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Plasma mitochondrial DNA – a novel DAMP in pediatric sepsis Valentina Di Caro PhD1*Thomas D. Walko III1*R. Aaron Bola 2John D. Hong 3Diana Pang MD4Victor Hsue 3Alicia K Au MD 4E. Scott Halstead MD, PhD5 Joseph A. Carcillo MD4Robert S. B. Clark MD4Rajesh K. Aneja MD4.1Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA2 University at Buffalo, State University of New York Buffalo, NY3Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA4Departments of Critical Care Medicine and PediatricsUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA5Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care MedicinePenn State Hershey Children's HospitalPennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA *Both authors contributed equally to this mansucriptAddress for Correspondence:Rajesh K. Aneja, MDDepartment of Critical Care MedicineChildren’s Hospital of Pittsburgh4401 Penn Ave, Faculty Pavilion Building, Suite 2000Pittsburgh, PA 15224Telephone: (412) 692- 5164 Fax: (412) 692-6076 anejar@upmc.eduSources of support: NIH – R01 GM098474 (RKA)R01 GM108618 (JCA)Abstract Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is a novel danger-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) that on its release into the extracellular milieu acts via toll-like receptor-9, a pattern recognition receptor of the immune system. We hypothesized that plasma mtDNA concentrations will be elevated in septic children, and these elevations are associated with an increase in the severity of illness. In a separate set of in vitro experiments, we test the hypothesis that exposing peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) to mtDNA activates the immune response and induces tumor necrosis factor (TNF) release. Children with sepsis/systemic inflammatory response syndrome or control groups were enrolled within 24 h of admission to the pediatric intensive care unit. Mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase 1 (COX1) concentrations were measured by real-time quantitative PCR in the DNA extracted from plasma.?PBMCs were treated with mtDNA (10 ?g/ml) and supernatant TNF levels were measured. The median plasma mtDNA concentrations were significantly elevated in the septic patients as compared to the critically-ill non-septic and healthy control patients (1.75E+05 (IQR 6.64E+04-3.67E+05) vs. 5.73E+03 (IQR 3.90E+03-1.28E+04) and 6.64E+03 (IQR 5.22E+03-1.63E+04) copies/?L respectively. The median concentrations of plasma mtDNA were significantly greater in patients with MOF as compared to patients without MOF (3.2E+05 (IQR 1.41E+05-1.08E+06) vs. 2.9E+04 (IQR 2.47E+04-5.43E+04) copies/?L). PBMCs treated with mtDNA demonstrated higher supernatant TNF levels as compared to control cells (6.5 ± 1.8 vs. 3.5 ± 0.5 pg/ml, P>0.05). Our data suggest that plasma mtDNA is a novel DAMP in pediatric sepsis and appears to be associated with MOF.Keywords: Mitochondrial DNA, Pediatric Sepsis, DAMP, Alarmin IntroductionSince the first description of the “danger hypothesis” by Matzinger, numerous cellular proteins have been classified as “danger-associated molecular patterns” (DAMPs) or “alarmins” ADDIN EN.CITE <EndNote><Cite><Author>Matzinger</Author><Year>2002</Year><RecNum>358</RecNum><DisplayText>(1)</DisplayText><record><rec-number>358</rec-number><foreign-keys><key app="EN" db-id="sdwasvspbaxfs7esw50vwad9a09xp55evxa2">358</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Matzinger, P.</author></authors></contributors><auth-address>Ghost Lab, Laboratory for Cellular and Molecular Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. pcm@helix.</auth-address><titles><title>The danger model: a renewed sense of self</title><secondary-title>Science</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>Science</full-title></periodical><pages>301-5</pages><volume>296</volume><number>5566</number><keywords><keyword>Animals</keyword><keyword>Antigen-Presenting Cells/immunology</keyword><keyword>Autoimmunity</keyword><keyword>B-Lymphocytes/immunology</keyword><keyword>Fetus/immunology</keyword><keyword>Humans</keyword><keyword>Immune System/*physiology</keyword><keyword>*Immunity</keyword><keyword>Infection/immunology</keyword><keyword>*Models, Immunological</keyword><keyword>Neoplasms/immunology</keyword><keyword>Receptors, Cell Surface/physiology</keyword><keyword>Receptors, Immunologic/physiology</keyword><keyword>*Self Tolerance</keyword><keyword>T-Lymphocytes/immunology</keyword><keyword>Transplantation Tolerance</keyword></keywords><dates><year>2002</year><pub-dates><date>Apr 12</date></pub-dates></dates><accession-num>11951032</accession-num><urls><related-urls><url>;(1). During homeostasis, the DAMP proteins are sequestered in different subcellular compartments, e.g., nucleus, cytosol ADDIN EN.CITE <EndNote><Cite><Author>Garg</Author><Year>2010</Year><RecNum>390</RecNum><DisplayText>(2)</DisplayText><record><rec-number>390</rec-number><foreign-keys><key app="EN" db-id="sdwasvspbaxfs7esw50vwad9a09xp55evxa2">390</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Garg, A. D.</author><author>Nowis, D.</author><author>Golab, J.</author><author>Vandenabeele, P.</author><author>Krysko, D. V.</author><author>Agostinis, P.</author></authors></contributors><auth-address>Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Catholic University of Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, Leuven, Belgium.</auth-address><titles><title>Immunogenic cell death, DAMPs and anticancer therapeutics: an emerging amalgamation</title><secondary-title>Biochim Biophys Acta</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>Biochim Biophys Acta</full-title></periodical><pages>53-71</pages><volume>1805</volume><number>1</number><keywords><keyword>Antineoplastic Agents/*therapeutic use</keyword><keyword>Apoptosis/drug effects/*immunology</keyword><keyword>Calreticulin</keyword><keyword>Dendritic Cells</keyword><keyword>Heat-Shock Proteins/immunology</keyword><keyword>Humans</keyword><keyword>Lymphocyte Activation</keyword><keyword>Neoplasms/*immunology/pathology</keyword><keyword>T-Lymphocytes/*immunology</keyword></keywords><dates><year>2010</year><pub-dates><date>Jan</date></pub-dates></dates><accession-num>19720113</accession-num><urls><related-urls><url>;(2), PEVuZE5vdGU+PENpdGU+PEF1dGhvcj5aaGFuZzwvQXV0aG9yPjxZZWFyPjIwMTA8L1llYXI+PFJl

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ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA (3). Data regarding the role of plasma mtDNA in adult sepsis are confusing at best. Puskarich et al., did not observe any difference in plasma mtDNA concentrations between septic patients and healthy controls in the emergency department ADDIN EN.CITE <EndNote><Cite><Author>Puskarich</Author><Year>2012</Year><RecNum>1293</RecNum><DisplayText>(12)</DisplayText><record><rec-number>1293</rec-number><foreign-keys><key app="EN" db-id="sdwasvspbaxfs7esw50vwad9a09xp55evxa2">1293</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Puskarich, M. A.</author><author>Shapiro, N. I.</author><author>Trzeciak, S.</author><author>Kline, J. A.</author><author>Jones, A. E.</author></authors></contributors><auth-address>Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.</auth-address><titles><title>Plasma levels of mitochondrial DNA in patients presenting to the emergency department with sepsis</title><secondary-title>Shock</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>Shock</full-title></periodical><pages>337-40</pages><volume>38</volume><number>4</number><keywords><keyword>DNA, Mitochondrial/*blood</keyword><keyword>Emergency Service, Hospital</keyword><keyword>Female</keyword><keyword>Humans</keyword><keyword>Hypotension/*blood/physiopathology</keyword><keyword>Male</keyword><keyword>Middle Aged</keyword><keyword>Multiple Organ Failure/*blood/physiopathology</keyword><keyword>Prospective Studies</keyword><keyword>Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction</keyword><keyword>Sepsis/*blood/physiopathology</keyword></keywords><dates><year>2012</year><pub-dates><date>Oct</date></pub-dates></dates><accession-num>22777124</accession-num><urls><related-urls><url>;(12). In contrast, another prospective study on adult patients with severe sepsis and septic shock revealed that a rise of 1 ng/ml plasma mtDNA is associated with an increase in the fatality rate by 0.7% ADDIN EN.CITE <EndNote><Cite><Author>Kung</Author><Year>2012</Year><RecNum>1297</RecNum><DisplayText>(13)</DisplayText><record><rec-number>1297</rec-number><foreign-keys><key app="EN" db-id="sdwasvspbaxfs7esw50vwad9a09xp55evxa2">1297</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Kung, C. T.</author><author>Hsiao, S. Y.</author><author>Tsai, T. C.</author><author>Su, C. M.</author><author>Chang, W. N.</author><author>Huang, C. R.</author><author>Wang, H. C.</author><author>Lin, W. C.</author><author>Chang, H. W.</author><author>Lin, Y. J.</author><author>Cheng, B. C.</author><author>Su, B. Y.</author><author>Tsai, N. W.</author><author>Lu, C. H.</author></authors></contributors><auth-address>Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung University College ofMedicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.</auth-address><titles><title>Plasma nuclear and mitochondrial DNA levels as predictors of outcome in severe sepsis patients in the emergency room</title><secondary-title>J Transl Med</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>J Transl Med</full-title></periodical><pages>130</pages><volume>10</volume><keywords><keyword>Aged</keyword><keyword>Base Sequence</keyword><keyword>Case-Control Studies</keyword><keyword>Cell Nucleus/*genetics</keyword><keyword>DNA/*blood</keyword><keyword>DNA Primers</keyword><keyword>DNA, Mitochondrial/*blood</keyword><keyword>*Emergency Service, Hospital</keyword><keyword>Female</keyword><keyword>Humans</keyword><keyword>Male</keyword><keyword>Middle Aged</keyword><keyword>Polymerase Chain Reaction</keyword><keyword>Prognosis</keyword><keyword>Prospective Studies</keyword><keyword>Sepsis/*blood/genetics</keyword></keywords><dates><year>2012</year></dates><accession-num>22720733</accession-num><urls><related-urls><url>;(13). To our knowledge, there are no published reports of plasma mtDNA levels in pediatric sepsis. We hypothesized that plasma mtDNA levels would be elevated in children with severe sepsis, and these elevations would be associated with increased severity of illness. In addition, we document that exposing peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) to mtDNA activates the immune response and induces TNF release.Materials and Methods The study was approved by the University of Pittsburgh Institutional Review Board (IRB no. PRO09060070), and blood samples were collected after obtaining informed consent from parents or guardians. 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ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA (14). The primer sequences for COX1 and β globin used were forward: GCC TCC GTA GAC CTA ACC ATC TTC; reverse:?GTA AGT TAC AAT ATG GGA GAT TAT TCC and forward: TTCACTAGCAACCTCAAACAGACA; reverse: TGTCTCCACATGCCCAGTTTCT, respectively. PCR reaction mixture was prepared using SYBR? Green PCR master mix (PE Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA), using the primers described above. PCR was set up in a reaction volume of 20 ?L using ?10 μL of 2X SYBR? green Master Mix (2X), 1 ?L forward primer (1 μM), 1 ?L reverse primer (1 μM), 3 ?L of nuclease-free H2O and 5 ?L of plasma nuclear extract. The following thermocycler conditions were used: 3 min incubation at 95°C followed by 40 cycles of an initial denaturation step at 95°C for 30 sec, an annealing step of 54°C for 45 sec, and an elongation step of 68°C for 1 min. ? Standard Curve PreparationThe linearity of the quantitative assay was assessed by using a cloned plasmid DNA, which was serially diluted to prepare a series of calibrators with known concentrations as described by Chiu et al. ADDIN EN.CITE <EndNote><Cite><Author>Chiu</Author><Year>2003</Year><RecNum>1056</RecNum><DisplayText>(15)</DisplayText><record><rec-number>1056</rec-number><foreign-keys><key app="EN" db-id="sdwasvspbaxfs7esw50vwad9a09xp55evxa2">1056</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Chiu, R. W.</author><author>Chan, L. Y.</author><author>Lam, N. Y.</author><author>Tsui, N. B.</author><author>Ng, E. K.</author><author>Rainer, T. H.</author><author>Lo, Y. M.</author></authors></contributors><auth-address>Department of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR.</auth-address><titles><title>Quantitative analysis of circulating mitochondrial DNA in plasma</title><secondary-title>Clin Chem</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>Clin Chem</full-title></periodical><pages>719-26</pages><volume>49</volume><number>5</number><keywords><keyword>Blood Circulation</keyword><keyword>Blood Specimen Collection</keyword><keyword>DNA, Mitochondrial/*blood</keyword><keyword>Humans</keyword><keyword>Linear Models</keyword><keyword>Polymerase Chain Reaction</keyword><keyword>Sensitivity and Specificity</keyword></keywords><dates><year>2003</year><pub-dates><date>May</date></pub-dates></dates><accession-num>12709361</accession-num><urls><related-urls><url>;(15). Briefly, using primers described above we amplified bases between 421 and 781 encoding the mitochondrial gene COXI (Ref Seq: NC_012920). The PCR amplicons were cloned into a pGEM-T-Easy vector (Promega, Madison, WI), and the identity of the cloned insert was confirmed. DNA was extracted, quantified and used as a calibrator. As previously described, the mtDNA copy number of this calibrator was derived by dividing the total DNA concentration by the weight of each plasmid molecule ADDIN EN.CITE <EndNote><Cite><Author>Chiu</Author><Year>2003</Year><RecNum>1056</RecNum><DisplayText>(15)</DisplayText><record><rec-number>1056</rec-number><foreign-keys><key app="EN" db-id="sdwasvspbaxfs7esw50vwad9a09xp55evxa2">1056</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Chiu, R. W.</author><author>Chan, L. Y.</author><author>Lam, N. Y.</author><author>Tsui, N. B.</author><author>Ng, E. K.</author><author>Rainer, T. H.</author><author>Lo, Y. M.</author></authors></contributors><auth-address>Department of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR.</auth-address><titles><title>Quantitative analysis of circulating mitochondrial DNA in plasma</title><secondary-title>Clin Chem</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>Clin Chem</full-title></periodical><pages>719-26</pages><volume>49</volume><number>5</number><keywords><keyword>Blood Circulation</keyword><keyword>Blood Specimen Collection</keyword><keyword>DNA, Mitochondrial/*blood</keyword><keyword>Humans</keyword><keyword>Linear Models</keyword><keyword>Polymerase Chain Reaction</keyword><keyword>Sensitivity and Specificity</keyword></keywords><dates><year>2003</year><pub-dates><date>May</date></pub-dates></dates><accession-num>12709361</accession-num><urls><related-urls><url>;(15). 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To compare the correlation between plasma mtDNA and CRP, we used Spearman’s correlation test. Statistical calculations were performed with SigmaPlot 11.0 (Systat Software, Inc., San Jose, CA).Results There were 28 septic and 10 critically ill non-septic patients enrolled in this study. Additionally, 20 healthy controls were also recruited for this study. The median age for the septic patients was 4.0 [0.12-20] y, and 54% were male (Table 1). The median age for healthy control and critically-ill non septic patients was 8.8 [2-16] and 6.5 [2-12] y respectively. A primary infection was present in almost 70% of the cohort (bacterial 45%, viral 19.3%, fungal 6.4%, and 25% culture-negative). Seventy percent of the patients had underlying chronic medical problems at the time of enrollment. MOF was present in 75% of patients, and there were 2 deaths in this cohort, thereby, the overall mortality rate in this cohort was 7.1%. The overall PICU mortality for all patients during the same period was 1.7%.Within the first 24 h after admission to the PICU, the median plasma mtDNA concentrations were significantly elevated in the septic patients as compared to the critically-ill non septic and healthy control patients (1.75E+05 (interquartile range (IQR) 6.64E+04-3.67E+05) vs. 5.73E+03 (IQR 3.90E+03-1.28E+04) and 6.64E+03 (IQR 5.22E+03-1.63E+04) copies/?L respectively; P?= 0.001, Fig. 1).?There was no difference between plasma mtDNA concentrations in the critically-ill non septic and healthy control patients (P?= 1.0). To investigate if changes in plasma mtDNA correlate with severity of illness, we examined plasma mtDNA levels in the presence or absence of shock. Patients that were admitted with shock demonstrated significantly higher median plasma mtDNA concentrations as compared to patients without shock (1.77E+05 (IQR 9.50E+04-4.27+05) vs. 6.89E+04 (IQR 4.96E+04-8.56+04) copies/?L respectively; P?= 0.023, Fig. 2). However, plasma mtDNA concentration did not correlate to a commonly used acute phase reactant, CRP, (ρ 0.08, P = 0.71) (data not shown). To determine the specificity of plasma mtDNA release following sepsis, we measured the plasma concentrations of β globin, a gene present in all nucleated cells of the body. The median plasma mtDNA levels in septic patients were significantly higher than β globin concentrations—1.39E+05 vs. 5.09E+02 copies/?L, P <0.001 respectively). The median concentrations of plasma mtDNA were significantly greater in patients with MOF as compared to patients without MOF (3.2E+05 (IQR 1.41E+05-1.08E+06) vs. 2.9E+04 (IQR 2.47E+04-5.43E+04) copies/?L) (Fig 3). However, the presence or absence of MOF did not correlate with median plasma β globin concentrations (8.75E+02 (IQR 1.14E+02-1.89E+03) vs. 4.19E+02 (IQR 1.34E+02-5.98E+02) copies/?L (Fig 3). The median plasma β globin concentrations were not significantly different in the septic patients as compared to the critically-ill non septic and healthy control patients (2.81E+02 (interquartile range (IQR) 7.16E+01-1.29E+03) vs. 2.22E+02 (IQR 1.79E+02-8.92E+02) and 3.66E+02 (IQR 2.53E+02-1.80E+03) copies/?L respectively; P?> 0.05).?Since there was minimal overlap in the plasma mtDNA concentrations in septic patients with and without organ failure, a receiver-operating characteristic curve was not performed. Taken together, these data support the notion that plasma mtDNA concentrations are increased in pediatric septic patients and correlate with the severity of illness. 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ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA (32, 33). For example, it has been suggested that HMGB1 binds to substances derived from microbes and injured tissues, creating complexes that modulate the innate immune response by mediating pro-inflammatory cytokine release. In our study, the addition of extracellular HMGB1 amplified the mtDNA-induced TNF response. Our experiments using boiled HMGB1 affirm that HMGB1 is an adjuvant in the mtDNA induced TNF response. Taken together, our observations suggest that plasma mtDNA contributes to the innate inflammatory response and sepsis-induced mtDNA release may play a role in organ failure. Although not ready for prime-time, the use of mtDNA concentrations can assist in patient stratification for clinical research, and opens up additional lines of investigation as a potential therapeutic target.The precise mechanism that leads to mtDNA release into the extracellular milieu is unknown at present. In an elegant study, Yousefi et al., demonstrated that lipopolysaccharide from gram-negative bacteria activates IL-5 or interferon-γ–primed eosinophils to release mitochondrial DNA in a rapid fashion— a process that is independent of cell death ADDIN EN.CITE <EndNote><Cite><Author>Yousefi</Author><Year>2008</Year><RecNum>752</RecNum><DisplayText>(34)</DisplayText><record><rec-number>752</rec-number><foreign-keys><key app="EN" db-id="sss5520dttv5xke9prc50pdhf50fsdafwt0s">752</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Yousefi, S.</author><author>Gold, J. A.</author><author>Andina, N.</author><author>Lee, J. J.</author><author>Kelly, A. M.</author><author>Kozlowski, E.</author><author>Schmid, I.</author><author>Straumann, A.</author><author>Reichenbach, J.</author><author>Gleich, G. J.</author><author>Simon, H. U.</author></authors></contributors><auth-address>Institute of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Friedbuhlstrasse 49, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland. shida.yousefi@pki.unibe.ch</auth-address><titles><title>Catapult-like release of mitochondrial DNA by eosinophils contributes to antibacterial defense</title><secondary-title>Nat Med</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>Nat Med</full-title></periodical><pages>949-53</pages><volume>14</volume><number>9</number><keywords><keyword>Animals</keyword><keyword>Bacteria/*immunology/metabolism</keyword><keyword>Cell Differentiation/physiology</keyword><keyword>DNA, Mitochondrial/*genetics</keyword><keyword>Eosinophils/chemistry/*immunology/physiology</keyword><keyword>Gastrointestinal Diseases/*immunology</keyword><keyword>Humans</keyword><keyword>In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence</keyword><keyword>Interleukin-5/genetics/metabolism</keyword><keyword>Mice</keyword><keyword>Mice, Transgenic</keyword><keyword>Microscopy, Confocal</keyword><keyword>Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism</keyword><keyword>Sepsis/*immunology</keyword></keywords><dates><year>2008</year><pub-dates><date>Sep</date></pub-dates></dates><accession-num>18690244</accession-num><urls><related-urls><url>;(34). 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The whiskers?mark the minimum and maximum plasma mtDNA concentrations.Fig 3: Box and whisker plots of plasma mtDNA and β globin concentrations in children with sepsis with or without MOF who were admitted to the PICU (*, p< 0.05, vs. mtDNA MOF-). The line within the box denotes the median and the box spans the interquartile range (25–75th percentiles). The whiskers?mark the minimum and maximum plasma mtDNA concentrations.Fig 4: ELISA results demonstrating the effects of mtDNA treatment on TNF levels in the supernatants of PBMCs. Control cells were maintained in a basal growth medium. Cells were preconditioned with mtDNA, HMGB1 or boiled HMGB1 (1 μg/ml) for 6 h. Data represent the mean ±?sem?of three separate experiments with each condition performed in triplicate (*,?P<0.05, vs. control cells alone #, P<0.05, vs. cells treated with mtDNA and HMGB1 ). ADDIN ................
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