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PubMed: 35159394 DOI: 10.3390/cells11030585
Shear-Stress-Gradient and Oxygen-Gradient Ektacytometry in Sickle Cell Patients at Steady State and during Vaso-Occlusive Crises.
Cells 11(3)
Authors: Camille Boisson, Elie Nader, Céline Renoux, Alexandra Gauthier, Solène Poutrel, Yves Bertrand, Emeric Stauffer, Emilie Virot, Arnaud Hot, Romain Fort, Giovanna Cannas, Philippe Joly, Philippe Connes
Affiliations
- Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (LIBM) EA7424, Team "Vascular Biology and Red Blood Cell", Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69008 Lyon, France.
- Laboratoire d'Excellence du Globule Rouge (Labex GR-Ex), PRES Sorbonne, 79015 Paris, France.
- Laboratoire de Biochimie et de Biologie Moléculaire, UF de Biochimie des Pathologies Erythrocytaires, Centre de Biologie et de Pathologie Est, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69500 Bron, France.
- Institut d'Hématologique et d'Oncologique Pédiatrique, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69008 Lyon, France.
- Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69008 Lyon, France.
- Service d'Explorations Fonctionnelles Respiratoires-Médecine du Sport et de l'activité Physique, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69004 Lyon, France.
- Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Lyon Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69495 Pierre-Bénite, France.
Abstract
Oxygen gradient ektacytometry (oxygenscan) measures the changes in red blood cell (RBC) deformability in normoxia and during deoxygenation. We investigated the changes in RBC deformability, measured by both oxygenscan and classical shear-stress-gradient ektacytometry, in 10 patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) during vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) versus steady state. Oxygenscan and shear-stress-gradient ektacytometry parameters were also measured in 38 SCD patients at steady state on two different occasions. Shear-stress-gradient ektacytometry parameters, maximal RBC deformability at normoxia and the minimum RBC deformability during deoxygenation were lower during VOC compared to steady state. The oxygen partial pressure at which RBCs started to sickle (PoS) was not significantly affected by VOC, but the results were very heterogeneous: the PoS increased in 5 in 10 patients and decreased in 4 in 10 patients. Both oxygenscan and shear-stress-gradient ektacytometry parameters remained unchanged in patients at steady state between two sets of measurements, performed at 17 ± 8 months intervals. In conclusion, the present study showed that both oxygen gradient ektacytometry and shear-stress-gradient ektacytometry are sensitive to disease activity in SCD, and that both techniques give comparable results; however, the oxygen-dependent propensity of RBCs to sickle was highly variable during VOC.
MeSH
Cells, Anemia, Sickle Cell, Stress, Physiological, Vaso-Occlusive Crises
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