Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Protective role of estrogen against excessive erythrocytosis in Monge's disease

Mostrar el registro sencillo del ítem

dc.contributor.author Azad, Priti
dc.contributor.author Villafuerte, Francisco C.
dc.contributor.author Bermudez, Daniela
dc.contributor.author Patel, Gargi
dc.contributor.author Haddad, Gabriel G.
dc.date.accessioned 2021-04-13T20:51:01Z
dc.date.available 2021-04-13T20:51:01Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/9176
dc.description.abstract Monge's disease (chronic mountain sickness (CMS)) is a maladaptive condition caused by chronic (years) exposure to high-altitude hypoxia. One of the defining features of CMS is excessive erythrocytosis with extremely high hematocrit levels. In the Andean population, CMS prevalence is vastly different between males and females, being rare in females. Furthermore, there is a sharp increase in CMS incidence in females after menopause. In this study, we assessed the role of sex hormones (testosterone, progesterone, and estrogen) in CMS and non-CMS cells using a well-characterized in vitro erythroid platform. While we found that there was a mild (nonsignificant) increase in RBC production with testosterone, we observed that estrogen, in physiologic concentrations, reduced sharply CD235a(+) cells (glycophorin A; a marker of RBC), from 56% in the untreated CMS cells to 10% in the treated CMS cells, in a stage-specific and dose-responsive manner. At the molecular level, we determined that estrogen has a direct effect on GATA1, remarkably decreasing the messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein levels of GATA1 (p < 0.01) and its target genes (Alas2, BclxL, and Epor, p < 0.001). These changes result in a significant increase in apoptosis of erythroid cells. We also demonstrate that estrogen regulates erythropoiesis in CMS patients through estrogen beta signaling and that its inhibition can diminish the effects of estrogen by significantly increasing HIF1, VEGF, and GATA1 mRNA levels. Taken altogether, our results indicate that estrogen has a major impact on the regulation of erythropoiesis, particularly under chronic hypoxic conditions, and has the potential to treat blood diseases, such as high altitude severe erythrocytosis. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Springer Nature
dc.relation.ispartofseries Experimental and Molecular Medicine
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Haematopoietic stem cells en_US
dc.subject Myeloproliferative disease en_US
dc.title Protective role of estrogen against excessive erythrocytosis in Monge's disease en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1038/s12276-020-00550-2
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.06.03
dc.relation.issn 2092-6413


Ficheros en el ítem

Ficheros Tamaño Formato Ver

No hay ficheros asociados a este ítem.

Este ítem aparece en la(s) siguiente(s) colección(ones)

Mostrar el registro sencillo del ítem

info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Excepto si se señala otra cosa, la licencia del ítem se describe como info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

Buscar en el Repositorio


Listar

Panel de Control

Estadísticas