Thalassemic DNA-Containing Red Blood Cells Are under Oxidative Stress
We studied the nature of enucleated RBCs containing DNA remnants, Howell-Jolly (HJ) RBCs and reticulocytes (retics), that are characteristically present in the circulation of thalassemic patients, especially after splenectomy. Using flow cytometry methodology, we measured oxidative status parameters...
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| description | We studied the nature of enucleated RBCs containing DNA remnants, Howell-Jolly (HJ) RBCs and reticulocytes (retics), that are characteristically present in the circulation of thalassemic patients, especially after splenectomy. Using flow cytometry methodology, we measured oxidative status parameters of these cells in patients with β-thalassemia. In each patient studied, these cells had higher content of reactive oxygen species and exposed phosphatidylserine compared with their DNA-free counterparts. These results suggest that oxidative stress in thalassemic developing erythroid precursors might, through DNA-breakage, generate HJ-retics and HJ-RBCs and that oxidative stress-induced externalization of phosphatidylserine is involved in the removal of these cells from the circulation by the spleen, a mechanism similar to that of the removal of senescent RBCs. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8166d64c440648c88f53ebb66c4d2c802025-02-03T01:10:43ZengWileyAnemia2090-12672090-12752012-01-01201210.1155/2012/943974943974Thalassemic DNA-Containing Red Blood Cells Are under Oxidative StressMutaz Dana0Eugenia Prus1Eitan Fibach2Department of Hematology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein-Kerem, P.O. Box 12000, Jerusalem 91120, IsraelDepartment of Hematology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein-Kerem, P.O. Box 12000, Jerusalem 91120, IsraelDepartment of Hematology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein-Kerem, P.O. Box 12000, Jerusalem 91120, IsraelWe studied the nature of enucleated RBCs containing DNA remnants, Howell-Jolly (HJ) RBCs and reticulocytes (retics), that are characteristically present in the circulation of thalassemic patients, especially after splenectomy. Using flow cytometry methodology, we measured oxidative status parameters of these cells in patients with β-thalassemia. In each patient studied, these cells had higher content of reactive oxygen species and exposed phosphatidylserine compared with their DNA-free counterparts. These results suggest that oxidative stress in thalassemic developing erythroid precursors might, through DNA-breakage, generate HJ-retics and HJ-RBCs and that oxidative stress-induced externalization of phosphatidylserine is involved in the removal of these cells from the circulation by the spleen, a mechanism similar to that of the removal of senescent RBCs.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/943974 |
| spellingShingle | Mutaz Dana Eugenia Prus Eitan Fibach Thalassemic DNA-Containing Red Blood Cells Are under Oxidative Stress Anemia |
| title | Thalassemic DNA-Containing Red Blood Cells Are under Oxidative Stress |
| title_full | Thalassemic DNA-Containing Red Blood Cells Are under Oxidative Stress |
| title_fullStr | Thalassemic DNA-Containing Red Blood Cells Are under Oxidative Stress |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thalassemic DNA-Containing Red Blood Cells Are under Oxidative Stress |
| title_short | Thalassemic DNA-Containing Red Blood Cells Are under Oxidative Stress |
| title_sort | thalassemic dna containing red blood cells are under oxidative stress |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/943974 |
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