• Crit Care · Mar 2023

    Serum-integrated omics reveal the host response landscape for severe pediatric community-acquired pneumonia.

    • Yi Wang, Xiaolan Huang, Fang Li, Xinbei Jia, Nan Jia, Jin Fu, Shuang Liu, Jin Zhang, Haiyan Ge, Siyuan Huang, Yi Hui, Chunrong Sun, Fei Xiao, Xiaodai Cui, Laurence Don Wai Luu, Dong Qu, Jieqiong Li, and Jun Tai.
    • Experimental Research Center, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, 100020, People's Republic of China. wildwolf0101@163.com.
    • Crit Care. 2023 Mar 1; 27 (1): 7979.

    ObjectiveCommunity-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the primary cause of death for children under five years of age globally. Hence, it is essential to investigate new early biomarkers and potential mechanisms involved in disease severity.MethodsProteomics combined with metabolomics was performed to identify biomarkers suitable for early diagnosis of severe CAP. In the training cohort, proteomics and metabolomics were performed on serum samples obtained from 20 severe CAPs (S-CAPs), 15 non-severe CAPs (NS-CAPs) and 15 healthy controls (CONs). In the verification cohort, selected biomarkers and their combinations were validated using ELISA and metabolomics in an independent cohort of 129 subjects. Finally, a combined proteomics and metabolomics analysis was performed to understand the major pathological features and reasons for severity of CAP.ResultsThe proteomic and metabolic signature was markedly different between S-CAPs, NS-CAPs and CONs. A new serum biomarker panel including 2 proteins [C-reactive protein (CRP), lipopolysaccharide (LBP)] and 3 metabolites [Fasciculol C, PE (14:0/16:1(19Z)), PS (20:0/22:6(4Z, 7Z, 10Z, 13Z, 16Z, 19Z))] was developed to identify CAP and to distinguish severe pneumonia. Pathway analysis of changes revealed activation of the cell death pathway, a dysregulated complement system, coagulation cascade and platelet function, and the inflammatory responses as contributors to tissue damage in children with CAP. Additionally, activation of glycolysis and higher levels of nucleotides led to imbalanced deoxyribonucleotide pools contributing to the development of severe CAP. Finally, dysregulated lipid metabolism was also identified as a potential pathological mechanism for severe progression of CAP.ConclusionThe integrated analysis of the proteome and metabolome might open up new ways in diagnosing and uncovering the complexity of severity of CAP.© 2023. The Author(s).

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