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Sputum and plasma adiponectin levels in clinically stable adult cystic fibrosis patients with CFTR I1234V mutation

Translational Medicine Communications volume 5, Article number: 2 (2020) Cite this article

Abstract

Background

Cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease is associated with chronic inflammation leading to progress in lung function. Adiponectin is a predominantly anti-inflammatory adipokine that may have a role in CF lung. This study aims to determine total sputum and total plasma adiponectin levels in clinically stable adults CF patients with CFTR I1234V mutation, compared to plasma adiponectin levels in healthy controls and to investigate their correlations with body mass index (BMI) and spirometry in patients with CF.

Methods

A cross-sectional study comprises 17 CF patients and 18 healthy controls. Adiponectin levels were measured by magnetic bead-based multiplex assay.

Results

The mean age of adult CF patients was 22.9 years±3.8 (18–30) and 76.5% CF patients had pancreatic sufficiency. The mean BMI in healthy controls was slightly higher than CF patients. The mean sputum adiponectin level was significantly lower than plasma adiponectin levels in CF patients and healthy controls (p < 0.001), whereas no significant difference in plasma adiponectin levels between CF patients and healthy controls. The mean sputum adiponectin level was observed to be higher in CF patients with pancreatic insufficiency. Sputum adiponectin level was correlated positively with plasma adiponectin level in CF patients (r = 0.47, p = 0.06). Sputum and plasma adiponectin levels in CF patients were correlated negatively with BMI and percentage predicted forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC).

Conclusions

Sputum adiponectin may provide a minimally invasive tool in the assessment of inflammatory status in CF patients. A further larger study to address any difference in sputum and plasma adiponectin levels among CF patients with pancreatic sufficiency versus pancreatic insufficiency.

Background

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common life-shortening genetic disease caused by a mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene leading to altered chloride ion exchange and mucus hypersecretion in the affected organs [1]. To date more than 2200 mutations have been identified in the CFTR gene and all these types of mutations lead to a defective or absence of CFTR protein [2]. CFTR I1234V mutation is one of the most common mutations among Arabs in the state of Qatar and is usually associated with pancreatic sufficiency [3,4,5].

CF-associated lung disease is characterized by multiple alterations including hyper viscous mucus, and chronic neutrophilic inflammation with recurrent bacterial infections, mainly caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus and associated with reduced lung function [6,7,8,9,10,11].

Adiponectin is predominantly produced by adipocytes and belongs to the adipokine family. It was believed that adiponectin was only expressed by adipocytes, however recent research indicates that it may be expressed in the lung as well [12]. Adiponectin is mainly anti-inflammatory role that involves inhibition of pro-inflammatory mediators such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-a) and interleukin (IL-6) and promotion of anti-inflammatory mediators (IL- 10 and IL − 1 receptor antagonist) that play a part in the development of exacerbation or control of inflammation [13, 14]. Furthermore, adiponectin may account in a number of metabolic processes, including glucose and fatty acid metabolism where its levels reduced with increasing obesity, type 2 diabetes, the and cardiovascular disease compared to healthy controls matched by BMI [15,16,17]. Serum adiponectin circulates as complexes of 3 different molecular weights ((low-molecular weight (LMW) (trimers); medium-molecular weight (MMW) (hexamers); and high-molecular-weight (HMW or higher-order multimers)). Its properties are mediated by specific receptors that are widely expressed with AdipoR1, AdipoR2, and T-cadherin being present on epithelial and endothelial pulmonary cells, expressing potentially a vital role in lung physiology [18, 19].

Airway inflammation is a hallmark feature of CF lung disease and has an impact on the quality of life and survival. Therefore, it is important to focus on investigating relevant pulmonary biomarkers to evaluate airway inflammation in CF. Systemic (blood-based) markers of inflammation are ideal as blood measurements are easily standardized, reproducible, and can be obtained from subjects of any age and disease severity. An important question, however, remains to be answered if any relationship between plasma and sputum adiponectin levels. The main objective of the study is to determine total sputum and total plasma adiponectin levels in clinically stable adult CF patients with CFTR I1234V mutation, compared to plasma adiponectin levels in healthy control. The secondary objective is to investigate whether the sputum or systemic levels of adiponectin have correlations with BMI and spirometry in patients with CF.

Methods

Study design and participants

In this prospective cross-sectional study, CF patients enrolled in the current study were clinically stable CF adults with CFTR I1234V mutation attending adult CF clinics as routine care at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar. The diagnosis of CF was made on one or more phenotypic features consistent with CF, positive family history of CF in siblings and close relatives, confirmed by elevated the concentration of sweat chloride (> 60 mmol/l) on two different occasions and CF genetic testing.

Inclusion criteria included all CF patients ≥18 years old, who were able to expectorate sputum and free of active infections for more than 4 weeks prior to study enrollment and no acute chest exacerbation among CF patients based on recent definition [20].

Exclusion criteria included all CF patients who were smoking within the last two months; pregnancy, nursing mothers and CF patients who underwent a lung transplant. Control subjects were recruited from volunteers visiting the hospital with patients who were non-smoker and free from acute infection during the 4 weeks preceding the study.

Study measures and data variables

Bodyweight was recorded using an electronic platform scale and standing height measurement using a stadiometer. BMI was computed by dividing weight in kg by the height squared in meters. Clinical data were obtained from CF subjects; sputum was collected for microbiology per CF consensus guidelines [21]. All CF subjects perform spirometry tests in the respiratory laboratory unit in accordance with the guidelines f the American Thoracic Society [22]. The best recorded forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) using Spiro bank, MIR, Italy. The maximum of three appropriate measurements is recorded with < 15% variation. Forced vital capacity (FVC; in liters), forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1; in liters,), FEV1/FVC (in %) are measured and expressed as a percent of predicted normal using standard equations [22].

Pancreatic insufficiency was defined as those with low fecal elastase level and required daily pancreatic enzyme supplementation with meals and snacks.

Measurement of adiponectin in plasma and sputum samples: The plasma and sputum were collected from each CF patient while for the control subjects only plasma was collected for adiponectin measurement. Plasma and sputum adiponectin levels were measured using Bio-Plex Pro Human Diabetes Adiponectin Assay (Cat # 171a7003m). All samples were assayed in duplicate. The lower limit of detection with the adiponectin assay was 171 pg/ml. The Intra-assay coefficients of variation were 4% and inter-assay coefficients of variation was 2%.

Statistical analysis

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD) or median (quartile range) for data with a skewed distribution. Categorical data values were expressed as frequencies (percentages). Differences in their mean values between CF patients and healthy controls were compared using unpaired Student’s t-test and Mann–Whitney U test for skewed data distribution. Associations between two or more categorical variables (gender, CF patients and healthy controls) were examined using Chi-square (χ2) test or Fisher Exact test as appropriate.

Pearson’s correlation was applied to assess the strength of the linear relationship between two or more quantitative variables (to evaluated baseline concentrations of sputum and serum adiponectin, in the of CF patients and assess the relationship to FEV1%, FVC %, FEV1/FVC and BMI). Key findings presented using appropriate statistical graphs (scatter and Box plots). All P values presented were two-sided, and P values < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. All Statistical analyses were done using statistical packages SPSS 23.0 (SPSS Inc. Chicago, IL) and Epi-info (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA) software.

Results

The characteristics of 17 CF adults patients and 18 healthy control subjects are presented in Table 1. The mean age of adult CF patients was 22.9 ± 3.8 years (18–30) and 13/17 (76.47%) CF patients had pancreatic sufficiency, one had CF-related diabetes mellitus (CF-DM) and none of CF patients had CF-related liver disease. Thirteen were colonized with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and one patient had methicillin resistant staphylococcus (MRSA). The differences in the mean BMI between CF patients (23.82 ± 5.22) and healthy control subjects (25.33 ± 3.46) found to be statistically insignificant (p > 0.05). However, the mean BMI in CF patients with pancreatic sufficiency (25.3 ± 4.9) was significantly higher than CF with pancreatic insufficiency 19.25 ± 3.3 (p = 0.038).

Table 1 Demographic and clinical data of CF and control subjects
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The mean total plasma adiponectin levels between CF patients and healthy controls (10.71 ± 7.63 μg/ml & 9.11 ± 6.19 μg/ml respectively) did not differ significantly; median plasma adiponectin level in CF patients and healthy control were 8.54 (range 1.66 to 31.28)) and 7.63 (range 1.70 to 23.52) respectively. The mean sputum adiponectin levels in CF patients was 0.91 ± 0.79, median 0.85 (0.01–2.42) and significantly lower to plasma adiponectin levels in CF patients and healthy controls (p < 0.001) Fig. 1. Sputum adiponectin level was correlated positively with plasma adiponectin level in CF patients (r = 0.47, p = 0.06) Fig. 2. A negative correlation was found between age and total plasma adiponectin in CF patients, control subjects and total sputum adiponectin respectively (r = − 0.542, p = 0.024; r = − 0.231, p = 0.372; r = − 0.385, p = 0.127).

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Distribution of adiponectin levels in 3 groups (serum adiponectin in CF, serum adiponectin in healthy control and sputum adiponectin in CF

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Correlation between sputum adiponectin level and plasma adiponectin level in CF patients

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The mean sputum and plasma adiponectin level were higher in CF patients with pancreatic insufficiency 1.24 ± 0.12, 11.51 ± 7.17 respectively versus CF patients with pancreatic sufficiency 0.80 ± 0.89, 10.47 ± 8.03. Sputum and plasma adiponectin levels in CF patients were correlated negatively with BMI (r = − 0.40, p = 0.12 and; r = − 0.55, p = 0.03 respectively) Fig. 3a, b. Spirometric parameters FEV1% and FVC% correlated positively with BMI (r = 0.57, p = 0.022 and; r = 0.56, p = 0.024 respectively). There were weak inverse correlations between total serum and sputum adiponectin and FEV1%, FVC% and no correlation with FEV1/ FVC %.

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a: Correlation between plasma adiponectin level in CF patients and BMI. b: Correlation between sputum adiponectin level in CF patients and BMI

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Discussion

The lung is one of the important organs for adiponectin effects and consequently, adiponectin abnormalities may be related to lower airway disease such as asthma, CF and COPD [23,24,25].

Both airway infection and inflammation played a role in the deterioration of CF lung disease and accordingly assessment of inflammatory cells, cytokines, and anti-inflammatory molecules is essential for monitoring the progression of chronic CF lung disease. It has been reported that elevated sputum concentrations of neutrophils and inflammatory biomarkers to be clinically relevant in patients with acute chest exacerbation compared with those who were clinically stable [26, 27].

We investigated whether stable adult CF patients with mild CFTR genotype (homozygous I1234V mutation) with pancreatic sufficiency modulated sputum and plasma adiponectin levels. The finding of this study demonstrated no significant differences in total plasma adiponectin concentrations in stable adult CF patients compared to healthy controls, although the mean BMI was found to be higher in healthy controls compared to CF patients, however their differences were statistically insignificant.

To our knowledge, we reported for the first time in a cohort of stable adult CF patients with homozygous CFTR I1234V mutation which demonstrated a positive correlation between plasma and sputum adiponectin. However, a mean sputum and plasma adiponectin levels were higher CF patients with pancreatic insufficiency compared to those CF patients with pancreatic sufficiency, which may suggest an augmented inflammatory process and possible disease severity more among CF patients with pancreatic insufficiency versus pancreatic sufficiency.

Adiponectin may have a potential role in the inflammatory process in lower airway diseases such as asthma, COPD and CF as well as critical illnesses such as respiratory failure with and without sepsis [28]. The present study demonstrated no difference in plasma adiponectin between stable adult CF patients and healthy controls. Recent studies have shown conflicting findings on the role of adiponectin in inflammatory lung conditions and only a few researches have been conducted on the role of circulating adiponectin in CF which was found to be inconsistent among different studies [29,30,31]. In one report, CF patients were found to have elevated adiponectin levels despite increased visceral adipose tissue mass, higher serum CRP levels, and similar levels of insulin resistance compared with a control population matched by BMI, age, and sex [29]. Another study reported by Hammana et al. demonstrated normal adiponectin levels in the large cohort of CF patients despite abnormal glucose tolerance or diabetes and subclinical chronic inflammation [30]. Other study demonstrated lower adiponectin in CF children than in healthy children and higher resistin levels [31]. The discrepancy between studies can be explained by involved different age groups, ethnicity, variations, the severity of disease and organ involvement including pancreatic status liver involvement, nutritional status, and metabolic disorders.

FEV1% is the currently used Spirometric predictor of morbidity and mortality in patients of CF. A recent study reported no association between adiponectin and lung function after adjusting for covariates related to adiposity in a population-based sample [32].

In contrast, the main findings of the present study demonstrated sputum and plasma adiponectin levels were inversely weakly correlated with Spirometric percentage predicted FEV1 and FVC suggesting that systemic and sputum inflammation might play a role in the development of airway obstruction. This is in agreement with other pulmonary diseases as in COPD subjects where demonstrated systemic adiponectin levels inversely associated with FEV1 [28]. In contrast to a recent study in children with CF observed no correlation between BMI and spirometry and adiponectin levels [31].

The results of our study should be considered as preliminary findings with some limitations. First, this study was designed to be cross-sectional that limits a causal link between sputum and plasma adiponectin levels and lung function changes. Other limitation includes a small number of adult CF patients with homozygous I1234V mutation, the majority with pancreatic sufficiency and a varying degree of disease severity, making it a heterogeneous population in certain tribe.

Conclusions

Sputum adiponectin may provide a minimally invasive tool in the assessment of inflammatory markers in CF patients. Further studies are warranted to assess the possible role of adiponectin as an inflammatory biomarker in CF lung disease with pancreatic sufficiency versus pancreatic insufficiency in a larger CF cohort study.

Availability of data and materials

Due to our local Institutional review board policy, we do not have permission to make the data sets on which the conclusions of the paper rely publicly available.

Abbreviations

BMI:

Body mass index

CF:

Cystic Fibrosis

CF-DM:

CF related diabetes mellitus

CFTR :

cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator

COPD:

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

FEV1:

forced expiratory volume in 1 Second

FVC:

forced vital capacity

HMW:

high-molecular weight

IL-6:

interleukin − 6

LMW:

low-molecular weight

MMW:

medium-molecular weight

MRSA:

methicillin resistant staphylococcus

TNF-α :

tumor necrosis factor- alpha

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Medical Research Center of the Hamad Medical Corporation for all their supports in this research study.

Authors‘contributions

Atqah A: Conceptualized and designed the study, drafted the initial manuscript, reviewed and revised the manuscript, and approved the final manuscript as submitted. MA,MT: Designed the data collection and subjects recruitments. PC: carried out the statistical analyses, reviewed the manuscript. IB, SKS, and JJ: carried out the laboratory method, data collection and interpretation. AA: supervised laboratory work. MR: laboratory data method collection and contribute in writing the manuscript. All authors approved the final manuscript as submitted.

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This research study was supported by the Medical Research Center, Hamad Medical Corporation (RC 16226/16) responsible for granting scientific and regulatory approval and budget provided covers laboratory investigations.

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  3. Clinical Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine- Qatar, Doha, Qatar

    Atqah AbdulWahab

  4. Department of Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

    Mona Allangawi & Merlin Thomas

  5. Qatar Metabolic Institute and Interim, Academic Health System and Department of Medicine, Doha, Qatar

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  6. Translational Research Institute, Academic Health System, and Department of Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

    Siveen K. Sivaraman

  7. Department of Medical Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

    Prem Chandra

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AbdulWahab, A., Allangawi, M., Thomas, M. et al. Sputum and plasma adiponectin levels in clinically stable adult cystic fibrosis patients with CFTR I1234V mutation. transl med commun 5, 2 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41231-020-00053-2

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