An Endotoxin Tolerance Signature Predicts Sepsis and Organ Dysfunction at Initial Clinical Presentation

Sepsis involves aberrant immune responses to infection, but the exact nature of this immune dysfunction remains poorly defined. Bacterial endotoxins like lipopolysaccharide (LPS) are potent inducers of inflammation, which has been associated with the pathophysiology of sepsis, but repeated exposure...

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Published in:EBioMedicine 2014-11, Vol.1 (1), p.64-71
Main Authors: Pena, Olga M., Hancock, David G., Lyle, Ngan H., Linder, Adam, Russell, James A., Xia, Jianguo, Fjell, Christopher D., Boyd, John H., Hancock, Robert E.W.
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Language:English
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Cellular reprogramming
Diagnosis
Endotoxin tolerance
Immune dysfunction
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Sepsis
Severe sepsis
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Summary:Sepsis involves aberrant immune responses to infection, but the exact nature of this immune dysfunction remains poorly defined. Bacterial endotoxins like lipopolysaccharide (LPS) are potent inducers of inflammation, which has been associated with the pathophysiology of sepsis, but repeated exposure can also induce a suppressive effect known as endotoxin tolerance or cellular reprogramming. It has been proposed that endotoxin tolerance might be associated with the immunosuppressive state that was primarily observed during late-stage sepsis. However, this relationship remains poorly characterised. Here we clarify the underlying mechanisms and timing of immune dysfunction in sepsis. We defined a gene expression signature characteristic of endotoxin tolerance. Gene-set test approaches were used to correlate this signature with early sepsis, both newly and retrospectively analysing microarrays from 593 patients in 11 cohorts. Then we recruited a unique cohort of possible sepsis patients at first clinical presentation in an independent blinded controlled observational study to determine whether this signature was associated with the development of confirmed sepsis and organ dysfunction. All sepsis patients presented an expression profile strongly associated with the endotoxin tolerance signature (p
ISSN:2352-3964
2352-3964
DOI:10.1016/j.ebiom.2014.10.003