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Pulmonary cachexia, systemic inflammatory profile, and the interleukin 1ß -511 single nucleotide polymorphism

Pulmonary cachexia, systemic inflammatory profile, and the interleukin 1ß -511 single nucleotide polymorphism
Pulmonary cachexia, systemic inflammatory profile, and the interleukin 1ß -511 single nucleotide polymorphism
Background: Cachexia is common in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is thought to be linked to an enhanced systemic inflammatory response.
Objective: We investigated differences in the systemic inflammatory profile and polymorphisms in related inflammatory genes in COPD patients.
Design: A cross-sectional study was performed in 99 patients with COPD (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease stages II–IV), who were stratified by cachexia based on fat-free mass index (FFMI; in kg/m2: <16 for men and <15 for women) and compared with healthy control subjects (HCs). Body composition was determined by bioelectrical impedance analysis. Plasma concentrations and gene polymorphisms of interleukin 1ß (IL-1ß –511), IL-6 (IL-6 –174), and the tumor necrosis factor system (TNF- –308 and lymphotoxin- +252) were determined. Plasma C-reactive protein, leptin, and urinary pseudouridine (as a marker of cellular protein breakdown) were measured.
Results: Fat mass, leptin, and pseudouridine were significantly different (P < 0.001) between noncachectic patients (NCPs) and cachectic patients (CPs: n = 35); the systemic inflammatory cytokine profile was not. NCPs had a body compositional shift toward a lower fat-free mass and a higher fat mass compared with HCs. CPs and NCPs had a greater systemic inflammatory response (P < 0.05) than did HCs, as reflected in C-reactive protein, soluble TNF-R75, and IL-6 concentrations. The overall distribution of the IL-1ß –511 polymorphism was significantly different between the groups (P < 0.05).
Conclusions: In COPD patients, who are characterized by an elevated systemic inflammatory response, cachexia is not discriminatory for the extent of increase in inflammatory status. This study, however, indicates a potential influence of genetic predisposition on the cachexia process.
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, copd, body composition, inflammation, polymorphism, cachexia, protein breakdown, leptin
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Creutzberg, Eva C.
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Creutzberg, Eva C.
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Broekhuizen, Roelinka, Grimble, Robert F., Howell, W. Martin, Shale, Dennis J., Creutzberg, Eva C., Wouters, Emiel F. and Schols, Annemie M. (2005) Pulmonary cachexia, systemic inflammatory profile, and the interleukin 1ß -511 single nucleotide polymorphism. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 82 (5), 1059-1064.

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Abstract

Background: Cachexia is common in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is thought to be linked to an enhanced systemic inflammatory response.
Objective: We investigated differences in the systemic inflammatory profile and polymorphisms in related inflammatory genes in COPD patients.
Design: A cross-sectional study was performed in 99 patients with COPD (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease stages II–IV), who were stratified by cachexia based on fat-free mass index (FFMI; in kg/m2: <16 for men and <15 for women) and compared with healthy control subjects (HCs). Body composition was determined by bioelectrical impedance analysis. Plasma concentrations and gene polymorphisms of interleukin 1ß (IL-1ß –511), IL-6 (IL-6 –174), and the tumor necrosis factor system (TNF- –308 and lymphotoxin- +252) were determined. Plasma C-reactive protein, leptin, and urinary pseudouridine (as a marker of cellular protein breakdown) were measured.
Results: Fat mass, leptin, and pseudouridine were significantly different (P < 0.001) between noncachectic patients (NCPs) and cachectic patients (CPs: n = 35); the systemic inflammatory cytokine profile was not. NCPs had a body compositional shift toward a lower fat-free mass and a higher fat mass compared with HCs. CPs and NCPs had a greater systemic inflammatory response (P < 0.05) than did HCs, as reflected in C-reactive protein, soluble TNF-R75, and IL-6 concentrations. The overall distribution of the IL-1ß –511 polymorphism was significantly different between the groups (P < 0.05).
Conclusions: In COPD patients, who are characterized by an elevated systemic inflammatory response, cachexia is not discriminatory for the extent of increase in inflammatory status. This study, however, indicates a potential influence of genetic predisposition on the cachexia process.

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Published date: November 2005
Additional Information: Original research communication
Keywords: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, copd, body composition, inflammation, polymorphism, cachexia, protein breakdown, leptin

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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/25280
ISSN: 0002-9165
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Date deposited: 10 Apr 2006
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Author: Roelinka Broekhuizen
Author: Robert F. Grimble
Author: W. Martin Howell
Author: Dennis J. Shale
Author: Eva C. Creutzberg
Author: Emiel F. Wouters
Author: Annemie M. Schols

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