Soluble Vascular Endothelial-Cadherin Levels in Patients With Sepsis Treated With Direct Hemoperfusion With a Polymyxin B-immobilized Fiber Column
Soluble Vascular Endothelial-Cadherin Levels in Patients With Sepsis Treated With Direct Hemoperfusion With a Polymyxin B-immobilized Fiber Column
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DOI:
10.1111/1744-9987.12215
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发表时间:
2014-06-01
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
Kobayashi, Masaki
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作者:
Ebihara, Itaru;Hirayama, Kouichi;Kobayashi, Masaki
Capillary permeability is a tightly regulated feature of microcirculation in all organ beds; however, in sepsis this feature is fundamentally altered. Several molecules are investigated as associated factors with capillary permeability and vascular endothelial (VE)-cadherin internalization by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)induced signaling through VEGF receptors leads to increased vascular endothelial cell detachment and transendothelial permeability. We investigated serum soluble VE-cadherin levels in septic patients. An enzyme-linked immunoassay was used to measure serum soluble VE-cadherin levels in 47 septic patients treated by direct hemoperfusion with a polymyxin B-immobilized fiber column (DHP-PMX). The serum soluble VE-cadherin level of septic patients before PMX-DHP was 3424.1 +/- 2033.0 ng/mL, which was significantly lower than that of the controls (5862.0 +/- 1521.2 ng/mL; P < 0.0001). The time course of serum soluble VE-cadherin levels remained unchanged during PMX-DHP therapy. There was no significant difference in serum soluble VE-cadherin levels before PMX-DHP therapy between survivors and non-survivors, and there was no significant difference in those levels between the groups at any time after the initiation of PMX-DHP therapy. There was no correlation between soluble VE-cadherin levels and clinical data, except white blood cell count (r = -0.277, P = 0.0009). There was no correlation between soluble VE-cadherin levels and the levels of angiopoietin 1 and 2. In summary, the relationship between VE-cadherin and capillary permeability in sepsis could not be demonstrated. Soluble VE-cadherins are not reflected in the balance between intercellular junction plasticity and integrity, but VE-cadherin stabilization by its phosphorylation or internalization may be associated with capillary permeability.