Correlation between MMP-9 and extracellular cytokine HMGB1 in prediction of human ischemic stroke outcome

Nelly Sapojnikova, Tamar Kartvelishvili, Nino Asatiani, Vitaly Zinkevich, Iagor Kalandadze, Darejan Gugutsidze, Roman Shakarishvili, Alexander Tsiskaridze

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Abstract

Ischemic stroke (IS) outcome predictors include clinical features, biochemical parameters and some risk factors. The relations between two main players in the ischemic brain, MMPs and HMGB1, were estimated in the plasma of ischemic stroke patients stratified according to the Glasgow Outcome Scale and the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project classification. IS patients exhibited higher plasma concentration of MMP-9 and the inflammatory cytokine HMGB1 compared with healthy controls. A full-blown correlation between MMP-9 activation and increased plasma MMP-9 concentration was observed in case of IS patients. A similar activity of MMP-2 and MMP-12 was characteristic of healthy volunteers and IS patients. In patients with ischemic stroke increased plasma levels of MMP-9 and HMGB1 are associated with a poor functional outcome and are significantly correlated with each other (P = 0.0054). We suggest that diagnostic benefits will be obtained if plasma HMGB1 levels are measured for IS patients in addition to MMP-9.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1379-1384
JournalBiochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease
Volume1842
Issue number9
Early online date9 May 2014
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2014

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