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Santopolo G, Clemente A, González-Freire M, Russell SM, Vaquer A, Barón E, Aranda M, Socias A, Del Castillo A, Borges M, de la Rica R. Plasma-induced nanoparticle aggregation for stratifying COVID-19 patients according to disease severity. Sens Actuators B Chem 2022; 373:132638. [PMID: 36124254 PMCID: PMC9476366 DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2022.132638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Stratifying patients according to disease severity has been a major hurdle during the COVID-19 pandemic. This usually requires evaluating the levels of several biomarkers, which may be cumbersome when rapid decisions are required. In this manuscript we show that a single nanoparticle aggregation test can be used to distinguish patients that require intensive care from those that have already been discharged from the intensive care unit (ICU). It consists of diluting a platelet-free plasma sample and then adding gold nanoparticles. The nanoparticles aggregate to a larger extent when the samples are obtained from a patient in the ICU. This changes the color of the colloidal suspension, which can be evaluated by measuring the pixel intensity of a photograph. Although the exact factor or combination of factors behind the different aggregation behavior is unknown, control experiments demonstrate that the presence of proteins in the samples is crucial for the test to work. Principal component analysis demonstrates that the test result is highly correlated to biomarkers of prognosis and inflammation that are commonly used to evaluate the severity of COVID-19 patients. The results shown here pave the way to develop nanoparticle aggregation assays that classify COVID-19 patients according to disease severity, which could be useful to de-escalate care safely and make a better use of hospital resources.
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Key Words
- AST, aspartate aminotransferaseALT, alanine aminotransferase
- Alb, albumin
- C1.75, protein concentration 1.75 × 10-4 g·dL-1
- CPImin, protein concentration at PImin
- CRP, C-reactive protein
- Colorimetric
- Creat, creatinine
- D-D, D-dimer
- Ferr, ferritin
- GGT, gamma-glutamyl transferase
- Glu, glucose
- Gold
- Hb, hemoglobin
- ICU, intensive care unit
- INR, international normalized ratio (prothrombin time)
- LDH, lactate dehydrogenase
- LSPR, localized surface plasmon resonance
- MCV, mean corpuscular volume
- MPV, mean platelet volume
- Mono, monocytes
- NIR, near-infrared
- NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio
- NTA, nanoparticle tracking analysis
- PDW, platelet distribution width
- PI, pixel intensity
- PI1.75, pixel intensity at C1.75
- PIdil, pixel intensity at plasma dilution 1:31250
- PImin, minimum value of pixel intensity
- PLR, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio
- Plasmonic
- RBC, red blood cells
- RDW, red cell distribution width
- SARS-CoV-2
- Sepsis
- TG, triglycerides
- TotProt, total protein concentration
- WBC, white blood cells
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Affiliation(s)
- Giulia Santopolo
- Multidisciplinary Sepsis Group, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07120 Palma, Spain
- University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), Chemistry Department, 07122 Palma, Spain
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- Multidisciplinary Sepsis Group, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07120 Palma, Spain
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- Translational Research In Aging and Longevity (TRIAL) group, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07120 Palma, Spain
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- Multidisciplinary Sepsis Group, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07120 Palma, Spain
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- Multidisciplinary Sepsis Group, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07120 Palma, Spain
- University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), Chemistry Department, 07122 Palma, Spain
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- Multidisciplinary Sepsis Group, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07120 Palma, Spain
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- Multidisciplinary Sepsis Group, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07120 Palma, Spain
- Multidisciplinary Sepsis Unit, ICU, Son Llàtzer University Hospital, 07198 Palma, Spain
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- Multidisciplinary Sepsis Group, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07120 Palma, Spain
- Multidisciplinary Sepsis Unit, ICU, Son Llàtzer University Hospital, 07198 Palma, Spain
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- Multidisciplinary Sepsis Group, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07120 Palma, Spain
- Multidisciplinary Sepsis Unit, ICU, Son Llàtzer University Hospital, 07198 Palma, Spain
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- Multidisciplinary Sepsis Group, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07120 Palma, Spain
- Multidisciplinary Sepsis Unit, ICU, Son Llàtzer University Hospital, 07198 Palma, Spain
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- Multidisciplinary Sepsis Group, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07120 Palma, Spain
- CIBER de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Ma X, Yang S, Zhang T, Wang S, Yang Q, Xiao Y, Shi X, Xue P, Kang Y, Liu G, Sun ZJ, Xu Z. Bioresponsive immune-booster-based prodrug nanogel for cancer immunotherapy. Acta Pharm Sin B 2022; 12:451-466. [PMID: 35127398 PMCID: PMC8800001 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2021.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Revised: 03/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
The combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy motivates a potent immune system by triggering immunogenic cell death (ICD), showing great potential in inhibiting tumor growth and improving the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (ITM). However, the therapeutic effectiveness has been restricted by inferior drug bioavailability. Herein, we reported a universal bioresponsive doxorubicin (DOX)-based nanogel to achieve tumor-specific co-delivery of drugs. DOX-based mannose nanogels (DM NGs) was designed and choosed as an example to elucidate the mechanism of combined chemo-immunotherapy. As expected, the DM NGs exhibited prominent micellar stability, selective drug release and prolonged survival time, benefited from the enhanced tumor permeability and prolonged blood circulation. We discovered that the DOX delivered by DM NGs could induce powerful anti-tumor immune response facilitated by promoting ICD. Meanwhile, the released mannose from DM NGs was proved as a powerful and synergetic treatment for breast cancer in vitro and in vivo, via damaging the glucose metabolism in glycolysis and the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Overall, the regulation of tumor microenvironment with DOX-based nanogel is expected to be an effectual candidate strategy to overcome the current limitations of ICD-based immunotherapy, offering a paradigm for the exploitation of immunomodulatory nanomedicines.
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Key Words
- 5-ALA, 5-aminolevulinic acid
- 5-FU, 5-fluorouracil
- ALKP, alkaline phosphatase
- ALT, alanine aminotransferase
- APCs, antigen-presenting cells
- AST, aminotransferase
- ATP, adenosine triphosphate
- AUC, area under curves
- Bioresponsive
- CLSM, confocal laser scanning microscope
- CPT-11, irinotecan
- CRE, creatinine
- CRT, calreticulin
- Ce6, chlorin e6
- Chemotherapy
- DAMPs, damage-associated molecular patterns
- DCs, dendritic cells
- DDSs, drug delivery systems
- DLN, draining lymph nodes
- DM NGs, doxorubicin-based mannose nanogel
- DOC, docetaxel
- DOX, doxorubicin
- DTT, d,l-dithiothreitol
- Doxorubicin
- FCM, flow cytometry
- FDA, Fluorescein diacetate
- GEM, gemcitabine
- GSH, glutathione
- H&E, hematoxylin-eosin
- HCPT, 10-hydroxy camptothecin
- HCT, hematocrit
- HGB, hemoglobin concentration
- HMGB1, high migrating group box 1
- ICB, immune checkpoint blockade
- ICD, immunogenic cell death
- ICG, indocyanine Green
- IHC, immunohistochemistry
- ITM, immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment
- Immunogenic cell death
- Immunotherapy
- LDH, lactate dehydrogenase
- LYM, lymphocyte ratio
- MAN, mannose
- MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
- MCSs, multicellular spheroids
- MFI, mean fluorescence intensity
- MPV, mean platelet volume
- Mannose
- NGs, nanogels
- Nanogel
- OXA, oxaliplatin
- P18, purpurin 18
- PDI, polydispersity index
- PLT, platelets
- PTX, paclitaxel
- Prodrug
- RBC, red blood cell count
- RDW, variation coefficient of red blood cell distribution width
- TAAs, tumor-associated antigens
- TAM, tumor-associated macrophages
- TGF-β, transforming growth factor-β
- TMA, tissue microarrays
- TME, tumor microenvironment
- Urea, urea nitrogen
- WBC, white blood cell count
- irAEs, immune-related adverse events
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Affiliation(s)
- Xianbin Ma
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Materials and Energy & Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Micro-Nano Biomedical Materials and Devices, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine, Ministry of Education, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Materials and Energy & Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Micro-Nano Biomedical Materials and Devices, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine, Ministry of Education, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine, Ministry of Education, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine, Ministry of Education, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics & Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Materials and Energy & Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Micro-Nano Biomedical Materials and Devices, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Materials and Energy & Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Micro-Nano Biomedical Materials and Devices, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics & Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- Corresponding authors. Tel./fax: +86 23 68253792 (Zhigang Xu); +86 27 87686108 (Zhijun Sun); +86 592 2880648 (Gang Liu).
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine, Ministry of Education, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
- Corresponding authors. Tel./fax: +86 23 68253792 (Zhigang Xu); +86 27 87686108 (Zhijun Sun); +86 592 2880648 (Gang Liu).
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Materials and Energy & Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Micro-Nano Biomedical Materials and Devices, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
- Corresponding authors. Tel./fax: +86 23 68253792 (Zhigang Xu); +86 27 87686108 (Zhijun Sun); +86 592 2880648 (Gang Liu).
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Daniyan MO, Adeyipo TF, Oyemitan IA, Okwuese PB, Ekundina VO, Akanmu MA. In vivo and in silico studies of Dennettia tripetala essential oil reveal the potential harmful effects of habitual consumption of the plant seed. Toxicol Rep 2021; 8:1488-1497. [PMID: 34401359 PMCID: PMC8353414 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2021.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Dennettia tripetala G. Baker (Annonaceae), is a plant with nutritional, social economy, and medicinal values. Its rising medicinal profile makes this plant a prospect in drug discovery. However, the reported strong addictive potential among habitual consumers makes the need to establish its safety imperative. In this report, we evaluated the safety profile of the essential oil of the seed of D. tripetala (EODS) in nulliparous female Wistar rats using in vivo single and repeated dose toxicity profiling, as well as in silico toxicity profiling of its known seed oil derived phytoconstituents. Our results showed consistent significant dose-dependent alterations in relative body weights, organ-body and organ-brain weight ratios, haematological and biochemical indices, as well as liver and kidney histoarchitectures, following single and repeated oral administrations. Significant alterations in liver and kidney histoarchitectures were consistent with the observed significant increase in AST/ALT ratio, suggesting deleterious effects of EODS on the kidney and liver. However, the lack of alterations in the histoarchitectures of the hippocampus and hypothalamus suggests that the brain may not have been adversely affected. Also, the in silico analysis suggests that hepatotoxic effects of EODS may be linked to Benzylnitrile, Humulene, Linalool, (Z)-ß-Ocimene. In addition, the failure of ß-Phenylnitroethane, the most abundant phytoconstituent of EODS, to pass phases I and II in silico toxicity screening, and the presence of Caryophyllene oxide, a known toxic compound, coupled with the predicted binding of both to DNA and protein, low LD50 and high percent mortality at 250 mg/kg of repeated doses, further confirmed the potentially toxic nature of EODS. We concluded that based on our in vivo and in silico observations, there is an urgent need for public education to regulate the excessive consumption of the seeds of D. tripetala.
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Key Words
- ALT, alanine aminotransferase
- AST, aspartate aminotransferase
- Biochemical
- Dennettia tripetala
- FOB, functional observatory batteries
- HCT, hematocrit
- Haematology
- Hb, hemoglobin concentration
- Histopathology
- In silico
- MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin
- MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
- MCV, mean corpuscular volume
- MPV, mean platelet volume
- OECD, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
- PCT, plateletcrit
- PDW, platelet distribution width
- PLT, platelets
- RBC, red blood count
- RDW-CV and RDW-SD, red blood cell distribution width variation coefficient and standard deviation respectively
- TG, test guidelines
- Toxicity
- WBC, white blood count
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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Sibomana I, Mattie DR. Sub-chronic dermal exposure to aircraft engine oils impacts the reproductive organ weights and alters hematological profiles of Sprague Dawley rats. Curr Res Toxicol 2020; 1:12-24. [PMID: 34345833 PMCID: PMC8320628 DOI: 10.1016/j.crtox.2020.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Revised: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
There is little data available for the toxicity of used aircraft engine oils relative to their unused (new) versions. This study was conducted to determine if grade 3 (G3) and 4 (G4) aircraft engine oils in their new states (G3-N and G4-N) and their used versions (G3-U and G4-U) have the potential to induce toxicity via dermal application. Male and female Sprague Dawley rats were dermally exposed to water (control), new and used versions of G3 and G4 oils to determine the oil sub-chronic toxicity potentials. A volume of 300 μL of undiluted oil was applied to the pad of the Hill Top Chamber System©. Then the chamber was attached to a fur-free test site located at the back of the rat for 6 h/day for 5 consecutive days/week for 21 days (15 total exposures). Recovery rats also received similar treatments and were kept for 14 days post-exposure to screen for reversibility, persistence, or delayed occurrence of toxic effects. Both G3 and G4 oils had a significant impact on the weight of male and female reproductive organs: testes weights for recovery rats exposed to G3-N significantly decreased (12%) relative to controls; G3-N and G3-U decreased uterus weights by 23% and 29%, respectively; G4-N decreased uterus weights by 32% but were resolved at the end of the recovery period; G4-N increased the weight of the adrenals and spleen for females by 34% and 27%, respectively, during the recovery period. G3 and G4 induced more changes in female blood indices than in those for males. Of all versions of oils, G4-N induced the most changes in profiles of female blood. G4-N significantly decreased the white blood cells, lymphocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils and increased the mean platelet volumes. Interestingly, males were not affected by exposure to G4-N oil. While G3-N decreased the white blood cells and lymphocytes for females it slightly increased those for males. In summary, G3 and G4 oils impacted the weights for male and reproductive organs. This study highlights the health risks that aircraft maintenance workers may be exposed to if precautions are not taken to minimize exposure to these oils. Grade 3 and grade 4 aircraft engine oils contain organophosphate compounds. Dermal exposure to these oils impacted organ weights of female and male rats. Unused versions of these oils had more effects on blood indices than used versions. Females may be more susceptible to exposure to these oils than males.
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Key Words
- Aircraft engine oils
- BA, basophils
- Dermal exposure
- EO, eosinophils
- G3, grade 3
- G3-N, grade 3 in an unused state
- G3-U, grade 3 in a used state
- G4, grade 4
- G4-N, grade 4 in an unused state
- G4-U, grade 4 in a used state
- HCT, hematocrit
- Hematological parameters
- Hgb, hemoglobin
- IACUC, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
- LY, lymphocytes
- MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin
- MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
- MCV, mean corpuscular volume
- MO, monocytes
- MPV, mean platelet volume
- NE, neutrophils
- NMR, nuclear magnetic resonance
- PLT, platelets
- RBC, red blood cells
- RDW, red blood cell distribution width
- Reproductive organs
- SDS, safety data sheet
- Sprague Dawley rats
- TCP, tricresyl phosphate
- TIPP, phenol isopropylated phosphate (3:1)
- TOCP, tri-ortho-cresyl phosphate
- TPP, triphenyl phosphate
- WBC, white blood cells
- WPAFB, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
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- Isaie Sibomana
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Air Force Research Laboratory, 711 HPW/RHBB, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, USA
- Air Force Research Laboratory, 711 Human Performance Wing, Airman Systems Directorate (AFRL/711 HPW/RHBB), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, USA
- Corresponding author at: Air Force Research Laboratory, 711 Human Performance Wing, Airman Systems Directorate (AFRL/711 HPW/RHBB), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, USA.
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, 711 Human Performance Wing, Airman Systems Directorate (AFRL/711 HPW/RHBB), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, USA
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Choi S, Bush AM, Borzage MT, Joshi AA, Mack WJ, Coates TD, Leahy RM, Wood JC. Hemoglobin and mean platelet volume predicts diffuse T1-MRI white matter volume decrease in sickle cell disease patients. Neuroimage Clin 2017; 15:239-246. [PMID: 28540180 PMCID: PMC5430155 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2017.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Revised: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a life-threatening genetic condition. Patients suffer from chronic systemic and cerebral vascular disease that leads to early and cumulative neurological damage. Few studies have quantified the effects of this disease on brain morphometry and even fewer efforts have been devoted to older patients despite the progressive nature of the disease. This study quantifies global and regional brain volumes in adolescent and young adult patients with SCD and racially matched controls with the aim of distinguishing between age related changes associated with normal brain maturation and damage from sickle cell disease. T1 weighted images were acquired on 33 clinically asymptomatic SCD patients (age = 21.3 ± 7.8; F = 18, M = 15) and 32 racially matched control subjects (age = 24.4 ± 7.5; F = 22, M = 10). Exclusion criteria included pregnancy, previous overt stroke, acute chest, or pain crisis hospitalization within one month. All brain volume comparisons were corrected for age and sex. Globally, grey matter volume was not different but white matter volume was 8.1% lower (p = 0.0056) in the right hemisphere and 6.8% (p = 0.0068) in the left hemisphere in SCD patients compared with controls. Multivariate analysis retained hemoglobin (β = 0.33; p = 0.0036), sex (β = 0.35; p = 0.0017) and mean platelet volume (β = 0.27; p = 0.016) as significant factors in the final prediction model for white matter volume for a combined r2 of 0.37 (p < 0.0001). Lower white matter volume was confined to phylogenetically younger brain regions in the anterior and middle cerebral artery distributions. Our findings suggest that there are diffuse white matter abnormalities in SCD patients, especially in the frontal, parietal and temporal lobes, that are associated with low hemoglobin levels and mean platelet volume. The pattern of brain loss suggests chronic microvascular insufficiency and tissue hypoxia as the causal mechanism. However, longitudinal studies of global and regional brain morphometry can help us give further insights on the pathophysiology of SCD in the brain. Total white matter brain volume is decreased in sickle cell disease patients. Global white matter decrease is found to be due to anemia. Diffuse WM volume decrease is found especially in watershed areas. Diffuse WM volume decrease spatially colocalize with silent stroke in SCD patients.
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Key Words
- ACA, anterior cerebral artery
- GM, grey matter
- Hemoglobin
- HgB, hemoglobin
- MCA, middle cerebral artery
- MPV, mean platelet volume
- MRI, magnetic resonance imaging
- Mean platelet volume
- PCA, posterior cerebral artery
- ROI, region of interest
- SCD, sickle cell disease
- Sickle cell disease
- Structural MRI
- WM, white matter
- WMHI, white matter hyperintensities
- White matter
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- Soyoung Choi
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, 3641 Watt Way, HNB 120, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2520, USA; Signal and Image Processing Institution, University of Southern California, 3740 McClintock Avenue, EEB 400, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2560, USA; Department of Pediatrics and Radiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles USC, 4650 Sunset Blvd., MS #81, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA.
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- Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1042 Downey Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics and Radiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles USC, 4650 Sunset Blvd., MS #81, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA.
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- Signal and Image Processing Institution, University of Southern California, 3740 McClintock Avenue, EEB 400, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2560, USA.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1200 North State St., Suite 3300, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
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- Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Blvd. MS #54, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA.
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- Signal and Image Processing Institution, University of Southern California, 3740 McClintock Avenue, EEB 400, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2560, USA; Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1042 Downey Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics and Radiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles USC, 4650 Sunset Blvd., MS #81, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA; Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1042 Downey Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
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Kamińska J, Koper OM, Siedlecka-Czykier E, Matowicka-Karna J, Bychowski J, Kemona H. The utility of inflammation and platelet biomarkers in patients with acute coronary syndromes. Saudi J Biol Sci 2016; 25:1263-1271. [PMID: 30505168 PMCID: PMC6252018 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2016.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2016] [Revised: 09/02/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Introduction Thrombotic and inflammatory mechanisms are involved in the pathophysiology of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The aim of the study was the evaluation of inflammation (white blood cells count/WBC, C-reactive protein/CRP, interleukin-6/IL-6) and platelet (platelet count/PLT, mean platelet volume/MPV, large platelet/LPLT, beta-thromboglobulin/β-TG) biomarkers in the groups of ACS patients depending on the severity of signs and symptoms and compared to controls without coronary artery disease. Materials and methods The study group included 93 patients categorized into 3 subgroups depending on the severity of signs and symptoms of ACS. PLT, MPV, LPLT, and WBC were determined on hematological analyzer, IL-6 and β-TG were measured using the ELISA method. Results In the whole group of ACS patients WBC, CRP, IL-6, MPV, and β-TG were significantly higher as compared to controls. Analyzing the inflammation and platelet biomarkers depending on the severity of signs and symptoms in comparison to controls, statistically significant differences for above-mentioned parameters were also found. There were no significant differences between the advancement of coronary artery changes and inflammation as well as platelet parameters, except for CRP concentrations. The AUCs for all inflammation parameters tested were similar, however the highest AUCs showed WBC and CRP. Among platelet parameters the highest AUC revealed β-TG. Conclusion Markers of inflammation and platelet activation may be associated to myocardial ischemia and myocardial injury. WBC, CRP and IL-6 as inflammation parameters and MPV and β-TG as platelet biomarkers may be useful indicators of the presence of coronary artery disease.
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Key Words
- ACC, diagnostic accuracy
- ACS, acute coronary syndrome
- ALT, alanine transaminase
- AST, aspartate transaminase
- AUC, area under the ROC curve
- Activated platelet
- Acute coronary syndrome
- BP, blood pressure
- Beta-thromboglobulin
- CRP, C-reactive protein
- ECG, echocardiogram
- F, female
- HCT, hematocrit
- HDL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
- HGB, hemoglobin
- IFN-
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, interferon gamma
- IL-6, interleukin-6
- Inflammation biomarkers
- L-PLT, large platelet
- LBBB, Left Bundle Branch Block
- LDL, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
- M, male
- MI, myocardial infarction
- MPV, mean platelet volume
- NPV, negative predictive value
- NS, not statistically significant
- NSTEMI, non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
- PAF, platelet activating factor
- PLT, platelet count
- PPV, positive predictive value
- RBC, red blood cell count
- ROC, Receiver operator characteristic
- SE, Standard Error
- STEMI, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
- TCH, total cholesterol
- TG, triglycerides
- TNF-α, tissue necrosis factor alfa
- UA, unstable angina
- WBC, white blood cells count
- cTnI, cardiac troponin I
- eGFR, estimate glomerular filtration rate
- sP-selectin, soluble form of P-selectin
- β-TG, β-thromboglobulin
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Affiliation(s)
- Joanna Kamińska
- Department of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
- Corresponding author at: Department of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Bialystok, ul. Waszyngtona 15A, 15-269 Białystok, Poland. Fax: +48 857468584.
| | - Olga M. Koper
- Department of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
| | - Edyta Siedlecka-Czykier
- Department of Cardiology Intensive Care with the Hemodynamic Unit of the Jędrzej Śniadecki Provincial Hospital in Bialystok, Poland
| | | | - Jerzy Bychowski
- Department of Cardiology Intensive Care with the Hemodynamic Unit of the Jędrzej Śniadecki Provincial Hospital in Bialystok, Poland
| | - Halina Kemona
- Department of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
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