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BLOOD
卷 110, 期 6, 页码 2166-2172出版社
AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-12-061697
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- Intramural NIH HHS [ZIA HL006014-02, Z99 HL999999] Funding Source: Medline
- NCI NIH HHS [T32CA60441, T32 CA060441] Funding Source: Medline
- NICHD NIH HHS [5K12HD001399, K12 HD001399] Funding Source: Medline
Increased platelet activation is recognized in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), but its pathogenesis and clinical relevance remain uncertain. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), an important complication of SCD, is characterized by a proliferative pulmonary vasculopathy, in situ thrombosis, and vascular dysfunction related to scavenging of nitric oxide (NO) by hemoglobin released into blood plasma during intravascular hemolysis. We investigated links between platelet activation, PAH and NO scavenging in patients with SCD. Platelet activation marked by activated fibrinogen receptor correlated to the severity of PAH (r = 0.58, P <.001) and to laboratory markers of intravascular hemolysis, such as reticulocyte count (r = 0.44, P =.02). In vitro exposure of platelets to pathologically relevant concentrations of cell-free hemoglobin promoted basal- and agonist-stimulated activation and blocked the inhibitory effects on platelet activation by an NO donor. In patients with SCD, administration of sildenafil, a phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor that potentiates NO-dependent signaling, reduced platelet activation (P =.01). These findings suggest a possible interaction between hemolysis, decreased NO bioavailability, and pathologic platelet activation that might contribute to thrombosis and pulmonary hypertension in SCD, and potentially other disorders of intravascular hemolysis. This supports a role for NO-based therapeutics for SCD vasculopathy. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as no. NCT00352430.
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