李史英 蔣艷婷 李晞 王健
[摘要]?目的?探討中性粒細(xì)胞與白蛋白比值(neutrophil?to?albumin?ratio,NAR)、中性粒細(xì)胞與淋巴細(xì)胞比值(neutrophil?to?lymphocyte?ratio,NLR)、單核細(xì)胞與淋巴細(xì)胞比值(monocyte?to?lymphocyte?ratio,MLR)、血小板與淋巴細(xì)胞比值(platelet?to?lymphocyte?ratio,PLR)及全身免疫炎癥指數(shù)(systemic?immune-inflammation?index,SII)在精神分裂癥中的臨床意義。方法?選取2019年1月至2021年6月南寧市社會(huì)福利醫(yī)院收治的215例精神分裂癥患者納入精神分裂癥組,選取同期于該院健康體檢者113人納入對(duì)照組。比較兩組研究對(duì)象的NAR、NLR、MLR、PLR、SII,并分析其與精神分裂癥臨床癥狀評(píng)分的相關(guān)性及服用抗精神病藥物后的變化。結(jié)果?精神分裂癥組患者的NAR、NLR、PLR、MLR、SII水平均顯著高于對(duì)照組(P<0.05)。Spearman相關(guān)性分析結(jié)果顯示,NAR、NLR、SII與陽性癥狀評(píng)定量表評(píng)分均呈負(fù)相關(guān)(P<0.05)。精神分裂癥組患者抗精神病藥物治療后,各炎癥指標(biāo)均有所下降,但NAR、MLR仍顯著高于對(duì)照組(P<0.05)。結(jié)論?精神分裂癥存在免疫炎癥激活狀態(tài),抗精神病藥物治療后NAR、MLR水平下降不明顯,可能與精神分裂癥癥狀的持續(xù)存在有一定關(guān)系。
[關(guān)鍵詞]?精神分裂癥;中性粒細(xì)胞與白蛋白比值;單核細(xì)胞與淋巴細(xì)胞比值;全身免疫炎癥指數(shù)
[中圖分類號(hào)]?R749.3????[文獻(xiàn)標(biāo)識(shí)碼]?A????[DOI]?10.3969/j.issn.1673-9701.2024.01.013
Clinical?significance?analysis?of?peripheral?blood?inflammation?indexes?in?schizophrenia
LI?Shiying,?JIANG?Yanting,?LI?Xi,?WANG?Jian
Department?of?Clinical?Laboratory,?the?First?Affiliated?Hospital?of?Guangxi?Medical?University,?Nanning?530021,?Guangxi,?China
[Abstract]?Objective?To?investigate?the?clinical?significance?of?neutrophil?to?albumin?ratio?(NAR),?neutrophil?to?lymphocyte?ratio?(NLR),?monocyte?to?lymphocyte?ratio?(MLR),?platelet?to?lymphocyte?ratio?(PLR)?and?systemic?immune-inflammation?index?(SII)?in?schizophrenia.?Methods?A?total?of?215?patients?with?schizophrenia?admitted?to?Nanning?Social?Welfare?Hospital?from?January?2019?to?June?2021?were?included?in?schizophrenia?group,?and?113?healthy?people?who?underwent?physical?examination?in?hospital?during?the?same?period?were?included?in?control?group.?NAR,?NLR,?MLR,?PLR,?SII?of?two?groups?were?compared,?and?the?correlation?between?them?and?the?clinical?symptom?score?of?schizophrenia?and?changes?after?taking?antipsychotic?drugs?were?analyzed.?Results?The?levels?of?NAR,?NLR,?PLR,?MLR?and?SII?in?schizophrenia?group?were?significantly?higher?than?those?in?control?group?(P<0.05).?Spearman?correlation?analysis?showed?that?NAR,?NLR,?SII?and?scale?for?the?assessment?of?positive?symptom?scores?were?negatively?correlated?(P<0.05).?After?treatment?with?antipsychotic?drugs,?all?inflammatory?indexes?were?decreased?in?schizophrenia?group,?but?NAR?and?MLR?were?still?significantly?higher?than?those?in?control?group?(P<0.05).?Conclusion?There?is?an?active?state?of?immune?inflammation?in?schizophrenia,?and?the?levels?of?NAR?and?MLR?do?not?decrease?significantly?after?treatment?with?antipsychotic?drugs,?which?may?be?related?to?the?persistence?of?schizophrenia?symptoms.
[Key?words]?Schizophrenia;?Neutrophil?to?albumin?ratio;?Monocyte?to?lymphocyte?ratio;?Systemic?immune-inflammation?index
精神分裂癥是一種慢性進(jìn)行性衰退且致殘的精神疾病,病因復(fù)雜,病情遷延、反復(fù)發(fā)作,臨床表現(xiàn)復(fù)雜不一[1]。研究表明免疫功能障礙與精神疾?。òň穹至寻Y、孤獨(dú)癥譜系障礙和抑郁癥)有關(guān),在許多神經(jīng)精神疾病中存在中樞和外周免疫和炎癥生物標(biāo)志物的改變[2-3]。近年來,中性粒細(xì)胞與白蛋白比值(neutrophil?to?albumin?ratio,NAR)、中性粒細(xì)胞與淋巴細(xì)胞比值(neutrophil?to?lymphocyte?ratio,NLR)、單核細(xì)胞與淋巴細(xì)胞比值(monocyte?to?lymphocyte?ratio,MLR)、血小板與淋巴細(xì)胞比值(platelet?to?lymphocyte?ratio,PLR)和全身免疫炎癥指數(shù)(systemic?immune-inflammation?index,SII)等新型炎癥標(biāo)志物逐漸成為精神分裂癥的研究熱點(diǎn)[4-6]。本研究旨在開展關(guān)于NAR、NLR、MLR、PLR、SII與精神分裂癥的相關(guān)性研究,并分析抗精神病藥物是否對(duì)NAR、NLR、MLR、PLR、SII的變化產(chǎn)生影響。
1??資料與方法
1.1??研究對(duì)象
選取2019年1月至2021年6月南寧市社會(huì)福利醫(yī)院收治的215例精神分裂癥患者納入精神分裂癥組。納入標(biāo)準(zhǔn):①根據(jù)國際疾病分類進(jìn)行評(píng)估,診斷為精神分裂癥;②抽血前未服用或已停用抗精神病藥物1個(gè)月;③抽血前未服用抗氧化類藥物、消炎藥等影響血細(xì)胞計(jì)數(shù)的藥物。排除標(biāo)準(zhǔn):①患有血液病、心血管疾病、肝腎疾病、糖尿病等已知與免疫異常相關(guān)的全身疾?。虎谟屑谞钕偌膊?、急性感染、嚴(yán)重顱腦損傷和外科病史;③合并惡性腫瘤;④有藥物濫用史、過敏史;⑤近期有免疫抑制劑治療史;⑥妊娠期或哺乳期女性;⑦近期有飲酒或吸煙史。選取同期于該院健康體檢者113人納入對(duì)照組,納入標(biāo)準(zhǔn):①無重大全身疾病及自身免疫疾病,無急性感染,無外科病史;②無飲酒或吸煙史;③無藥物濫用史、藥物過敏史和免疫抑制劑治療史;④身心健康,無精神疾病家族史。其中,精神分裂癥組男119例,女96例,平均年齡(42.5±11.53)歲;對(duì)照組男59人,女54人,平均年齡(41.3±9.42)歲。兩組研究對(duì)象的性別、年齡比較差異均無統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義。本研究經(jīng)南寧市社會(huì)福利醫(yī)院醫(yī)學(xué)倫理委員會(huì)批準(zhǔn)(倫理審批號(hào):20230204),所有患者均簽署知情同意書。
1.2??評(píng)定工具
①陽性和陰性精神癥狀評(píng)定量表(positive?and?negative?syndrome?scale,PANSS):其中陽性癥狀評(píng)定量表(scale?for?the?assessment?of?positive?symptom,SAPS)總分0~170分,得分越高,表示癥狀越嚴(yán)重;陰性癥狀評(píng)定量表(scale?for?the?assessment?of?negative?symptom,SANS)總分0~120分,得分越高,表示癥狀越嚴(yán)重。②臨床整體印象嚴(yán)重程度量表(clinical?global?impression-severity,CGI-S):該量表用于臨床醫(yī)生根據(jù)患者當(dāng)前疾病狀態(tài)的印象評(píng)估疾病的嚴(yán)重程度,總分1~7分,得分越高,表示疾病越嚴(yán)重。
1.3??血液指標(biāo)采集
對(duì)照組研究對(duì)象在入組后、精神分裂癥患者在服用抗精神病藥物治療前與抗精神病藥物治療8周和6個(gè)月的清晨分別采集空腹靜脈血,全自動(dòng)血液分析儀檢測白蛋白、中性粒細(xì)胞、淋巴細(xì)胞、單核細(xì)胞、血小板,計(jì)算NAR、NLR、PLR、MLR和SII。
1.4??統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)方法
采用SPSS?26.0軟件和MedCalc軟件對(duì)數(shù)據(jù)進(jìn)行分析處理。計(jì)量資料符合正態(tài)分布的以均數(shù)±標(biāo)準(zhǔn)差()表示,比較采用獨(dú)立樣本t檢驗(yàn);不符合正態(tài)分布的以中位數(shù)(四分位數(shù)間距)[M(Q1,Q3)]表示,比較采用Mann-Whitney?U檢驗(yàn)和Kruskal-Wallis?H檢驗(yàn)。相關(guān)性使用Spearman相關(guān)性分析。P<0.05為差異有統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義。
2??結(jié)果
2.1??兩組研究對(duì)象的各炎癥指標(biāo)比較
精神分裂癥組患者的NAR、NLR、PLR、MLR、SII水平均顯著高于對(duì)照組(P<0.05),見表1。
2.2??各炎癥指標(biāo)與精神分裂癥臨床評(píng)分量表的相關(guān)性分析
Spearman相關(guān)性分析結(jié)果顯示,NAR、NLR、SII與SAPS評(píng)分均呈負(fù)相關(guān)(P<0.05),見表2。
2.3??精神分裂癥組患者抗精神病藥物治療前后與對(duì)照組的各炎癥指標(biāo)比較
抗精神病藥物治療后,精神分裂癥組患者的各炎癥指標(biāo)均有所降低,但治療8周、6個(gè)月,精神分裂癥組患者的NAR、MLR仍顯著高于對(duì)照組(P<0.05),見圖1。
3??討論
精神分裂癥的發(fā)生可能與感染和自身免疫疾病有關(guān)[7-9]。研究表明中性粒細(xì)胞以直接和間接的方式破壞中樞神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)的生理屏障,釋放一系列具有損傷作用的活性細(xì)胞因子、蛋白酶和化學(xué)因子等,加重腦組織的損傷[10]。淋巴細(xì)胞包括自然殺傷細(xì)胞、T細(xì)胞和B細(xì)胞,形成適應(yīng)性免疫系統(tǒng)的核心,控制著免疫反應(yīng)的強(qiáng)度和特異性。單核細(xì)胞數(shù)量的增加可激活中樞神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)的炎癥級(jí)聯(lián)反應(yīng)[11]。血小板與中性粒細(xì)胞的相互作用已被證明可在各種炎癥條件下誘導(dǎo)中性粒細(xì)胞細(xì)胞外捕集器的形成,并可能在急性缺血性腦卒中發(fā)揮作用。肝功能是入院患者的常規(guī)檢查項(xiàng)目,白蛋白是其中的一個(gè)檢查項(xiàng)目。Casulleras等[12]對(duì)參與白蛋白免疫調(diào)節(jié)特性的細(xì)胞內(nèi)信號(hào)通路的研究表明,白蛋白被內(nèi)化于免疫細(xì)胞中,血清白蛋白水平下降可能反映精神分裂癥患者的抗氧化防御系統(tǒng)損害[13]。
本研究發(fā)現(xiàn),精神分裂癥組患者的NAR、NLR、PLR、MLR、SII水平均顯著高于對(duì)照組,表明精神分裂癥存在低級(jí)別的炎癥反應(yīng)狀態(tài)。一項(xiàng)Meta分析也顯示全血五分類計(jì)數(shù)衍生的炎癥生物標(biāo)志物(包括NLR、PLR和MLR)在精神分裂癥患者中升高,且在急性精神分裂癥患者和慢性精神分裂癥患者之間無顯著差異[14]。這與精神分裂癥患者在疾病期可能經(jīng)歷免疫系統(tǒng)激活有關(guān)[15]。慢性炎癥可影響神經(jīng)遞質(zhì)合成,通過直接刺激腎上腺素α1受體,引起腦中樞神經(jīng)毒性反應(yīng)與急性腦微血管血流損傷,最終引起急性腦血管結(jié)構(gòu)異常,產(chǎn)生神經(jīng)病癥狀[16]。
研究發(fā)現(xiàn)NLR與精神分裂癥的嚴(yán)重程度和持續(xù)時(shí)間無顯著相關(guān)性[17]。但Zhou等[18]研究發(fā)現(xiàn)通過抗精神病藥物治療分層后,NLR與未服用抗精神病藥物患者的疾病嚴(yán)重程度呈正相關(guān),而與藥物治療患者的陰性癥狀呈負(fù)相關(guān)。Kovács等[19]研究發(fā)現(xiàn)NLR與精神分裂癥的癥狀嚴(yán)重程度有較高的相關(guān)性。本研究結(jié)果顯示PANSS評(píng)分中的SAPS評(píng)分與NAR、NLR、SII均呈負(fù)相關(guān),與部分文獻(xiàn)報(bào)道結(jié)果不一致。造成這種不一致的原因可能與民族及人群的個(gè)體異質(zhì)性有關(guān)。
本研究發(fā)現(xiàn)精神分裂癥組患者的NLR、PLR和SII經(jīng)抗精神病藥物治療后顯著減低,與對(duì)照組相比并無差異,而NAR、MLR在抗精神病藥物治療前后均顯著高于對(duì)照組。研究指出非典型抗精神病藥物包括氯氮平、奧氮平、阿立哌唑、利培酮等對(duì)中樞及外周炎癥有很好的抗炎作用,但長期使用會(huì)加重患者的免疫反應(yīng)[20]。間接揭示NAR、MLR的升高與精神分裂癥癥狀的持續(xù)存在有一定關(guān)系,為今后精神分裂癥的個(gè)性化治療提供新思路。另外,當(dāng)精神分裂癥患者使用抗精神病藥物聯(lián)合塞來昔布治療時(shí),塞來昔布組的治療效果顯著提高[21]。
綜上所述,精神分裂癥存在免疫炎癥激活狀態(tài),抗精神病藥物治療后NAR、MLR的水平下降但不明顯,這可能與精神分裂癥癥狀的持續(xù)存在有關(guān)。
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