Hydroxyurea therapy modulates sickle cell anemia red blood cell physiology: Impact on RBC deformability, oxidative stress, nitrite levels and nitric oxide synthase signalling pathway

Elie Nader; Marijke Grau; Romain Fort; Bianca Collins; Giovanna Cannas; Alexandra Gauthier; Katja Walpurgis; Cyril Martin; Wilhelm Bloch; Solène Poutrel; Arnaud Hot; Céline Renoux; Mario Thevis; Philippe Joly; Marc Romana; Nicolas Guillot; Philippe Connes

Hydroxyurea therapy modulates sickle cell anemia red blood cell physiology: Impact on RBC deformability, oxidative stress, nitrite levels and nitric oxide synthase signalling pathway

Elie Nader ¹ Marijke Grau Romain Fort ^{1, 2} Bianca Collins Giovanna Cannas ³ Alexandra Gauthier ¹ Katja Walpurgis Cyril Martin ^{1, 2} Wilhelm Bloch Solène Poutrel Arnaud Hot ⁴ Céline Renoux ¹ Mario Thevis ⁵ Philippe Joly ⁶ Marc Romana ⁷ Nicolas Guillot ⁸ Philippe Connes ¹

1 LIBM - Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité

2 Labex Gr-Ex - Laboratoire d'Excellence : Biogenèse et pathologies du globule rouge

3 Hôpital Edouard Herriot [CHU - HCL]

4 Service de Médecine Interne

5 Center for Preventive Doping Research

6 IRIT - Institut de recherche en informatique de Toulouse

7 Pharmacogénétique et abords thérapeutiques des maladies héréditaires

8 CarMeN - Cardiovasculaire, métabolisme, diabétologie et nutrition

Abstract : Hydroxyurea (HU) has been suggested to act as a nitric oxide (NO) donor in sickle cell anemia (SCA). However, little is known about the HU NO-related effects on red blood cell (RBC) physiology and NO signalling pathway. Thirty-four patients with SCA (22 under HU treatment (HU+) and 12 without (HU-)) and 17 healthy subjects (AA) were included. RBC nitrite content, deformability and reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels were measured. RBC NO-synthase (RBC-NOS) signalling pathway was assessed by the measurement of RBC-NOS serine 1177 and RBC-AKT serine 473 phosphorylation. We also investigated the in vitro effects of Sodium Nitroprusside (SNP), a NO donor, on the same parameters in SCA RBC. RBC nitrite content was higher in HU+ than in HU-and AA. RBC deformability was decreased in SCA patients compared to AA but the decrease was more pronounced in HU-. RBC ROS level was increased in SCA compared to AA but the level was higher in HU-than in HU+. RBC-NOS serine 1177 and RBC-AKT serine 473 phosphorylation were decreased in HU+ compared to HU-and AA. SCA RBC treated with SNP showed increased deformability, reduced ROS content and a decrease in AKT and RBC-NOS phosphorylation. Our study suggests that HU, through its effects on foetal hemoglobin and possibly on NO delivery, would modulate RBC NO signalling pathway, RBC rheology and oxidative stress.

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