S-Adenosylhomocysteine Is a Useful Metabolic Factor in the Early Prediction of Septic Disease Progression and Death in Critically Ill Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study

Autor: Franz-Simon Centner, Jochen J. Schoettler, Kathrin Brohm, Sonani Mindt, Evelyn Jäger, Bianka Hahn, Tanja Fuderer, Holger A. Lindner, Verena Schneider-Lindner, Joerg Krebs, Michael Neumaier, Manfred Thiel
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 24, Iss 16, p 12600 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1422-0067
1661-6596
DOI: 10.3390/ijms241612600
Popis: A common final pathway of pathogenetic mechanisms in septic organ dysfunction and death is a lack or non-utilization of oxygen. Plasma concentrations of lactate serve as surrogates for the oxygen-deficiency-induced imbalance between energy supply and demand. As S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) was shown to reflect tissue hypoxia, we compared the ability of SAH versus lactate to predict the progression of inflammatory and septic disease to septic organ dysfunction and death. Using univariate and multiple logistic regression, we found that SAH but not lactate, taken upon patients’ inclusion in the study close to ICU admission, significantly and independently contributed to the prediction of disease progression and death. Due to the stronger increase in SAH in relation to S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), the ratio of SAM to SAH, representing methylation potential, was significantly decreased in patients with septic organ dysfunction and non-survivors compared with SIRS/sepsis patients (2.8 (IQR 2.3–3.9) vs. 8.8 (4.9–13.8); p = 0.003) or survivors (4.9 (2.8–9.5) vs. 8.9 (5.1–14.3); p = 0.026), respectively. Thus, SAH appears to be a better contributor to the prediction of septic organ dysfunction and death than lactate in critically ill patients. As SAH is a potent inhibitor of SAM-dependent methyltransferases involved in numerous vital biochemical processes, the impairment of the SAM-to-SAH ratio in severely critically ill septic patients and non-survivors warrants further studies on the pathogenetic role of SAH in septic multiple organ failure.
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