High levels of eicosanoids and docosanoids in the lungs of intubated COVID-19 patients

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is responsible for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). While COVID-19 is often benign, a subset of patients develops severe multilobar pneumonia that can progress to an acute respiratory distress syndrome. There is no cure for severe COVID-19 and few treatments significantly improved clinical outcome. Dexamethasone and possibly aspirin, which directly/indirectly target the biosynthesis/effects of numerous lipid mediators are among those options. Our objective was to define if severe COVID-19 patients were characterized by increased bioactive lipids modulating lung inflammation. A targeted lipidomic analysis of bronchoalveolar lavages (BALs) by tandem mass spectrometry was done on 25 healthy controls and 33 COVID-19 patients requiring mechanical ventilation. BALs from severe COVID-19 patients were characterized by increased fatty acids and inflammatory lipid mediators. There was a predominance of thromboxane and prostaglandins. Leukotrienes were also increased, notably LTB4 , LTE4 , and eoxin E4 . Monohydroxylated 15-lipoxygenase metabolites derived from linoleate, arachidonate, eicosapentaenoate, and docosahexaenoate were also increased. Finally yet importantly, specialized pro-resolving mediators, notably lipoxin A4 and the D-series resolvins, were also increased, underscoring that the lipid mediator storm occurring in severe COVID-19 involves pro- and anti-inflammatory lipids. Our data unmask the lipid mediator storm occurring in the lungs of patients afflicted with severe COVID-19. We discuss which clinically available drugs could be helpful at modulating the lipidome we observed in the hope of minimizing the deleterious effects of pro-inflammatory lipids and enhancing the effects of anti-inflammatory and/or pro-resolving lipid mediators.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

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FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 35(2021), 6 vom: 25. Juni, Seite e21666

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Archambault, Anne-Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Zaid, Younes [VerfasserIn]
Rakotoarivelo, Volatiana [VerfasserIn]
Turcotte, Caroline [VerfasserIn]
Doré, Étienne [VerfasserIn]
Dubuc, Isabelle [VerfasserIn]
Martin, Cyril [VerfasserIn]
Flamand, Olivier [VerfasserIn]
Amar, Youssef [VerfasserIn]
Cheikh, Amine [VerfasserIn]
Fares, Hakima [VerfasserIn]
El Hassani, Amine [VerfasserIn]
Tijani, Youssef [VerfasserIn]
Côté, Andréanne [VerfasserIn]
Laviolette, Michel [VerfasserIn]
Boilard, Éric [VerfasserIn]
Flamand, Louis [VerfasserIn]
Flamand, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]

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14-cysteinyl-15-hydroxy-5,8,10,12-eicosatetraenoic acid
1HGW4DR56D
75715-89-8
COVID-19
Clinical Trial
Docosanoids
Eicosanoids
Eoxins
Journal Article
Leukotriene B4
Leukotriene E4
Lipoxin A4
Lipoxins
Specialized pro-resolving mediators
Thromboxane

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Date Completed 31.05.2021

Date Revised 17.06.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1096/fj.202100540R

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM325823006