Systemic RAGE ligands are upregulated in tuberculosis individuals with diabetes co-morbidity and modulated by anti-tuberculosis treatment and metformin therapy
Kumar, Nathella Pavan ; Moideen, Kadar ; Nancy, Arul ; Viswanathan, Vijay ; Shruthi, Basavaradhya S. ; Sivakumar, Shanmugam ; Hissar, Syed ; Kornfeld, Hardy ; Babu, Subash
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BACKGROUND: Ligands of the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) are key signalling molecules in the innate immune system but their role in tuberculosis-diabetes comorbidity (TB-DM) has not been investigated.
METHODS: We examined the systemic levels of soluble RAGE (sRAGE), advanced glycation end products (AGE), S100A12 and high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) in participants with either TB-DM, TB, DM or healthy controls (HC).
RESULTS: Systemic levels of AGE, sRAGE and S100A12 were significantly elevated in TB-DM and DM in comparison to TB and HC. During follow up, AGE, sRAGE and S100A12 remained significantly elevated in TB-DM compared to TB at 2nd month and 6th month of anti-TB treatment (ATT). RAGE ligands were increased in TB-DM individuals with bilateral and cavitary disease. sRAGE and S100A12 correlated with glycated hemoglobin levels. Within the TB-DM group, those with known diabetes (KDM) revealed significantly increased levels of AGE and sRAGE compared to newly diagnosed DM (NDM). KDM participants on metformin treatment exhibited significantly diminished levels of AGE and sRAGE in comparison to those on non-metformin regimens.
CONCLUSIONS: Our data demonstrate that RAGE ligand levels reflect disease severity and extent in TB-DM, distinguish KDM from NDM and are modulated by metformin therapy.
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BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Dec 9;19(1):1039. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-4648-1. Link to article on publisher's site