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SHOCK
卷 57, 期 6, 页码 180-190出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/SHK.0000000000001915
关键词
Endotoxin tolerance; immune system; RNA expression; sepsis
资金
- University of Toronto Clinician Investigator Program
- Clinician Scientist Training Program
- Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
- National Institutes of Health [HL146753, K23HL116800, HL140026, K23HL13846101A1, HL51856]
This study aimed to evaluate the heterogeneity of early ex vivo immune responses during sepsis. The results showed that there were variations in ex vivo response to endotoxin, which were unrelated to immunosuppression, white blood cell count, or the causative pathogen. Patients with high ex vivo cytokine production had increased in vitro pulmonary endothelial cell permeability and attenuated in vivo host inflammation. Additionally, a four-gene signature of endotoxin response was identified, which was inversely associated with hospital mortality in a separate cohort of septic patients.
Background: Limited studies have functionally evaluated the heterogeneity in early ex vivo immune responses during sepsis. Our aim was to characterize early sepsis ex vivo functional immune response heterogeneity by studying whole blood endotoxin responses and derive a transcriptional metric of ex vivo endotoxin response. Methods: Blood collected within 24 h of hospital presentation from 40 septic patients was divided into two fractions and incubated with media (unstimulated) or endotoxin. Supernatants and cells were isolated, and responses measured using: supernatant cytokines, lung endothelial permeability after supernatant exposure, and RNA expression. A transcriptomic signature was derived in unstimulated cells to predict the ex vivo endotoxin response. The signature was tested in a separate cohort of 191 septic patients to evaluate for association with clinical outcome. Plasma biomarkers were quantified to measure in vivo host inflammation. Results: Ex vivo response to endotoxin varied and was unrelated to immunosuppression, white blood cell count, or the causative pathogen. Thirty-five percent of patients demonstrated a minimal response to endotoxin, suggesting early immunosuppression. High ex vivo cytokine production by stimulated blood cells correlated with increased in vitro pulmonary endothelial cell permeability and was associated with attenuated in vivo host inflammation. A four-gene signature of endotoxin response detectable without the need for a functional assay was identified. When tested in a separate cohort of septic patients, its expression was inversely associated with hospital mortality. Conclusions: An attenuated ex vivo endotoxin response in early sepsis is associated with greater host in vivo inflammation and a worse clinical outcome.
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