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- Title
An extracorporeal blood-cleansing device for sepsis therapy.
- Authors
Kang, Joo H; Super, Michael; Yung, Chong Wing; Cooper, Ryan M; Domansky, Karel; Graveline, Amanda R; Mammoto, Tadanori; Berthet, Julia B; Tobin, Heather; Cartwright, Mark J; Watters, Alexander L; Rottman, Martin; Waterhouse, Anna; Mammoto, Akiko; Gamini, Nazita; Rodas, Melissa J; Kole, Anxhela; Jiang, Amanda; Valentin, Thomas M; Diaz, Alexander
- Abstract
Here we describe a blood-cleansing device for sepsis therapy inspired by the spleen, which can continuously remove pathogens and toxins from blood without first identifying the infectious agent. Blood flowing from an infected individual is mixed with magnetic nanobeads coated with an engineered human opsonin-mannose-binding lectin (MBL)-that captures a broad range of pathogens and toxins without activating complement factors or coagulation. Magnets pull the opsonin-bound pathogens and toxins from the blood; the cleansed blood is then returned back to the individual. The biospleen efficiently removes multiple Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, fungi and endotoxins from whole human blood flowing through a single biospleen unit at up to 1.25 liters per h in vitro. In rats infected with Staphylococcus aureus or Escherichia coli, the biospleen cleared >90% of bacteria from blood, reduced pathogen and immune cell infiltration in multiple organs and decreased inflammatory cytokine levels. In a model of endotoxemic shock, the biospleen increased survival rates after a 5-h treatment.
- Subjects
RNA interference; SPLEEN blood-vessels; BLOOD filtration; MANNOSE-binding lectins; SEPTICEMIA treatment; BLOOD coagulation; GRAM-negative aerobic bacteria; ARTIFICIAL blood circulation
- Publication
Nature Medicine, 2014, Vol 20, Issue 10, p1211
- ISSN
1078-8956
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nm.3640