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McKenna 2021 Redox Biol

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McKenna HT, O'Brien KA, Fernandez BO, Minnion M, Tod A, McNally BD, West JA, Griffin JL, Grocott MP, Mythen MG, Feelisch M, Murray AJ, Martin DS (2021) Divergent trajectories of cellular bioenergetics, intermediary metabolism and systemic redox status in survivors and non-survivors of critical illness. Redox Biol 41:101907.

Β» PMID: 33667994 Open Access

McKenna Helen T, O'Brien Katie A, Fernandez Bernadette O, Minnion Magdalena, Tod Adam, McNally Ben D, West James A, Griffin Julian L, Grocott Michael P, Mythen Michael G, Feelisch Martin, Murray Andrew J, Martin Daniel S (2021) Redox Biol

Abstract: Numerous pathologies result in multiple-organ failure, which is thought to be a direct consequence of compromised cellular bioenergetic status. Neither the nature of this phenotype nor its relevance to survival are well understood, limiting the efficacy of modern life-support.

To explore the hypothesis that survival from critical illness relates to changes in cellular bioenergetics, we combined assessment of mitochondrial respiration with metabolomic, lipidomic and redox profiling in skeletal muscle and blood, at multiple timepoints, in 21 critically ill patients and 12 reference patients.

We demonstrate an end-organ cellular phenotype in critical illness, characterized by preserved total energetic capacity, greater coupling efficiency and selectively lower capacity for complex I and fatty acid oxidation (FAO)-supported respiration in skeletal muscle, compared to health. In survivors, complex I capacity at 48 h was 27% lower than in non-survivors (p = 0.01), but tended to increase by day 7, with no such recovery observed in non-survivors. By day 7, survivors' FAO enzyme activity was double that of non-survivors (p = 0.048), in whom plasma triacylglycerol accumulated. Increases in both cellular oxidative stress and reductive drive were evident in early critical illness compared to health. Initially, non-survivors demonstrated greater plasma total antioxidant capacity but ultimately higher lipid peroxidation compared to survivors. These alterations were mirrored by greater levels of circulating total free thiol and nitrosated species, consistent with greater reductive stress and vascular inflammation, in non-survivors compared to survivors. In contrast, no clear differences in systemic inflammatory markers were observed between the two groups.

Critical illness is associated with rapid, specific and coordinated alterations in the cellular respiratory machinery, intermediary metabolism and redox response, with different trajectories in survivors and non-survivors. Unravelling the cellular and molecular foundation of human resilience may enable the development of more effective life-support strategies. β€’ Keywords: Critical illness, Energy metabolism, Mitochondria, Oxidative stress, Redox signaling, Stress physiology β€’ Bioblast editor: Plangger M β€’ O2k-Network Lab: UK Plymouth Martin DS, US TN Nashville West J, UK Cambridge Murray AJ


Labels: MiParea: Respiration, Patients  Pathology: Other 

Organism: Human  Tissue;cell: Skeletal muscle  Preparation: Permeabilized tissue 


Coupling state: LEAK, OXPHOS, ET  Pathway: F, N, S, NS, ROX  HRR: Oxygraph-2k 

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