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Large red cell-derived membrane particles are major contributors to hypercoagulability in sickle cell disease.

ABSTRACT: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common inherited single gene disorders. Polymerisation of sickle hemoglobin results in erythrocytes that are inflexible and adherent, leading to coagulation, vascular and cellular activation and resultant blood vessel blockage. Previous studies have observed elevated numbers of red cell-derived particles (RCDP), also denoted extracellular vesicles, in SCD plasma. Here, imaging flow cytometry was used to quantify all RCDP in SCD plasma. A more heterogenous population of RCDP was observed than previously reported. Significantly, large right side-out red cell macrovesicles (MaV), 7 µm in diameter, were identified. Most RCDP were right side-out but a minor population of inside-out vesicles was also present. Electron micrographs confirmed the heterogenous nature of the RCDP detected. All MaV are decorated with prothrombotic phosphatidylserine (PS) and their removal from plasma lengthened clotting times by more than three-fold. Removal of all right side-out RCDP from SCD patient plasma samples resulted in a seven-fold increase in clotting time. These results indicate that MaV comprise a large area of prothrombotic membrane and are thus major contributors to hypercoagulation in SCD. Consequently, controlled removal of MaV and PS exposed RCDP from plasma could provide a novel therapy for managing this disease.

SUBMITTER: Smith RA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8155063 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Project description:UnlabelledBackgroundIn sickle cell disease (SCD), the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) ERK1/2 is constitutively active and can be inducible by agonist-stimulation only in sickle but not in normal human red blood cells (RBCs). ERK1/2 is involved in activation of ICAM-4-mediated sickle RBC adhesion to the endothelium. However, other effects of the ERK1/2 activation in sickle RBCs leading to the complex SCD pathophysiology, such as alteration of RBC hemorheology are unknown.ResultsTo further characterize global ERK1/2-induced changes in membrane protein phosphorylation within human RBCs, a label-free quantitative phosphoproteomic analysis was applied to sickle and normal RBC membrane ghosts pre-treated with U0126, a specific inhibitor of MEK1/2, the upstream kinase of ERK1/2, in the presence or absence of recombinant active ERK2. Across eight unique treatment groups, 375 phosphopeptides from 155 phosphoproteins were quantified with an average technical coefficient of variation in peak intensity of 19.8%. Sickle RBC treatment with U0126 decreased thirty-six phosphopeptides from twenty-one phosphoproteins involved in regulation of not only RBC shape, flexibility, cell morphology maintenance and adhesion, but also glucose and glutamate transport, cAMP production, degradation of misfolded proteins and receptor ubiquitination. Glycophorin A was the most affected protein in sickle RBCs by this ERK1/2 pathway, which contained 12 unique phosphorylated peptides, suggesting that in addition to its effect on sickle RBC adhesion, increased glycophorin A phosphorylation via the ERK1/2 pathway may also affect glycophorin A interactions with band 3, which could result in decreases in both anion transport by band 3 and band 3 trafficking. The abundance of twelve of the thirty-six phosphopeptides were subsequently increased in normal RBCs co-incubated with recombinant ERK2 and therefore represent specific MEK1/2 phospho-inhibitory targets mediated via ERK2.ConclusionsThese findings expand upon the current model for the involvement of ERK1/2 signaling in RBCs. These findings also identify additional protein targets of this pathway other than the RBC adhesion molecule ICAM-4 and enhance the understanding of the mechanism of small molecule inhibitors of MEK/1/2/ERK1/2, which could be effective in ameliorating RBC hemorheology and adhesion, the hallmarks of SCD.

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