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Editor, Senior Moderator
Front Med (Lausanne)
. 2022 Mar 16;9:826218.
doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.826218. eCollection 2022.
Relationship Between Endothelial and Angiogenesis Biomarkers Envisage Mortality in a Prospective Cohort of COVID-19 Patients Requiring Respiratory Support
Felipe Maldonado[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Diego Morales[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Catalina Díaz-Papapietro[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Catalina Valdés[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Christian Fernandez[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Nicolas Valls[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Marioli Lazo[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Carolina Espinoza[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Roberto González[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Rodrigo Gutiérrez[SUP] 1 5 [/SUP], Álvaro Jara[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Carlos Romero[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Oscar Cerda[SUP] 2 6 [/SUP], Mónica Cáceres[SUP] 2 6 7 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Purpose: Endothelial damage and angiogenesis are fundamental elements of neovascularisation and fibrosis observed in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Here, we aimed to evaluate whether early endothelial and angiogenic biomarkers detection predicts mortality and major cardiovascular events in patients with COVID-19 requiring respiratory support.
Methods: Changes in serum syndecan-1, thrombomodulin, and angiogenic factor concentrations were analysed during the first 24 h and 10 days after COVID-19 hospitalisation in patients with high-flow nasal oxygen or mechanical ventilation. Also, we performed an exploratory evaluation of the endothelial migration process induced by COVID-19 in the patients' serum using an endothelial cell culture model.
Results: In 43 patients, mean syndecan-1 concentration was 40.96 ± 106.9 ng/mL with a 33.9% increase (49.96 ± 58.1 ng/mL) at day 10. Both increases were significant compared to healthy controls (Kruskal-Wallis p < 0.0001). We observed an increase in thrombomodulin, Angiopoietin-2, human vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and human hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) concentrations during the first 24 h, with a decrease in human tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-2 (TIMP-2) that remained after 10 days. An increase in human Interleukin-8 (IL-8) on the 10th day accompanied by high HGF was also noted. The incidence of myocardial injury and pulmonary thromboembolism was 55.8 and 20%, respectively. The incidence of in-hospital deaths was 16.3%. Biomarkers showed differences in severity of COVID-19. Syndecan-1, human platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), VEGF, and Ang-2 predicted mortality. A multiple logistic regression model with TIMP-2 and PDGF had positive and negative predictive powers of 80.9 and 70%, respectively, for mortality. None of the biomarkers predicted myocardial injury or pulmonary thromboembolism. A proteome profiler array found changes in concentration in a large number of biomarkers of angiogenesis and chemoattractants. Finally, the serum samples from COVID-19 patients increased cell migration compared to that from healthy individuals.
Conclusion: We observed that early endothelial and angiogenic biomarkers predicted mortality in patients with COVID-19. Chemoattractants from patients with COVID-19 increase the migration of endothelial cells. Trials are needed for confirmation, as this poses a therapeutic target for SARS-CoV-2.
Keywords: COVID-19; VEGF; angiogenesis; angiopoietin-2; syndecan-1.
. 2022 Mar 16;9:826218.
doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.826218. eCollection 2022.
Relationship Between Endothelial and Angiogenesis Biomarkers Envisage Mortality in a Prospective Cohort of COVID-19 Patients Requiring Respiratory Support
Felipe Maldonado[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Diego Morales[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Catalina Díaz-Papapietro[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Catalina Valdés[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Christian Fernandez[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Nicolas Valls[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Marioli Lazo[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Carolina Espinoza[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Roberto González[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Rodrigo Gutiérrez[SUP] 1 5 [/SUP], Álvaro Jara[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Carlos Romero[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Oscar Cerda[SUP] 2 6 [/SUP], Mónica Cáceres[SUP] 2 6 7 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35372407
- PMCID: PMC8966493
- DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.826218
Abstract
Purpose: Endothelial damage and angiogenesis are fundamental elements of neovascularisation and fibrosis observed in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Here, we aimed to evaluate whether early endothelial and angiogenic biomarkers detection predicts mortality and major cardiovascular events in patients with COVID-19 requiring respiratory support.
Methods: Changes in serum syndecan-1, thrombomodulin, and angiogenic factor concentrations were analysed during the first 24 h and 10 days after COVID-19 hospitalisation in patients with high-flow nasal oxygen or mechanical ventilation. Also, we performed an exploratory evaluation of the endothelial migration process induced by COVID-19 in the patients' serum using an endothelial cell culture model.
Results: In 43 patients, mean syndecan-1 concentration was 40.96 ± 106.9 ng/mL with a 33.9% increase (49.96 ± 58.1 ng/mL) at day 10. Both increases were significant compared to healthy controls (Kruskal-Wallis p < 0.0001). We observed an increase in thrombomodulin, Angiopoietin-2, human vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and human hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) concentrations during the first 24 h, with a decrease in human tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-2 (TIMP-2) that remained after 10 days. An increase in human Interleukin-8 (IL-8) on the 10th day accompanied by high HGF was also noted. The incidence of myocardial injury and pulmonary thromboembolism was 55.8 and 20%, respectively. The incidence of in-hospital deaths was 16.3%. Biomarkers showed differences in severity of COVID-19. Syndecan-1, human platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), VEGF, and Ang-2 predicted mortality. A multiple logistic regression model with TIMP-2 and PDGF had positive and negative predictive powers of 80.9 and 70%, respectively, for mortality. None of the biomarkers predicted myocardial injury or pulmonary thromboembolism. A proteome profiler array found changes in concentration in a large number of biomarkers of angiogenesis and chemoattractants. Finally, the serum samples from COVID-19 patients increased cell migration compared to that from healthy individuals.
Conclusion: We observed that early endothelial and angiogenic biomarkers predicted mortality in patients with COVID-19. Chemoattractants from patients with COVID-19 increase the migration of endothelial cells. Trials are needed for confirmation, as this poses a therapeutic target for SARS-CoV-2.
Keywords: COVID-19; VEGF; angiogenesis; angiopoietin-2; syndecan-1.