细菌性感染中与损伤相关的分子模式,包括与细菌DNA进行比较分析,是一种与病原体相关的分子模式
Helena Alpkvist1,2, Ingrid Ziegler3, Paula Mölling4
1Department of Medicine Huddinge, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Scientific reports
|October 8, 2024
概括
核DNA (nDNA) 作为败血症生物标志物表现有前途,在检测败血症和预测负面结果方面超过其他损伤相关分子模式 (DAMPs). 升高的nDNA水平表明败血症的严重程度,并且在结果不佳的患者中持续存在.
科学领域:
- 败血症的发病原因和生物标志物的发现.
- 传染病免疫学 传染病免疫学
- 临床诊断 临床诊断 临床诊断
背景情况:
- 败血症是由损伤相关的分子模式 (DAMPs) 和病原体相关的分子模式 (PAMPs) 引发的,但同时研究很少.
- 了解细菌性感染中的DAMP动态对于评估疾病严重程度和患者结果至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在患有细菌性感染的患者中研究四种DAMP (nDNA,mtDNA,HSP90α,HMGB1) 的动态.
- 将DAMP的诊断和预后能力与PAMP (16S rDNA) 和其他生物标志物进行比较.
- 为了将DAMP水平与败血症严重程度和患者结果相关联.
主要方法:
- 对83名患有社区发病细菌性感染的成年患者进行前性研究 (Streptococcus pneumoniae,Staphylococcus aureus,Escherichia coli).
- 在多个医院日内对nDNA,mtDNA,HSP90α和HMGB1的血液样本进行分析.
- 与16S rDNA,CRP,IL-6,IL-8和IL-10对抗DAMP的性能进行比较,用于败血症和负结果预测.
主要成果:
- 与其他DAMP和生物标志物相比,核DNA (nDNA) 显示出更高的诊断准确性 (败血症的ROC曲线为0.78,负结果为0.76).
- 两种nDNA和16SrDNA的高日1-2度独立地与败血症有关.
- 1-2天的高nDNA水平与负面结果独立相关,并且在预后不佳的患者中持续存在.
结论:
- 核DNA (nDNA) 是一种有前途的生物标志物,用于毒症检测和预测结果,其性能优于其他DAMP.
- 两种nDNA (DAMP) 和16SrDNA (PAMP) 独立地与败血症相关,nDNA也预测了负面结果.
- 在负面结果的患者中,nDNA的持续升高突显了它在败血症发病过程中的作用和临床效用.
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