PMID- 19887013 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100430 LR - 20220409 IS - 1466-609X (Electronic) IS - 1364-8535 (Print) IS - 1364-8535 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 6 DP - 2009 TI - Early release of high mobility group box nuclear protein 1 after severe trauma in humans: role of injury severity and tissue hypoperfusion. PG - R174 LID - 10.1186/cc8152 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: High mobility group box nuclear protein 1 (HMGB1) is a DNA nuclear binding protein that has recently been shown to be an early trigger of sterile inflammation in animal models of trauma-hemorrhage via the activation of the Toll-like-receptor 4 (TLR4) and the receptor for the advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE). However, whether HMGB1 is released early after trauma hemorrhage in humans and is associated with the development of an inflammatory response and coagulopathy is not known and therefore constitutes the aim of the present study. METHODS: One hundred sixty eight patients were studied as part of a prospective cohort study of severe trauma patients admitted to a single Level 1 Trauma center. Blood was drawn within 10 minutes of arrival to the emergency room before the administration of any fluid resuscitation. HMGB1, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL)-6, von Willebrand Factor (vWF), angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2), Prothrombin time (PT), prothrombin fragments 1+2 (PF1+2), soluble thrombomodulin (sTM), protein C (PC), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and D-Dimers were measured using standard techniques. Base deficit was used as a measure of tissue hypoperfusion. Measurements were compared to outcome measures obtained from the electronic medical record and trauma registry. RESULTS: Plasma levels of HMGB1 were increased within 30 minutes after severe trauma in humans and correlated with the severity of injury, tissue hypoperfusion, early posttraumatic coagulopathy and hyperfibrinolysis as well with a systemic inflammatory response and activation of complement. Non-survivors had significantly higher plasma levels of HMGB1 than survivors. Finally, patients who later developed organ injury, (acute lung injury and acute renal failure) had also significantly higher plasma levels of HMGB1 early after trauma. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study demonstrate for the first time that HMGB1 is released into the bloodstream early after severe trauma in humans. The release of HMGB1 requires severe injury and tissue hypoperfusion, and is associated with posttraumatic coagulation abnormalities, activation of complement and severe systemic inflammatory response. FAU - Cohen, Mitchell J AU - Cohen MJ AD - The Department of Surgery, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. mcohen@sfghsurg.ucsf.edu FAU - Brohi, Karim AU - Brohi K FAU - Calfee, Carolyn S AU - Calfee CS FAU - Rahn, Pamela AU - Rahn P FAU - Chesebro, Brian B AU - Chesebro BB FAU - Christiaans, Sarah C AU - Christiaans SC FAU - Carles, Michel AU - Carles M FAU - Howard, Marybeth AU - Howard M FAU - Pittet, Jean-Francois AU - Pittet JF LA - eng GR - K23 HL090833/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM-62188/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - K08 GM-085689/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20091104 PL - England TA - Crit Care JT - Critical care (London, England) JID - 9801902 RN - 0 (Blood Proteins) RN - 0 (HMGB1 Protein) SB - IM CIN - Crit Care. 2009;13(6):1004. PMID: 19930620 MH - Adult MH - Blood Pressure MH - Blood Proteins/analysis MH - Cohort Studies MH - Craniocerebral Trauma/blood/complications MH - Female MH - HMGB1 Protein/*blood/metabolism MH - Heart Rate MH - Humans MH - Inflammation/blood MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Prospective Studies MH - Prothrombin Time MH - Respiration, Artificial MH - Resuscitation/methods MH - Survivors MH - Trauma Centers MH - Wounds and Injuries/*blood/*complications/mortality/therapy MH - Wounds, Penetrating/blood/complications PMC - PMC2811903 EDAT- 2009/11/06 06:00 MHDA- 2010/05/01 06:00 PMCR- 2009/11/04 CRDT- 2009/11/06 06:00 PHST- 2009/01/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/06/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2009/11/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/11/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/11/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/05/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2009/11/04 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cc8152 [pii] AID - 10.1186/cc8152 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Crit Care. 2009;13(6):R174. doi: 10.1186/cc8152. Epub 2009 Nov 4.