coronary vasoconstrictor activity of purified and modified human hemoglobin.","authors":"V W Macdonald, R M Winslow, M A Marini, M T Klinker","doi":"10.3109/10731199009117306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/10731199009117306","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Unpurified stroma-free hemoglobin (SFH) from water-lysed human red blood cells, hemoglobin Ao (HbAo), and hemoglobin cross-linked between alpha chains with 3,5-bis-dibromosalicyl-fumarate (HbXLDBBF) were infused into isolated perfused rabbit hearts. Vasoactivity and myocardial performance were determined using an isovolumic Langendorff preparation. With constant coronary flow, infusion of SFH (55 mg/dl) resulted in a 56% increase in aortic pressure as opposed to 29% and 11% increases with HbAo and HbXLDBBF, respectively. Rates of aortic pressure increase were over 6 times greater with SFH than with either HbAo or HbXLDBBF and exhibited concentration dependence only with SFH. Myocardial function remained normal. With constant coronary pressure, coronary flow decreased by 36% with SFH accompanied by a 23% decline in left ventricular developed pressure indicative of ischemia. With HbAo or HbXLDBBF, coronary flow decreased by only 1/3 that with SFH, while developed pressure declined by 4% and 2% with HbAo and HbXLDBBF, respectively. These data suggest that purification of HbAo to a single component can eliminate the dominant of at least two distinct vasoactive factors normally found in SFH. Furthermore, the physiological significance of the vascular response to HbAo is minimal. Preparations of HbXLDBBF accomplish this same result.</p>","PeriodicalId":77498,"journal":{"name":"Biomaterials, artificial cells, and artificial organs","volume":"18 2","pages":"263-82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/10731199009117306","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13519423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Use of cell culture to predict toxicity of solid materials in blood contact.","authors":"A Wieslander, A Magnusson, P Kjellstrand","doi":"10.3109/10731199009117314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/10731199009117314","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A comparison was made, for in vitro assessment of toxicity, between six different procedures to extract biomaterials. A new method was developed, with a special insert inside the tissue culture well, that allows relevant contact between cells and material without disturbing physical contact. To predict the toxicity of materials in blood contact, our results suggest that two simple methods ought to be used, one based on water eluates and the other on contact between cells and material.</p>","PeriodicalId":77498,"journal":{"name":"Biomaterials, artificial cells, and artificial organs","volume":"18 3","pages":"367-74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/10731199009117314","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13533364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ectopic bone induction by partially purified bone extract alone or attached to biomaterials.","authors":"H F Swoboda, F M Wimmer, K Pfeiffer, K H Schmidt","doi":"10.3109/10731199009117316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/10731199009117316","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Formation of new bone is suggested to be caused by interaction of a set of chemical factors with mesenchymal target cells. A specific assembly of factors, i.e. chemotaxis-, adhesion-, proliferation- and differentiation-factors, as well as macromolecular structure components, essential for formation of large amounts of ectopic bone was termed \"osteopoetin\" (OP). In the present study a partially purified osteopoetin containing bovine bone extract (OCBE) was used to induce ectopic bone formation. In order to reduce the amount of OCBE necessary for bone induction, OCBE was seeded onto different commercially available collagens or poly-L-lactic acids (PL). Solid collagens in a sponge-like form were used for the first time to function as an attachment system for an osteoinductive substance. The test substances were implanted into abdominal muscle pouches of male Wistar rats. After 21 days the implants were harvested and evaluated histologically. OCBE resulted in the formation of large ossicles containing hematopoietic bone marrow. The minimal amount of OCBE to elicit ectopic bone formation can be reduced by a factor of 10 when attached to quickly resorbable collagens, but not when attached to slowly resorbable PL. These results suggest that collagens are suitable OCBE attachment systems and useful for clinical application.</p>","PeriodicalId":77498,"journal":{"name":"Biomaterials, artificial cells, and artificial organs","volume":"18 3","pages":"383-401"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/10731199009117316","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13533366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is there a possibility of a bioartificial pancreas?","authors":"G Reach","doi":"10.3109/10731199009119622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/10731199009119622","url":null,"abstract":"The use of pancreatic living tissue, namely the transplantation of the pancreas or of isolated islets, for the cure of diabetes mellitus is extremely attractive. It is the only way to obtain in type 1 diabetic patients a perfect normalization of glycosylated hemoglobin, a marker of metabolic control. However, there are two major obstacles which limit this approach: The immune rejection of the transplanted tissue and the scarcity of pancreas donors in the face of a common disease. These two obstacles explain that a relatively small number of trials have been performed, most of them in patients with end stage renal failure and in conjunction with a kidney transplant. So far, islet transplantation, although able to correct hyperglycemia in experimental models of diabetes in animals, has consistently failed in man, certainly due to the fact that there is no method for isolating an adequate number of intact islets from a single human donor pancreas. A recent paper demonstrated a need to transplant 5000 islets/...","PeriodicalId":77498,"journal":{"name":"Biomaterials, artificial cells, and artificial organs","volume":"18 4","pages":"483-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/10731199009119622","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13436458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pathogenetic substantiation of extracorporeal detoxication in surgery.","authors":"L A Ender, A M Lekhtman, A I Lobakov","doi":"10.3109/10731199009119625","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/10731199009119625","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The report is based on the results of treatment of 116 patients with severe purulent-destructive abdominal cavity diseases and 320 patients with liver failure due to bile ducts obturation. Along with surgical operations, methods of organism extracorporeal detoxication-haemosorption, exchange plasmapheresis, autoblood ultraviolet irradiation--were used in all patients either in isolation or in combination with each other. Toxical metabolites concentration, blood integral toxicity, peptids with mean molecular weight concentration, liver profile enzimes activity, lipid metabolism indices, general and liver haemodynamics and electroencephalogram were studied. On the basis of correlations between indices obtained by the method of extreme grouping factors-syndromes were formed, and then in accordance with a special program summary evaluation of detoxication was calculated in marks. A drop in lethality by 28.3% was ensured, as well as a drop in postoperatyonal liver failure by 51.4%.</p>","PeriodicalId":77498,"journal":{"name":"Biomaterials, artificial cells, and artificial organs","volume":"18 4","pages":"507-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/10731199009119625","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13437108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigation of blood-biomaterial interaction by means of a new quantitative dynamic measuring principle.","authors":"T Groth, C Vassilieff, H Wolf, H Kuhn","doi":"10.3109/10731199009119627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/10731199009119627","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study a new dynamic measuring chamber for flat biomaterials allowing the estimation of cell adhesion on test surfaces by measuring the cell lost from surface contacting test blood under defined rheological conditions is introduced. This was achieved by constructing a test chamber permitting the contact of small amount of blood with a large geometrical test surface. The construction consists of a spiral-shaped flow channel of 0.3 cm width, 0.02 cm height and 78 cm length. The applicability of the new method was demonstrated by evaluation of platelet adhesion on siliconized glass, fibrinogen coated glass, cuprophane and polyacrylnitrile.</p>","PeriodicalId":77498,"journal":{"name":"Biomaterials, artificial cells, and artificial organs","volume":"18 4","pages":"517-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/10731199009119627","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13437110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Natural history of peritonitis post-peritoneal dialysis (PPPD).","authors":"A Treviño-Becerra, M M Gómez","doi":"10.3109/10731199009117294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/10731199009117294","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77498,"journal":{"name":"Biomaterials, artificial cells, and artificial organs","volume":"18 1","pages":"125-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/10731199009117294","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13338259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}