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[Changes of serum leptin level in pulmonary infection-induced multiple organ dysfunction syndrome]
Guang-tao Yan1, Hui Xue, Ji Lin
1Research Laboratory of Biochemistry, Basic Medical Institute, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100853, China. YAN301@263.net
Objective:
To determine serum levels of leptin and some related cytokines in severely ill patients, including severe pulmonary infection-induced multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and arrhythmia (AR), and to explore the possible role of leptin in the pathogenesis and diagnosis of MODS.
Methods:
Radioimmunoassay was used to determine leptin, fatty acid binding protein (FABP), transferrin (Ferr) and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), and enzyme-linked immuno adsorbent assay (ELISA) was used to assess C reactive protein (CRP).
Results:
Compared with normal individuals, leptin levels in MODS, AMI and AR patients increased significantly (all P<0.01). CRP and IL-1beta levels also increased significantly in MODS, AMI and AR patients, but the changes were more marked (all P<0.05) in MODS patients than in the patients of other two diseases (both P<0.05). Though FABP and Ferr levels of patients in all the three groups of patients showed a trend toward increase, especially in MODS patients, there was no significant difference between them and normal individuals.
Conclusion:
Serum leptin level increases significantly in pulmonary infection-induced MODS patients with a simultaneous increase of CRP and IL-1beta levels, and the result suggests that leptin plays a possible role in the pathogenesis and prognosis of MODS.
