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A reactive monocyte subset characterized by low expression of CD91 is expanded during sterile and septic inflammation.

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This study was undertaken to assess CD91 expression on monocytes and changes in monocyte subset distribution during acute tissue damage and bloodstream infection (BSI). METHODS: We investigated blood specimens from healthy individuals, trauma and cardiac surgery patients as a model of tissue damage, and patients with BSI, by flow cytometry using a panel of antibodies comprising CD45, HLA-DR, CD14, CD16 and CD91 for the identification of monocyte subsets. RESULTS: While infrequent in healthy subjects, CD91low/neg monocyte levels were markedly high in BSI, trauma and after cardiac surgery. This monocyte subset expanded up to 15-fold in both patient cohorts, whereas CD14+CD16+ inflammatory monocytes were multiplied by a factor of 5 only. CD14+CD91low monocytes displayed a significantly lower density of HLA-DR and markedly reduced expression of CD300e, compared to the other subsets. They also expressed high levels of myeloperoxidase and showed robust phagocytic and oxidative burst activity. CONCLUSIONS: Expansion of CD91low monocytes is a sensitive marker of acute inflammatory states of infectious and non-infectious etiology.

Authors: Gosset C, Foguenne J, Simul M, Layios N, Massion PB, Damas P, Gothot A,
Journal: Clin Chem Lab Med;2024Jan25. doi:10.1515/cclm-2023-0992
Year: 2024
PubMed: PMID: 38278526 (Go to PubMed)