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Fibrinogen deficiency, but not plasminogen deficiency, increases mortality synergistically in combination with sickle hemoglobin SAD in transgenic mice
Author(s) -
Roszell Nancy J.,
Danton Mary Jo,
Jiang Maorong,
Witte David,
Daugherty Cynthia,
Grimes Timothy,
Girdler Benjamin,
Anderson Kathleen P.,
Franco Robert S.,
Degen Jay L.,
Joiner Clinton H.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of hematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1096-8652
pISSN - 0361-8609
DOI - 10.1002/ajh.20982
Subject(s) - fibrinogen , fibrin , medicine , hemoglobinopathy , hemoglobin , endocrinology , immunology , context (archaeology) , hemolytic anemia , biology , paleontology
Abstract Patients with sickle cell disease exhibit both acute and chronic activation of the coagulation and fibrinolytic systems. To test the relationship between sickle cell pathology and activation of the hemostatic system, mice with targeted deletions of plasminogen (Plg) or fibrinogen (Fib) were crossed with transgenic mice expressing Hb SAD [β 6 Glu ‐ Val (Hb S ), β 23 Val ‐ Ile (Hb A ntilles), and β 121 Glu ‐ Gln (Hb D ‐Punjab)]. Fibrinogen deficiency dramatically reduced the survival of mice with Hb SAD to a much greater degree than mice with normal hemoglobin. The combination of Hb SAD and fibrinogen deficiency had a greater effect on mortality than that obtained by adding the mortality risks of each defect alone. The deleterious effect of the combination of Hb SAD and fibrinogen deficiency on mortality was accelerated by hypoxia. The excess mortality associated with plasminogen deficiency was identical in SAD and control mice. The adverse effect of fibrinogen deficiency on mortality in SAD mice is not consistent with the simple hypothesis that fibrin deposition is uniformly deleterious in the context of vaso‐occlusive sickle cell disease. Rather, our findings suggest that the contribution of fibrinogen to tissue repair may in some contexts limit sickle cell disease pathophysiology. Am. J. Hematol., 2007. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.