期刊
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
卷 38, 期 1, 页码 138-144出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181b788ab
关键词
trauma; brain injury; human; biomarkers; proteomics; diagnostic; neuronal death; cerebrospinal fluid
资金
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE [R01NS052831] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS052831] Funding Source: Medline
Objective: Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase (UCH-L1), also called neuronal-specific protein gene product (PGP 9.3), is highly abundant in neurons. To assess the reliability of UCH-L1 as a potential biomarker for traumatic brain injury (TBI) this study compared cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of UCH-L1 from adult patients with severe TBI to uninjured controls; and examined the relationship between levels with severity of injury, complications and functional outcome. Design: This study was designed as prospective case control study. Patients: This study enrolled 66 patients, 41 with severe TBI, defined by a Glasgow coma scale (GCS) score of <= 8, who underwent intraventricular intracranial pressure monitoring and 25 controls without TBI requiring CSF drainage for other medical reasons. Setting: Two hospital system level I trauma centers. Measurements and Main Results: Ventricular CSF was sampled from each patient at 6, 12, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144, and 168 hrs following TBI and analyzed for UCH-L1. Injury severity was assessed by the, GCS score, Marshall Classification on computed tomography and a complicated postinjury course. Mortality was assessed at 6 wks and long-term outcome was assessed using the Glasgow outcome score 6 months after injury. TBI patients had significantly elevated CSF levels of UCH-L1 at each time point after injury compared to uninjured controls. Overall mean levels of UCH-L1 in TBI patients was 44.2 ng/mL (+/-7.9) compared with 2.7 ng/mL (+/-0.7) in controls (p < .001). There were significantly higher levels of UCH-L1 in patients with a lower GCS score at 24 hrs, in those with postinjury complications, in those with 6-wk mortality, and in those with a poor 6-month dichotomized Glasgow outcome score. Conclusions: These data suggest that this novel biomarker has the potential to determine injury severity in TBI patients. Further studies are needed to validate these findings in a larger sample. (Crit Care Med 2010; 38:138-144)
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