Cluster analysis of host cytokine responses to biodefense pathogens in a whole blood ex vivo exposure model (WEEM)

BMC Microbiology

Research Article

Paul A Luciw¹  Imola K Fodor²  Nancy K Montgomery³  Sandra L McCutchen-Maloney³  Brett A Chromy⁴ 

[1] Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California at Davis, 95817, Sacramento, CA, USA;Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine, 95817, Sacramento, CA, USA;Computation Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, 94550, Livermore, CA, USA;Department of Biostatistics, Genentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, 94080, South San Francisco, CA, USA;Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, 94550, Livermore, CA, USA;Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, 94550, Livermore, CA, USA;Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine, 95817, Sacramento, CA, USA;

关键词: Bacillus Anthracis;    Protein Array;    Yersinia Pestis;    Unexposed Control;    Pathogen Exposure;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2180-12-79

 received in 2011-12-19, accepted in 2012-05-20,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundRapid detection and therapeutic intervention for infectious and emerging diseases is a major scientific goal in biodefense and public health. Toward this end, cytokine profiles in human blood were investigated using a human whole blood ex vivo exposure model, called WEEM.ResultsSamples of whole blood from healthy volunteers were incubated with seven pathogens including Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, Yersinia enterocolitica, Bacillus anthracis, and multiple strains of Yersinia pestis, and multiplexed protein expression profiling was conducted on supernatants of these cultures with an antibody array to detect 30 cytokines simultaneously. Levels of 8 cytokines, IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IP-10, MCP-1 and TNFα, were significantly up-regulated in plasma after bacterial exposures of 4 hours. Statistical clustering was applied to group the pathogens based on the host response protein expression profiles. The nearest phylogenetic neighbors clustered more closely than the more distant pathogens, and all seven pathogens were clearly differentiated from the unexposed control. In addition, the Y. pestis and Yersinia near neighbors were differentiated from the B. anthracis strains.ConclusionsCluster analysis, based on host response cytokine profiles, indicates that distinct patterns of immunomodulatory proteins are induced by the different pathogen exposures and these patterns may enable further development into biomarkers for diagnosing pathogen exposure.

【 授权许可】

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© Chromy et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012