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* Microbiology/Biochemistry/Immunology/Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310; Pediatric Hematology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19134; Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322; U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Bethesda, Maryland 20705; and || Biology, Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia 23806
To whom requests for reprints should be addressed at 1 Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30310-1495. E-mail: hibberj{at}msm.edu
Sickle cell anemia (HbSS) includes chronic inflammation, but the origin is unclear. We hypothesized that in stable HbSS patients the inflammation was associated with hypermetabolism. We compared selected hypermetabolic and key immunomodulator indicators in HbSS versus control children and examined associations between measures of hypermetabolism and inflammation. Twelve fasting asymptomatic HbSS children 6–12 years and 9 controls matched for age, gender and fat mass (FM) were studied. Proportional reticulocyte count (retic%) and resting energy expenditure (REE) represented hypermetabolism, and C-reactive protein (CRP) indicated inflammation. Proinflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor-
(TNF-) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), chemokine monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), and energy balance cytokine leptin were measured. Methods were indirect calorimetry, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and radioimmunoassay. Statistical analysis included simple correlation and regression analysis. REE (51 ± 6 vs. 43 ± 12 kcal/kg per fat-free mass (FFM), mean ± SD), retic% (12 ± 4 vs. 0.7 ± 0.3%), CRP (5 ± 3 vs. 0.3 ± 0.4 mg/liter), and IL-6 (71 ± 40 vs. 20 ± 7 pg/ml) were significantly higher for HbSS than controls (P < 0.05). Conversely, leptin (0.1 ± 0.1 vs. 2 ± 1 µg/liter per kgFM) and MCP-1 (34 ± 5 vs. 41 ± 4 pg/ml) were significantly lower for the HbSS subjects (P < 0.01). TNF- was not significantly different. There were no significant associations between REE or retic% and any cytokine measured. However, CRP was significantly associated with REE in HbSS (r = 0.8, P = 0.003) and an important predictor of REE/FFM. We provide new evidence for low circulating levels of inflammatory chemokine MCP-1 in stable HbSS children, confirm mostly low cytokine levels, inflammation, and hypermetabolism and demonstrate association of hypermetabolism with inflammation via CRP but not via cytokines.
Key Words: energy expenditure • protein catabolism • hemolysis • chemokines
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