title: Monocytes as a site of production of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (sTREM-1) in the septic host.
abstract: The role of blood monocytes in the secretion of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloiod cells (sTREM-1) was studied in 90 patients with septic syndrome due to ventilator-associated pneumonia. Blood monocytes were isolated on 7 consecutive d after initiation of symptoms. Monocytes were incubated in the absence or presence of LPS and concentrations of sTREM-1 and TNFalpha in cell supernatants and serum were estimated by an enzyme-immunoassay. sTREM-1 and TNFalpha were consistently present at detectable levels in the cell supernatants. LPS induced increased levels of TNFalpha but not of sTREM-1. Supernatants recovered from monocytes on d 1 showed levels of sTREM-1 higher than those recovered on any of the following 6 d (p<0.05); these levels were higher in non-survivors than in survivors. Supernatants recovered from monocytes on d 1 of patients with severe sepsis had elevated concentrations of sTREM-1 compared to patients with septic shock and similar to patients with sepsis. A negative correlation was found between levels of sTREM-1 in the cell supernatants and the percentage of apoptotic monocytes. In essence, the above results suggest that monocytes contribute to the production of sTREM-1 in the event of septic syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens Medical School, Greece.
authors.forename: Diamantis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Plachouras
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Routsi
authors.forename: Evangelos J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Giamarellos-Bourboulis
authors.forename: Ekaterini
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Spyridaki
authors.forename: Ilias
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Andrianakis
authors.forename: Spyridon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Metzelopoulos
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsaganos
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Floros
authors.forename: Emmanuel E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Douzinas
authors.forename: Apostolos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Armaganidis
authors.forename: Charis
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roussos
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Giamarellou
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors; D000073871:Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; C408842:TREM1 protein, human; D000073871:Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha