Foxo3 gene expression and oxidative status in beta-thalassemia minor subjects
ABSTRACT Background: Oxidative stress may aggravate symptoms of hemolytic anemias such as beta-thalassemia. FoxO3 activation results in resistance to oxidative stress in fibroblasts and neuronal cell cultures. Objective: The purpose of this research was to study FoxO3 gene expression and oxidative...
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| author | Sandra Stella Lazarte María Eugenia Mónaco Magdalena María Terán Ana Cecilia Haro Miryam Emilse Ledesma Achem Blanca Alicia Issé |
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| description | ABSTRACT Background: Oxidative stress may aggravate symptoms of hemolytic anemias such as beta-thalassemia. FoxO3 activation results in resistance to oxidative stress in fibroblasts and neuronal cell cultures. Objective: The purpose of this research was to study FoxO3 gene expression and oxidative status in beta-thalassemia minor individuals. Methods: Sixty-three subjects (42 apparently healthy individuals and 21 with beta-thalassemia minor) were analyzed at the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina, between September 2013 and June 2014. A complete blood count, hemoglobin electrophoresis in alkaline pH and hemoglobin A2 levels were quantified. Moreover, thiobarbituric acid reactive species, erythrocyte catalase activity and iron status were evaluated. Beta-thalassemia mutations were determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction. FoxO3 gene expression was investigated by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction using mononuclear cells from peripheral blood. Results: Subjects were grouped as children (≤12 years), and adult women and men. The analysis of erythrocyte catalase activity/hemoglobin ratio revealed a significant difference (p-value <0.05) between healthy and beta-thalassemia minor adults, but no significant difference was observed in the thiobarbituric acid reactive species levels and FoxO3 gene expression (p-value >0.05). Thiobarbituric acid reactive species and the erythrocyte catalase activity/hemoglobin ratio were not significantly different on comparing the type of beta-thalassemia mutation (β0 or β+) present in carriers. Conclusions: The lack of systemic oxidative imbalance demonstrated by thiobarbituric acid reactive species is correlated to the observation of normal FoxO3 gene expression in mononuclear cells of peripheral blood. However, an imbalanced antioxidant state was shown by the erythrocyte catalase activity/hemoglobin ratio in beta-thalassemia minor carriers. It would be necessary to study FoxO3 gene expression in reticulocytes to elucidate the role of FoxO3 in this pathology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fabb26c12f9a42b9819d2cab863828ce2022-12-22T00:09:48ZengElsevierRevista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia1806-087039211512110.1016/j.bjhh.2017.01.005S1516-84842017000200115Foxo3 gene expression and oxidative status in beta-thalassemia minor subjectsSandra Stella LazarteMaría Eugenia MónacoMagdalena María TeránAna Cecilia HaroMiryam Emilse Ledesma AchemBlanca Alicia IsséABSTRACT Background: Oxidative stress may aggravate symptoms of hemolytic anemias such as beta-thalassemia. FoxO3 activation results in resistance to oxidative stress in fibroblasts and neuronal cell cultures. Objective: The purpose of this research was to study FoxO3 gene expression and oxidative status in beta-thalassemia minor individuals. Methods: Sixty-three subjects (42 apparently healthy individuals and 21 with beta-thalassemia minor) were analyzed at the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina, between September 2013 and June 2014. A complete blood count, hemoglobin electrophoresis in alkaline pH and hemoglobin A2 levels were quantified. Moreover, thiobarbituric acid reactive species, erythrocyte catalase activity and iron status were evaluated. Beta-thalassemia mutations were determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction. FoxO3 gene expression was investigated by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction using mononuclear cells from peripheral blood. Results: Subjects were grouped as children (≤12 years), and adult women and men. The analysis of erythrocyte catalase activity/hemoglobin ratio revealed a significant difference (p-value <0.05) between healthy and beta-thalassemia minor adults, but no significant difference was observed in the thiobarbituric acid reactive species levels and FoxO3 gene expression (p-value >0.05). Thiobarbituric acid reactive species and the erythrocyte catalase activity/hemoglobin ratio were not significantly different on comparing the type of beta-thalassemia mutation (β0 or β+) present in carriers. Conclusions: The lack of systemic oxidative imbalance demonstrated by thiobarbituric acid reactive species is correlated to the observation of normal FoxO3 gene expression in mononuclear cells of peripheral blood. However, an imbalanced antioxidant state was shown by the erythrocyte catalase activity/hemoglobin ratio in beta-thalassemia minor carriers. It would be necessary to study FoxO3 gene expression in reticulocytes to elucidate the role of FoxO3 in this pathology.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842017000200115&lng=en&tlng=enBeta-thalassemia traitOxidative stressFoxO3Thiobarbituric acid reactive speciesErythrocyte catalase activity |
| spellingShingle | Sandra Stella Lazarte María Eugenia Mónaco Magdalena María Terán Ana Cecilia Haro Miryam Emilse Ledesma Achem Blanca Alicia Issé Foxo3 gene expression and oxidative status in beta-thalassemia minor subjects Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia Beta-thalassemia trait Oxidative stress FoxO3 Thiobarbituric acid reactive species Erythrocyte catalase activity |
| title | Foxo3 gene expression and oxidative status in beta-thalassemia minor subjects |
| title_full | Foxo3 gene expression and oxidative status in beta-thalassemia minor subjects |
| title_fullStr | Foxo3 gene expression and oxidative status in beta-thalassemia minor subjects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Foxo3 gene expression and oxidative status in beta-thalassemia minor subjects |
| title_short | Foxo3 gene expression and oxidative status in beta-thalassemia minor subjects |
| title_sort | foxo3 gene expression and oxidative status in beta thalassemia minor subjects |
| topic | Beta-thalassemia trait Oxidative stress FoxO3 Thiobarbituric acid reactive species Erythrocyte catalase activity |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842017000200115&lng=en&tlng=en |
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