Serum Hepcidin Evaluation in Patients with Chronic Dialysis

V. Manolov¹ , D. Yonova², E. Vazelov², B. Bogov³, M. Velizarova¹, B. Atanasova^, V. Vasilev ^, K. Tzatchev ^, I. Bogov ^^

¹Department of Medical Genetics, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria; ²Clinical Center of Dialysis, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria; ³Department of Clinical Nephrology, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria; ^Department of Clinical Laboratory and Clinical Immunology, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria; ^^National Cardiological Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria

*Corresponding author: Victor Manolov, MD. Department of Medical Genetics, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria  E-mail: victhedoc2@yahoo.com

Published: June 25, 2015. DOI: 10.21103/Article5(2)_CR5

Abstract: 

The aim of our study was to quantify serum hepcidin levels in Bulgarian patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Expected high values of peptide hormones might provide a new therapeutic choice for anemia of chronic disease. We looked for correlation between serum hepcidin levels and some iron metabolism parameters in CKD patients.

Results: The sandwich ELISA is highly specific for hepcidin-25. We found statistically significant differences in serum hepcidin levels in patients of the control group, with CKD stages II to IV and CKD stage V (on chronic dialysis): 12.7±8.7μg/L, 90.74±21.1μg/L, and 282.49±81.1μg/L, respectively. Significant correlation between serum hepcidin and transferrin saturation (r=0.340, P<0.05) was found in the group of patients with CKD stage V.

Conclusion: The use of 2 monoclonal antibodies in a sandwich ELISA format provides a reliable, reproducible, and inexpensive method for measuring serum concentrations of the bioactive form of hepcidin in Bulgarian laboratory practice.

Keywords: 
Hepcidin; anemia of chronic disease; chronic kidney disease (CKD); hemodialysis.
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