[Influence of standard treatment on changes in the structural and functional properties of circulation red blood cells in obstructive and non-obstructive acute pyelonephritis].

AIM: To determine the effect of standard treatment on changes in the structural and functional properties of erythrocytes in obstructive and non-obstructive acute pyelonephritis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The structural and functional properties of erythrocytes and their intracellular metabolism in 78 patients with a diagnosis of primary non-obstructive and secondary obstructive acute pyelonephritis, randomized by age, gender, and the minimum number of concomitant diseases were investigated. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: In acute non-obstructive pyelonephritis, changes of the content of proteins in circulating erythrocytes responsible for the structure formation and stabilization of the plasma membrane (-spectrin, anion transport protein, pallidin, protein 4.1), intracellular metabolism (anion transport protein, glutathione-S-transferase), membrane flexibility and shape (actin, tropomyosin) are insignificant, alike from acute obstructive pyelonephritis. In addition, processes of lipid peroxidation inside red blood cells are intensified, and oxidative stress develops with a decrease in the sorption capacity of erythrocytes, as well as the content and ratio of lipid fractions in the plasma membrane, which form the basis of the lipid components and play the main role in the sequencing of protein macromolecules and the normal metabolism of red blood cells. CONCLUSION: In acute obstructive pyelonephritis, changes in the content and ratio of proteins and lipids in the erythrocyte membrane lead to functional rearrangements that are not corrected by standard treatment.

[Changes in the structural and functional properties of erythrocytes in serous and purulent acute pyelonephritis].

to establish violations of the structural and functional properties of peripheral blood erythrocytes in serous and purulent acute pyelonephritis before and after conventional therapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The structural and functional properties of erythrocytes of 62 patients with various forms of acute pyelonephritis, randomized by age, sex, and the minimum number of concomitant diseases in remission, were examined. Results and its discussion. In serous, to a greater extent, in the purulent form of acute pyelonephritis, violations of the usual ratio of erythrocyte membrane proteins responsible for the flexibility and shaping of the membrane, intracellular metabolism, stabilization and structure formation of the plasma membrane skeleton were established. Disturbances in the lipid content of erythrocyte membranes, which form the basis of the lipid framework of the plasma membrane and play a major role in the ordering of protein macromolecules and normal erythrocyte metabolism, were revealed. CONCLUSION: In the serous and purulent phases of inflammation, disturbances in the qualitative and quantitative variant of the protein and lipid fractions of the membranes cause functional changes in blood erythrocytes that are not normalized by standard treatment in the purulent form of the disease, which requires the development of correction methods.4 CONCLUSIONS: In patients with NDE before treatment, an increase in the level of only one representative of the investigated proteins of the circulating erythrocyte membrane out of 12, namely tropomyosin, was revealed, which can be used in the differential diagnosis of pyelonephritis forms. In patients with a purulent form of pyelonephritis, a more significant increase in lipid peroxidation processes, a weakening of the bodys antioxidant system, and a decrease in the adsorption characteristics of erythrocytes were revealed. Given the lack of effectiveness of basic treatment in relation to most indicators of the structural and functional properties of erythrocytes, it is necessary to include immunomodulatory and antioxidant drugs in the complex treatment for serous and purulent forms of acute pyelonephritis, which will help reduce complications and enhance regenerative processes. RECOMMENDATIONS: to recommend to medical specialists to use indicators of structural and functional properties of erythrocytes in difficult cases of differential diagnosis of forms of acute pyelonephritis.