セキ マサフミ   SEK Masafumi
  関 雅文
   所属   埼玉医科大学  医学部 国際医療センター 感染症科・感染制御科
   職種   教授
論文種別 学術雑誌(原著)
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読あり
表題 Origin of circulating free DNA in sepsis: Analysis of the CLP mouse model
掲載誌名 正式名:Mediators of Inflammation
ISSNコード:14661861
出版社 Hindawi Publishing Corporation
巻・号・頁 2015
著者・共著者 Shigeto Hamaguchi,Yukihiro Akeda,Norihisa Yamamoto,Masafumi Seki,Kouji Yamamoto,Kazunori Oishi,Kazunori Tomono
発行年月 2015
概要 Recently, it has been reported that circulating free DNA (cf-DNA) in the blood is increased in various infectious diseases, including sepsis. Moreover, a relationship between cf-DNA and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) has been suggested. However, it is still unclear what the source and physiological role of cf-DNA in sepsis are. In this study, we examined the source of cf-DNA by detecting citrullinated histone H3, acharacteristic feature of NET formation, in cecal ligation and puncture- (CLP-)operated mice. In addition, neutrophil depletion using anti-Ly6G antibodies was performed to assess the association between neutrophils and cf-DNA. Increased cf-DNA levels were observed only in CLP mice and not in the control groups the qPCR findings revealed that the cf-DNA was mainly host-derived, even in bacteremic conditions. Citrullinated histone H3 was not increased in the neutrophils upon CLP, and the depletion of neutrophils showed limited effects on decreasing the amount of cf-DNA. Taken together, these results suggested that elevated cf-DNA levels during early-phase sepsis may represent a candidate biomarker for the severity of sepsis and that, contrary to previous findings,
DOI 10.1155/2015/614518
PMID 26273139