Increased Circulating Copeptin Levels Are Associated with Vaso-Occlusive Crisis and Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Sickle Cell Anemia

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DEVECİ O. S., ÖZMEN Ç., Karaaslan M. B., ÇELİK A. İ., Rahimova H., Akray A., ...Daha Fazla

MEDICAL PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE, cilt.31, sa.1, ss.47-53, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1159/000521216
  • Dergi Adı: MEDICAL PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.47-53
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Sickle cell anemia, Vaso-occlusive crisis, Copeptin, Right ventricular dysfunction, C-REACTIVE PROTEIN, PULMONARY-HYPERTENSION, ARGININE-VASOPRESSIN, STABLE PEPTIDE, DISEASE, PROCALCITONIN, INFLAMMATION, DIAGNOSIS, PRECURSOR, MORTALITY
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) is a common clinical manifestation of sickle cell anemia (SCA) and is associated with increased proinflammatory mediators. Copeptin is the C-terminal part of the prohormone for provasopressin and seems clinically relevant in various clinical conditions. Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction significantly appears in SCA patients due to pulmonary hypertension. This study aimed to investigate the association of copeptin levels in VOC patients and evaluate RV dysfunction. Materials and Methods: A total of 108 patients were enrolled in the study. Twenty-eight SCA patients in steady state (30.2 +/- 0.9 years), 25 SCA patients in VOC (36.8 +/- 11.8 years), and 55 healthy individuals (31.9 +/- 9.4 years) with HbAA genotype were included. Clinical, echocardiographic, and laboratory data were recorded. ELISA was used for the determination of serum levels of copeptin. Results: VOC patients had significantly higher copeptin level compared both with controls and SCA subjects in steady state (22.6 +/- 13.0 vs. 11.3 +/- 5.7 pmol/L, 22.6 +/- 13.0 vs. 12.4 +/- 5.8 pmol/L, p = 0.009 for both). Additionally, the copeptin level was significantly higher in SCA patients with RV dysfunction than those without RV dysfunction (23.2 +/- 12.2 vs. 15.3 +/- 9.5 pmol/L, p = 0.024). Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and copeptin levels were found to be associated with VOC. Conclusion: This study showed that copeptin and hs-CRP levels were increased in patients with VOC, and it was found that RV dysfunction was more common in SCA patients with VOC than in the control group. Copeptin can be considered for use as a potential biomarker in predicting VOC crisis in SCA patients and in the early detection of patients with SCA who have the potential to develop RV dysfunction. (C) 2021 The Author(s). Published by S. Karger AG, Basel