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Chen J, Han YS, Yi WJ, Huang H, Li ZB, Shi LY, Wei LL, Yu Y, Jiang TT, Li JC. Serum sCD14, PGLYRP2 and FGA as potential biomarkers for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis based on data-independent acquisition and targeted proteomics. J Cell Mol Med 2020; 24:12537-12549. [PMID: 32967043 PMCID: PMC7686995 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.15796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Multidrug‐resistant tuberculosis (MDR‐TB), defined as tuberculosis (TB) resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampicin, is a major concern of TB control worldwide. However, the diagnosis of MDR‐TB remains a huge challenge to its prevention and control. To identify new diagnostic methods for MDR‐TB, a mass spectrometry strategy of data‐independent acquisition and parallel reaction monitoring was used to detect and validate differential serum proteins. The bioinformatic analysis showed that the functions of differential serum proteins between the MDR‐TB group and the drug‐sensitive tuberculosis group were significantly correlated to the complement coagulation cascade, surface adhesion and extracellular matrix receptor interaction, suggesting a disorder of coagulation in TB. Here, we identified three potential candidate biomarkers such as sCD14, PGLYRP2 and FGA, and established a diagnostic model using these three candidate biomarkers with a sensitivity of 81.2%, a specificity of 90% and the area under the curve value of 0.934 in receiver operation characteristics curve to diagnose MDR‐TB. Our study has paved the way for a novel method to diagnose MDR‐TB and may contribute to elucidate the mechanisms underlying MDR‐TB.
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- Jing Chen
- Institute of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Yuebei People's Hospital, Shaoguan, China
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- Institute of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Pneumology, Shaoxing Municipal Hospital, Shaoxing, China
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- Yuebei People's Hospital, Shaoguan, China
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- Institute of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.,Yuebei People's Hospital, Shaoguan, China
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Hortle E, Oehlers SH. Host-directed therapies targeting the tuberculosis granuloma stroma. Pathog Dis 2020; 78:5800987. [DOI: 10.1093/femspd/ftaa015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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ABSTRACT
Mycobacteria have co-evolved with their hosts resulting in pathogens adept at intracellular survival. Pathogenic mycobacteria actively manipulate infected macrophages to drive granuloma formation while subverting host cell processes to create a permissive niche. Granuloma residency confers phenotypic antimicrobial resistance by physically excluding or neutralising antibiotics. Host-directed therapies (HDTs) combat infection by restoring protective immunity and reducing immunopathology independent of pathogen antimicrobial resistance status. This review covers innovative research that has discovered ‘secondary’ symptoms of infection in the granuloma stroma are actually primary drivers of infection and that relieving these stromal pathologies with HDTs benefits the host. Advances in our understanding of the relationship between tuberculosis and the host vasculature, haemostatic system and extracellular matrix reorganisation are discussed. Preclinical and clinical use of HDTs against these stromal targets are summarised.
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- Elinor Hortle
- Tuberculosis Research Program at the Centenary Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
- The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health & Marie Bashir Institute, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
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- Tuberculosis Research Program at the Centenary Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
- The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health & Marie Bashir Institute, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
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Echeverría-Valencia G, Silva-Miranda M, Ekaza E, Vallecillo AJ, Parada C, Sada-Ovalle I, Altare F, Espitia C. Interaction of mycobacteria with Plasmin(ogen) affects phagocytosis and granuloma development. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2019; 117:36-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2019.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2018] [Revised: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kedia K, Wendler JP, Baker ES, Burnum-Johnson KE, Jarsberg LG, Stratton KG, Wright AT, Piehowski PD, Gritsenko MA, Lewinsohn DM, Sigal GB, Weiner MH, Smith RD, Jacobs JM, Nahid P. Application of multiplexed ion mobility spectrometry towards the identification of host protein signatures of treatment effect in pulmonary tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2018; 112:52-61. [PMID: 30205969 PMCID: PMC6181582 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2018.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2018] [Revised: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
Rationale: The monitoring of TB treatments in clinical practice and clinical trials relies on traditional sputum-based culture status indicators at specific time points. Accurate, predictive, blood-based protein markers would provide a simpler and more informative view of patient health and response to treatment. Objective: We utilized sensitive, high throughput multiplexed ion mobility-mass spectrometry (IM-MS) to characterize the serum proteome of TB patients at the start of and at 8 weeks of rifamycin-based treatment. We sought to identify treatment specific signatures within patients as well as correlate the proteome signatures to various clinical markers of treatment efficacy. Methods: Serum samples were collected from 289 subjects enrolled in CDC TB Trials Consortium Study 29 at time of enrollment and at the end of the intensive phase (after 40 doses of TB treatment). Serum proteins were immunoaffinity-depleted of high abundant components, digested to peptides and analyzed for data acquisition utilizing a unique liquid chromatography IM-MS platform (LC-IM-MS). Linear mixed models were utilized to identify serum protein changes in the host response to antibiotic treatment as well as correlations with culture status end points. Results: A total of 10,137 peptides corresponding to 872 proteins were identified, quantified, and used for statistical analysis across the longitudinal patient cohort. In response to TB treatment, 244 proteins were significantly altered. Pathway/network comparisons helped visualize the interconnected proteins, identifying up regulated (lipid transport, coagulation cascade, endopeptidase activity) and down regulated (acute phase) processes and pathways in addition to other cross regulated networks (inflammation, cell adhesion, extracellular matrix). Detection of possible lung injury serum proteins such as HPSE, significantly downregulated upon treatment. Analyses of microbiologic data over time identified a core set of serum proteins (TTHY, AFAM, CRP, RET4, SAA1, PGRP2) which change in response to treatment and also strongly correlate with culture status. A similar set of proteins at baseline were found to be predictive of week 6 and 8 culture status. Conclusion: A comprehensive host serum protein dataset reflective of TB treatment effect is defined. A repeating set of serum proteins (TTHY, AFAM, CRP, RET4, SAA1, PGRP2, among others) were found to change significantly in response to treatment, to strongly correlate with culture status, and at baseline to be predictive of future culture conversion. If validated in cohorts with long term follow-up to capture failure and relapse of TB, these protein markers could be developed for monitoring of treatment in clinical trials and in patient care.
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- Komal Kedia
- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Computational and Statistical Analysis Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and the South Texas VAMC, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA.
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Jiang TT, Shi LY, Wei LL, Li X, Yang S, Wang C, Liu CM, Chen ZL, Tu HH, Li ZJ, Li JC. Serum amyloid A, protein Z, and C4b-binding protein β chain as new potential biomarkers for pulmonary tuberculosis. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0173304. [PMID: 28278182 PMCID: PMC5344400 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 02/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to discover novel biomarkers for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Differentially expressed proteins in the serum of patients with TB were screened and identified by iTRAQ-two dimensional liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry analysis. A total of 79 abnormal proteins were discovered in patients with TB compared with healthy controls. Of these, significant differences were observed in 47 abnormally expressed proteins between patients with TB or pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Patients with TB (n = 136) exhibited significantly higher levels of serum amyloid A (SAA), vitamin K-dependent protein Z (PROZ), and C4b-binding protein β chain (C4BPB) than those in healthy controls (n = 66) (P<0.0001 for each) albeit significantly lower levels compared with those in patients with pneumonia (n = 72) (P<0.0001 for each) or COPD (n = 72) (P<0.0001, P<0.0001, P = 0.0016, respectively). After 6 months of treatment, the levels of SAA and PROZ were significantly increased (P = 0.022, P<0.0001, respectively), whereas the level of C4BPB was significantly decreased (P = 0.0038) in treated TB cases (n = 72). Clinical analysis showed that there were significant differences in blood clotting and lipid indices in patients with TB compared with healthy controls, patients with pneumonia or COPD, and treated TB cases (P<0.05). Correlation analysis revealed significant correlations between PROZ and INR (rs = 0.414, P = 0.044), and between C4BPB and FIB (rs = 0.617, P = 0.0002) in patients with TB. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis revealed that the area under the curve value of the diagnostic model combining SAA, PROZ, and C4BPB to discriminate the TB group from the healthy control, pneumonia, COPD, and cured TB groups was 0.972, 0.928, 0.957, and 0.969, respectively. Together, these results suggested that SAA, PROZ, and C4BPB may serve as new potential biomarkers for TB. Our study may thus provide experimental data for the differential diagnosis of TB.
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- Ting-Ting Jiang
- South China University of Technology School of Medicine, Guangzhou, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- Department of Pneumology, Shaoxing Municipal Hospital, Shaoxing, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Gastroenteropathy, Zhejiang Province People’s Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- Institute of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- Institute of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- Institute of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- Institute of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- Institute of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- South China University of Technology School of Medicine, Guangzhou, P.R. China
- Institute of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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Donnachie E, Fedotova EP, Hwang SA. Trehalose 6,6-Dimycolate from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Induces Hypercoagulation. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2016; 186:1221-33. [PMID: 26968340 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2015] [Revised: 11/09/2015] [Accepted: 12/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health concern. Trehalose 6'6-dimycolate (TDM) activates innate inflammation and likely also stimulates chronic inflammation observed during disease progression. Noninfectious models using purified TDM oil/water emulsions elicit pathologic findings observed in patients with TB. We introduce a new TDM model that promotes inflammatory lung pathologic findings and vascular occlusion and hemorrhage. C57BL/6 and BALB/c mice were injected with 10 μg of i.p. TDM in light mineral oil (TDM-IP). At day 7, another injection of 10 μg of i.v. TDM in oil/water emulsion was given (TDM-IV). The i.p./i.v. TDM (TDM-IVIP) group was compared with mice injected once with i.v. or i.p. TDM. The responses to TDM-IP, TDM-IV, or TDM-IPIV were consistent between mouse strains. Mice that received TDM-IV and TDM-IPIV had inflammatory pathologic findings with increases in inflammatory and T-cell cytokines, and the TDM-IPIV group had further enhancement of IL-10 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. The TDM-IPIV group had increased CD4(+) T cells in lung tissue, significantly increased coagulation, decreased clot formation time, and increased maximum clot firmness. Masson's trichrome staining revealed increased deposition of collagen in the occluded vasculature. TDM-IPIV promotes a hypercoagulopathy state, independent of inflammation. This new model argues that TDM is sufficient to generate the hypercoagulopathy observed in patients with TB.
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- Elizabeth Donnachie
- Gulf States Hemophilia and Thrombophilia Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas.
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Yan T, Wu W, Su T, Chen J, Zhu Q, Zhang C, Wang X, Bao B. Effects of a novel marine natural product: pyrano indolone alkaloid fibrinolytic compound on thrombolysis and hemorrhagic activities in vitro and in vivo. Arch Pharm Res 2014; 38:1530-40. [PMID: 25475097 DOI: 10.1007/s12272-014-0518-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2013] [Accepted: 11/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Fungi fibrinolytic compound 1 (FGFC1) is a novel marine natural product as a low-weight fibrinolytic pyranoindole molecule, whose thrombolytic effects were evaluated on FITC-fibrin (Fluorescein isothiocyanate, FITC) degradation methods in vitro and on acute pulmonary thromboembolism animal model in vivo. We determined the FGFC1 induced thrombolysis that stems from its fibrin(ogen)olytic activities as measured by fibrin(ogen) degradation products (FDPs) experiment, acute pulmonary thromboembolism animal model experiment, and euglobulin lysis assay. In vitro, measurement of FITC-fibrin degradation revealed that fibrin hydrolysis occurred in a concentration-dependent manner of FGFC1 from 5 to 25 μ mol/L. In vivo test of a classical acute pulmonary thromboembolism model in rat showed that when the injected dose was 5 mg/kg or above, FGFC1 was effective in dissolution of extrinsic FITC-fibrin induced blood clots. Euglobulin lysis time (ELT) in FGFC1-treated rats was shortened 30 s compared with rats in the positive control group, which were injected with clopidogrel sulfate and single-chain urokinase-type plasminogen activator. As compared to the control, FGFC1 (5-25 mg/kg) did not significantly alter the formation of fibrinogen and FDPs in vivo. Our research indicates that FGFC1 presents pharmacodynamic action in both the thrombolysis and the hemolytic procedure, which can be characterized by fibrinogenolysis in blood and FDPs in plasma. In vivo, increasing fibrinolytic doses of FGFC1 from 5 to 25 mg/kg did not induce fibrinogenolysis when compared with control group, this result corresponds to that FGFC1 did not induce the increasing of FDPs (compared with the saline-treated control). It indicates that the FGFC1 may act as a novel thrombolytic agent and represent an effective approach to the treatment of thrombus without significant risk of hemorrhagic activity.
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- Ting Yan
- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China
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Liu J, Jiang T, Wei L, Yang X, Wang C, Zhang X, Xu D, Chen Z, Yang F, Li JC. The discovery and identification of a candidate proteomic biomarker of active tuberculosis. BMC Infect Dis 2013; 13:506. [PMID: 24168695 PMCID: PMC3870977 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2013] [Accepted: 10/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Noninvasive and convenient biomarkers for early diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) remain an urgent need. The aim of this study was to discover and identify potential biomarkers specific for TB. METHODS The surface-enhanced laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (SELDI-TOF MS) combined with weak cation exchange (WCX) magnetic beads was used to screen serum samples from 180 cases of TB and 211 control subjects. A classification model was established by Biomarker Pattern Software (BPS). Candidate protein biomarkers were purified by reverse phase-high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC), identified by MALDI-TOF MS, LC-MS/MS and validated using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS A total of 35 discriminating m/z peaks were detected that were related to TB (P < 0.01). The model of biomarkers based on the four biomarkers (2554.6, 4824.4, 5325.7, and 8606.8 Da) was established which could distinguish TB from controls with the sensitivity of 83.3% and the specificity of 84.2%. The candidate biomarker with m/z of 2554.6 Da was found to be up-regulated in TB patients, and was identified as a fragment of fibrinogen, alpha polypeptide isoform alpha-E preproprotein. Analysis in 22 patients with TB showed increased fibrinogen degradation product (FDP) (5,005 ± 1,297 vs. 4,010 ± 1,181 ng/mL, P < 0.05) and in 142 patients showed elevated plasma fibrinogen levels. CONCLUSIONS A diagnostic model for TB with high sensitivity and specificity was developed using mass spectrometry combined with magnetic beads. Fibrinogen was identified as a potential biomarker for TB and showed diagnostic values in clinical application.
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- Institute of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 388, Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, P,R, China.
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DeLance AR, Safaee M, Oh MC, Clark AJ, Kaur G, Sun MZ, Bollen AW, Phillips JJ, Parsa AT. Tuberculoma of the central nervous system. J Clin Neurosci 2013; 20:1333-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2012] [Revised: 01/20/2013] [Accepted: 01/27/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Patras KA, Wang NY, Fletcher EM, Cavaco CK, Jimenez A, Garg M, Fierer J, Sheen TR, Rajagopal L, Doran KS. Group B Streptococcus CovR regulation modulates host immune signalling pathways to promote vaginal colonization. Cell Microbiol 2013; 15:1154-67. [PMID: 23298320 PMCID: PMC3657335 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2012] [Revised: 12/28/2012] [Accepted: 01/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus, GBS) is a frequent commensal organism of the vaginal tract of healthy women. However, GBS can transition to a pathogen in susceptible hosts, but host and microbial factors that contribute to this conversion are not well understood. GBS CovR/S (CsrR/S) is a two component regulatory system that regulates key virulence elements including adherence and toxin production. We performed global transcription profiling of human vaginal epithelial cells exposed to WT, CovR deficient, and toxin deficient strains, and observed that insufficient regulation by CovR and subsequent increased toxin production results in a drastic increase in host inflammatory responses, particularly in cytokine signalling pathways promoted by IL-8 and CXCL2. Additionally, we observed that CovR regulation impacts epithelial cell attachment and intracellular invasion. In our mouse model of GBS vaginal colonization, we further demonstrated that CovR regulation promotes vaginal persistence, as infection with a CovR deficient strainresulted in a heightened host immune response as measured by cytokine production and neutrophil activation. Using CXCr2 KO mice, we determined that this immune alteration occurs, at least in part, via signalling through the CXCL2 receptor. Taken together, we conclude that CovR is an important regulator of GBS vaginal colonization and loss of this regulatory function may contribute to the inflammatory havoc seen during the course of infection.
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- Kathryn A. Patras
- Department of Biology and Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182
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- Department of Biology and Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182
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- Department of Biology and Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182
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- Department of Biology and Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182
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- Department of Biology and Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182
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- Department of Biology and Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Biology and Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of 10 Washington School of Medicine and Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101
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- Department of Biology and Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093
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