Analysis of the S100B protein level in patients with acute coronary syndrome associated with anxiety and depressive symptoms

Background. Acute coronary syndromes are often associated with the onset or aggravation of anxiety and depressive disorders, delirium, cerebral ischemia up to the development of a stroke.Aim: To study the level of brain-specific protein S100B in blood plasma in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) associated with anxiety-depressive disorders (ADD).Material and Methods. The study included 81 patients with ACS and the presence of anxiety and depression. Patients were surveyed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory, and the Sheehan Patient-Rated Anxiety Scale. All patients underwent blood sampling to study the level of S100B protein.Results. Patients included in the study were diagnosed with clinical anxiety and subclinical depression. In 35 patients (43%), the S100B protein level varied from 0 to 90 ng/l, and in 46 patients (57%), its level was above 90 ng/l. According to correlation analysis in patients, positive correlations were found between a high level of S100B protein in the blood serum and clinical indicators (diabetes mellitus, obesity, smoking, arterial hypertension, postinfarction cardiosclerosis, a history of cerebral stroke), levels of anxiety and depression, as well as negative correlations between high level of S100B protein in blood serum and glomerular filtration rate, left ventricular ejection fraction.Conclusions. An increase in the level of S100B protein was observed in comorbid patients with clinically pronounced anxiety and depressive symptoms. It is possible that higher values of glial protein S100B in the blood at admission in patients with ACS may predict a more severe course of cardiovascular disease and a worse neurological prognosis, but it requires further study.