Low-grade endotoxemia by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) has been detected in COVID-19 and could favor thrombosis via eliciting a pro-inflammatory and pro-coagulant state. The aim of this study was to analyze the mechanism accounting for low-grade endotoxemia and its relationship with oxidative stress and clotting activation thrombosis in COVID-19. We measured serum levels of sNOX2-dp, zonulin, LPS, D-dimer, and albumin in 175 patients with COVID-19, classified as having or not acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and 50 healthy subjects. Baseline levels of sNOX2- dp, LPS, zonulin, D-dimer, albumin, and hs-CRP were significantly higher in COVID-19 compared to controls. In COVID-19 patients with ARDS, sNOX2-dp, LPS, zonulin, D-dimer, and hs-CRP were significantly higher compared to COVID-19 patients without ARDS. Conversely, concentration of albumin was lower in patients with ARDS compared with those without ARDS and inversely associated with LPS. In the COVID-19 cohort, the number of patients with ARDS progressively increased according to sNOX2-dp and LPS quartiles; a significant correlation between LPS and sNOX2-dp and LPS and D-dimer was detected in COVID-19. In a multivariable logistic regression model, LPS/albumin levels and D-dimer predicted thrombotic events. In COVID-19 patients, LPS is significantly associated with a hypercoagulation state and disease severity. In vitro , LPS can increase endothelial oxidative stress and coagulation biomarkers that were reduced by the treatment with albumin. In conclusion, impaired gut barrier permeability, increased NOX2 activation, and low serum albumin may account for low-grade endotoxemia and may be implicated in thrombotic events in COVID-19.
Association Between NOX2-Mediated Oxidative Stress, Low-Grade Endotoxemia, Hypoalbuminemia, and Clotting Activation in COVID-19 / Carnevale, Roberto; Nocella, Cristina; Marocco, Raffaella; Zuccalà, Paola; Carraro, Anna; Picchio, Vittorio; Oliva, Alessandra; Cangemi, Roberto; Miele, MARIA CLAUDIA; DE ANGELIS, Massimiliano; Cancelli, Francesca; Casciaro, Giovanni Enrico; Cristiano, Luca; Pignatelli, Pasquale; Frati, Giacomo; Venditti, Mario; Pugliese, Francesco; Mastroianni, Claudio Maria; Violi, Francesco; Ridola, Lorenzo; Del Borgo, Cosmo; Palmerio, Silvia; Valenzi 10, Emiliano; Carnevale 11, Rita; Alvaro, Domenico; Lichtner, Miriam; Cardinale, Vincenzo. - In: ANTIOXIDANTS. - ISSN 2076-3921. - 13:10(2024), pp. 1-15. [10.3390/antiox13101260]
Association Between NOX2-Mediated Oxidative Stress, Low-Grade Endotoxemia, Hypoalbuminemia, and Clotting Activation in COVID-19
Roberto Carnevale
Co-primo
;Cristina NocellaCo-primo
;Raffaella Marocco;Anna Carraro;Vittorio Picchio;Alessandra Oliva;Roberto Cangemi;Maria Claudia Miele;Massimiliano De Angelis;Francesca Cancelli;Giovanni Enrico Casciaro;Pasquale Pignatelli;Giacomo Frati;Mario Venditti;Francesco Pugliese;Claudio Maria Mastroianni;Lorenzo Ridola;Silvia Palmerio;Domenico Alvaro;Miriam Lichtner;Vincenzo Cardinale
2024
Abstract
Low-grade endotoxemia by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) has been detected in COVID-19 and could favor thrombosis via eliciting a pro-inflammatory and pro-coagulant state. The aim of this study was to analyze the mechanism accounting for low-grade endotoxemia and its relationship with oxidative stress and clotting activation thrombosis in COVID-19. We measured serum levels of sNOX2-dp, zonulin, LPS, D-dimer, and albumin in 175 patients with COVID-19, classified as having or not acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and 50 healthy subjects. Baseline levels of sNOX2- dp, LPS, zonulin, D-dimer, albumin, and hs-CRP were significantly higher in COVID-19 compared to controls. In COVID-19 patients with ARDS, sNOX2-dp, LPS, zonulin, D-dimer, and hs-CRP were significantly higher compared to COVID-19 patients without ARDS. Conversely, concentration of albumin was lower in patients with ARDS compared with those without ARDS and inversely associated with LPS. In the COVID-19 cohort, the number of patients with ARDS progressively increased according to sNOX2-dp and LPS quartiles; a significant correlation between LPS and sNOX2-dp and LPS and D-dimer was detected in COVID-19. In a multivariable logistic regression model, LPS/albumin levels and D-dimer predicted thrombotic events. In COVID-19 patients, LPS is significantly associated with a hypercoagulation state and disease severity. In vitro , LPS can increase endothelial oxidative stress and coagulation biomarkers that were reduced by the treatment with albumin. In conclusion, impaired gut barrier permeability, increased NOX2 activation, and low serum albumin may account for low-grade endotoxemia and may be implicated in thrombotic events in COVID-19.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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