PMID- 27043532 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161213 LR - 20181113 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 4 DP - 2016 Mar 29 TI - Multiplex Immunoassay of Plasma Cytokine Levels in Men with Alcoholism and the Relationship to Psychiatric Assessments. PG - 472 LID - 10.3390/ijms17040472 [doi] LID - 472 AB - Chronic alcohol use alters adaptive immunity and cytokine activity influencing immunological and hormone responses, inflammation, and wound healing. Brain cytokine disturbances may impact neurological function, mood, cognition and traits related to alcoholism including impulsiveness. We examined the relationship between plasma cytokine levels and self-rated psychiatric symptoms in 40 adult males (mean age 51 +/- 6 years; range 33-58 years) with current alcohol dependence and 30 control males (mean age 48 +/- 6 years; range 40-58 years) with no history of alcoholism using multiplex sandwich immunoassays with the Luminex magnetic-bead based platform. Log-transformed cytokine levels were analyzed for their relationship with the Symptom Checklist-90R (SCL-90R), Barratt Impulsivity Scales (BIS) and Alcoholism Severity Scale (ASS). Inflammatory cytokines (interferon gamma-induced protein-10 (IP-10); monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP1); regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES)) were significantly elevated in alcoholism compared to controls while bone marrow-derived hematopoietic cytokines and chemokines (granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (GCSF); soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L); growth-related oncogene (GRO)) were significantly reduced. GRO and RANTES levels were positively correlated with BIS scales; and macrophage-derived chemokine (MDC) levels were positively correlated with SCL-90R scale scores (p < 0.05). Elevated inflammatory mediators in alcoholism may influence brain function leading to increased impulsiveness and/or phobia. The novel association between RANTES and GRO and impulsivity phenotype in alcoholism should be further investigated in alcoholism and psychiatric conditions with core impulsivity and anxiety phenotypes lending support for therapeutic intervention. FAU - Manzardo, Ann M AU - Manzardo AM AD - Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, MO 64101, USA. amanzardo@kumc.edu. FAU - Poje, Albert B AU - Poje AB AD - Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, MO 64101, USA. apoje@kumc.edu. FAU - Penick, Elizabeth C AU - Penick EC AD - Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, MO 64101, USA. epenick@kumc.edu. FAU - Butler, Merlin G AU - Butler MG AD - Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, MO 64101, USA. mbutler4@kumc.edu. LA - eng GR - UL1TR000001/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States GR - HD02528/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 GM103326/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - UL1 RR033179/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - UL1 TR000001/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States GR - M01 RR023940/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - MO1RR023940/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - UL1RR033179/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 HD002528/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160329 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (CCL2 protein, human) RN - 0 (CXCL10 protein, human) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL5) RN - 0 (Chemokine CXCL10) RN - 0 (Chemokines) RN - 0 (Cytokines) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Alcoholism/blood/*diagnosis MH - Chemokine CCL2/blood MH - Chemokine CCL5/blood MH - Chemokine CXCL10/blood MH - Chemokines/blood MH - Cytokines/*blood MH - Humans MH - Immunoassay MH - Linear Models MH - Male MH - Middle Aged PMC - PMC4848928 OTO - NOTNLM OT - GRO OT - MDC OT - RANTES OT - anxiety OT - cytokines OT - impulsivity OT - male alcoholism EDAT- 2016/04/05 06:00 MHDA- 2016/12/15 06:00 PMCR- 2016/04/01 CRDT- 2016/04/05 06:00 PHST- 2016/02/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/03/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/03/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/04/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/04/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms17040472 [pii] AID - ijms-17-00472 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms17040472 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2016 Mar 29;17(4):472. doi: 10.3390/ijms17040472.