Thokozeni Lipato, MD Assistant professor General Internal Medicine Sickle Cell Disease Megan Lemay 10/29/16
Objective Describe current understanding of sickle cell disease pathophysiology. Describe current understanding of the mechanism of pain in sickle cell disease. Give an overview on how current understanding may result in new treatments for sickle cell disease. Footer Date
Marilyn J. Telen Blood 2016;127:810-819 The sickle red blood cell as source of multiple pathophysiologic pathways Marilyn J. Telen Blood 2016;127:810-819 Footer Date
Adhesion Interactions Footer Date
Adherence of Sickle Red Cells to Endothelium (AR) and the Clinical-Severity Score (CSS) Are Positively and Significantly Correlated and Significantly Correlated (τ = +0.666; P<0.001). Hebbel RP et al. N Engl J Med 1980;302:992-995. Footer Date
Adhesive interactions involving SS RBCs and WBCs ICAM-4 BCAM/Lu. Laminin binds it. Epinephrine increases this adhesion. CD44. Binds with E selectins Very-late-activation-antigen-4 (VLA4/α4β1) binds to VCAM-1. VCAM-1 whose expression is induced by cytokines and hypoxia. Marilyn J. Telen Blood 2016;127:810-819 Footer Date
Manwani D , and Frenette P S Hematology 2013;2013:362-369 Footer Date
Adhesion Interactions: Therapy Footer Date
E-Selectin Inhibitor GMI 1070 L-selectin is constitutively expressed on leukocytes and mediates lymphocyte recruitment Endothelial cells express two selectins P-selectin which is stored in Weibel-Palade bodies E-selectin; expression induced by cytokines: TNF-α or IL-1β. Phase 1 study of the E-selectin inhibitor GMI 1070 in patients with sickle cell anemia. PLoS One. 2014 Jul 2;9(7) Footer Date
Sevuparin Heparin Does not bind with antithrombin British Journal of Haematology. 23 AUG 2016 Footer Date
Sevuparin British Journal of Haematology. 23 AUG 2016 Footer Date
Poloxamer 188 British Journal of Haematology. Volume 173, Issue 1, pages 145-149, 5 FEB 2016 Footer Date
Inflammation and coagulation Footer Date
Platelet activation in patients with sickle cell disease British Journal of Haematology. Volume 100, Issue 4; pages 741-749, 25 DEC 2001 Footer Date
Heeney MM et al. A Multinational Trial of Prasugrel for Sickle Cell VOC. N Engl J Med 2016;374:625-635 Footer Date
TF expression in sickle cell mice. Pichika Chantrathammachart et al. Blood 2012;120:636-646 Footer Date
Thrombin – Anthrombin complex: Coagulation activation Pichika Chantrathammachart et al. Blood 2012;120:636-646 Footer Date
Pichika Chantrathammachart et al. Blood 2012;120:636-646 Footer Date
Hemolysis Footer Date
Proposed model of heme-induced stasis. Heme elicits vaso-occlusion in transgenic sickle mice via endothelial TLR4 signaling. Heme/TLR4 signaling activates NF-kB and triggers vaso-occlusion through Weibel-Palade body degranulation and adhesion molecule expression. TAK-242 (resatorvid), a small-molecule inhibitor of Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 signaling. Hemopexin; heme scavenger John D. Belcher et al. Blood 2014;123:377-390 Footer Date
Proposed model of heme-induced stasis. John D. Belcher et al. Blood 2014;123:377-390 Footer Date
Pain in Sickle Cell Disease Footer Date
Hypothesis Neural response to unrelieved pain may in turn contribute to sickle pathophysiology and further amplify pain Unmyelinated C-fiber nociceptors: a sensory afferent function to transmit information about noxious (painful) stimulation to the central nervous system (CNS) BUT Also serve an efferent function that causes vasodilatation and plasma extravasation, a phenomenon termed neurogenic inflammation The transmission and perception of pain is modified via neuromodulators released from nonneuronal cells, such as mast cells, and contributes to the generation of hyperalgesia. Footer Date
Cheryl A. Hillery et al. Blood 2011;118:3376-3383 Male HbSS mice exhibit marked hypersensitivity to mechanical, heat, and cold stimuli compared with control HbAA mice. Cheryl A. Hillery et al. Blood 2011;118:3376-3383 Footer Date
Cheryl A. Hillery et al. Blood 2011;118:3376-3383 Mechanical force evokes more action potentials in HbSS mice than in HbAA control mice. Cheryl A. Hillery et al. Blood 2011;118:3376-3383 Footer Date
Cheryl A. Hillery et al. Blood 2011;118:3376-3383 Cutaneous mechanical hypersensitivity results from enhanced TRPV1 function Capsaicin receptor Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 (TRPV1)channel is expressed on many C-fiber nociceptors and is the chief mediator of inflammatory heat pain. TRPV1 antagonist A-425619 TRPA1 antagonist HC-030031 Cheryl A. Hillery et al. Blood 2011;118:3376-3383 Footer Date
Cheryl A. Hillery et al. Blood 2011;118:3376-3383 TRPV1 antagonist reversibly improves mechanical hypersensitivity in HbSS mice. Cheryl A. Hillery et al. Blood 2011;118:3376-3383 Footer Date
protease activated receptor 2 (PAR2) neuropeptides substance P (SP) calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) Blood. 2013 Sep 12;122(11) Footer Date
Haematologica. 2016 May; 101(5): 566–577 Non-selective cannabinoid receptor agonist decreases hyperalgesia in sickle mice Haematologica. 2016 May; 101(5): 566–577 Footer Date