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Plasma glycation levels are associated with severity in sepsis
Michael Éverton Andrades1, Rodrigo Lorenzi, Ryoji Nagai
1Centro de Estudos em Estresse Oxidativo, Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. andrades_m@yahoo.com.br
Background:
Advanced glycation end-products (AGE) have been involved in inflammatory diseases and may have an important role in the progression of symptoms. However, few studies have analysed the levels of glycated proteins in sepsis. In this study, we evaluated the levels of the well-known AGE (N(ε) -(carboxymethyl)lysine (CML) and N(ε) -(carboxyethyl)lysine (CEL)) in the plasma of septic patients.
Material And Methods:
Plasma from 36 patients admitted to an adult intensive care unit and 6 healthy controls had the levels of CML/CEL measured by ELISA.
Results:
The level of AGE in plasma decreased with the increase of severity (1·40±0·46 nmol/mg of protein in sepsis, 0·58±0·23 nmol/mg of protein in severe sepsis and 0·31±0·12 nmol/mg of protein in septic shock). Control plasma presented low AGE concentration (0·06±0·01 nmol/mg protein). Also, we found a decrease in plasma AGE in those patients that died at the end of 28 days follow-up (0·80±0·50 nmol/mg of protein in survivors vs. 0·31±0·10 nmol/mg of protein in nonsurvivors), being associated with the renal component of sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score. In the same line, there was a decrease in plasma AGE with the increase in SOFA.
Conclusions:
Our data demonstrate that plasma AGE levels are inversely associated with the severity of sepsis and may be associated with kidney dysfunction.
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