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Enhanced erythrocyte apoptosis in sickle cell anemia, thalassemia and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.

Lang, Karl S, Roll, Benjamin, Mysina, Svetlana, Schittenhelm, Markus, Scheel-Walter, Hans-Gerhard, Kanz, Lothar, Fritz, Jasmin, Lang, Florian, Huber, Stephan M and Wieder, Thomas (2002) Enhanced erythrocyte apoptosis in sickle cell anemia, thalassemia and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. Cellular physiology and biochemistry : international journal of experimental cellular physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology, 12 (5-6). pp. 365-72. ISSN 1015-8987

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Abstract

Erythrocyte diseases such as sickle cell anemia, thalassemia and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency decrease the erythrocyte life span, an effect contributing to anemia. Most recently, erythro-cytes have been shown to undergo apoptosis upon increase of cytosolic Ca(2+) activity. The present study has been performed to explore whether sickle cell anemia, thalassemia and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency enhance the sensitivity of erythrocytes to osmotic shock, oxidative stress or energy depletion, all maneuvers known to increase cytosolic Ca(2+) activity. To this end, annexin binding as an indicator of apoptosis has been determined by FACS analysis. Erythrocytes from healthy individuals, from patients with sickle cell anemia, thalassemia or glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency all responded to osmotic shock (up to 950 mOsm by addition of sucrose for 24 hours), to oxidative stress (up to 1.0 mM tetra-butyl-hydroxyperoxide tBOOH) and to energy depletion (up to 48 hours glucose deprivation) with enhanced annexin binding. However, the sensitivity of sickle cells and of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient cells to osmotic shock and of sickle cells, thalassemic cells and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient cells to oxidative stress and to glucose depletion was significantly higher than that of control cells. Annexin binding was further stimulated by Ca(2+) ionophore ionomycin with significantly higher sensitivity of sickle cells and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient cells as compared to intact cells. In conclusion, sickle cells, thalassemic cells and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient erythrocytes are more sensitive to osmotic shock, oxidative stress and/or energy depletion, thus leading to enhanced apoptosis of those cells. The accelerated apoptosis then contributes to the shortened life span of the defective erythrocytes.

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Depositing User: Svetlana Mysina

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Item ID: 10009
ISSN: 1015-8987
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/10009

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Date Deposited: 08 Oct 2018 15:22
Last Modified: 09 Oct 2018 11:07

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Author: Karl S Lang
Author: Benjamin Roll
Author: Svetlana Mysina
Author: Markus Schittenhelm
Author: Hans-Gerhard Scheel-Walter
Author: Lothar Kanz
Author: Jasmin Fritz
Author: Florian Lang
Author: Stephan M Huber
Author: Thomas Wieder

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