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. 2023 Mar;174(5):666-669.
doi: 10.1007/s10517-023-05765-7. Epub 2023 Apr 13.

Dynamics of the Levels of Interleukin 6, Its Soluble Receptor, and Soluble Glycoprotein 130 in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and Preserved or Reduced Ejection Fraction

A A Korotaeva  1 , E V Samoilova  2 , I V Zhirov  1 , D R Mindzaev  1 , S N Nasonova  1 , S N Tereschenko  1
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Dynamics of the Levels of Interleukin 6, Its Soluble Receptor, and Soluble Glycoprotein 130 in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and Preserved or Reduced Ejection Fraction

A A Korotaeva et al. Bull Exp Biol Med. 2023 Mar.

Abstract

The features of IL-6 trans-signaling were studied in patients with heart failure with reduced (n=74) and preserved (n=31) ejection fraction (EF) during acute decompensation of HF (ADHF) and after 1 year. Patients with ADHF with reduced EF demonstrated higher levels of IL-6 and soluble glycoprotein 130 in comparison with those in patients with preserved EF: 10.18 (7.07; 16.14) pg/ml vs 6.35 (3.52; 11.00) pg/ml and 543.46 (455.37; 634.43) ng/ml vs 498.50 (408.16; 632.23) ng/ml, respectively. The levels of soluble IL-6 receptor little differed in these groups: 57.82 (47.55; 79.85) ng/ml vs 61.30 (44.97; 78.08) ng/ml. After 1 year, the levels of IL-6 in HF patients with reduced EF significantly decreased (5.36 (3.35; 8.35) pg/ml), while in patients with preserved EF, the decrease in this parameter was less pronounced (5.86 (4.05; 7.32) pg/ml), and the difference between groups disappeared. The levels of soluble glycoprotein 130 increased in both groups: 448.06 (357.74; 550.67) ng/ml vs 385.35 (344.29; 523.72) ng/ml. It should be noted that after 1 year (in stable patients), the levels of soluble IL-6 receptor increased in both groups: 65.75 (54.84; 75.39) ng/ml vs 70.81 (57.51; 82.25) ng/ml. Thus, despite the high levels of IL-6 in HF patients with reduced EF, the potential limiting IL-6 trans-signaling in these patients is higher than in patients with preserved EF.

Keywords: acute decompensated heart failure; ejection fraction; interleukin 6; soluble glycoprotein 130; trans-signaling.

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