PubMed: 26368565

Title
The Human Endogenous Protection System against Cell-Free Hemoglobin and Heme Is Overwhelmed in Preeclampsia and Provides Potential Biomarkers and Clinical Indicators.
Journal
PloS one
Volume
10
Issue
None
Pages
e0138111
Date
2015-01-01
Authors
Anderson UD | Edström-Hägerwall A | Gram M | Hansson SR | Johansson ME | Jälmby M | Larsson I | Åkerström B

Evidence d2e0b08b9e

This could be explained by the finding that CO induces vasodilation by binding to the heme-protein guanylyl cyclase [67].

Evidence 820b21f222

In the extravascular compartment, cellular heme oxygenase (HO) is the most essential heme degrading protein, converting heme to free iron, biliverdin and CO [26,27].

Evidence c819272665

In line with previously published studies [13,14] the extravascular heme- and radical scavenger A1M was significantly increased in plasma of women with PE.

Evidence 736648044d

It was hypothesized that through the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), Hb induces oxidative damage to the placenta and a subsequent leakage over the blood-placental barrier [12].

Evidence 0eff101645

A 4-fold increase of the HbF concentration was seen in the PE patients (p-value 0.01) as compared to the controls.

Evidence c80e57094b

A negative correlation was found, i.e. an increased plasma cell-free HbF concentration was associated with a decreased plasma Hp concentration, when including all individuals, controls and women with PE (r = -0.335, p-value<0.0001, n = 145)(Fig 1A).

Evidence 4e05304f5a

Haptoglobin (Hp) is perhaps the most well investigated Hb-clearing molecule. It binds cell-free Hb in plasma [20,21] and the resulting Hp-Hb complex is cleared from blood via binding to the macrophage receptor CD163 [22].

Evidence e914f3b9b8

A statistically significant increase in the mean Hp-HbF concentration was observed for women with PE as compared to controls (p-value 0.018).

Evidence 01250c93ec

Correlation analysis using Pearson’s correlation coefficient showed statistically significant inverse correlation between Hpx and blood pressure, both systolic (r = -0.511, pvalue< 0.00001, n = 145) and diastolic (r = -0,520, p-value<0.00001, n = 145)(Fig 3).

Evidence 9901eae99c

Analysis of the intravascular heme-scavenger protein Hpx showed a statistically significant decrease in plasma Hpx concentration of women with PE (p-value<0.0001) as compared to the controls (Table 3).

Evidence f7fe06141a

Studies of sickle cell anemia patients have reported decreased levels of Hpx following hemolysis [68].

Evidence 99f3fa24be

Soluble, shedded CD163, the macrophage receptor mediating elimination of the Hp-Hb complex, was analyzed in plasma [40–42]. The analysis showed a small but not statistically significant (p-value 0.37) increase in the PE group as compared to the controls (Table 3).

Evidence f40f7379af

Analysis of the Hp concentration in plasma showed a statistically significant decrease in Hp concentration in plasma samples of women with PE as compared to controls (pvalue< 0.0001).

Evidence df33e05910

Furthermore, the plasmaand extravascular reductase and heme- and radical scavenger α1-microglobulin (A1M) binds and degrades free heme and can reduce metHb [28–30].

Evidence afa0f96173

Analysis of plasma levels of the heme- and radical scavenger A1M showed a statistically significant increase of plasma A1M concentration in women with PE (p-value 0.035) as compared to controls (Table 3).

Evidence 8615e842f9

Free heme in blood is sequestered by hemopexin (Hpx) [23,24] and the Hpx-heme complex is cleared from the circulation by the hepatocyte receptor CD91 [25].

Evidence 38319694d2

The classical findings that define PE are hypertension and proteinuria appearing after 20 weeks of gestation.

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