• Critical care medicine · Nov 2010

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    C1-esterase inhibitor attenuates the inflammatory response during human endotoxemia.

    • Mirrin J Dorresteijn, Tjaakje Visser, Laura A E Cox, Martijn P Bouw, Janesh Pillay, Anky H L Koenderman, Paul F W Strengers, Luke P H Leenen, Johannes G van der Hoeven, Leo Koenderman, and Peter Pickkers.
    • Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands.
    • Crit. Care Med. 2010 Nov 1;38(11):2139-45.

    ObjectiveBesides its role in regulation of the complement and contact system, C1-esterase inhibitor has other immunomodulating effects that could prove beneficial in patients with acute inflammation such as during sepsis or after trauma. We examined the immunomodulating properties of C1-esterase inhibitor during human experimental endotoxemia, in which the innate immune system is activated in the absence of activation of the classic complement pathway.DesignDouble-blind placebo-controlled study.SettingResearch intensive care unit of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre.SubjectsTwenty healthy volunteers.InterventionsIntravenous injection of 2 ng/kg Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide. Thirty minutes thereafter (to prevent binding of lipopolysaccharide), C1-esterase inhibitor concentrate (100 U/kg, n = 10) or placebo (n = 10) was infused.Measurements And Main ResultsPro- and anti-inflammatory mediators, markers of endothelial and complement activation, hemodynamics, body temperature, and symptoms were measured. C1-esterase inhibitor reduced the release of proinflammatory cytokines as well as C-reactive protein (peak levels of: interleukin-6 1521 ± 209 vs. 932 ± 174 pg/mL [p = .04], tumor necrosis factor-α 1213 ± 187 vs. 827 ± 167 pg/mL [p = .10], monocyte chemotactic protein-1 6161 ± 1302 vs. 3373 ± 228 pg/mL [p = .03], interleukin-1β 34 ± 5 vs. 23 ± 2 pg/mL [p < .01], C-reactive protein 39 ± 4 vs. 29 ± 2 mg/L [p = .02]). In contrast, release of the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10 was increased by C1-esterase inhibitor (peak level 73 ± 11 vs. 121 ± 18 pg/mL, p = .02). The increase in interleukin-1 receptor antagonist tended to be smaller in the C1-esterase inhibitor group, but this effect did not reach statistical significance (p = .07). Markers for endothelial activation were increased after lipopolysaccharide infusion, but no significant differences between groups were observed. The lipopolysaccharide-induced changes in heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, and symptoms (all p < .001 over time) were not influenced by C1-esterase inhibitor. Complement fragment C4 was not increased after lipopolysaccharide challenge.ConclusionsThis study is the first to demonstrate that C1-esterase inhibitor exerts anti-inflammatory effects in the absence of classic complement activation in humans.

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