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ArticlePediatric research2021

Chorioamnionitis alters lung surfactant lipidome in newborns with respiratory distress syndrome.

Sonia Giambelluca, Giovanna Verlato, Manuela Simonato, Luca Vedovelli, Luca Bonadies, Lukáš Najdekr, Warwick B Dunn, Virgilio P Carnielli, Paola Cogo

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Sonia GiambellucaDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Giovanna VerlatoNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy.
Manuela SimonatoPCare Laboratory, Fondazione Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica Città della Speranza, Padova, Italy. m.simonato@irpcds.org.
Luca VedovelliPCare Laboratory, Fondazione Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica Città della Speranza, Padova, Italy.
Luca BonadiesNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy.
Lukáš NajdekrSchool of Biosciences, Phenome Centre Birmingham and Institute for Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Warwick B DunnSchool of Biosciences, Phenome Centre Birmingham and Institute for Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Virgilio P CarnielliDivision of Neonatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy.
Paola CogoDepartment of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Città della Speranza Foundation · ITUniversity of Birmingham · GBUniversity of Padua · ITAzienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti · ITUniversity of Udine · IT

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Medical Research Council MR/M009157/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChorioamnionitis is associated with preterm delivery and morbidities; its role in lung disease is controversial. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of chorioamnionitis on metabolite and lipid profiles of epithelial lining fluid in preterm newborns with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS).

methodsThe study involved 30 newborns with RDS, born from mothers with or without histological chorioamnionitis (HCA): HCA+, N = 10; HCA-, N = 20. Patients had a gestational age ≤30 weeks; the groups were matched for age and birth weights. Tracheal aspirates were collected within 24 h after birth and analyzed using liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry-based untargeted lipidomics.

resultsAccording to Mann-Whitney U tests, 570 metabolite features had statistically significantly higher or lower concentrations (p < 0.05) in tracheal aspirates of HCA+ compared to HCA-, and 241 metabolite features were putatively annotated and classified. The most relevant changes involved higher levels of glycerophospholipids (fold change 2.42-17.69) and sphingolipids, with lower concentration of all annotated sphingomyelins in HCA+ (fold change 0.01-0.50).

conclusionsUntargeted lipidomics of tracheal aspirates suggested the production of lipid mediators in the context of an ongoing inflammatory status in HCA+ babies. However, the effect of chorioamnionitis on epithelial lining fluid composition deserves further investigations on a larger group of infants. IMPACT: Our lipidomics investigation on tracheal aspirates of preterm newborns at birth suggested that exposure to maternal histological chorioamnionitis may cause changes in epithelial lining fluid composition. This is the first description of epithelial lining fluid lipidomic profiles in preterm infants with and without exposition to chorioamnionitis. These results could provide novel link between placental membrane inflammation and newborns' respiratory outcome.

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LipidomicsChorioamnionitisFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureMalePregnancyPulmonary SurfactantsRespiratory Distress Syndrome, NewbornPulmonary Surfactants

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