This work focused on procoagulant microparticles shed after vascular cells stress during sepsis. The first part gives an overview on MPs and host response during pathogen challenge. The first lab experimental work confirms direct and functional transfer of CD14/TLR4 LPS sensor by MPs shed to target cells after monocytic THP-1 challenge by LPS.CD14-MPs amplify LPS-induced apoptosis in monocytes but also prompted lymphocyte apoptosis and could play a role in secondary anti-inflammatory response. Then, septic shock was induced in rats after caecal ligature and puncture.Activated protein C (APC) infusion improved haemodynamic parameters and alter septic microparticular content. Infused in naïve rats, APC-treated MPs were associated with reduced hypotension and inflammatory response, confirming cytoprotective effect of both APC and APC-induced MPs. Finally, we performed a clinical prospective study in 3 medical ICU in France. Patients referred for septic shock had an increased level of circulating procoagulant MPs regardless disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) diagnosis. Nevertheless, DIC patients evidenced a specific pattern with lower platelet-MPs, increased leucocyte-MPs and specific endothelial cells activation with endoglin (CD105) shedding. In multiple logistic regression analysis, CD105-MPs were strongly associated with DIC and were evidenced before DIC diagnosis according to routine laboratory assays.
