Blood transcriptomic markers of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm pigs
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Blood transcriptomic markers of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm pigs. / Pan, Xiaoyu; Muk, Tik; Ren, Shuqiang; Nguyen, Duc Ninh; Shen, Rene L.; Gao, Fei; Sangild, Per Torp.
In: Pediatric Research, Vol. 91, 2022, p. 1113–1120 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Blood transcriptomic markers of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm pigs
AU - Pan, Xiaoyu
AU - Muk, Tik
AU - Ren, Shuqiang
AU - Nguyen, Duc Ninh
AU - Shen, Rene L.
AU - Gao, Fei
AU - Sangild, Per Torp
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to the International Pediatric Research Foundation, Inc.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Background: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a severe gut disorder in preterm infants, is difficult to predict due to poor specificity and sensitivity of clinical signs and biomarkers. Using preterm piglets as a model, we hypothesized that early development of NEC affects blood gene expression, potentially related to early systemic immune responses. Methods: A retrospective analysis of clinical, tissue, and blood data was performed on 129 formula-fed piglets with NEC diagnosis at necropsy on day 5. Subgroups of NEC (n = 20) and control piglets (CON, n = 19) were analyzed for whole-blood transcriptome. Results: Preterm piglets had variable NEC lesions, especially in the colon region, without severe clinical signs (e.g. normal growth, activity, hematology, digestion, few piglets with bloody stools). Transcriptome analysis showed 344 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between NEC and CON piglets. Validation experiment showed that AOAH, ARG2, FKBP5, PAK2, and STAT3 were among the genes affected by severe lesions on day 5, when analyzed in whole blood and in dried blood spots (DBS). Conclusion: Whole-blood gene expressions may be affected in preterm pigs before clinical signs of NEC get severe. Blood gene expression analysis, potentially using DBS samples, is a novel tool to help identify new early biomarkers of NEC. Impact: Preterm pig model was used to investigate if blood transcriptomics could be used to identify new early blood biomarkers of NEC progression.Whole-blood transcriptome revealed upregulation of target genes in NEC cases when clinical symptoms are subtle, and mainly colon regions were affected.Differential NEC-associated gene expressions could be detected also in dried blood spots, potentially allowing easy collection of small blood volumes in infants.
AB - Background: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a severe gut disorder in preterm infants, is difficult to predict due to poor specificity and sensitivity of clinical signs and biomarkers. Using preterm piglets as a model, we hypothesized that early development of NEC affects blood gene expression, potentially related to early systemic immune responses. Methods: A retrospective analysis of clinical, tissue, and blood data was performed on 129 formula-fed piglets with NEC diagnosis at necropsy on day 5. Subgroups of NEC (n = 20) and control piglets (CON, n = 19) were analyzed for whole-blood transcriptome. Results: Preterm piglets had variable NEC lesions, especially in the colon region, without severe clinical signs (e.g. normal growth, activity, hematology, digestion, few piglets with bloody stools). Transcriptome analysis showed 344 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between NEC and CON piglets. Validation experiment showed that AOAH, ARG2, FKBP5, PAK2, and STAT3 were among the genes affected by severe lesions on day 5, when analyzed in whole blood and in dried blood spots (DBS). Conclusion: Whole-blood gene expressions may be affected in preterm pigs before clinical signs of NEC get severe. Blood gene expression analysis, potentially using DBS samples, is a novel tool to help identify new early biomarkers of NEC. Impact: Preterm pig model was used to investigate if blood transcriptomics could be used to identify new early blood biomarkers of NEC progression.Whole-blood transcriptome revealed upregulation of target genes in NEC cases when clinical symptoms are subtle, and mainly colon regions were affected.Differential NEC-associated gene expressions could be detected also in dried blood spots, potentially allowing easy collection of small blood volumes in infants.
U2 - 10.1038/s41390-021-01605-4
DO - 10.1038/s41390-021-01605-4
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34112973
AN - SCOPUS:85107503395
VL - 91
SP - 1113
EP - 1120
JO - Pediatric Research
JF - Pediatric Research
SN - 0031-3998
ER -
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