{"title":"长期COVID-19血浆蛋白生物标志物:症状严重程度和死亡风险的预测因子","authors":"Kaleem Maqsood , Shaaf Ahmad , Azeem Saeed , Nabila Roohi","doi":"10.1016/j.cca.2025.120350","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Long COVID-19 is marked by persistent symptoms beyond the acute phase, necessitating a deeper understanding of mortality risk factors for effective management. Plasma proteins hold promise as prognostic markers, offering insights into disease progression and aiding in mortality risk assessment.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>A total of 240 patients and 89 healthy controls were enrolled for this study. Two months post-COVID follow-up, patients were categorized as survivors (n = 212) and non-survivors (n = 28). Plasma samples underwent 2-dimensional Gel Electrophoresis (2DE) for protein separation, followed by LC-MS/MS for protein identification, and validation was performed using ELISA. Proteomic data analysis was conducted using Mascot version 2.3.02 and Samespots software 4.5.1. Statistical analyses were carried out using GraphPad Prism and IBM SPSS.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>LC-MS/MS identified fibrinogen (Spot 14; 52.15 kDa/5.32 pI; protein score 2293) and haptoglobin (Spot 08; 45.86 kDa/6.56 pI; protein score 453) as prospective predictive biomarkers. ELISA results confirmed increased plasma levels of fibrinogen and haptoglobin in severe cases (P < 0.001 for both) and non-survivors (P < 0.01 and P < 0.0086, respectively). ROC analysis showed haptoglobin had moderate predictive power for mortality (AUC = 0.68; P = 0.0025), surpassing fibrinogen (AUC = 0.62; P = 0.0374).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Plasma fibrinogen and haptoglobin are promising biomarkers for assessing disease severity and mortality risk in long COVID. These findings highlight their potential for prognostic applications, warranting further research into their mechanistic roles in COVID-19 and broader clinical implications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10205,"journal":{"name":"Clinica Chimica Acta","volume":"575 ","pages":"Article 120350"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Plasma protein biomarkers for long COVID-19: Predictors of symptom severity and mortality risk\",\"authors\":\"Kaleem Maqsood , Shaaf Ahmad , Azeem Saeed , Nabila Roohi\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.cca.2025.120350\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Long COVID-19 is marked by persistent symptoms beyond the acute phase, necessitating a deeper understanding of mortality risk factors for effective management. 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Plasma protein biomarkers for long COVID-19: Predictors of symptom severity and mortality risk
Introduction
Long COVID-19 is marked by persistent symptoms beyond the acute phase, necessitating a deeper understanding of mortality risk factors for effective management. Plasma proteins hold promise as prognostic markers, offering insights into disease progression and aiding in mortality risk assessment.
Method
A total of 240 patients and 89 healthy controls were enrolled for this study. Two months post-COVID follow-up, patients were categorized as survivors (n = 212) and non-survivors (n = 28). Plasma samples underwent 2-dimensional Gel Electrophoresis (2DE) for protein separation, followed by LC-MS/MS for protein identification, and validation was performed using ELISA. Proteomic data analysis was conducted using Mascot version 2.3.02 and Samespots software 4.5.1. Statistical analyses were carried out using GraphPad Prism and IBM SPSS.
Results
LC-MS/MS identified fibrinogen (Spot 14; 52.15 kDa/5.32 pI; protein score 2293) and haptoglobin (Spot 08; 45.86 kDa/6.56 pI; protein score 453) as prospective predictive biomarkers. ELISA results confirmed increased plasma levels of fibrinogen and haptoglobin in severe cases (P < 0.001 for both) and non-survivors (P < 0.01 and P < 0.0086, respectively). ROC analysis showed haptoglobin had moderate predictive power for mortality (AUC = 0.68; P = 0.0025), surpassing fibrinogen (AUC = 0.62; P = 0.0374).
Conclusion
Plasma fibrinogen and haptoglobin are promising biomarkers for assessing disease severity and mortality risk in long COVID. These findings highlight their potential for prognostic applications, warranting further research into their mechanistic roles in COVID-19 and broader clinical implications.
期刊介绍:
The Official Journal of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC)
Clinica Chimica Acta is a high-quality journal which publishes original Research Communications in the field of clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, defined as the diagnostic application of chemistry, biochemistry, immunochemistry, biochemical aspects of hematology, toxicology, and molecular biology to the study of human disease in body fluids and cells.
The objective of the journal is to publish novel information leading to a better understanding of biological mechanisms of human diseases, their prevention, diagnosis, and patient management. Reports of an applied clinical character are also welcome. Papers concerned with normal metabolic processes or with constituents of normal cells or body fluids, such as reports of experimental or clinical studies in animals, are only considered when they are clearly and directly relevant to human disease. Evaluation of commercial products have a low priority for publication, unless they are novel or represent a technological breakthrough. Studies dealing with effects of drugs and natural products and studies dealing with the redox status in various diseases are not within the journal''s scope. Development and evaluation of novel analytical methodologies where applicable to diagnostic clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, including point-of-care testing, and topics on laboratory management and informatics will also be considered. Studies focused on emerging diagnostic technologies and (big) data analysis procedures including digitalization, mobile Health, and artificial Intelligence applied to Laboratory Medicine are also of interest.