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Laboratory of Cellular Hematology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
We tested the hypothesis that chemical
modifications used to produce stable, oxygen-carrying, Hb-based blood
substitutes can induce cytotoxicity in endothelial cells in culture
because of altered redox activity. We examined the interaction of
hydrogen peroxide with nonmodified hemoglobin
(HbA0) and two chemically modified hemoglobins,
-cross-linked hemoglobin (
-DBBF) and its polymerized form (poly-
-DBBF). Hydrogen peroxide-induced cell death
(as assessed by lactate dehydrogenase release) in bovine aortic
endothelial cells (BAEC) was completely inhibited by all three
hemoglobin preparations, consistent with their known pseudoperoxidase activity [hemoglobin consumes peroxide as it cycles between
ferric (Fe3+) and ferryl
(Fe4+) hemes]. However,
reaction of the modified hemoglobins, but not HbA0, with hydrogen peroxide
induced apoptotic cell death (as assessed by morphological changes and
DNA fragmentation) that correlated with the formation of a long-lived
ferrylhemoglobin. A preparation of ferryl-
-DBBF free of residual
peroxide rapidly induced morphological changes and DNA fragmentation in
BAEC, indicative of apoptotic cell death. Redox cycling of chemically
modified hemoglobins by peroxide yielded a persistent ferryl iron that was cytotoxic to endothelial cells.
apoptosis; blood substitutes
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