Journal
SHOCK
Volume 14, Issue 3, Pages 271-276Publisher
BIOMEDICAL PRESS
DOI: 10.1097/00024382-200014030-00005
Keywords
monocyte; endotoxin; multiple organ failure; tolerance; cytokine
Funding
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [R01GM044764, R29GM044764] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM 44764] Funding Source: Medline
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Currently, there is no reliable diagnostic test: to identify septic intensive care unit (ICU) patients. We initiated studies to test the hypothesis that in sepsis, the in vivo exposure to endotoxin is detectable by the ex vivo analysis of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated tumor necrosis factor (TNF) production. We obtained heparinized whole blood (WB) from 58 ICU patients and 14 healthy controls. The samples were incubated +/-10 ng/mL of LPS at 37 degreesC for 3 h. Plasma TNF levels were measured using enzyme-linked immunoassay (mean +/- standard error of the mean). Clinical data, including ICU length of stay (LOS), ventilator days (VentD), WBC, and positive cultures (Clt+), were obtained retrospectively. A wide range of LPS-stimulated WE TNF production (pg/mL) was observed in ICU patients (4481 +/- 469) and controls (6706 +/- 715). Patients were stratified into quartiles (I-IV) on the basis of the distribution of plotted LPS-stimulated TNF values (pg/mL). Patients in quartile I (N = 14) had significantly lower TNF production (< 2000 pg/mL, P < 0.05) and required increased VentD (16 vs. 10 days, P < 0.05) compared to quartiles Ii-IV (N = 44). Patients in quartile I also had a higher incidence of infection (79 vs. 50%) and longer LOS (18 vs. 13 d) compared to quartiles Ii-IV. Impaired TNF release may be a manifestation of monocyte endotoxin tolerance and may be useful to diagnose sepsis.
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