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ABSTRACT: Recent large-scale multiomics studies suggest that genetic factors influence the chemical individuality of donated blood. To examine this concept, we performed metabolomics analyses of 643 blood units from volunteers who donated units of packed red blood cells (RBCs) on 2 separate occasions. These analyses identified carnitine metabolism as the most reproducible pathway across multiple donations from the same donor. We also measured l-carnitine and acyl-carnitines in 13 091 packed RBC units from donors in the Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation study. Genome-wide association studies against 879 000 polymorphisms identified critical genetic factors contributing to interdonor heterogeneity in end-of-storage carnitine levels, including common nonsynonymous polymorphisms in genes encoding carnitine transporters (SLC22A16, SLC22A5, and SLC16A9); carnitine synthesis (FLVCR1 and MTDH) and metabolism (CPT1A, CPT2, CRAT, and ACSS2), and carnitine-dependent repair of lipids oxidized by ALOX5. Significant associations between genetic polymorphisms on SLC22 transporters and carnitine pools in stored RBCs were validated in 525 Diversity Outbred mice. Donors carrying 2 alleles of the rs12210538 SLC22A16 single-nucleotide polymorphism exhibited the lowest l-carnitine levels, significant elevations of in vitro hemolysis, and the highest degree of vesiculation, accompanied by increases in lipid peroxidation markers. Separation of RBCs by age, via in vivo biotinylation in mice, and Percoll density gradients of human RBCs, showed age-dependent depletions of l-carnitine and acyl-carnitine pools, accompanied by progressive failure of the reacylation process after chemically induced membrane lipid damage. Supplementation of stored murine RBCs with l-carnitine boosted posttransfusion recovery, suggesting this could represent a viable strategy to improve RBC storage quality.
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Carnitina , Eritrócitos , Hemólise , Carnitina/metabolismo , Humanos , Animais , Camundongos , Eritrócitos/metabolismo , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Envelhecimento Eritrocítico , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla , Masculino , Feminino , Membro 5 da Família 22 de Carreadores de Soluto/genética , Membro 5 da Família 22 de Carreadores de Soluto/metabolismo , Preservação de Sangue/métodosRESUMO
Permanent availability of red blood cells (RBCs) for transfusion depends on refrigerated storage, during which morphologically altered RBCs accumulate. Among these, a subpopulation of small RBCs, comprising type III echinocytes, spheroechinocytes, and spherocytes and defined as storage-induced microerythrocytes (SMEs), could be rapidly cleared from circulation posttransfusion. We quantified the proportion of SMEs in RBC concentrates from healthy human volunteers and assessed correlation with transfusion recovery, investigated the fate of SMEs upon perfusion through human spleen ex vivo, and explored where and how SMEs are cleared in a mouse model of blood storage and transfusion. In healthy human volunteers, high proportion of SMEs in long-stored RBC concentrates correlated with poor transfusion recovery. When perfused through human spleen, 15% and 61% of long-stored RBCs and SMEs were cleared in 70 minutes, respectively. High initial proportion of SMEs also correlated with high retention of RBCs by perfused human spleen. In the mouse model, SMEs accumulated during storage. Transfusion of long-stored RBCs resulted in reduced posttransfusion recovery, mostly due to SME clearance. After transfusion in mice, long-stored RBCs accumulated predominantly in spleen and were ingested mainly by splenic and hepatic macrophages. In macrophage-depleted mice, splenic accumulation and SME clearance were delayed, and transfusion recovery was improved. In healthy hosts, SMEs were cleared predominantly by macrophages in spleen and liver. When this well-demarcated subpopulation of altered RBCs was abundant in RBC concentrates, transfusion recovery was diminished. SME quantification has the potential to improve blood product quality assessment. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT02889133.
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Preservação de Sangue , Eritrócitos , Animais , Transfusão de Eritrócitos , Cinética , Camundongos , EsferócitosRESUMO
Red blood cells (RBC) transfusion is used to alleviate symptoms and prevent complications in anemic patients by restoring oxygen delivery to tissues. RBC transfusion efficacy, that can be measured by a rise in hemoglobin (Hb) concentration, is influenced by donor-, product-, and recipient-related characteristics. In some studies, severe pre-transfusion anemia is associated with a greater than expected Hb increment following transfusion but the biological mechanism underpinning this relationship remains poorly understood. We conducted a prospective study in critically ill patients and quantified Hb increment following one RBC transfusion. In a murine model, we investigated the possibility that, in conjunction with the host erythropoietic response, the persistence of transfused donor RBC is improved to maintain a highest RBC biomass. We confirmed a correlation between a greater Hb increment and a deeper pre-transfusion anemia in a cohort of 17 patients. In the mouse model, Hb increment and post-transfusion recovery were increased in anemic recipients. Post-transfusion RBC recovery was improved in hypoxic mice or those receiving an erythropoiesis-stimulating agent and decreased in those treated with erythropoietin (EPO)-neutralizing antibodies, suggesting that EPO signaling is necessary to observe this effect. Irradiated recipients also showed decreased post-transfusion RBC recovery. The EPO-induced post-transfusion RBC recovery improvement was abrogated in irradiated or in macrophage-depleted recipients, but maintained in splenectomized recipients, suggesting a mechanism requiring erythroid progenitors and macrophages, but which is not spleen-specific. Our study highlights a physiological role of EPO in downregulating post-transfusion RBC clearance, contributing to maintain a vital RBC biomass to rapidly cope with hypoxemia.
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Anemia , Eritropoetina , Humanos , Animais , Camundongos , Estudos Prospectivos , Anemia/tratamento farmacológico , Anemia/etiologia , Eritropoetina/farmacologia , Eritropoetina/uso terapêutico , Eritropoese/fisiologia , EritrócitosRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Red blood cells (RBC) change upon hypothermic conservation, and storage for 6 weeks is associated with the short-term clearance of 15% to 20% of transfused RBCs. Metabolic rejuvenation applied to RBCs before transfusion replenishes energetic sources and reverses most storage-related alterations, but how it impacts RBC circulatory functions has not been fully elucidated. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Six RBC units stored under blood bank conditions were analyzed weekly for 6 weeks and rejuvenated on Day 42 with an adenine-inosine-rich solution. Impact of storage and rejuvenation on adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels, morphology, accumulation of storage-induced microerythrocytes (SMEs), elongation under an osmotic gradient (by LORRCA), hemolysis, and phosphatidylserine (PS) exposure was evaluated. The impact of rejuvenation on filterability and adhesive properties of stored RBCs was also assessed. RESULTS: Rejuvenation of RBCs restored intracellular ATP to almost normal levels and decreased the PS exposure from 2.78% to 0.41%. Upon rejuvenation, the proportion of SME dropped from 28.2% to 9.5%, while the proportion of normal-shaped RBCs (discocytes and echinocytes 1) increased from 47.7% to 67.1%. In LORCCA experiments, rejuvenation did not modify the capacity of RBCs to elongate and induced a reduction in cell volume. In functional tests, rejuvenation increased RBC filterability in a biomimetic splenic filter (+16%) and prevented their adhesion to endothelial cells (-87%). CONCLUSION: Rejuvenation reduces the proportion of morphologically altered and adhesive RBCs that accumulate during storage. Along with the improvement in their filterability, these data show that rejuvenation improves RBC properties related to their capacity to persist in circulation after transfusion.
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Trifosfato de Adenosina/metabolismo , Deformação Eritrocítica/efeitos dos fármacos , Eritrócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Eritrócitos/metabolismo , Adenina/farmacologia , Bancos de Sangue , Preservação de Sangue , Criopreservação , Células Endoteliais/metabolismo , Eritrócitos/citologia , Citometria de Fluxo , Hemólise , Humanos , Inosina/farmacologia , Fosfatidilserinas/metabolismo , Rejuvenescimento/fisiologia , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: The chromium-51-labeled posttransfusion recovery (PTR) study has been the gold-standard test for assessing red blood cell (RBC) quality. Despite guiding RBC storage development for decades, it has several potential sources for error. METHODS: Four healthy adult volunteers each donated an autologous, leukoreduced RBC unit, aliquots were radiolabeled with technetium-99m after 1 and 6 weeks of storage, and then infused. Subjects were imaged by single-photon-emission computed tomography immediately and 4 hours after infusion. Additionally, from subjects described in a previously published study, adenosine triphosphate levels in transfusates infused into 52 healthy volunteers randomized to a single autologous, leukoreduced, RBC transfusion after 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 weeks of storage were correlated with PTR and laboratory parameters of hemolysis. RESULTS: Evidence from one subject imaged after infusion of technetium-99m-labeled RBCs suggests that, in some individuals, RBCs may be temporarily sequestered in the liver and spleen immediately following transfusion and then subsequently released back into circulation; this could be one source of error leading to PTR results that may not accurately predict the true quantity of RBCs cleared by intra- and/or extravascular hemolysis. Indeed, adenosine triphosphate levels in the transfusates correlated more robustly with measures of extravascular hemolysis in vivo (e.g., serum iron, indirect bilirubin, non-transferrin-bound iron) than with PTR results or measures of intravascular hemolysis (e.g., plasma free hemoglobin). CONCLUSIONS: Sources of measurement error are inherent in the chromium-51 PTR method. Transfusion of an entire unlabeled RBC unit, followed by quantifying extravascular hemolysis markers, may more accurately measure true posttransfusion RBC recovery.
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Preservação de Sangue/métodos , Radioisótopos de Cromo , Transfusão de Eritrócitos , Eritrócitos/fisiologia , Trifosfato de Adenosina/sangue , Adulto , Armazenamento de Sangue/métodos , Transfusão de Sangue Autóloga , Feminino , Hemólise , Humanos , Fígado/fisiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Baço/fisiologia , Tecnécio , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) is a well-known neurotransmitter that is involved in a growing number of functions in peripheral tissues. Recent studies have shown nonpharmacological functions of 5-HT linked to its chemical properties. Indeed, it was reported that 5-HT may, on the one hand, bind lipid membranes and, on the other hand, protect red blood cells through a mechanism independent of its specific receptors. To better understand these underevaluated properties of 5-HT, we combined biochemical, biophysical, and molecular dynamics simulations approaches to characterize, at the molecular level, the antioxidant capacity of 5-HT and its interaction with lipid membranes. To do so, 5-HT was added to red blood cells and lipid membranes bearing different degrees of unsaturation. Our results demonstrate that 5-HT acts as a potent antioxidant and binds with a superior affinity to lipids with unsaturation on both alkyl chains. We show that 5-HT locates at the hydrophobic-hydrophilic interface, below the glycerol group. This interfacial location is stabilized by hydrogen bonds between the 5-HT hydroxyl group and lipid headgroups and allows 5-HT to intercept reactive oxygen species, preventing membrane oxidation. Experimental and molecular dynamics simulations using membrane enriched with oxidized lipids converge to further reveal that 5-HT contributes to the termination of lipid peroxidation by direct interaction with active groups of these lipids and could also contribute to limit the production of new radicals. Taken together, our results identify 5-HT as a potent inhibitor of lipid peroxidation and offer a different perspective on the role of this pleiotropic molecule.
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Antioxidantes/metabolismo , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Lipídeos de Membrana/metabolismo , Serotonina/metabolismo , Antioxidantes/administração & dosagem , Antioxidantes/química , Membrana Celular/química , Eritrócitos/química , Eritrócitos/metabolismo , Citometria de Fluxo , Humanos , Ligação de Hidrogênio , Interações Hidrofóbicas e Hidrofílicas , Bicamadas Lipídicas/química , Bicamadas Lipídicas/metabolismo , Peroxidação de Lipídeos , Lipossomos/química , Lipossomos/metabolismo , Microscopia Confocal , Simulação de Dinâmica Molecular , Oxirredução , Serotonina/administração & dosagem , Serotonina/químicaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Storage lesion may explain the rapid clearance of up to 25% of transfused red blood cells (RBCs) in recipients. Several alterations affect stored RBC but a quantitative, whole cell-based predictor of transfusion yield is lacking. Because RBCs with reduced surface area are retained by the spleen, we quantified changes in RBC dimensions during storage. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Using imaging flow cytometry we observed the dimension and morphology of RBCs upon storage, along with that of conventional biochemical and mechanical markers of storage lesion. We then validated these findings using differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy and quantified the accumulation of microparticles (MPs). RESULTS: Mean projected surface area of the whole RBC population decreased from 72.4 to 68.4 µm2 , a change resulting from the appearance of a well-demarcated subpopulation of RBCs with reduced mean projected surface (58 µm2 , 15.2%-19.9% reduction). These "small RBCs" accounted for 4.9 and 23.6% of all RBCs on Days 3 and 42 of storage, respectively. DIC microscopy confirmed that small RBCs had shifted upon storage from discocytes to echinocytes III, spheroechinocytes, and spherocytes. Glycophorin A-positive MPs and small RBCs appeared after similar kinetics. CONCLUSION: The reduction in surface area of small RBCs is expected to induce their retention by the spleen. We propose that small RBCs generated by MP-induced membrane loss are preferentially cleared from the circulation shortly after transfusion of long-stored blood. Their operator-independent quantification using imaging flow cytometry may provide a marker of storage lesion potentially predictive of transfusion yield.
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Preservação de Sangue , Micropartículas Derivadas de Células , Citometria de Fluxo/métodos , Esferócitos/citologia , Biomarcadores/sangue , Feminino , Humanos , Cinética , Masculino , Esferócitos/metabolismo , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
Plasmodium falciparum is transmitted from humans to Anopheles mosquito vectors via the sexual erythrocytic forms termed gametocytes. Erythrocyte filtration through microsphere layers (microsphiltration) had shown that circulating gametocytes are deformable. Compounds reducing gametocyte deformability would induce their splenic clearance, thus removing them from the blood circulation and blocking malaria transmission. The hand-made, single-sample prototype for microsphiltration was miniaturized to a 96-well microtiter plate format, and gametocyte retention in the microsphere filters was quantified by high-content imaging. The stiffening activity of 40 pharmacological compounds was assessed in microtiter plates, using a small molecule (calyculin) as a positive control. The stiffening activity of calyculin was assessed in spleen-mimetic microfluidic chips and in macrophage-depleted mice. Marked mechanical retention (80% to 90%) of mature gametocytes was obtained in microplates following exposure to calyculin at concentrations with no effect on parasite viability. Of the 40 compounds tested, including 20 antimalarials, only 5 endoperoxides significantly increased gametocyte retention (1.5- to 2.5-fold; 24 h of exposure at 1 µM). Mature gametocytes exposed to calyculin accumulated in microfluidic chips and were cleared from the circulation of macrophage-depleted mice as rapidly as heat-stiffened erythrocytes, thus confirming results obtained using the microsphiltration assay. An automated miniaturized approach to select compounds for their gametocyte-stiffening effect has been established. Stiffening induces gametocyte clearance both in vitro and in vivo. Based on physiologically validated tools, this screening cascade can identify novel compounds and uncover new targets to block malaria transmission. Innovative applications in hematology are also envisioned.
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Malária Falciparum/parasitologia , Malária Falciparum/transmissão , Plasmodium falciparum/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Baço/parasitologia , Animais , Antimaláricos/farmacologia , Automação , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Contagem de Eritrócitos , Eritrócitos/parasitologia , Filtração , Citometria de Fluxo , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador , Macrófagos/parasitologia , Malária Falciparum/prevenção & controle , Toxinas Marinhas , Camundongos , Técnicas Analíticas Microfluídicas , Microesferas , Modelos Biológicos , Oxazóis/farmacologia , Contagem de Ovos de Parasitas , Baço/efeitos dos fármacosRESUMO
Serotonin (5-HT) has long been recognized as a neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, where it modulates a variety of behavioral functions. Availability of 5-HT depends on the expression of the enzyme tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH), and the recent discovery of a dual system for 5-HT synthesis in the brain (TPH2) and periphery (TPH1) has renewed interest in studying the potential functions played by 5-HT in nonnervous tissues. Moreover, characterization of the TPH1 knockout mouse model (TPH1(-/-)) led to the identification of unsuspected roles for peripheral 5-HT, revealing the importance of this monoamine in regulating key physiological functions outside the brain. Here, we present in vivo data showing that mice deficient in peripheral 5-HT display morphological and cellular features of ineffective erythropoiesis. The central event occurs in the bone marrow where the absence of 5-HT hampers progression of erythroid precursors expressing 5-HT(2A) and 5-HT(2B) receptors toward terminal differentiation. In addition, red blood cells from 5-HT-deficient mice are more sensitive to macrophage phagocytosis and have a shortened in vivo half-life. The combination of these two defects causes TPH1(-/-) animals to develop a phenotype of macrocytic anemia. Direct evidence for a 5-HT effect on erythroid precursors is provided by supplementation of the culture medium with 5-HT that increases the proliferative capacity of both 5-HT-deficient and normal cells. Our thorough analysis of TPH1(-/-) mice provides a unique model of morphological and functional aberrations of erythropoiesis and identifies 5-HT as a key factor for red blood cell production and survival.
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Eritrócitos/patologia , Eritropoese , Serotonina/deficiência , Anemia Macrocítica/complicações , Anemia Macrocítica/enzimologia , Anemia Macrocítica/patologia , Animais , Medula Óssea/efeitos dos fármacos , Medula Óssea/patologia , Ciclo Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Suplementos Nutricionais , Eritrócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Eritrócitos/enzimologia , Células Precursoras Eritroides/metabolismo , Células Precursoras Eritroides/patologia , Eritropoese/efeitos dos fármacos , Ferro/metabolismo , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Fenótipo , Receptores de Serotonina/metabolismo , Serotonina/farmacologia , Agonistas do Receptor de Serotonina/farmacologia , Siderose/complicações , Siderose/patologia , Baço/efeitos dos fármacos , Baço/patologia , Triptofano Hidroxilase/deficiência , Triptofano Hidroxilase/metabolismoRESUMO
Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) are important modulators of red blood cell (RBC) rheology. Dietary LC-PUFAs are readily incorporated into the RBC membrane, improving RBC deformability, fluidity, and hydration. Female C57BL/6J mice consumed diets containing increasing amounts of fish oil (FO) ad libitum for 8 weeks. RBC deformability, filterability, and post-transfusion recovery (PTR) were evaluated before and after cold storage. Lipidomics and lipid peroxidation markers were evaluated in fresh and stored RBCs. High-dose dietary FO (50%, 100%) was associated with a reduction in RBC quality (i.e., in vivo lifespan, deformability, lipid peroxidation) along with a reduced 24 h PTR after cold storage. Low-dose dietary FO (6.25-12.5%) improved the filterability of fresh RBCs and reduced the lipid peroxidation of cold-stored RBCs. Although low doses of FO improved RBC deformability and reduced oxidative stress, no improvement was observed for the PTR of stored RBCs. The improvement in RBC deformability observed with low-dose FO supplementation could potentially benefit endurance athletes and patients with conditions resulting from reduced perfusion, such as peripheral vascular disease.
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Gorduras Insaturadas na Dieta , Deformação Eritrocítica , Humanos , Feminino , Camundongos , Animais , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Eritrócitos/metabolismo , Óleos de Peixe/farmacologia , Óleos de Peixe/metabolismo , Ácidos Graxos Insaturados/metabolismo , Ácidos Graxos/metabolismo , Gorduras Insaturadas na Dieta/metabolismo , Preservação de Sangue/métodosRESUMO
Malaria parasites like Plasmodium falciparum multiply in red blood cells (RBC), which are cleared from the bloodstream by the spleen when their deformability is altered. Drug-induced stiffening of Plasmodium falciparum-infected RBC should therefore induce their elimination from the bloodstream. Here, based on this original mechanical approach, we identify safe drugs with strong potential to block the malaria transmission. By screening 13 555 compounds with spleen-mimetic microfilters, we identified 82 that target circulating transmissible form of P. falciparum. NITD609, an orally administered PfATPase inhibitor with known effects on P. falciparum, killed and stiffened transmission stages in vitro at nanomolar concentrations. Short exposures to TD-6450, an orally-administered NS5A hepatitis C virus inhibitor, stiffened transmission parasite stages and killed asexual stages in vitro at high nanomolar concentrations. A Phase 1 study in humans with a primary safety outcome and a secondary pharmacokinetics outcome ( https://clinicaltrials.gov , ID: NCT02022306) showed no severe adverse events either with single or multiple doses. Pharmacokinetic modelling showed that these concentrations can be reached in the plasma of subjects receiving short courses of TD-6450. This physiologically relevant screen identified multiple mechanisms of action, and safe drugs with strong potential as malaria transmission-blocking agents which could be rapidly tested in clinical trials.
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Antimaláricos , Malária Falciparum , Humanos , Antimaláricos/farmacologia , Baço , Malária Falciparum/parasitologia , Plasmodium falciparum , Eritrócitos/parasitologiaRESUMO
ß(2)-Glycoprotein I (ß(2)GPI) is an abundant plasma protein that binds to the surface of cells and particles expressing negatively charged lipids, but its physiological role remains unknown. Antibodies to ß(2)GPI are found in patients with anti-phospholipid syndrome, a systemic autoimmune disease associated with vascular thrombosis and pregnancy morbidity. Although it has been suggested that anti-ß(2)GPI antibodies activate endothelial cells and monocytes by signaling through TLR4, it is unclear how anti-ß(2)GPI antibodies and/or ß(2)GPI interact with TLR4. A number of mammalian proteins (termed "endogenous Toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands") have been reported to bind to TLR4, but, in most cases, subsequent studies have shown that LPS interaction with these proteins is responsible for TLR activation. We hypothesized that, like other endogenous TLR ligands, ß(2)GPI interacts specifically with LPS and that this interaction is responsible for apparent TLR4 activation by ß(2)GPI. Here, we show that both LPS and TLR4 are required for ß(2)GPI to bind to and activate macrophages. Untreated ß(2)GPI stimulated TNF-α production in TLR4-sufficient (but not TLR4-deficient) macrophages. In contrast, neither polymyxin B-treated nor delipidated ß(2)GPI stimulated TNF-α production. Furthermore, ß(2)GPI bound to LPS in a specific and dose-dependent manner. Finally, untreated ß(2)GPI bound to the surface of TLR4-sufficient (but not TLR4-deficient) macrophages. Polymyxin B treatment of ß(2)GPI abolished macrophage binding. Our findings suggest a potential new biological activity for ß(2)GPI as a protein that interacts specifically with LPS and point to the need to evaluate newly discovered endogenous TLR ligands for potential interactions with LPS.
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Lipopolissacarídeos/metabolismo , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/metabolismo , beta 2-Glicoproteína I/metabolismo , Animais , Endotoxinas/metabolismo , Feminino , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Imunidade Inata , Ligantes , Lipídeos/química , Lipopolissacarídeos/química , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Microscopia de Fluorescência/métodos , Polimixina B/farmacologia , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/metabolismoRESUMO
Refrigerated storage of red cell concentrates before transfusion is associated with progressive alterations of red blood cells (RBC). Small RBC (type III echinocytes, sphero-echinocytes, and spherocytes) defined as storage-induced micro-erythrocytes (SME) appear during pretransfusion storage. SME accumulate with variable intensity from donor to donor, are cleared rapidly after transfusion, and their proportion correlates with transfusion recovery. They can be rapidly and objectively quantified using imaging flow cytometry (IFC). Quantifying SME using flow cytometry would further facilitate a physiologically relevant quality control of red cell concentrates. RBC stored in blood bank conditions were stained with a carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester (CFSE) dye and incubated at 37°C. CFSE intensity was assessed by flow cytometry and RBC morphology evaluated by IFC. We observed the accumulation of a CFSE high RBC subpopulation by flow cytometry that accounted for 3.3 and 47.2% at day 3 and 42 of storage, respectively. IFC brightfield images showed that this CFSE high subpopulation mostly contains SME while the CFSE low subpopulation mostly contains type I and II echinocytes and discocytes. Similar numbers of SME were quantified by IFC (based on projected surface area) and by flow cytometry (based on CFSE intensity). IFC and scanning electron microscopy showed that ≥95% pure subpopulations of CFSE high and CFSE low RBC were obtained by flow cytometry-based sorting. SME can now be quantified using a common fluorescent dye and a standard flow cytometer. The staining protocol enables specific sorting of SME, a useful tool to further characterize this RBC subpopulation targeted for premature clearance after transfusion.
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Background: Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are important modulators of red blood cell (RBC) rheology. Dietary PUFAs are readily incorporated into the RBC membrane, improving RBC deformability, fluidity, and hydration. However, enriching the lipid membrane with PUFAs increases the potential for peroxidation in oxidative environments (e.g., refrigerated storage), resulting in membrane damage. Substitution of bis-allylic hydrogens with deuterium ions in PUFAs decreases hydrogen abstraction, thereby inhibiting peroxidation. If lipid peroxidation is a causal factor in the RBC storage lesion, incorporation of deuterated linoleic acid (DLA) into the RBC membrane should decrease lipid peroxidation, thereby improving RBC lifespan, deformability, filterability, and post-transfusion recovery (PTR) after cold storage. Study Design and Methods: Mice associated with good (C57BL/6J) and poor (FVB) RBC storage quality received diets containing 11,11-D2-LA Ethyl Ester (1.0 g/100 g diet; deuterated linoleic acid) or non-deuterated LA Ethyl Ester (control) for 8 weeks. Deformability, filterability, lipidomics, and lipid peroxidation markers were evaluated in fresh and stored RBCs. Results: DLA was incorporated into RBC membranes in both mouse strains. DLA diet decreased lipid peroxidation (malondialdehyde) by 25.4 and 31% percent in C57 mice and 12.9 and 79.9% in FVB mice before and after cold storage, respectively. In FVB, but not C57 mice, deformability filterability, and post-transfusion recovery were significantly improved. Discussion: In a mouse model of poor RBC storage, with elevated reactive oxygen species production, DLA attenuated lipid peroxidation and significantly improved RBC storage quality.
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Normal fetal development is dependent upon an intricate exchange between mother and embryo. Several maternal and embryonic elements can influence this intimate interaction, including genetic, environmental or epigenetic factors, and have a significant impact on embryo development. The interaction of the genetic program of both mother and embryo, within the uterine environment, can shape the development of an individual. Accumulating data from animal models indicate that prenatal events may well initiate long-term changes in the expression of the embryo genetic program, which persist, or may only become apparent, much later in the individual's life. Also, environmental conditions during prenatal development may prompt the adoption of different developmental pathways, leading to alternative life histories. This review focuses on environmental factors, specifically maternally derived molecules, to illustrate how they can influence in utero embryonic development and, by extension, adult life.
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Desenvolvimento Fetal , Mamíferos/metabolismo , Animais , Humanos , Mamíferos/embriologia , Mães , Serotonina/metabolismo , Transdução de SinaisRESUMO
After blood donation, the red blood cells (RBCs) for transfusion are generally isolated by centrifugation and then filtrated and supplemented with additive solution. The consecutive changes of the extracellular environment participate to the occurrence of storage lesions. In this study, the hypothesis is that restoring physiological levels of uric and ascorbic acids (major plasmatic antioxidants) might correct metabolism defects and protect RBCs from the very beginning of the storage period, to maintain their quality. Leukoreduced CPD-SAGM RBC concentrates were supplemented with 416 µM uric acid and 114 µM ascorbic acid and stored during six weeks at 4 °C. Different markers, i.e., haematological parameters, metabolism, sensitivity to oxidative stress, morphology and haemolysis were analyzed. Quantitative metabolomic analysis of targeted intracellular metabolites demonstrated a direct modification of several metabolite levels following antioxidant supplementation. No significant differences were observed for the other markers. In conclusion, the results obtained show that uric and ascorbic acids supplementation partially prevented the metabolic shift triggered by plasma depletion that occurs during the RBC concentrate preparation. The treatment directly and indirectly sustains the antioxidant protective system of the stored RBCs.
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The proportion of transfused red blood cells (RBCs) that remain in circulation is an important surrogate marker of transfusion efficacy and contributes to predict the potential benefit of a transfusion process. Over the last 50 years, most of the transfusion recovery data were generated by chromium-51 (51Cr)-labeling studies and were predominantly performed to validate new storage systems and new processes to prepare RBC concentrates. As a consequence, our understanding of transfusion efficacy is strongly dependent on the strengths and weaknesses of 51Cr labeling in particular. Other methods such as antigen mismatch or biotin-based labeling can bring relevant information, for example, on the long-term survival of transfused RBC. These radioactivity-free methods can be used in patients including from vulnerable groups. We provide an overview of the methods used to measure transfusion recovery in humans, compare their strengths and weaknesses, and discuss their potential limitations. Also, based on our understanding of the spleen-specific filtration of damaged RBC and historical transfusion recovery data, we propose that RBC deformability and morphology are storage lesion markers that could become useful predictors of transfusion recovery. Transfusion recovery can and should be accurately explored by more than one method. Technical optimization and clarification of concepts is still needed in this important field of transfusion and physiology.
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Red blood cells (RBC) ability to circulate is closely related to their surface area-to-volume ratio. A decrease in this ratio induces a decrease in RBC deformability that can lead to their retention and elimination in the spleen. We recently showed that a subpopulation of "small RBC" with reduced projected surface area accumulated upon storage in blood bank concentrates, but data on the volume of these altered RBC are lacking. So far, single cell measurement of RBC volume has remained a challenging task achieved by a few sophisticated methods some being subject to potential artifacts. We aimed to develop a reproducible and ergonomic method to assess simultaneously RBC volume and morphology at the single cell level. We adapted the fluorescence exclusion measurement of volume in nucleated cells to the measurement of RBC volume. This method requires no pre-treatment of the cell and can be performed in physiological or experimental buffer. In addition to RBC volume assessment, brightfield images enabling a precise definition of the morphology and the measurement of projected surface area can be generated simultaneously. We first verified that fluorescence exclusion is precise, reproducible and can quantify volume modifications following morphological changes induced by heating or incubation in non-physiological medium. We then used the method to characterize RBC stored for 42 days in SAG-M in blood bank conditions. Simultaneous determination of the volume, projected surface area and morphology allowed to evaluate the surface area-to-volume ratio of individual RBC upon storage. We observed a similar surface area-to-volume ratio in discocytes (D) and echinocytes I (EI), which decreased in EII (7%) and EIII (24%), sphero-echinocytes (SE; 41%) and spherocytes (S; 47%). If RBC dimensions determine indeed the ability of RBC to cross the spleen, these modifications are expected to induce the rapid splenic entrapment of the most morphologically altered RBC (EIII, SE, and S) and further support the hypothesis of a rapid clearance of the "small RBC" subpopulation by the spleen following transfusion.
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The involvement of neurotransmitters in mammalian female reproductive tissues has been the object of several studies in past decades. This review focuses on new evidence that serotonin (or 5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) may be an important key player, acting locally in mammalian ovaries and female genital tracts where it may influence granulosa and cumulus cells as well as oocytes and early embryos. Pioneering studies reporting 5-HT in ovaries and other female reproductive tissues and cells are now complemented by the identification of specific 5-HT receptor subtypes (5-HT(1D), 5-HT(2A-B) and 5-HT(7)) in granulosa or cumulus cells, oocytes and early embryos. Additional serotonergic players, including the 5-HT transporter (SERT or Slc6A4) expressed in oocytes and embryos, and the 5-HT-producing enzyme tryptophan hydroxylase-1 (TPH1) expressed in cumulus cells, now make up a complete and autonomous local serotonergic network. Direct demonstrations of intracellular Ca(2+) and cAMP signaling by 5-HT in cumulus cells and its capacity to regulate progesterone secretion by granulosa cells further illustrate some of its potential functions in ovarian physiology. Recent evidence shows that mouse mothers with knocked-out TPH1 have embryos with impaired early development, establishing that maternal 5-HT is required for normal embryonic development. This local regulation of reproductive processes by 5-HT in mammals might have derived from better-known, and possibly ancestral, serotonergic networks similarly at play in several primitive animals, and potential implications for human reproduction may also be foreseen. Specific roles played by 5-HT in mammalian reproduction remain to be further investigated, and now span from steroidogenesis and oocyte maturation to early embryonic development.