Слайд 1Hemolytic anemia – increased destruction of erythrocytes
Слайд 2Hemolytic anemia – increased destruction of erythrocytes
with adequate response of
bone marrow.
Слайд 13Direct antiglobulin test, demonstrating the presence of autoantibodies (shown here)
or complement on the surface of the red blood cell.
(RBCs = red blood cells)
Слайд 52PNH
Mutations – Chromosome X (PIG-Agene)
Deletions
Insertion
Point mutations
Loss Function
Loss of GPI anchored
proteins
(F.i. CD55, CD59 – prevention of complemented-mediated lyses of sells)
Anemia,
Cytopenia
Glucosylphosphalidylinosinto (GPI) = anchore for different molecules
70 %
Слайд 53Sleeping
Hypoventilation
Acidofication of Plasma
Complement + Activation
Increased Hemolysis
PNH
Слайд 54Increased soluble uPAR
Venous thrombotic events
Deficiency of the receptor for urokinase
type plasminogen activator (uPAR)
Слайд 57Three-step model for the development of paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH).
Step 1, somatic mutation of phosphatidylinositolglycan (PIG-A) in a haemopoietic
stem cell. Step 2, immunological attack on haemopoietic stem cells selectively decreases the number of PIG-normal stem cells, resulting in relative increase in the PIG-A mutant clone. Step 3, a
second mutation occurs in the PIG-A mutant, leading to further expansion and generation of a large number of PIG-deficient blood cells.
Слайд 58Relationship between bone marrow failure syndromes, including AA, PNH and
MDS, and acute leukemia. Young proposed bone marrow failure syndromes
that arise from a common feature of hypoplastic or aplastic bone marrow and may underly clonal hematopoiesis
Слайд 59Occurrence and expansion of a PNH clone and the clinical
course of PNH.
Слайд 60Population distribution of prevalent b-thalassemia mutations
Слайд 61Early in fetal life the synthesis of the embryonic
-globin–like ( ) chains switches to that of -globin,
which is produced thereafter. At the same time, the synthesis of embryonic beta-like ( ) chains switches to that of -globin chains. The -globin and -globin chains combine to form fetal hemoglobin ( 2 2), the main ß-globin–like globin during the remainder of fetal life and throughout early postnatal life. As a result of the decline in the synthesis of -globin chains in patients with ß-thalassemia, fetal hemoglobin production becomes insufficient to compensate for the excess of -globin chains, the production of which is unaffected in ß-thalassemia.
Timing of the normal developmental switching of human hemoglobin
Слайд 62Types of Hemoglobin
α2γ2
Fetal (F)
α 2β2
Adult (A)
α2δ2 Adult (A2)
α - chromosome 16
β,γ - chromosome 11
Слайд 63The ß-Globin Gene Cluster on the Short Arm of Chromosome
11
ß-globin–like genes are arranged in the order in which
they are expressed during development. The G and A genes are both active genes that produce -globin chains that differ only at position 136 (glycine is the product of the G gene, and alanine is the product of the A gene). The ß gene is a pseudogene, an evolutionary remnant of a previously active ß-globin–like gene. Areas of nucleotide homology upstream from the initiation codon of each active gene, termed promoter elements, are involved in the initiation of transcription and hence play a vital part in gene regulation. The cluster also contains regulatory elements that interact to promote erythroid-specific gene expression and to coordinate the developmental regulation of each gene, including hemoglobin switching. These include enhancers, distant regulatory elements that increase gene expression, and a master sequence, the cluster's essential distal regulatory element, the ß-globin locus-control region. This is a region that lies 20 kb upstream from the -globin gene.13 It encompasses five erythroid-lineage–specific nuclease hypersensitive sites (shown in red) that permit expression of the downstream genes. In addition to these elements for up-regulation, several suppressor regions, or silencers, have been defined in the ß-globin gene cluster.
Слайд 64Pathophysiology of Sickle Cell Disease
In hemoglobin S, a substitution
of T for A in the sixth codon of the
ß-globin gene leads to the replacement of a glutamic acid residue by a valine residue. On deoxygenation, hemoglobin S polymers form, causing cell sickling and damage to the membrane. Some sickle cells adhere to endothelial cells, leading to vaso-occlusion.
Слайд 65Desaturation of Normal and Variant Hemoglobins during Passage from Artery
to Vein
Hemoglobins lose oxygen during the journey from artery
to vein. Cells with HbS sickle only when desaturated. The likelihood that they will obstruct the vessel depends on the concentration of HbS and the extent of desaturation.
Слайд 66This patient has homozygous sickle cell anemia, presenting with sickle
cell ulcers.1 Leg ulceration is a common complication in patients
with homozygous sickle cell anemia. The ulcers appear either spontaneously or as a result of local trauma, and they are chronic. Possible contributing factors are obstruction of vessels by sickled cells, increased venous and capillary pressure, bacterial infection and reduced oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood.1
These ulcers are common in males, and their incidence increases significantly with advancing age. They occur more often in patients with lower hemoglobin levels and lower fetal hemoglobin levels; patients with SS and SS a-thalassemia have the highest ulcer prevalence rate of all genotypes. These ulcers occur with equal frequency over both medial and lateral aspects of the lower extremities.1 Treatment modalities include local ulcer care, antibiotics, skin grafting and transfusion therapy.1
Venous ulcers usually develop above the medial malleoli, in the area drained by incompetent perforating veins. These ulcers are well-demarcated with irregular shaggy borders and surrounding dermatitis, pigmentation and, sometimes, cellulitis.
Слайд 67Mechanisms of Action of Hydroxyurea in Sickle Cell Disease
Слайд 72. Phenotypes of thalassaemias, sickle cell disease and various thalassaemia
interactions
Слайд 73Clinical and Hematologic Features of the Principal Forms of Thalassemia
a-Thalassemias
Слайд 75Autopsy photographs of a newborn with hemoglobin Bart’s hydrops fetalis
syndrome, delivered by caesarean section at 31 week of gestation.59
Despite active resuscitation, the infant died within an hour after birth. Note edema of face and abdominal distension (A). The thoracic cavity is filled by the pericardial sac distended by effusion and cardiomegaly; there is massive hepatomegaly (B).
Слайд 76Type of thalassemia
Globin-gene expression
Hematologic features
Clinical expressions
Hemoglobin
findings
Clinical and Hematologic Features of the Principal Forms of
Thalassemia
Слайд 77Primary disease processes are indicated in orange, and compensatory mechanisms
in yellow. Excess unbound -globin chains and their degradation
products precipitate in red-cell precursors, causing defective maturation and ineffective erythropoiesis. Hemolysis, owing to the presence of inclusions in the red cells and damage to their membranes by -globin chains and their degradation products, also contributes to the anemia. Anemia stimulates the synthesis of erythropoietin, leading to an intense proliferation of the ineffective marrow, which in turn causes skeletal deformities and a variety of growth and metabolic abnormalities. The anemia is further exacerbated by hemodilution, caused by the shunting of blood through the expanded marrow, and by splenomegaly resulting from entrapment of abnormal red cells in the spleen. Bone marrow expansion also results in characteristic deformities of the skull and face, severe osteopenia, and increased iron absorption.
Effects of Excess Production of Free a-Globin Chains
Слайд 78Genetic Sequencing and Protein Analysis of the Patient's Hemoglobin
Panel
A shows sequencing chromatograms revealing two clone types derived from
the patient's DNA. Clone type 1 contained the sickle mutation 20A T in codon 6 and the spontaneously arising mutation 335C T in codon 68, indicating that both mutations in the patient were on the same chromosome. Clone type 2 was wild type. Both positions are marked with arrowheads, and the encoded (wild type) amino acids are shown below the chromatograms, with the mutated nucleotide and amino acid underscored. Amplification-refractory mutation system analysis, shown in Panel B, confirmed the presence of both the wild-type ( C335) allele and the 335C T mutation, indicating that the patient was heterozygous for that mutation. Isoelectric focusing of the patient's hemolysate (Panel C) revealed HbA, HbF, and a band comigrating with HbS. Trace HbA2 was also present on the original blot, although it is not visible in the figure. At left is a standard hemoglobin ladder. Hb JP was purified by chromatography on a CM52 carboxymethylcellulose column (Panel D). The points on the curve represent the absorbance of each collected fraction. The resulting hemoglobin was 93 percent pure on fast protein liquid chromatography (data not shown).
Слайд 79The Normal Structure of the ß-Globin Gene and the Locations
and Types
of Mutations Resulting in ß-Thalassemia
All ß-globin–like genes
contain three exons and two introns between codons 30 and 31 and 104 and 105, respectively. The primary action of all the mutations is to abolish the output of ß-globin chains (ß0-thalassemia; shown in red) or reduce the output (ß+-thalassemia; shown in green). The 170 different mutations that act in this way may interfere with the action of the ß-globin gene at the transcriptional level, in the processing of the primary transcript, in the translation of ß-globin messenger RNA, or in the post-translational stability of the ß-globin gene product.
Слайд 80Hepatic Iron Burden over Time and the Effect of Various
Hepatic
Iron Concentrations in Patients with Thalassemia Major,
Homozygous Hemochromatosis,
and Heterozygous Hemochromatosis
Слайд 82Adhesive interactions between blood and vascular endothelial cells (VEC) that
facilitate vaso-occlusion in sickle cell disease. N, neutrophil; M, monocyte;
P, platelets; SC, sickle cell; RBC, red blood cell. Double-headed arrows indicate possible adhesion between relevant cells.
Слайд 83The Mode of Inheritance of Forms of Hemoglobin H Disease
Involving Deletions and Other Types of Mutations
The genotype of
the parents is shown at the top. Normal -globin genes are represented by open boxes, and mutated, nondeleted -globin genes ( T) by hatched boxes. The genotypes of the offspring are shown in parentheses.
Слайд 84Depiction of red blood cell morphologies that may appear on
a peripheral smear, showing: (A) basophilic stippling, (B) Howell-Jolly bodies,
(C) Cabot's ring bodies and (D) Heinz's bodies.