Sartori 2024 Pediatr Res

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Sartori LF, Tsemberis E, Hernandez T, Luchette K, Zhang D, Farooqi S, Bush J, McCann JC, Balamuth F, Weiss SL (2024) Distinct mitochondrial respiration profiles in pediatric patients with febrile illness versus sepsis. Pediatr Res [Epub ahead of print]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-024-03420-z

Β» PMID: 39095577 Open Access

Sartori Laura F, Tsemberis Elena, Hernandez Tyne, Luchette Katherine, Zhang Donglan, Farooqi Sumera, Bush Jenny, McCann John C, Balamuth Fran, Weiss Scott L (2024) Pediatr Res

Abstract: Mitochondrial dysfunction, linked to sepsis-related organ failure, is unknown in febrile illness.

Methods: Prospective study of children in an Emergency Department (ED) with febrile illness or without infection (ED controls); secondary analysis of ICU patients with sepsis or without infection (ICU controls). Mitochondrial oxygen consumption measured in peripheral blood mononuclear cells using respirometry, with primary outcome of spare respiratory capacity (SRC). Mitochondrial content measured as citrate synthase (CS: febrile illness and ED controls) and mitochondrial to nuclear DNA ratio (mtDNA:nDNA: all groups).

SRC was lower in febrile illness (6.7 Β± 3.0 pmol/sec/106 cells) and sepsis (5.7 Β± 4.7) than ED/PICU controls (8.5 Β± 3.7; both p < 0.05), but not different between febrile illness and sepsis (p = 0.26). Low SRC was driven by increased basal respiration in febrile illness and decreased maximal uncoupled respiration in sepsis. Differences were no longer significant after adjustment for patient demographics. Febrile illness demonstrated lower CS activity than ED controls (p = 0.07) and lower mtDNA:nDNA than both ED/PICU controls and sepsis (both p < 0.05).

Mitochondrial SRC was reduced in both febrile illness and sepsis, but due to distinct mitochondrial profiles and impacted by demographics. Further work is needed to determine if mitochondrial profiles could differentiate febrile illness from early sepsis.

Mitochondrial dysfunction has been linked to organ failure in sepsis, but whether mitochondrial alterations are evident in febrile illness without sepsis is unknown. In our study, while mitochondrial spare respiratory capacity (SRC), an index of cellular bioenergetic reserve under stress, was reduced in children with both febrile illness and sepsis compared to children without infections, low SRC was driven by increased basal respiration in febrile illness compared with decreased maximal uncoupled respiration in sepsis. Additional research is needed to understand if distinct mitochondrial profiles could be used to differentiate febrile illness from early sepsis in children.

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Labels: MiParea: Respiration, Patients  Pathology: Sepsis, Other 

Organism: Human  Tissue;cell: Blood cells  Preparation: Intact cells 


Coupling state: ET, LEAK, ROUTINE  Pathway: ROX  HRR: Oxygraph-2k 

2024-08, PBMCs 


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