期刊
ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA
卷 164, 期 12, 页码 3143-3153出版社
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-022-05369-6
关键词
Traumatic spinal cord injury; Inflammation; Blood-spinal cord barrier; Flow cytometry; Imaging flow cytometry; Multiplex immunoassay
资金
- Lundbeckfonden
- Aase og Ejnar Danielsens Fond
- Grosserer L.F. Foghts Fond
- Dagmar Marshalls Fond
- A.P. Moller Fonden
- Grosserer A.V. Lykfeldt og Hustrus Legat
- Jascha Fonden
- UlykkesPatientForeningen
This study aimed to describe the inflammatory responses and blood-spinal cord barrier (BSCB) integrity in human traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI). The results showed that TSCI mainly triggers innate inflammatory responses that resolve over time, although some patients still exhibit non-resolving inflammation in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Furthermore, BSCB disruption was observed in some TSCI patients.
Purpose Triggering of inflammatory responses and disruption of blood-spinal cord barrier (BSCB) integrity are considered pivotal events in the pathophysiology of traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI). Yet, these events are poorly understood and described in humans. This study aims to describe inflammatory responses and BSCB integrity in human TSCI. Methods Fifteen TSCI patients and fifteen non-TSCI patients were prospectively recruited from Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark. Peripheral blood (PB) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were collected at median day 0 [IQR: 1], median day 9 [IQR: 2], and median day 148 [IQR: 49] after injury. PB and CSF were analyzed for immune cells by flow cytometry, cytokines by multiplex immunoassay, and BSCB integrity by IgG Index. Results Eleven TSCI patients completed follow-up. Results showed alterations in innate and adaptive immune cell counts over time. TSCI patients had significantly increased cytokine concentrations in CSF at the first and second follow-up, while only concentrations of interleukin (IL)-4, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha remained significantly increased at the third follow-up. In PB, TSCI patients had significantly increased IL-6, IL-8, and IL-10 concentrations and significantly decreased interferon-gamma concentrations at the first follow-up. Results further showed increased IgG Index indicative of BSCB disruption in seven TSCI patients at the first follow-up, five TSCI patients at the second follow-up, and two patients at the third follow-up. Conclusions Our results suggest that TSCI mainly triggers innate inflammatory responses that resolves over time, although with some degree of non-resolving inflammation, particularly in CSF. Our results cannot confirm BSCB disruption in all TSCI patients.
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