Patients with hypothermic sepsis have a unique gene expression profile compared to patients with fever and sepsis
Issued Date
2022-04-01
Resource Type
ISSN
15821838
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85129254794
Pubmed ID
35934940
Journal Title
Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Volume
26
Issue
7
Start Page
1896
End Page
1904
Rights Holder(s)
SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine Vol.26 No.7 (2022) , 1896-1904
Suggested Citation
Harmon M.B.A., Scicluna B.P., Wiewel M.A., Schultz M.J., Horn J., Cremer O.L., van der Poll T., Joost Wiersinga W., Juffermans N.P., de Beer F.M., Bos L.D., Glas G.J., Horn J., Hoogendijk A.J., van Hooijdonk R.T., Huson M.A., van der Poll T., Schouten L.R., Schultz M.J., Straat M., van Vught L.A., Wieske L., Wiewel M.A., Witteveen E., Bonten M.J., Cremer O.L., Frencken J.F., van de Groep K., Klein Klouwenberg P.M., Koster–Brouwer M.E., Ong D.S., Varkila M.R., Verboom D.M. Patients with hypothermic sepsis have a unique gene expression profile compared to patients with fever and sepsis. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine Vol.26 No.7 (2022) , 1896-1904. 1904. doi:10.1111/jcmm.17156 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/83767
Title
Patients with hypothermic sepsis have a unique gene expression profile compared to patients with fever and sepsis
Author(s)
Harmon M.B.A.
Scicluna B.P.
Wiewel M.A.
Schultz M.J.
Horn J.
Cremer O.L.
van der Poll T.
Joost Wiersinga W.
Juffermans N.P.
de Beer F.M.
Bos L.D.
Glas G.J.
Horn J.
Hoogendijk A.J.
van Hooijdonk R.T.
Huson M.A.
van der Poll T.
Schouten L.R.
Schultz M.J.
Straat M.
van Vught L.A.
Wieske L.
Wiewel M.A.
Witteveen E.
Bonten M.J.
Cremer O.L.
Frencken J.F.
van de Groep K.
Klein Klouwenberg P.M.
Koster–Brouwer M.E.
Ong D.S.
Varkila M.R.
Verboom D.M.
Scicluna B.P.
Wiewel M.A.
Schultz M.J.
Horn J.
Cremer O.L.
van der Poll T.
Joost Wiersinga W.
Juffermans N.P.
de Beer F.M.
Bos L.D.
Glas G.J.
Horn J.
Hoogendijk A.J.
van Hooijdonk R.T.
Huson M.A.
van der Poll T.
Schouten L.R.
Schultz M.J.
Straat M.
van Vught L.A.
Wieske L.
Wiewel M.A.
Witteveen E.
Bonten M.J.
Cremer O.L.
Frencken J.F.
van de Groep K.
Klein Klouwenberg P.M.
Koster–Brouwer M.E.
Ong D.S.
Varkila M.R.
Verboom D.M.
Other Contributor(s)
Abstract
The pathophysiology of hypothermia during sepsis is unclear. Using genomic profiling of blood leukocytes, we aimed to determine if hypothermia is associated with a different gene expression profile compared to fever during sepsis. Patients with sepsis and either hypothermia or fever within 24 hours after ICU admission were included in the study (n = 168). Hypothermia was defined as body temperature below 36 °C. Fever was defined as body temperature equal to or above 38.3°C. We compared blood gene expression (whole-genome transcriptome in leukocytes) in hypothermic septic compared to febrile septic patients in an unmatched analysis and matched for APACHE IV score and the presence of shock. In total, 67 septic patients were hypothermic and 101 patients were febrile. Hypothermia was associated with a distinct gene expression profile in both unmatched and matched analyses. There were significant differences related to the up- and downregulation of canonical signalling pathways. In the matched analysis, the top upregulated gene was cold-inducible mRNA binding protein (CIRBP) which plays a role in cold-induced suppression of cell proliferation. In addition, we found three signalling pathways significantly upregulated in hypothermic patients compared to febrile patients; tryptophan degradation X, phenylalanine degradation IV and putrescine degradation III. In conclusion, there are distinct signalling pathways and genes associated with hypothermia, including tryptophan degradation and CIRBP expression, providing a possible link to the modulation of body temperature and early immunosuppression. Future studies may focus on the canonical signalling pathways presented in this paper to further investigate spontaneous hypothermia in sepsis.