Serum sPD-L1 levels are elevated in patients with viral diseases, bacterial sepsis or in patients with impaired renal function compared to healthy blood donors

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OBJECTIVES: Immune checkpoints play an important role in maintaining the balance of the immune system and in the development of autoimmune diseases. A central checkpoint molecule is the programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1, CD279) which is typically located on the surface of T cells. Its primary ligand PD-L1 is expressed on antigen presenting cells and on cancer cells. Several variants of PD-L1 exist, among these soluble molecules (sPD-L1) present in serum at low concentrations. sPD-L1 was found elevated in cancer and several other diseases. sPD-L1 in infectious diseases has received relatively little attention so far and is therefore subject of this study.

METHODS: sPD-L1 serum levels were determined in 170 patients with viral infections (influenza, varicella, measles, Dengue fever, SARS-CoV2) or bacterial sepsis by ELISA and compared to the levels obtained in 11 healthy controls.

RESULTS: Patients with viral infections and bacterial sepsis generally show significantly higher sPD-L1 serum levels compared to healthy donors, except for varicella samples where results do not reach significance. sPD-L1 is increased in patients with impaired renal function compared to those with normal renal function, and sPD-L1 correlates significantly with serum creatinine. Among sepsis patients with normal renal function, sPD-L1 serum levels are significantly higher in Gram-negative sepsis compared to Gram-positive sepsis. In addition, in sepsis patients with impaired renal function, sPD-L1 correlates positively with ferritin and negatively with transferrin.

CONCLUSIONS: sPD-L1 serum levels are significantly elevated in patients with sepsis, influenza, mesasles, Dengue fever or SARS-CoV2. Highest levels are detectable in patients with measles and Dengue fever. Also impaired renal function causes an increase in levels of sPD-L1. As a consequence, renal function has to be taken into account in the interpretation of sPD-L1 levels in patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

Enthalten in:

Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine - 61(2023), 12 vom: 27. Nov., Seite 2248-2255

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Loacker, Lorin [VerfasserIn]
Egger, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Fux, Vilmos [VerfasserIn]
Bellmann-Weiler, Rosa [VerfasserIn]
Weiss, Günter [VerfasserIn]
Griesmacher, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Hoermann, Gregor [VerfasserIn]
Ratzinger, Franz [VerfasserIn]
Haslacher, Helmuth [VerfasserIn]
Schrezenmeier, Hubert [VerfasserIn]
Anliker, Markus [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

B7-H1 Antigen
Gram negative
Gram positive
Journal Article
RNA, Viral
Renal function
SPD-L1
Sepsis
Viral infections

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Date Completed 26.10.2023

Date Revised 12.11.2023

published: Electronic-Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1515/cclm-2023-0232

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359026443