Adverse effects of iron toward the peritoneal mesothelial cells are reversible.

INTRODUCTION

Evaluation of the effects of the drugs used for iron supplementation on the peritoneal mesothelial cells.

METHODS

Acute effects during18-h incubation of iron sucrose, ferric carboxymaltose, and iron isomaltoside in concentrations 1, 5, and 20 ug/dl on properties of the human peritoneal mesothelial cells in in vitro culture were evaluated, and their reversibility after the following culture for 14 days in the iron-free medium was studied.

RESULTS

All studied compounds reduced viability of mesothelial cells and proliferation rate and increased intracellular oxidative stress and iron content in the cytosol. Secretion of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 was increased and tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) decreased. After 14 days of culture in iron-free medium, reversibility of all these effects was observed.

CONCLUSION

Iron compounds impair the functional properties of mesothelial cells in a dose-dependent manner, but these effects are reversible after the following culture of the cells in an iron-free medium.