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Blood-brain barrier dysfunction significantly correlates with serum matrix metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7) following traumatic brain injury.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine if radiological evidence of blood brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction, measured using Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI), correlates with serum matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) levels in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients, and thereby, identify a potential biomarker for BBB dysfunction.

Patients and methods

20 patients with a mild, moderate, or severe TBI underwent a DCE-MRI scan and BBB dysfunction was interpreted from K^Trans. K^Trans is a measure of capillary permeability that reflects the efflux of gadolinium contrast into the extra-cellar space. The serum samples were concurrently collected and later analysed for MMP-1, -2, -7, -9, and -10 levels using an ELISA assay. Statistical correlations between MMP levels and the K^Trans value were calculated. Multiple testing was corrected using the Benjamin-Hochberg method to control the false-discovery rate (FDR).

Results

Serum MMP-1 values ranged from 1.5 to 49.6 ng/ml (12 ± 12.7), MMP-2 values from 58.3 to 174.1 ng/ml (109.5 ± 26.7), MMP-7 from 1.5 to 31.5 ng/mL (10 ± 7.4), MMP-9 from 128.6 to 1917.5 ng/ml (647.7 ± 749.6) and MMP-10 from 0.1 to 0.6 ng/mL (0.3 ± 0.2). Non-parametric Spearman correlation analysis on the data showed significant positive relationship between K^Trans and MMP-7 (r = 0.55, p < 0.01). Correlations were also found between K^Trans and MMP-1 (r = 0.74, p < 0.0002) and MMP-2 (r = 0.5, p < 0.025) but the actual MMP values were not above reference ranges, limiting the interpretation of results. Statistically significant correlations between K^Trans and either MMP-9 or -10 were not found.

Conclusion

This is the first study to show a correlation between DCE measures and MMP values in patients with a TBI. Our results support the suggestion that serum MMP-7 may be considered as a peripheral biomarker quantifying BBB dysfunction in TBI patients.

SUBMITTER: Nichols P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8264212 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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