Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
College/Unit
School of Medicine
Department/Program/Center
Medicine
Abstract
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is emerging as a serious complication associated with hemolytic disorders, and plexiform lesions (PXL) have been reported in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). We hypothesized that repetitive hemolysis per se induces PH and angioproliferative vasculopathy and evaluated a new mechanism for hemolysis-associated PH (HA-PH) that involves the release of adenosine deaminase (ADA) and purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) from erythrocytes. In healthy rats, repetitive admin- istration of hemolyzed autologous blood (HAB) for 10 days produced reversible pulmonary parenchymal injury and vascular remodeling and PH. Moreover, the combination of a single dose of Sugen-5416 (SU, 200mg/kg) and 10-day HAB treatment resulted in severe and progressive obliterative PH and formation of PXL (Day 26, right ventricular peak systolic pressure (mmHg): 26.1 �� 1.1, 41.5 �� 0.5 and 85.1 �� 5.9 in untreated, HAB treated and SUþHAB treated rats, respectively). In rats, repeti- tive administration of HAB increased plasma ADA activity and reduced urinary adenosine levels. Similarly, SCD patients had higher plasma ADA and PNP activity and accelerated adenosine, inosine, and guanosine metabolism than healthy controls. Our study provides evidence that hemolysis per se leads to the development of angioproliferative PH. We also report the development of a rat model of HA-PH that closely mimics pulmonary vasculopathy seen in patients with HA-PH. Finally, this study suggests that in hemolytic diseases released ADA and PNP may increase the risk of PH, likely by abolishing the vasoprotective effects of adenosine, inosine and guanosine. Further characterization of this new rat model of hemolysis-induced angioproliferative PH and additional studies of the role of purines metabolism in HA-PH are warranted.
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Bilan, Victor P.; Schneider, Frank; Novelli, Enrico M.; Kelley, Eric E.; Shiva, Sruti; Gladwin, Mark T.; Jackson, Edwin K.; and Tofovic, Stevan P., "Experimental intravascular hemolysis induces hemodynamic and pathological pulmonary hypertension: association with accelerated purine metabolism" (2018). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 1392.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/1392
Source Citation
Bilan, V. P., Schneider, F., Novelli, E. M., Kelley, E. E., Shiva, S., Gladwin, M. T., … Tofovic, S. P. (2018). Experimental intravascular hemolysis induces hemodynamic and pathological pulmonary hypertension: association with accelerated purine metabolism. Pulmonary Circulation, 8(3), 204589401879155. https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2018.32.1_supplement.855.12
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