ABSTRACT: Reticulocytes were purified from fresh blood samples obtained from 10 healthy adult volunteers (5 women and 5 men) after informed consent. The donors had normal blood cell counts, blood smears, hemoglobin electrophoresis, red cells membrane resistance tests and no biological evidence of hemolysis. Whole blood samples were centrifuged, the supernatant and the buffy coat containing white blood cells (WBC) and platelets were removed. The red cells pellet was then purified using the method described by Brun et al. Purity, assessed by Hematology Flow Cytometer was 1 leukocyte per 15 millions RBC and efficiency of purification process was 99.8% and 1 platelet per 10 000 RBC. Keywords: other
Project description:RNA from circulating blood reticulocytes was utilized to provide a robust description of genes transcribed at the final stages of erythroblast maturation. After depletion of leukocytes and platelets, Affymetrix HG-U133Plus 2.0 arrays were hybridized with probe from total RNA isolated from blood sampled from 6 umbilical cords and 6 healthy adult humans. Peripheral blood from 6 normal adults and 6 human umbilical cords were purified to obtain packed red blood cells and their purity was assessed by CELL-DYN4000. The contaminated WBC count was less than 1 out of 1 million cells. Total RNA from purified reticulocytes included in the purified red blood cells was extracted, labeled, and hybridized onto Affymetrix HG-U133Plus 2.0 arrays.
Project description:Cord blood stem cells are an attractive starting source for the production of red blood cells in vitro for therapy because of additional expansion potential compared to adult peripheral blood progenitors, and cord blood banks usually being more representative of national populations than blood donors. Consequently it is important to establish how similar cord RBCs are to adult cells. In this study we used Multiplex TMTs combined with nanoLC-MS/MS to compare the proteome of adult and cord RBCs and reticulocytes. 2838 unique proteins were identified, providing the most comprehensive compendium of RBC proteins to date. Using stringent criteria 1674 proteins were quantified, and only a small number differed in amount between adult and cord RBC. We focussed on proteins critical for RBC function. Of these only the expected differences in globin subunits, along with higher levels of carbonic anhydrase 1 & 2 and aquaporin-1 in adult RBCs would be expected to have a phenotypic effect since they are associated with the differences in gaseous exchange between adults and neonates. Since the RBC and reticulocyte samples used were autologous, we catalogue the change in proteome following reticulocyte maturation. The majority of proteins (>60% of the 1671 quantified) reduced in abundance between 2 and 100-fold following maturation. However, ~5% were at a higher level in RBCs, localised almost exclusively to cell membranes, in keeping with the known clearance of intracellular recycling pools during reticulocyte maturation. Overall, these data suggest that with respect to the proteome there is no barrier to the use of cord progenitors for the in vitro generation of RBCs for transfusion to adults other than the expression of fetal not adult haemoglobin.
Project description:Stress erythropoiesis elevates the rate of red blood cell (RBC) production as a physiological response to stressors such as anemia or hypoxia. To identify cis-regulatory changes that underlie anemia-specific gene expression and cellular responses, we analyzed chromatin accessibility in populations of cells enriched for red blood cell precursors isolated from mice at a range of time points after anemia induction. The representation of red blood cell trait-associated loci in ATAC-seq data remained durably elevated more than 1 month after anemia resolution. Together, these findings provide a framework to understand the early establishment and late resolution of a regeneration-dependent transcriptome in RBC progenitors and precursors.
Project description:Our aim was to study the impact of bleeding and red blood cell (RBC) resuscitation on liver regeneration. We assessed the impact of RBC storage time on liver regeneration following 50% partial hepatectomy (PHx) in rats, and explored possible contributing molecular mechanisms using immunohistochemistry, RNA-Seq, and macrophage depletion.
Project description:This study aimed to provide a characterization of morphologically-altered red blood cells (RBCs) and to compare their properties to those of long-stored morphologically normal RBCs and to short-stored RBCs. For proteomics experiments, RBC concentrates stored in blood bank conditions were submitted to a CFSE staining protocol that allows specific sorting of morphologically-altered (CFSEhigh) and normal (CFSElow) RBC subpopulations. Proteome of erythrocytes and ghosts were analyzed at day 3-10 (short-stored, CFSElow RBC subpopulation) and day 40-44 (long-stored, CFSEhigh and CFSElow RBC subpopulations) of storage by a label free quantification approach.
Project description:Red blood cells (RBC) depleted whole blood from COVID-19 patients and controls was harvested and processed in order to performed 10X single cell RNA-seq. For COVID-19 patients 2 samples 10 days a part were analyzed.
Project description:Piscine reovirus (PRV) is a causative agent of heart and skeletal muscle inflammation in Atlantic salmon, which is propagated in red blood cells (RBC). Here, transcriptome analyses of PRV infected erythrocytes showed strong and complex innate antiviral responses.
Project description:Macrophages were exposed to CFNA from different blood products prior to gene expression array: Red Blood Cells units (RBC), Fresh Frozen Plasma Units (FFP) and Platelet Concentrates (PC). Extracts from PBS were used as controls. Biological triplicates were included with three different macrophage cell lines (M1, M2, M3).
Project description:Mouse models have proven invaluable for understanding erythropoiesis. Here, we describe an autosomal recessive inherited anemia in the mouse mutant hem6. Hematologic and transplantation analyses revealed a mild, congenital, hypochromic, microcytic anemia intrinsic to the hematopoietic system that is associated with a decreased red blood cell zinc protoporphyrin to heme ratio, indicative of porphyrin insufficiency. Iron uptake experiments showed that hem6 reticulocytes are defective in heme production, but not cellular iron uptake defects. Male hem6 mice are infertile due to defects in sperm structure and motility. Through positional cloning and BAC complementation, we identified the gene responsible for the hem6 anemia. We hypothesized that the relative deficiency in erythroid-specific mRNAs in hem6 reticulocytes might be due to decreased mRNA stability. Indeed, serial microarray analysis of reticulocytes aged in vitro showed that numerous, abundantly expressed erythroid-specific transcripts decayed at faster rates in hem6 reticulocytes compared to control reticulocytes. Furthermore, these mRNAs also have progressively shorter poly (A) tails, suggesting a mechanism for the increased rate of decay. Keywords: serial time points Reticulocyte rich blood were collected and cultured ex vivo for 24 hours, samples were collected at 0, 12,24 hours for microarray analysis. There are 3 wild type (wt) biological replicates and 5 mutant (mut) biological replicates in each time point.
Project description:Mouse models have proven invaluable for understanding erythropoiesis. Here, we describe an autosomal recessive inherited anemia in the mouse mutant hem6. Hematologic and transplantation analyses revealed a mild, congenital, hypochromic, microcytic anemia intrinsic to the hematopoietic system that is associated with a decreased red blood cell zinc protoporphyrin to heme ratio, indicative of porphyrin insufficiency. Iron uptake experiments showed that hem6 reticulocytes are defective in heme production, but not cellular iron uptake defects. Male hem6 mice are infertile due to defects in sperm structure and motility. Through positional cloning and BAC complementation, we identified the gene responsible for the hem6 anemia. We hypothesized that the relative deficiency in erythroid-specific mRNAs in hem6 reticulocytes might be due to decreased mRNA stability. Indeed, serial microarray analysis of reticulocytes aged in vitro showed that numerous, abundantly expressed erythroid-specific transcripts decayed at faster rates in hem6 reticulocytes compared to control reticulocytes. Furthermore, these mRNAs also have progressively shorter poly (A) tails, suggesting a mechanism for the increased rate of decay. Keywords: serial time points