PMID- 38068931 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231216 LR - 20231216 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 23 DP - 2023 Nov 22 TI - Impact of Treatment with Antioxidants as an Adjuvant to Standard Therapy in Patients with Septic Shock: Analysis of the Correlation between Cytokine Storm and Oxidative Stress and Therapeutic Effects. LID - 10.3390/ijms242316610 [doi] LID - 16610 AB - Cellular homeostasis is lost or becomes dysfunctional during septic shock due to the activation of the inflammatory response and the deregulation of oxidative stress. Antioxidant therapy administered alongside standard treatment could restore this lost homeostasis. We included 131 patients with septic shock who were treated with standard treatment and vitamin C (Vit C), vitamin E (Vit E), N-acetylcysteine (NAC), or melatonin (MT), in a randomized trial. Organ damage quantified by Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score, and we determined levels of Interleukins (IL) IL1beta, Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha), IL-6, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), Transforming growth factor B (TGFbeta), IL-4, IL-10, IL-12, and Interferon-gamma (IFNgamma). The SOFA score decreased in patients treated with Vit C, NAC, and MT. Patients treated with MT had statistically significantly reduced of IL-6, IL-8, MCP-1, and IL-10 levels. Lipid peroxidation, Nitrates and nitrites (NO(3)(-) and NO(2)(-)), glutathione reductase, and superoxide dismutase decreased after treatment with Vit C, Vit E, NAC, and MT. The levels of thiols recovered with the use of Vit E, and all patients treated with antioxidants maintained their selenium levels, in contrast with controls (p = 0.04). The findings regarding oxidative stress markers and cytokines after treatment with antioxidants allow us to consider to future the combined use of antioxidants in a randomized clinical trial with a larger sample to demonstrate the reproducibility of these beneficial effects. FAU - Perez-Torres, Israel AU - Perez-Torres I AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6510-2954 AD - Cardiovascular Biomedicine Department, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Juan Badiano No. 1, Col. Seccion XVI, Mexico City 14380, Mexico. FAU - Aisa-Alvarez, Alfredo AU - Aisa-Alvarez A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9211-3904 AD - Critical Care Department, American British Cowdray (ABC) Medical Center, PAI ABC Sur 136 No. 116, Col. las Americas, Mexico City 01120, Mexico. FAU - Casarez-Alvarado, Sergio AU - Casarez-Alvarado S AD - Immunology Department, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Juan Badiano No. 1, Col. Seccion XVI, Mexico City 14380, Mexico. FAU - Borrayo, Gabriela AU - Borrayo G AD - Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Direccion de Prestaciones Medicas Coordinacion de Innovacion en Salud, Ciudad de Mexico 06700, Mexico. FAU - Marquez-Velasco, Ricardo AU - Marquez-Velasco R AD - Immunology Department, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Juan Badiano No. 1, Col. Seccion XVI, Mexico City 14380, Mexico. FAU - Guarner-Lans, Veronica AU - Guarner-Lans V AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2655-7590 AD - Physiology Department, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Juan Badiano No. 1, Col. Seccion XVI, Mexico City 14380, Mexico. FAU - Manzano-Pech, Linaloe AU - Manzano-Pech L AD - Cardiovascular Biomedicine Department, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Juan Badiano No. 1, Col. Seccion XVI, Mexico City 14380, Mexico. FAU - Cruz-Soto, Randall AU - Cruz-Soto R AD - Immunology Department, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Juan Badiano No. 1, Col. Seccion XVI, Mexico City 14380, Mexico. FAU - Gonzalez-Marcos, Omar AU - Gonzalez-Marcos O AD - Critical Care Department, American British Cowdray (ABC) Medical Center, PAI ABC Sur 136 No. 116, Col. las Americas, Mexico City 01120, Mexico. FAU - Fuentevilla-Alvarez, Giovanny AU - Fuentevilla-Alvarez G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1819-8444 AD - Physiology Department, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Juan Badiano No. 1, Col. Seccion XVI, Mexico City 14380, Mexico. FAU - Gamboa, Ricardo AU - Gamboa R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9102-4240 AD - Physiology Department, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Juan Badiano No. 1, Col. Seccion XVI, Mexico City 14380, Mexico. FAU - Saucedo-Orozco, Huitizilihuitl AU - Saucedo-Orozco H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4156-6364 AD - Cardioneumology Department, Specialty Hospital, National Medical Center "La Raza", Mexico City 02990, Mexico. FAU - Franco-Granillo, Juvenal AU - Franco-Granillo J AD - Critical Care Department, American British Cowdray (ABC) Medical Center, PAI ABC Sur 136 No. 116, Col. las Americas, Mexico City 01120, Mexico. FAU - Soto, Maria Elena AU - Soto ME AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1332-2888 AD - Immunology Department, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Juan Badiano No. 1, Col. Seccion XVI, Mexico City 14380, Mexico. AD - Research Direction Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Juan Badiano No. 1, Col. Seccion XVI, Mexico City 14380, Mexico. AD - Cardiovascular Line in American British Cowdray (ABC) Medical Center, PAI ABC Sur 136 No. 116, Col. Las Americas, Mexico City 01120, Mexico. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial DEP - 20231122 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) RN - PQ6CK8PD0R (Ascorbic Acid) RN - 1406-18-4 (Vitamin E) RN - WYQ7N0BPYC (Acetylcysteine) RN - JL5DK93RCL (Melatonin) RN - 0 (Adjuvants, Immunologic) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Antioxidants/therapeutic use MH - Interleukin-6 MH - Cytokine Release Syndrome/drug therapy MH - Interleukin-10 MH - *Shock, Septic/drug therapy MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Oxidative Stress MH - Ascorbic Acid/therapeutic use MH - Vitamin E/therapeutic use MH - Acetylcysteine/therapeutic use MH - *Melatonin/therapeutic use MH - Adjuvants, Immunologic/therapeutic use PMC - PMC10706209 OTO - NOTNLM OT - antioxidants OT - cytokines OT - melatonin OT - septic shock COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/12/09 10:43 MHDA- 2023/12/17 09:46 PMCR- 2023/11/22 CRDT- 2023/12/09 01:13 PHST- 2023/10/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/11/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/11/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/12/17 09:46 [medline] PHST- 2023/12/09 10:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/12/09 01:13 [entrez] PHST- 2023/11/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms242316610 [pii] AID - ijms-24-16610 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms242316610 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Nov 22;24(23):16610. doi: 10.3390/ijms242316610.