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BLOOD
Volume 139, Issue 21, Pages 3181-3193Publisher
AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY
DOI: 10.1182/blood.2021012048
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- National Institutes of Health [DK32094, HL134812, HL144436, HL152099, AI102852, GM118182]
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High mobility group box-1 protein (HMGB1) interferes with EPO signaling pathways, leading to reduced expansion and increased death of EPO-sensitive erythroid precursors in patients with anemia of inflammation. This study provides important insights into the chronic phase of anemia of inflammation.
Anemia of inflammation, also known as anemia of chronic disease, is refractory to erythropoietin (EPO) treatment, but the mechanisms underlying the EPO refractory state are unclear. Here, we demonstrate that high mobility group box-1 protein (HMGB1), a damage-associated molecular pattern molecule recently implicated in anemia development during sepsis, leads to reduced expansion and increased death of EPO-sensitive erythroid precursors in human models of erythropoiesis. HMGB1 significantly attenuates EPO-mediated phosphorylation of the Janus kinase 2/STAT5 and mTOR signaling pathways. Genetic ablation of receptor for advanced glycation end products, the only known HMGB1 receptor expressed by erythroid precursors, does not rescue the deleterious effects of HMGB1 on EPO signaling, either in human or murine precursors. Furthermore, surface plasmon resonance studies highlight the ability of HMGB1 to interfere with the binding between EPO and the EPOR. Administration of a monoclonal anti-HMGB1 antibody after sepsis onset in mice partially restores EPO signaling in vivo. Thus, HMGB1-mediated restriction of EPO signaling contributes to the chronic phase of anemia of inflammation.
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