Background/Aim: The determinants of baseline fast solute transport are still unclear. We prospectively investigated the relationship of peritoneal solute transport with markers of inflammation, angiogenesis, and membrane status, with a focus on fast transporters. Methods: Seventy-one incident peritoneal dialysis patients were assessed with baseline and annual peritoneal equilibration tests, using a 3.86% glucose dialysis solution. Residual renal function and markers of inflammation, including systemic and intraperitoneal interleukin-6 (IL-6), effluent cancer antigen 125 (CA-125), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) appearance rates (ARs), were investigated. The time course of the dialysate-to-plasma ratio of creatinine (D/P creatinine ratio) and its relationship with the biomarkers were investigated by a mixed linear model. Results: Incident fast/fast average transporters had a similar age, diabetes prevalence, and serum and effluent IL-6 levels, but significantly higher levels of CA-125 and VEGF ARs than the slow/slow average group; the D/P creatinine ratio was not correlated with systemic IL-6, but was correlated with effluent CA-125 AR (r = 0.45, p < 0.0001) and VEGF AR (r = 0.52, p < 0.0001). The D/P creatinine ratio decreased with a U-shaped profile (p = 0.02). Intraperitoneal IL-6 was the significant and positive determinant of the time course of the D/P creatinine ratio (p < 0.0001). Effluent CA-125 decreased with time on peritoneal dialysis (p = 0.013). Conclusions: Baseline peritoneal fast transport was not associated with systemic inflammation, but was related to peritoneal locally produced substances able to mediate transitory hyperpermeability. The D/P creatinine ratio changed during the follow-up period with a U-shaped profile. This was associated with effluent IL-6 and partly with VEGF. CA-125 decreased throughout the follow-up period.

Keywords:
Peritoneal transport, Mesothelial cells, Vascular endothelial growth factor, CA-125, Interleukin-6
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