Blood from septic patients with necrotising soft tissue infection treated with hyperbaric oxygen reveal different gene expression patterns compared to standard treatment
Abstract Background Sepsis and shock are common complications of necrotising soft tissue infections (NSTI). Sepsis encompasses different endotypes that are associated with specific immune responses. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) treatment activates the cells oxygen sensing mechanisms that are interlinked...
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| description | Abstract Background Sepsis and shock are common complications of necrotising soft tissue infections (NSTI). Sepsis encompasses different endotypes that are associated with specific immune responses. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) treatment activates the cells oxygen sensing mechanisms that are interlinked with inflammatory pathways. We aimed to identify gene expression patterns associated with effects of HBO2 treatment in patients with sepsis caused by NSTI, and to explore sepsis-NSTI profiles that are more receptive to HBO2 treatment. Methods An observational cohort study examining 83 NSTI patients treated with HBO2 in the acute phase of NSTI, fourteen of whom had received two sessions of HBO2 (HBOx2 group), and another ten patients (non-HBO group) who had not been exposed to HBO2. Whole blood RNA sequencing and clinical data were collected at baseline and after the intervention, and at equivalent time points in the non-HBO group. Gene expression profiles were analysed using machine learning techniques to identify sepsis endotypes, treatment response endotypes and clinically relevant transcriptomic signatures of response to treatment. Results We identified differences in gene expression profiles at follow-up between HBO2-treated patients and patients not treated with HBO2. Moreover, we identified two patient endotypes before and after treatment that represented an immuno-suppressive and an immune-adaptive endotype respectively, and we characterized the genetic profile of the patients that transition from the immuno-suppressive to the immune-adaptive endotype after treatment. We discovered one gene MTCO2P12 that distinguished individuals who altered their endotype in response to treatment from non-responders. Conclusion The global gene expression pattern in blood changed in response to HBO2 treatment in a direction associated with clinical biochemistry improvement, and the study provides potential novel biomarkers and pathways for monitoring HBO2 treatment effects and predicting an HBO2 responsive NSTI-sepsis profile. Trial registration Biological material was collected during the INFECT study, registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01790698) 04/02/2013. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0a1b7ce85740477aac5b25ff253b19a52025-01-19T12:42:32ZengBMCBMC Medical Genomics1755-87942025-01-0118111810.1186/s12920-024-02075-3Blood from septic patients with necrotising soft tissue infection treated with hyperbaric oxygen reveal different gene expression patterns compared to standard treatmentJulie Vinkel0Alfonso Buil1Ole Hyldegaard2Department of Anaesthesiology, Centre of Head and Orthopedics, Copenhagen University Hospital, RigshospitaletInstitute for Biological Psychiatry, Mental Health Centre Sct. HansDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Centre of Head and Orthopedics, Copenhagen University Hospital, RigshospitaletAbstract Background Sepsis and shock are common complications of necrotising soft tissue infections (NSTI). Sepsis encompasses different endotypes that are associated with specific immune responses. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) treatment activates the cells oxygen sensing mechanisms that are interlinked with inflammatory pathways. We aimed to identify gene expression patterns associated with effects of HBO2 treatment in patients with sepsis caused by NSTI, and to explore sepsis-NSTI profiles that are more receptive to HBO2 treatment. Methods An observational cohort study examining 83 NSTI patients treated with HBO2 in the acute phase of NSTI, fourteen of whom had received two sessions of HBO2 (HBOx2 group), and another ten patients (non-HBO group) who had not been exposed to HBO2. Whole blood RNA sequencing and clinical data were collected at baseline and after the intervention, and at equivalent time points in the non-HBO group. Gene expression profiles were analysed using machine learning techniques to identify sepsis endotypes, treatment response endotypes and clinically relevant transcriptomic signatures of response to treatment. Results We identified differences in gene expression profiles at follow-up between HBO2-treated patients and patients not treated with HBO2. Moreover, we identified two patient endotypes before and after treatment that represented an immuno-suppressive and an immune-adaptive endotype respectively, and we characterized the genetic profile of the patients that transition from the immuno-suppressive to the immune-adaptive endotype after treatment. We discovered one gene MTCO2P12 that distinguished individuals who altered their endotype in response to treatment from non-responders. Conclusion The global gene expression pattern in blood changed in response to HBO2 treatment in a direction associated with clinical biochemistry improvement, and the study provides potential novel biomarkers and pathways for monitoring HBO2 treatment effects and predicting an HBO2 responsive NSTI-sepsis profile. Trial registration Biological material was collected during the INFECT study, registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01790698) 04/02/2013.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12920-024-02075-3Necrotising soft tissue infectionSepsisTranscriptomicsHyperbaric oxygen treatmentSepsis-endotypes |
| spellingShingle | Julie Vinkel Alfonso Buil Ole Hyldegaard Blood from septic patients with necrotising soft tissue infection treated with hyperbaric oxygen reveal different gene expression patterns compared to standard treatment BMC Medical Genomics Necrotising soft tissue infection Sepsis Transcriptomics Hyperbaric oxygen treatment Sepsis-endotypes |
| title | Blood from septic patients with necrotising soft tissue infection treated with hyperbaric oxygen reveal different gene expression patterns compared to standard treatment |
| title_full | Blood from septic patients with necrotising soft tissue infection treated with hyperbaric oxygen reveal different gene expression patterns compared to standard treatment |
| title_fullStr | Blood from septic patients with necrotising soft tissue infection treated with hyperbaric oxygen reveal different gene expression patterns compared to standard treatment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Blood from septic patients with necrotising soft tissue infection treated with hyperbaric oxygen reveal different gene expression patterns compared to standard treatment |
| title_short | Blood from septic patients with necrotising soft tissue infection treated with hyperbaric oxygen reveal different gene expression patterns compared to standard treatment |
| title_sort | blood from septic patients with necrotising soft tissue infection treated with hyperbaric oxygen reveal different gene expression patterns compared to standard treatment |
| topic | Necrotising soft tissue infection Sepsis Transcriptomics Hyperbaric oxygen treatment Sepsis-endotypes |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12920-024-02075-3 |
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