Increased erythrocyte adhesion in mice and humans with hereditary spherocytosis and hereditary elliptocytosis.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2004
First Page
710
Last Page
716
JAX Source
Blood 2004 Jan; 103(2):710-6.
Abstract
Mice with disruptions of the red blood cell (RBC) cytoskeleton provide severe hemolytic anemia models in which to study multiorgan thrombosis and infarction. The incidence of cerebral infarction ranges from 70% to 100% in mice with alpha-spectrin deficiency. To determine whether mutant RBCs abnormally bind adhesive vascular components, we measured adhesion of mouse and human RBCs to immobilized human thrombospondin (TSP) and laminin (LM) under controlled flow conditions. Mutant RBCs had at least 10-fold higher adhesion to TSP compared with normal RBCs (P <.006). Mutant relative to unaffected RBC adhesion to LM was significantly (P <.01) increased as well. Treatment of RBCs with the anionic polysaccharide dextran sulfate inhibited mutant RBC adhesion to TSP (P <.001). Treatment of RBCs with antibodies to CD47 or the CD47-binding TSP peptide 4N1K did not inhibit TSP adhesion of RBCs. Previously, we have shown that infarcts in alpha-spectrin-deficient sph/sph mice become histologically evident beginning at 6 weeks of age. TSP adhesion of RBCs from 3- to 4- and 6- to 8-week-old sph/sph mice was significantly higher than RBCs from adult mice (> 12 weeks old; P <.005). While the mechanism of infarction in these mice is unknown, we speculate that changes in RBC adhesive characteristics contribute to this pathology.
Recommended Citation
Wandersee NJ,
Olson SC,
Holzhauer SL,
Hoffmann RG,
Barker JE,
Hillery CA.
Increased erythrocyte adhesion in mice and humans with hereditary spherocytosis and hereditary elliptocytosis. Blood 2004 Jan; 103(2):710-6.