ObjectivesTo investigate if HDL cholesterol (HDL-c) could be a biomarker of the degree of severity according to prognostic prediction scores in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) or the development of clinical complications such as pleural effusion.MethodsWe included in a retrospective study 107 patients admitted to the hospital that fulfilled diagnostic criteria for CAP between the 30th October 2011 and 1st September 2012. HDL-c levels at admission, CAP prognosis scores (PSI and CURB65) and clinical outcomes were recorded for the study.ResultsBasal HDL-c levels were not statistically different according to prognostics scores neither PSI nor CURB-65. Significantly lower levels of HDL-c were also associated to the development of septic shock and admission to the intensive care unit. HDL-c were inversely correlated with acute phase reactants CRP (r = −0.585, P < 0.001), ESR (r = −0.477, P < 0.001), and leukocytes cell count (r = −0.254, P < 0.009). Patients with pleural effusion showed significant lower levels of HDL-c [28.9 (15.5) mg/dl vs. 44.6 (21.1) mg/dl]; P = 0.007. HDL-c is a good predictor of the presence of pleural effusion in multivariate analyses and using ROC analyses [AUC = 0.712 (0.591–0.834), P = 0.006]. HDL-c levels of 10 mg/dl showed a sensitivity of 97.6 % and a specificity of 82.4 % for the presence of pleural effusion.ConclusionMonitoring HDL-c in CAP is an useful serum marker of acute phase response, clinical outcome and the presence of pleural effusion.
BackgroundSeveral studies have highlighted the complexity and the intriguing role of HDL in different pathologic conditions beyond the atherosclerotic process, such as infections, neoplasms and autoimmune diseases.HDL particles show qualitative changes that evolve HDL lipoproteins to a “proinflammatory”- HDL that has been associated with the presence of subclinical atherosclerosis in SLE patients. Thanks to new proteomics techniques it has been discovered that HDL-associated proteins are involved in functions beyond reverse cholesterol transport and related to complement activation and systemic inflammatory response.ObjectivesIdentify modifications in the proteome of HDL particles in 9 SLE patients in clinical remission remission respect the control group and in a clinical outbrakeMethodsSerum samples were obtained from 9 SLE patients in clinical remission and when they developed a flare, 9 healthy controls matched by age and gender were recluted for the study.High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) was obtained by serum precipitation.The supernatant apolipoprotein B-depleted serum was ultracentrifugated during 40h to purify the HDL. The quantitative proteomic analyses was performed using TMT isobaric tag labelling (MALDI-TOF MS) and nanoLC-Orbitrap (nLC-MS/MS). Statistical analyses were performed using the equipment of Servei Recursos Científics i Técnics (SRCiT) in Universitat Rovira i Virgili.ResultsA total number of 140 entities (protein identification-quantification_OffGel Analyses) were identified. We applied as a filtering those proteins that appears in more than 70% of samples. After the Kruskal-Wallis test, a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) were performed and also a clustering analysis that allowed to group the samples in the three groups regarding the entities with a significant fold-change (>1.1). We found 19 proteins associated to HDL that were in a significant different cincentrations respect the SLE patients and the control group. Between them, we highlight those with well known biological functions. We found that SLE patients significantly presented a higher concentration of ApoC-III, Apo-AII, ApoD, ApoC-II, Apo-CI, ApoF and ApoM.Between lupus patients in flare stage and remission we identified 4 proteins that changed significantly. HDL from patients in clincal outbreak showed an increase of C4 complement component (humoral innate immunity), and Indian Hedgehog protein (IHH) (involved in arthritis). By the other hand, we found a decrease of a protein called gelsolin important to prevent the toxic effect of actin under circumstances of tissue damage.The other protein found in a lower concetration in HDL from SLE patients with a flare, is the S100A8 protein (component of calprotectin)ConclusionsAnlyses of the proteome cargo from HDL in SLE patients identifies differences in proteins that could explain changes in HDL functionality and in lipid metabolism. Three novel HDL -associated proteins allows to distinguish the presence of a clincal outbrake in SLE. These proteins could be used as future biomarkers of ...
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