Andrés R Latorre-Rodríguez, Sumeet K Mittal, Ranjithkumar Ravichandran, Mark Shacker, Andrés Isaza-Restrepo, Sandhya Bansal, Thalachallour Mohankumar, Ross M Bremner
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Abstract
Purpose: Our group has proposed that aspiration of gastric contents leads to exposure of normally sequestered lung self-antigens (SAgs), specifically collagen-V (Col-V) and K-α-1-tubulin (Kα1T), which elicits an immune response characterized by increasing concentrations of self-antibodies (SAbs) anti-Col-V and anti-Kα1T. We sought to establish the point prevalence of abnormally elevated concentrations of SAbs among patients with pathological gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and/or hiatal hernia undergoing antireflux surgery (ARS).
Methods: For this cross-sectional study, we retrieved a plasma aliquot from the Norton Thoracic Institute BioBank from blood samples that were taken preoperatively from patients who underwent ARS between November 2019 and August 2022. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays were employed to detect and quantify anti-Col-V and anti-Kα1T.
Results: Samples from 43 patients (females, n = 34 [79.1%]; mean age, 62 ± 12 years; and mean BMI, 30.5 ± 7 kg/m2) were analyzed. Before ARS, 28 (65.1%, CI95: 50.3-80.0%) patients had abnormally elevated concentrations of anti-Col-V and 19 (44.2%, CI95: 28.7-59.7%) had elevated concentrations of circulating anti-Kα1T. Overall, 13 patients (30.2%) had low (i.e., normal) concentrations of both SAbs, 13 (30.2%) were positive only for one, and 17 (39.5%) were positive for both SAbs.
Conclusion: A relative high point prevalence of abnormally elevated circulating SAbs (i.e., anti-Col-V and/or anti-Kα1T) before ARS was found. This result suggests clinically unsuspected pulmonary parenchymal injury secondary to GERD-related aspiration. Further studies are required to confirm this hypothesis and to identify alternative non-invasive early biomarkers of GERD-related lung damage.
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Lung publishes original articles, reviews and editorials on all aspects of the healthy and diseased lungs, of the airways, and of breathing. Epidemiological, clinical, pathophysiological, biochemical, and pharmacological studies fall within the scope of the journal. Case reports, short communications and technical notes can be accepted if they are of particular interest.