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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-4-3
pubmed:abstractText
Microvascular complications in sickle cell disease occur as a result of obstruction of small vessels by deoxygenated sickle cells. Cerebrovascular complications are also common and result from obstruction of large blood vessels by thrombosis with changes in vessels that have some similarity to those found in arteriosclerotic vascular disease. Endothelial damage and activation from sickle cell-endothelial interactions may contribute to both. We find that endothelial cells have increased expression of VCAM-1, E-selectin, and ICAM-1 when exposed to sickle blood cells. The concentration-dependent, sickle-induced, adhesion molecule expression is significantly greater than that promoted by normal cells. The time course of Cell Adhesion Molecule (CAM) expression is similar to that induced by TNF-alpha and IL1. Studies after white cell enrichment and reduction suggest leukocytes are the primary mediators. CAM expression by endothelial cells appears stimulated by soluble factors. Antibody inhibition studies support TNF-alpha and IL-1, produced by sickle leukocytes, as the primary soluble factors responsible for the observed CAM expression. Both the induction of endothelial CAM expression and subsequent endothelial adherence of sickle erythrocytes may play significant roles in the pathophysiology of sickle-related complications, and reduction in CAM expression may provide a new approach to treatment.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1522-7952
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
47-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12673844-Anemia, Sickle Cell, pubmed-meshheading:12673844-Cell Adhesion, pubmed-meshheading:12673844-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12673844-Culture Media, Conditioned, pubmed-meshheading:12673844-E-Selectin, pubmed-meshheading:12673844-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:12673844-Erythrocytes, Abnormal, pubmed-meshheading:12673844-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:12673844-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12673844-Integrin alpha4beta1, pubmed-meshheading:12673844-Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1, pubmed-meshheading:12673844-Interleukin-1, pubmed-meshheading:12673844-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:12673844-Leukocytes, pubmed-meshheading:12673844-Lipopolysaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:12673844-Polymyxin B, pubmed-meshheading:12673844-Reticulocytes, pubmed-meshheading:12673844-Sonication, pubmed-meshheading:12673844-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, pubmed-meshheading:12673844-Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
pubmed:articleTitle
Activation of vascular endothelial cell adhesion molecule expression by sickle blood cells.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.