title: Lymph is not a plasma ultrafiltrate: a proteomic analysis of injured patients.
abstract: Studies on animal models have documented a role for the water-soluble protein fraction of mesenteric lymph as a conduit from hemorrhagic shock to acute lung injury and postinjury multiple organ failure. We hypothesize that mesenteric lymph is not an ultrafiltrate of plasma and contains specific protein mediators that may predispose patients to acute lung injury/multiple organ failure. Mesenteric lymph and plasma were collected from critically ill or injured patients and from nine patients with lymphatic injuries, during semielective spine reconstruction, or immediately before organ donation. Proteomic analyses were performed through immunoaffinity depletion of the 14 most abundant plasma proteins and 1D gel electrophoresis followed by liquid chromatography coupled online with mass spectrometry analyses. Overall, 548 proteins were identified in the patients undergoing semielective surgery, of which 155 were uniquely present in the lymph. In addition, the postshock plasma proteome was characterized by peculiar features, suggesting that only a partial overlap exists between the plasma and mesenteric lymph from trauma patients. Differential proteins between the matched plasma and mesenteric lymph from trauma patients could be related to coagulopathy and hypercoagulability, cell lysis, proinflammatory responses and immune system activation, extracellular matrix remodeling, lymph-specific immunomodulation and vascular hypoactivity/neoangiogenesis, and energy/redox metabolic adaptation to trauma. In conclusion, the proteome of mesenteric lymph is biologically different (in qualitative and quantitative terms) than that of a mere plasma ultrafiltrate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dzieciatkowska
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: D'Alessandro
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado.|Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA.
authors.forename: Ernest E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado.
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wohlauer
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado.
authors.forename: Anirban
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado.|Department of Paediatrics, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.|Bonfils Blood Center, Denver, CO, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Silliman
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
authors.forename: Kirk C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001777:Blood Coagulation; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008196:Lymph / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008643:Mesentery / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D020543:Proteome / Q000378:metabolism*; D040901:Proteomics; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000378:metabolism*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D020543:Proteome