Cerebrospinal fluid mitochondrial DNA: a novel DAMP in pediatric traumatic brain injury.
Cerebrospinal fluid mitochondrial DNA: a novel DAMP in pediatric traumatic brain injury.
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10.1097/shk.0000000000000160
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2014-06
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Aneja RK
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Walko TD 3rd;Bola RA;Hong JD;Au AK;Bell MJ;Kochanek PM;Clark RS;Aneja RK
Danger associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) are nuclear or cytoplasmic proteins that are released from the injured tissues and activate the innate immune system. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is a novel DAMP that is released into the extracellular milieu subsequent to cell death and injury. We hypothesized that cell death within the central nervous system in children with traumatic brain injury (TBI) would lead to release of mtDNA into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and has the potential to predict the outcome after trauma. CSF was collected from children with severe TBI that required intracranial pressure monitoring with Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores ≤ 8 via an externalized ventricular drain. Control CSF was obtained in children without TBI or meningoencephalitis that demonstrated no leukocytes in the diagnostic lumbar puncture. The median age for patients with TBI was 6.3 y and 62% were male. The common mechanisms of injury included motor vehicle collision (35.8%) followed by falls (21.5%) and inflicted TBI (19%); 6 children (14.2%) died during their ICU course. The mean CSF mtDNA concentration was 1.10E +05 ± 2.07E+05 and 1.63E+03 ± 1.80E+03 copies/µL in the pediatric TBI and control population respectively. Furthermore, the mean CSF mtDNA concentration in pediatric patients who later died or had severe disability was significantly higher than that of the survivors (1.63E+ 05 ± 2.77E+05 vs. 5.05E+04 ± 6.21E+04 copies/µL) (p<0.0001). We found a significant correlation between CSF mtDNA and HMGB1, another prototypical DAMP, concentrations (ρ = 0.574, p<0.05), supporting the notion that both DAMPs are increased in the CSF following TBI. Our data suggest that CSF mtDNA is novel DAMP in TBI, and appears to be a useful biomarker that correlates with neurological outcome after TBI. Further inquiry into the components of mtDNA that modulate the innate immune response will be helpful in understanding the mechanism of local and systemic inflammation after TBI.