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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-12-4
pubmed:abstractText
The expression of NF-kappaB was studied in freshly isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of patients with severe sepsis and major trauma. The expression of p65p50 heterodimer, the active form of NF-kappaB, was significantly reduced for all patients as compared with control subjects. The p50p50 homodimer, an inhibitory form of NF-kappaB, was reduced in the survivors of sepsis and in patients with trauma. Subsequent in vitro stimulation of PBMC with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) did not induce further NF-kappaB nuclear translocation: the survivors of sepsis and trauma patients showed low expression of both p65p50 and p50p50, whereas nonsurvivors of sepsis showed a predominance of the inactive homodimer and a low p65p50/p50p50 ratio when compared with control subjects. In the later group of patients there was a reverse correlation between plasma IL-10 levels and the p65p50/p50p50 ratio after in vitro LPS stimulation (r = -0.8, p = 0.04). The reduced expression of nuclear NF-kappaB was not due to its inhibition by IkappaBalpha, as very low expression of IkappaBalpha, as well as low levels of p65 and p50 were found in the cytoplasm of PBMC from patients with sepsis and trauma when compared with control subjects. These results demonstrate that upon LPS activation, PBMC of patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome show patterns of NF-kappaB expression that resemble those reported during LPS tolerance: global down-regulation of NF-kappaB in survivors of sepsis and trauma patients and the presence of large amounts of the inactive homodimer in the nonsurvivors of sepsis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1073-449X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
162
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1877-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11069829-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:11069829-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11069829-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11069829-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:11069829-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:11069829-Cytoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:11069829-Electrophoresis, pubmed-meshheading:11069829-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11069829-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11069829-Interleukin-10, pubmed-meshheading:11069829-Leukocytes, Mononuclear, pubmed-meshheading:11069829-Lipopolysaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:11069829-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11069829-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11069829-NF-kappa B, pubmed-meshheading:11069829-NF-kappa B p50 Subunit, pubmed-meshheading:11069829-Sepsis, pubmed-meshheading:11069829-Transcription Factor RelA, pubmed-meshheading:11069829-Wounds and Injuries
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
NF-kappaB expression in mononuclear cells of patients with sepsis resembles that observed in lipopolysaccharide tolerance.
pubmed:affiliation
Unité d'Immuno-Allergie, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Cochin Port-Royal, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't