Current ProteomicsPub Date : 2023-05-08DOI: 10.2174/1570164620666230508140912
Ajay Vir Singh, Shweta Kushwaha, R. Yadav, Kusuma Sai Davuluri, A. Goel, Devendra Singh Chauhan
{"title":"Higher Abundance of Vitronectin (S-protein) in Serum-derived Exosomes\u0000of Pulmonary and Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients as Compared\u0000to HIV-Tuberculosis Dual-infected Patients and Healthy Humans","authors":"Ajay Vir Singh, Shweta Kushwaha, R. Yadav, Kusuma Sai Davuluri, A. Goel, Devendra Singh Chauhan","doi":"10.2174/1570164620666230508140912","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1570164620666230508140912","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Despite the crucial involvement of vitronectin in affecting the perseverance\u0000of certain respiratory pathogens and the progression of several lung diseases, the association of vitronectin with tuberculosis (TB) has been poorly studied. The present study aimed to determine whether\u0000vitronectin levels are altered in TB patients compared to healthy humans.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Twenty-four laboratory-confirmed tuberculosis patients (pulmonary TB -8, extrapulmonary-8 and HIV-TB dual infected -8) and eight healthy individuals were included in this study.\u0000The quantitative detection of vitronectin in serum-derived exosomes of study participants was performed using a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Measured concentrations of vitronectin were compared with the demographic variables of the study participants and between the study\u0000groups. The Mann–Whitney U unpaired test was used in statistical analysis, and the p-value < 0.05\u0000was considered statistically significant.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Vitronectin was detected in serum-derived exosomes of all study participants. The demographic characteristics (gender, age, smoking and alcohol consumption habit, history of cough, and\u0000weight loss) were not significantly correlated with the vitronectin concentrations of the study participants (p-value> 0.05). The level of vitronectin was higher in patients with pulmonary TB (778.54 ng/l)\u0000and extra-pulmonary-TB patients (773.04 ng/l) while lower in HIV-pulmonary TB dual-infected patients (354.86 ng/l) as compared to healthy humans (456.20ng/l). There was a significant difference\u0000between vitronectin concentrations of patients with pulmonary TB (p-value: 0.0002) and extrapulmonary TB (p-value: 0.003) compared to healthy controls.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The present study reported an increased concentration of vitronectin in serum-derived\u0000exosomes of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary TB patients compared to HIV-TB dual-infected patients\u0000and healthy humans. Further studies are needed to fully elucidate the diagnostic potential and functionalities of higher concentrations of vitronectin in the pathogenic processes of human TB.\u0000","PeriodicalId":50601,"journal":{"name":"Current Proteomics","volume":"12 1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90681594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}