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Whole-blood transcriptional signatures composed of erythropoietic and Nrf2-regulated genes differ between cerebral malaria and severe malarial anemia.
Journal of Infectious Diseases 2018 July 29
Background: Among the severe malaria syndromes, severe malarial anemia (SMA) is the most common, whereas cerebral malaria (CM) is the most lethal. However, the mechanisms that lead to CM and SMA are unclear.
Methods: We compared transcriptomic profiles of whole blood obtained from Ugandan children with acute CM (n=17) or SMA (n=17) and community children without Plasmodium falciparum infection (n=12) and determined the relationships between gene expression, hematological indices, and relevant plasma biomarkers.
Results: Both CM and SMA demonstrated predominantly upregulated enrichment of dendritic cell activation, inflammatory/TLR/chemokines, and monocyte modules but downregulated enrichment of lymphocyte modules. Nrf2-regulated genes were overexpressed in children with SMA relative to CM, with the highest expression in children with both SMA and HbSS, corresponding with elevated plasma heme oxygenase-1 in this group. Erythroid and reticulocyte-specific signatures were markedly decreased in CM relative to SMA despite higher hemoglobin levels and appropriate increases in erythropoietin. Viral sensing/IRF2 module expression and plasma IP-10/CXCL10 negatively correlated with reticulocyte-specific signatures.
Conclusions: Compared to SMA, CM is associated with downregulation of Nrf2-related and erythropoiesis signatures by whole-blood transcriptomics. Future studies are needed to confirm these findings and assess pathways that may be amenable to interventions to ameliorate CM and SMA.
Methods: We compared transcriptomic profiles of whole blood obtained from Ugandan children with acute CM (n=17) or SMA (n=17) and community children without Plasmodium falciparum infection (n=12) and determined the relationships between gene expression, hematological indices, and relevant plasma biomarkers.
Results: Both CM and SMA demonstrated predominantly upregulated enrichment of dendritic cell activation, inflammatory/TLR/chemokines, and monocyte modules but downregulated enrichment of lymphocyte modules. Nrf2-regulated genes were overexpressed in children with SMA relative to CM, with the highest expression in children with both SMA and HbSS, corresponding with elevated plasma heme oxygenase-1 in this group. Erythroid and reticulocyte-specific signatures were markedly decreased in CM relative to SMA despite higher hemoglobin levels and appropriate increases in erythropoietin. Viral sensing/IRF2 module expression and plasma IP-10/CXCL10 negatively correlated with reticulocyte-specific signatures.
Conclusions: Compared to SMA, CM is associated with downregulation of Nrf2-related and erythropoiesis signatures by whole-blood transcriptomics. Future studies are needed to confirm these findings and assess pathways that may be amenable to interventions to ameliorate CM and SMA.
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