• Régine Hierso, Nathalie Lemonne, Rinaldo Villaescusa, Marie-Laure Lalanne-Mistrih, Keyne Charlot, Maryse Etienne-Julan, Benoit Tressières, Yann Lamarre, Vanessa Tarer, Yohann Garnier, Ada Arce Hernandez, Serge Ferracci, Philippe Connes, Marc Romana, and Marie-Dominique Hardy-Dessources.
• Unité Biologie Intégrée du Globule Rouge, laboratoire d'Excellence GR-Ex, Université des Antilles, Inserm, U 1134, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
• Br. J. Haematol. 2017 Mar 1; 176 (5): 805-813.

AbstractPainful vaso-occlusive crisis, a hallmark of sickle cell anaemia, results from complex, incompletely understood mechanisms. Red blood cell (RBC) damage caused by continuous endogenous and exogenous oxidative stress may precipitate the occurrence of vaso-occlusive crises. In order to gain insight into the relevance of oxidative stress in vaso-occlusive crisis occurrence, we prospectively compared the expression levels of various oxidative markers in 32 adults with sickle cell anaemia during vaso-occlusive crisis and steady-state conditions. Compared to steady-state condition, plasma levels of free haem, advanced oxidation protein products and myeloperoxidase, RBC caspase-3 activity, as well as the concentrations of total, neutrophil- and RBC-derived microparticles were increased during vaso-occlusive crises, whereas the reduced glutathione content was decreased in RBCs. In addition, natural anti-band 3 autoantibodies levels decreased during crisis and were negatively correlated with the rise in plasma advanced oxidation protein products and RBC caspase-3 activity. These data showed an exacerbation of the oxidative stress during vaso-occlusive crises in sickle cell anaemia patients and strongly suggest that the higher concentration of harmful circulating RBC-derived microparticles and the reduced anti-band 3 autoantibodies levels may be both related to the recruitment of oxidized band 3 into membrane aggregates.© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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