PMID- 31545153 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201019 LR - 20201019 IS - 1522-1601 (Electronic) IS - 0161-7567 (Linking) VI - 127 IP - 6 DP - 2019 Dec 1 TI - Early suppression of peripheral mononuclear blood cells in sepsis in response to stimulation with cytomegalovirus, OKT3, and pokeweed mitogen. PG - 1539-1547 LID - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00438.2019 [doi] AB - Critically ill patients are at risk for sepsis, and immunosuppressive mechanisms may prevail. Whether functional tests are helpful to detect immune alterations is largely unknown. Therefore, we tested the hypotheses that reactivity of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) to secrete interferon-gamma (IFNgamma) following stimulation in vitro is decreased in patients with early sepsis compared with postoperative patients. IFNgamma secretion [enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISpot)] in response to stimulation with cytomegalovirus (CMV), pokeweed mitogen (PWM), muromonab-anti-CD3 (OKT3), and human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRA-mRNA expression and serum cytokine concentrations were repeatedly [days 1, 3, 5, and 7 after intensive care unit (ICU) admission] determined in patients with sepsis (n = 7) and patients undergoing major abdominal surgery (radical prostatectomy, cystectomy, n = 10). In a second cohort, HLA-DRA expression was assessed in 80 patients with sepsis, 30 postoperative patients, and 44 healthy volunteers (German clinical trials database no. 00007694). In patients with sepsis, IFNgamma secretion (ELISpot) was decreased compared with controls after stimulation with CMV (P = 0.01), OKT3 (P = 0.02), and PWM (P = 0.02 on day 5), whereas unstimulated IFNgamma secretion did not differ. HLA-DRA expression was also significantly decreased in patients with sepsis at all time points (P = 0.004) compared with postoperative surgical patients, a finding confirmed in the larger cohort. Reactivity of PBMCs to stimulation with CMV, PWM, and OKT3 as well as HLA-DRA expression was already decreased upon ICU admission in patients with sepsis when compared with postoperative controls, suggesting early depression of acquired immunity. ELISpot assays may help to clinically characterize the time course of immunocompetence in patients with sepsis.NEW & NOTEWORTHY We observed suppression of reactivity to stimulation with cytomegalovirus, muromonab-anti-CD3, and pokeweed mitogen in mononuclear blood cells of patients with early sepsis when compared with postoperative controls. Thus, there is early depression of acquired immunity in sepsis. Enzyme-linked immunospot assays may help to characterize immunocompetence in patients with sepsis. FAU - Malewicz, N M AU - Malewicz NM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9045-203X AD - Klinik fur Anasthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Universitat Duisburg-Essen & Universitatsklinikum, Essen, Germany. FAU - Walstein, K AU - Walstein K AD - Klinik fur Anasthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Universitat Duisburg-Essen & Universitatsklinikum, Essen, Germany. FAU - Heine, T AU - Heine T AD - Klinik fur Anasthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Universitat Duisburg-Essen & Universitatsklinikum, Essen, Germany. FAU - Engler, A AU - Engler A AD - Klinik fur Anasthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Universitat Duisburg-Essen & Universitatsklinikum, Essen, Germany. FAU - Bick, A AU - Bick A AD - Klinik fur Anasthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Universitat Duisburg-Essen & Universitatsklinikum, Essen, Germany. FAU - Cox, L AU - Cox L AD - Klinik fur Anasthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Universitat Duisburg-Essen & Universitatsklinikum, Essen, Germany. FAU - Dotsch, A AU - Dotsch A AD - Klinik fur Anasthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Universitat Duisburg-Essen & Universitatsklinikum, Essen, Germany. FAU - Westendorf, A M AU - Westendorf AM AD - Institute for Medical Microbiology, Universitat Duisburg-Essen & Universitatsklinikum, Essen, Germany. FAU - Horn, P A AU - Horn PA AD - Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Universitat Duisburg-Essen & Universitatsklinikum, Essen, Germany. FAU - Lindemann, M AU - Lindemann M AD - Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Universitat Duisburg-Essen & Universitatsklinikum, Essen, Germany. FAU - Peters, J AU - Peters J AD - Klinik fur Anasthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Universitat Duisburg-Essen & Universitatsklinikum, Essen, Germany. FAU - Schafer, S T AU - Schafer ST AD - Klinik fur Anasthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Universitat Duisburg-Essen & Universitatsklinikum, Essen, Germany. AD - Department of Anaesthesiology, Klinikum der Universitat Munchen, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190923 PL - United States TA - J Appl Physiol (1985) JT - Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) JID - 8502536 RN - 0 (Muromonab-CD3) RN - 0 (Pokeweed Mitogens) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Cytomegalovirus/*pathogenicity MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Interferon-gamma/metabolism MH - Leukocytes, Mononuclear/*drug effects/*virology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Muromonab-CD3/*pharmacology MH - Pokeweed Mitogens/*pharmacology MH - Sepsis/*drug therapy/*virology OTO - NOTNLM OT - CMV OT - ELISpot OT - HLA-DR OT - IFNgamma secretion OT - sepsis EDAT- 2019/09/24 06:00 MHDA- 2020/10/21 06:00 CRDT- 2019/09/24 06:00 PHST- 2019/09/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/10/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/09/24 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00438.2019 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Appl Physiol (1985). 2019 Dec 1;127(6):1539-1547. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00438.2019. Epub 2019 Sep 23.