Immunoturbidimetric assay of transferrin: effect of iron and need for serum blanks

Mild hypoproliferative anemia with abnormal iron metabolism frequently accompanies chronic inflammation and infection in humans. To determine whether anemia is associated with chronic relapsing arthritis induced by bacterial cell wall polymers, serial determinations of the hematocrit were measured in rats injected intraperitoneally with sonicated peptidoglycan-polysaccharide fragments from group A streptococci. Acute anemia peaked 5 to 10 days after injection, and chronic, spontaneously relapsing anemia persisted for 309 days. 51Cr labeling demonstrated decreased erythrocyte survival, i.e., a half-life of 8.4 days in cell wall-injected rats versus 11.8 days in controls. Erythrocytes were mildly microcytic, and leukocyte counts were elevated during early spontaneous reactivation of arthritis, 15 days after injection of peptidoglycan-polysaccharide. Bone marrow myeloid/erythroid precursor ratios were elevated in arthritic rats (P < 0.0001). Purified peptidoglycan produced an acute anemia lasting 10 days, while injection of group A streptococcal polysaccharide and mutanolysin-digested cell wall did not affect the hematocrit. The minimal effective dose of peptidoglycanpolysaccharide was 5 ,ug of rhamnose per g (body weight). Serum iron and transferrin levels were decreased in cell wall-injected rats (P < 0.005) and were closely correlated with hematocrit values and joint inflammatory scores. Stainable iron was increased in the liver, spleen, and mesenteric lymph nodes and unchanged in the bone marrow of cell wall-injected rats. Anemia accompanying chronic, relapsing systemic inflammation induced by peptidoglycan-polysaccharide polymers appears to be an excellent animal model of the anemia of chronic disease.

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Immunoturbidimetric assay of transferrin: effect of iron and need for serum blanks

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