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For personal use only. 1996 87: 2573-2578 Phospholipase A2 levels in acute chest syndrome of sickle cell disease LA Styles, CG Schalkwijk, AJ Aarsman, EP Vichinsky, BH Lubin and FA Kuypers Updated information and services can be found at: http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/87/6/2573.full.html Articles on similar topics can be found in the following Blood collections Information about reproducing this article in parts or in its entirety may be found online at: http://www.bloodjournal.org/site/misc/rights.xhtml#repub_requests Information about ordering reprints may be found online at: http://www.bloodjournal.org/site/misc/rights.xhtml#reprints Information about subscriptions and ASH membership may be found online at: http://www.bloodjournal.org/site/subscriptions/index.xhtml Blood (print ISSN 0006-4971, online ISSN 1528-0020), is published weekly by the American Society of Hematology, 2021 L St, NW, Suite 900, Washington DC 20036. Copyright 2011 by The American Society of Hematology; all rights reserved. From www.bloodjournal.org by guest on November 20, 2014. For personal use only. Phospholipase A2 Levels in Acute Chest Syndrome of Sickle Cell Disease By Lori A. Styles, Casper G. Schalkwijk, Anton J. Aarsman, Elliott P. Vichinsky, Bertram H. Lubin, and Frans A. Kuypers Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is associated with significant morbidity and is the leading cause of death in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). Recent reports suggest that bone marrow fatembolism can be detected in many cases of severe ACS. Secretoryphospholipase AZ (sPLAz) is an important inflammatorymediator and liberatesfree fatty acids, which are felt to be responsible for the acute lung injury of the fat embolism syndrome. We measured sPLAz levels in 35 SCD patients during 20 admissions for ACS, 10 admissions for vaso-occlusive crisis, and during 12 clinic visits when patients were at the steady state. Eleven non-SCD patients with pneumonia were also evaluated. To determine if there was a relationship between sPLAz and the severity of ACS we correlated sPLA, levels with the clinical course of the patient. In comparison with normal controls(mean = 3.1 1.1 ng/mL), the non-SCD patients with pneumonia SCD patient groups (mean = 68.6 ? 82.9 ng/mL) and all three * had an elevation of sPLAz (steady state mean = 10.0 & 8.4 ng/mL; vaso-occlusive crisis mean= 23.1 ? 40.5 ng/mL; ACS mean = 336 ? 209 ng/mL). In patients with ACS sPLAzlevels were 1W-fold greater than normal controlvalues, 35 times greater than values in SCD patients at baseline, and five times greater than non-SCD patients with pneumonia. The degree of sPLA, elevation in ACS correlated with three different measures of clinical severity and, in patients followed sequentially, the rise in sPLAz coincided with the onset of ACS. The dramatic elevation of sPLA, in patients with ACS but not in patients with vaso-occlusive crisis or non-SCD patients with pneumonia and thecorrelation between levels of sPLAz and clinical severity suggesta role forsPLA, in the diagnosis and, perhaps, in the pathophysiology of patients with ACS. 0 1996 by The American Societyof Hematology. A patients had a diagnosis confirmed by standard electrophoresis and isoelectric focusing methods. There were 30 patients with hemoglobin SS, two with hemoglobin SC, and three with hemoglobin S-8 thalassemia. Serum sPLAz levels were measured during 20 admissions for ACS and 10 admissions for VOC. Four patients were tested during more than one hospitalization. Eleven SCD patients had PLAz levels drawn during a comprehensive health care visit in the sickle cell clinic when there was no evidence of illness. There was no overlap in patients between the steady state and ACS groups. Secrebolism is a cause of many cases of severe ACS.’o’2In patients tory PLAz levels were also drawn in 19 normal controls andin who do not have SCD, pulmonary fat embolism classically pre- 11 children without SCD who were admitted to the hospital with sents as a syndrome with pulmonarydisease with hypoxia, men- pneumonia. tal statuschanges,andafallinplatelets or hem~globin.’~”~ Hospitalizations. Acute chest syndrome wasdefined as the development of a new infiltrate on chest radiography in combination Prospectivestudies in traumapatientshaverevealedthatalwith fever, respiratory symptoms, or chest pain. Patients admitted though fat embolism occurs in the majority of trauma victims, with ACS were treated following a standard protocol that included theaboveconstellationofsymptomsoccurs in about 10% of hydration at one and one-quarter times maintenance, parenteral cefthesesame patiet~ts.’~.’~ This suggeststhatthe“fatembolism uroxime and oral erythromycin, arterial blood gas monitoring, and syndrome” represents only the most severe form of fat embolism daily complete blood counts. Transfusion was used at the attending and that pulmonary fat embolism is clinically unrecognized in physician’s discretion based on the patient’s clinical course. Intravemost cases. The pathophysiology of pulmonary complications nous narcotics and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory medications were associatedwithfatembolismisincompletelyunderstood,but used to treat accompanying pain events. Vaso-occlusive crisis was defined as anadmission for pain, which experimental evidence suggests that thefree fatty acids released required parenteral narcotics and indicated no cause for pain other by the hydrolysis of phospholipids in the embolized fat directly than SCD. Patients admitted withVOCweretreated following a cause acute lung inj~ry.’’.’~.’~ PhospholipaseA2 @M,)is an CUTE CHEST SYNDROME (ACS) is the second most common cause of hospitalization and the leading cause ofdeath in sicklecelldisease (SCD).”3 A majorityofSCD patients will experience at least one episode of ACS4.5 and repeated episodes can lead to chronic lung disease.4b Despite its substantialmorbidityandmortality,littleis known aboutthe etiology of ACS. Although generally attributed to infection and infmtion,’”.7-9 recent evidence suggests that pulmonary fat em- enzyme that cleaves phospholipids at the sn-2 position generating free fatty acids and lysophospholipids. When arachidonic acid From the Department of Hematology/Oncology, Children’s Hosis the fatty acid product, a variety of inflammatory mediators pital Oakland, and the Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Instiincludingthromboxanes,leukotrienes,andprostaglandins are tute, Oakland, CA; Centre for Biomembranes and Lipid Enzymology, generated. In addition to free fatty acids these mediators have Department of Lipid Biochemistry, Universily of Utrecht, Utrecht, been implicated in acute lung injury.Ig-” Secretory PM, (sPLA,) The Netherlands. is found in low concentration in normal plasma,23; however, its Submitted April 25, 1995; accepted November 2, 1995. Supported in part by National Institutes of Health Grants No. HL levels are increased response in to In acute the 20985, HL 27059, DK32094 respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) SPM, levelsarevery of HemaAddress reprint requests to Lori Styles, MD, Department high.=-”WepostulatedthatsPLAzmay be important in the tology/Oncology, Children’s Hospital Oakland, 747 52nd St, OakpathophysiologyofACSandhavemeasured this enzyme in land, CA 94609. serum or plasma from SCD patients in steady state, during vasoThe publication costsof this article were defrayedin part by page occlusive crisis ( V O C ) , and during ACS. chargepayment. This article must therefore be hereby marked MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients. The sPLAz level was determined in 35 SCD patients. Patients ranged in age from 1 to 20 years (mean = 11 years). All Blood, Vol 87, No 6 (March 15), 1996 pp 2573-2578 “advertisement” in accordance with 18 U.S.C. section I734 solely to indicate this fact. 0 1996 by The American Society of Hematology. 0006-4971/96/8706-0023$3.00/0 2573 From www.bloodjournal.org by guest on November 20, 2014. For personal use only. STYLES 2574 L :E 5 0 800 800 1 N 3 n In 400 200 0 0 100 200 sPLA, 300 400 protein(ng/mL) 500 800 700 Fig 1. Correlation of sPLA, activity and protein concentration. Correlation between sPLAz activity as measured by hydrolysis of radiolabeled phosphotidylethanolamine, and sPLA, protein concentration as measured by ELISA in 26 plasma samples of SCD patients fr2 = 0.9531. AU, arbitrary units. protocol that included intravenous hydration, not to exceed one and one-half times maintenance, intravenous narcotics, and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. If fever developed, patients were evaluated with chest radiography, blood and urine cultures, and intravenous cefuroxime was started. For the non-SCD patients admitted with pneumonia, diagnosis was established with a chest radiograph demonstrating an infiltrate in combination with symptoms of respiratory distress and hypoxia. Clinical and Zuboratoty assessmenf. Clinical and laboratory data were collected on all hospitalized SCD patients including history of preceding or accompanying pain, PaOz on room air arterial blood gas, transfusion history, and the presence or absence of fever. Arterial blood gas measurements were determined using an AVL 995 (AVL Scientific Corp, Roswell, GA). Alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient was calculated from room air arterial blood gas values according to the following formula: (A - a) PO* = (713 X FiOZ) - (PaCO? x 1.2) - PaOX. All sPLAz levels were measured using the method described below. Fifteen SCD patients had two or more sPLAz level determinations during a single hospital admission. In the patients that were followed with sequential sPLA2 levels from before the onset of ACS through convalescence, the sample with the highest sPLA, value was used in the calculation of statistical significance. Secretory PU2 activity and concentration. Phospholipase A2 activity was measured with I-acyl-?-[I -“‘C]hnoleoyl-sn-glycero-3phosphoethanolamine, prepared as described by Van den Bosch et al,” as substrate. Enzymatic activity was assayed by incubating 0.2 mmol/L radioactive substrate (specific radioactivity 3,000 dpm/ nmol) in 0.2 mol/L Tris/HCL (pH 8.S), IO mmol/L Ca”+ and 5 PL plasma in a final volume of 200 pL. After 30 minutes at 37°C. reactions were stopped by extracting the liberated ‘C-labeled fatty acid by a modified Dole-extraction procedure” and the radioactivity was determined by liquid scintillation counting. Secretory phospholipase AZ antigen levels in plasma were determined with a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) modified from Smith et al.3’ Two different monoclonal antibodies against human sPLA2 (kindly provided by Dr F.B. Taylor Jr, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City) were used as coating and detecting antibodies, respectively. Microtiter plates (Nunc-lmmuno Plate MaxiSorbTM; A/S Nunc, Roskilde, Denmark) were coated with the first antibody (100 /IL, 2.5 bg/mL) in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) for 16 hours at 4°C. After washing, the wells were blocked with 150 PL PBS containing 30 mg/mL bovine serum albumin ET AL (BSA) for 30 minutes at room temperature. Samples diluted in PBS, 1 mg/mL Tween 20 and 2 mg/mL gelatin (PTG) were incubated in the wells for I hour, and after washing, the wells were incubated for I hour with the detecting antibody, which was biotinylated and diluted I:1000 in PTG. Thereafter the wells were incubated for 30 minutes with streptavidin-horseradish peroxidase conjugate, diluted 1: 1000 in PTG. The plate was washed and the whole complex was incubated with the chromogenic substrate 3,3’,5,5’ tetramethyl benridine (0.1 mg/mL), 30 yglmL HLOZ in 0.1 mol/L sodium acetate buffer pH 5.5 for 8 minutes. The reaction was stopped by adding an equal volume of I mol/L H$O, to each well and the absorbance was read at 490 nm in a microtiter plate reader (EAR 400; SLTLabinstruments, Austria). Results were compared with those obtained with cultured medium from Hep G2 cells stimulated with human interleukin-6.‘4 The amount of sPLAZ in this cultured medium was assessed by comparison with purified recombinant human sPLAz (kindly provided by Dr H.M. Verheij, Department of Enzymology and Protein Engineering, University of Utrecht, Utrecht. the Netherlands). The lower limit of detection was approximately I ng/mL and the inter-measurement variability on a single sample was up to IO% to IS%. Secretory PLAL concentration as measured with ELISA in plasma was shown to have an excellent linear correlation with sPLAz activity (r2 = 0.953), contirming that the sPLAz found in the plasma is in an active form (Fig I). Virtually identical results were found when either plasma or serum was used. Hence, sPLA2 concentration data was used to analyze the relationship between the presence of active sPLAZ and ACS. Nineteen normal (hemoglobin AA) controls also had PLAL determination to confirm that assay values were in the expected range reported in other series. Statisticul evaluution. Statistical evaluation was performed using a nonparametric procedure for the four patient groups (ACS, VOC, SCD at steady state, and non-SCD with pneumonia) using the Kruskal-Wallis One Way Analysis of Variance on Ranks. Dunn’s Method was used to determine if individual group medians were signiticantly different. RESULTS Compared with values obtained from control patients, mean sPLAZ concentrations were elevated in all three SCD patient groups studied (ACS, VOC, and steady state) and in the non-SCD group with pneumonia (Table 1). Steady state SCD patients had a mean sPLA2 level of 10.0 2 8.4 ng/mL (median = 9 ng/mL), which was three times higher than values in normal controls (mean = 3. I f 1.1 ng/mL, median = 3.1 ng/mL). Sickle cell disease patients with VOC had a similar threefold to fivefold The sPLA2 concentration Table 1. Secretory elevation above PLAz Levels in Sickle Patient Groups Mean (median) (ng/mL) Steady voc state SCD (n = 11) (n = 10) ACS (n = 20) Pneumonia (n = 11) (non-SCD) normal controls. of patients with VOC (mean = 23.7 8.4 (9) Cell Disease Range hg/mL) P V.3llEF 1.1-28.5 <.05 1.8-134.6 c.05 10.0 i 23.7 2 40.5 (8.7) 336 + 209 (289) 12-725 68.6 2 82.9 (38) 6-267 1.05 * P values are for differences between ACS and the other patient groups using analysis of variance techniques (see the Materials and Methods section). All other comparisons are not significant. From www.bloodjournal.org by guest on November 20, 2014. For personal use only. 2575 PHOSPHOLIPASE A, IN ACUTECHESTSYNDROME 600 500 400 SPLA, (nglml) 300 VOC ! , ACS A i 300 200 100 200 0 -8 100 -6 -4 -2 0 2 6 4 8 Hospital Day 0 ACS VOC STEADY STATE PNEUMONIA (NON-SCD) Fig 2. sPLA, levels in different SCD patient groups. Comparison of mean sPLA2 levels in three different groups ofSCD patients and in non-SCD patients with pneumonia. ACS, n = 20; VOC, vaso-occlusive crisis, n = 10; steady state SCD patients at the time of routine comprehensive health care visit, n = 11; non-SCD pneumonia patients, n = 11. 40.5 ng/mL, median = 8.7 ng/mL) was not significantly different from the value found in SCD patients in the steady state. Four of the ten patients with VOC had fever during hospitalization. Comparison of the febrile and afebrile groups showed no difference in sPLA2 concentration ( P = .45). Acute chest syndrome patients had a mean sPLA, level of 336 ? 209 ng/mL (median = 289 ng/mL), which was 100 times greater than normal controls and 35 times greater than in samples from SCD patients in the steady state (Fig 2). In 18 of the 20 ACS episodes there was a history of vaso-occlusive pain preceding or accompanying ACS. Both patients without a history of pain were under 3 years of age and one of these was the only ACS patient without a significant elevation of sPLA2 above baseline (12 ng/mL). Phospholipase A2 levels in ACS patients were also significantly elevated above non-SCD pneumonia patients (mean = 68.6 ? 82.9 ng/mL, median = 38 ng/mL). In the 15 SCD patients followed with serial sPLA2 measurements, sPLA2 levels seemed to parallel their clinical course. Seven patients withVOC were followed with sequential sPLA2 levels and four of these went on to develop ACS. In allfour of these patients, sPLA2levels rose abruptly with the development of ACS and then decreased as the patient clinically improved (Fig 3). In the three patients who did not develop ACS, sPLA2 levels remained low. The remaining eight patients were admitted with a diagnosis of ACS. Sequential evaluation of sPLA2 concentration in these patients documented that sPLA2levels were highest with the onset of ACS and declined as the patient recovered. Secretory PLA2 levels were highest in patients with clinically more severe lung disease as assessed by arterial blood gas results and the need for transfusion. Arterial blood gas measurements in room air were performed on 15 ACS pa- Fig 3. Sequential sPLA2 levels in four SCD patients admitted with VOC. Four patients admitted with VOC were followed with sequenshown tial sPLA, levels andwent on to develop ACS. Their levels are here. Three patients admitted with VOC and monitored in time did not develop ACS, and sPLA, levels remained low. Hospital day 0 is the day the diagnosis of ACS was made. Hospital days before and after the day ACS was diagnosed are designated by negative orpositive numbers, respectively. tients. Comparisons of ACS patients with and without significant hypoxia (Pa02 <70 and 270 mm Hg) and with and without increased alveolar-arterial O2 gradients (>30 and s 3 0 mm Hg) revealed an excellent correlation between elevated sPLA2 clinical severity (Fig 4). Secretory PLA2 concentration was also compared in the transfused versus untransfused patient groups. One patient from the transfused group was removed from the analysis because he was transfused secondary to aplastic crisis and not due to pulmonary disease. Also, one severely alloimmunized patient was removed from the analysis because, despite 1 700 1 p=o.009 c70 PaO, p0.014 >30 c30 p0.012 - + TXN Fig 4. Correlation of S P W levels with measuresof severity. Comparison of sP& levels in ACS patients with and without hypoxia (PaO, 5 7 0 and >70 mm Hg, respectively), with and without increased alveolar-arterialOz gradient ([A - alOz >30 and s30 mm Hg, respectively) and in those who did (+) and did not (-1 need transfusion (TXN).Error bars indicate f l SD. N = 15 for all three comparisons. PaOzpartial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood. From www.bloodjournal.org by guest on November 20, 2014. For personal use only. 2576 STYLES ET AL severe hypoxia, he could notbe transfused secondary due to a lack of compatible blood. Secretory PLA2 levels were significantly higher in the group needing transfusion, suggesting a relationship between sPLA2concentration and clinical severity (Fig 4). DISCUSSION 30 Elevatedlevelsof sPLA2 havebeenreportedin ~psis,lo.fs-37multi-organdysfunction:*,38.3yand arthriti~.~'.~ Secretory PLA2is felt to be an important mediatorof inflammationintheseconditionsas it canhydrolyzearachidonicacid from the sn-2 position of phospholipids providing the essential substrate fora number of eicosanoids?' SecretoryPLAz is upregulated in response to proinflammatory cytokines such as tumor 1.26.274'43 In animal models, PLA2 necrosis factor and interleukinadministenxi intravenously or instilled intratracheally, produces diffuse ARDS-like changes including diffuse alveolar edema and an inflammatory cell in flu^.^.^^ This samelung injury can be prevented by pretreatment with inhibitors of PLAl.46"7In humans, sPLAz is increased in patients with ARDS and has been shown to correlate with outcome, severity of lung injury, and alveolar-arteriaI oxygen @ent.28J9.48.49 We found dramatically elevated levels of sPLA, in SCD patients with ACS. Similar elevations were not seen in SCD patients with VOC alone andthe presence or absence of fever with pain crisis did not alter this result. Despite the fact that most of these ACS patients were not seriously ill, their sPLAz levels were similar to that found in critically ill patients with ARDS and Additionally, sPLA2 levels inthe ACS group were nearlyfive times greater than levels in non-SCD patients with pneumonia and suggest that sPLA, elevation is not just a secondary marker for lung damage. As in ARDS, sPLA2 concentration in patients with ACS correlated with several measures of clinical severity. The correlation between sPLA2 and arterial-alveolar gradient is particularly relevant as Emre et a15"recently reported this to be the strongest predictor of clinical severity in ACS. In the ACS patients followed sequentially, the increase in sPLA2 coincided with the onset of ACS and levels declined as the patient improved. In total, these results suggest that there is a relationship between sPLA, and ACS. The detection of fat embolism and elevated levels of sPLAl in ACS suggests a causal relationship between free fatty acids, fatty acid-derived lipid mediators, and ACS. Since vaso-occlusive crisis can result inthe intravascular release of bone marrow fat and lead to pulmonary fat embolism, this may trigger the upregulation of sPLA2and generate more free fatty acids, either systemically or locally in the lung. While the pulmonary toxicity of increased free fatty acids in an in vitro setting, as well as in animal models, is well established,6.'8documenting the toxic effects of free fatty acids in vivo has been more difficult. A recent report, however, indicates that both palmitic and oleic acid levels as wellas total free fatty acids are elevated in ACS but not in vaso-occlusive crisis5' and further supports the above hypothesis. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) has recently been demonstrated tobe a safe and effective meansto detect pulmonary fat embolism. The ACS patients in this study did not undergo BAL but correlating sPLA, levels with the results of BAL, in the future, could also help document a relationship between sPLA, and fat embolism. Implicating sPLA, in the pathophysiology of ACS and fat embolism has clinical importance in that sPLA2 may be useful as an early marker for ACS. In the vaso-occlusive crisis patients followed sequentially, sPLAz levels seemed to increase in the 2 to 3 days before ACS. These data are preliminary, however, and sequential sPLA2 levels on a large number of SCD patients admitted with pain will be necessary to further evaluate sPLAzs usefulness as a predictor for ACS. If sPLA, proves accurate in predicting ACS, therapies such as transfusion or sPLA2 inhibitors could be considered earlier in disease. Because of the association of sPLA, with rheumatoid arthritis and sepsis, there is already considerable interest in the development of PLA2 inhibitor^.^"^' Ourstudy also demonstrated elevated sPLA, levels in SCD patients at baseline compared with normal controls. If bone marrowfat embolism is a stimulus for sPLA,, increased baseline sPLA, levels may reflect ongoing or intermittent leakage of marrow fat intravascularly. Alternatively, higher levels of sPLA2at baseline may reflect a disturbed balance of inflammatory mediators. In support of this latter hypothesis, reports in SCD patients have documented elevations ofendotoxin,'* tumor necrosis factor and interleukin- 1 ,5y all known to upregulate sPLA2. Other studies have also reported that SCD patients oftenhave altered levels of lipidmediators sPLA2, including prostaglandins, relatedtotheactionof leukotrienes, and thromboxanes.h"~hJ In summary, we documented dramatically elevated levels of sPLA2 in association with ACS. 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