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HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA Enzymopathies Deficiencies in Hexose Monophosphate Shunt Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency Deficiencies in the EM Pathway Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency

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HEMOLYTIC ANEMIAEnzymopathies

Deficiencies in Hexose Monophosphate

Shunt

Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase

Deficiency

Deficiencies in the EM Pathway

Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency

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G6PD

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Five classes of G-6-PD deficiency exist based on enzyme activity levels, as follows:

Enzyme deficiency with chronic nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia

Severe enzyme deficiency (<10%)

Moderate-to-mild enzyme deficiency (10-60%)

Very mild-to-no enzyme deficiency (60%)

Increased enzyme activity

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> 200 million people in the world

Genetic heterogeneity (over 400 variants)

Severity of the problem can vary from hemolysis even in the absence of oxidative stress to hemolysis only on exposure to mild to marked oxidant stress

G6PD

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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

Gene symbol : G6PD

Location : Xq28

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The G6PD gene is located on the X chromosome

Thus the deficiency state is an sex-linked trait

seen only in hemizygote males

Most female carriers are asymptomatic

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Molecular data on human G6P

DNA

Size of gene (in kilobases) 18.5

Number of exons 13

Number of introns 12

mRNA Size (in nucleotides) 2269

Protein

Number of amino acids 515

Molecular weight (in Daltons) 59,265

Subunits per molecule of active enzyme 2 or 4

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The G6PD gene is located on the X

chromosome

Thus the deficiency state is an sex-linked

trait seen only in hemizygote males

Most female carriers are asymptomatic

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Structure of G6PD

Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase, is comprised of a dimer or tetramer of identical polypeptide chains

Each unit consists of 515 amino acids

The single G6PD locus in humans is located on the telomeric region of the long arm of the X-chromosome

Females have two X chromosomes, hence two copies of G6PD, while males have only one X chromosome and one copy of G6PD

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The normal G6PD is called as Type B

Type A- has two base substitutions and is seen in people from central Africa

A second variant is seen among the people of the Mediterranian and is more severe than Type A-

The third variant that is relatively more common but less severe is seen in southern China

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Familial Genetics of G6PD

Five genotypes can form from combinations of

one normal (GdB) and one deficient form (e.g.,

GdA- or GdMed) of G6PD

Females GdB/GdB, Homozygous Normal; "Normal"

GdB /GdA-, Heterozygous; "Heterozygote"

GdA-/GdA-, Homozygous Deficient; "G6PD Deficient"

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Males

GdB, Hemizygous Normal; "Normal"

GdA-, Hemizygous Deficient; "G6PD Deficient

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Four most common variants out of 300+ known

GdB Normal Activity All World Populations

GdANormal Activity; Aspartic acid substituted for

asparagine at position 126, Guanine for

adenine at DNA position 376

Africa (most common variant)

GdA-

8 - 20% Normal Activity; Methionine for

Valine at position 67 and Aspartic Acid for

Asparagine at position 126, Adenine for

Guanine at position 202 and Guanine for

Adenine at position 376

Africa

GdMed< 5% Normal Activity; Phenylalanine for

Serine at position 188; Thymine for Cytosine

at position 563

Iran, Iraq, India, Pakistan,

Greece, Sardinia

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Glucose 6-Phosphate

DehydrogenaseDifferent Isozymes

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

RBC Age (Days)

G6P

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%)

Normal (GdB) Black Variant (GdA-)

Mediterranean (Gd Med)

Level needed for protection vs ordinary oxidative stress

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G6PD Heterozygotes

Because of the random inactivation of one X chromosome in each female body cell, heterozygotes have two kinds of Red Blood Cells

G6PD Normal

G6PD Deficient

Depending on which X chromosome was inactivated in the stem cell giving rise to the particular RBC

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The Pentose Phosphate Pathway. Note the importance of G6PD in the production of reduced G-SH, ribose, and NADPH

NADP+ = nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate

NADPH = reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate

GS-SG = oxidized glutathione

G-SH = reduced glutathione

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G6PD DEFICIENCYFunction of G6PD

G6PD

GSSG 2 GSH

NADPH NADP

2 H2O H2O2

6-PG G6P

Hgb

Sulf-Hgb

Heinz bodies

Hemolysis

InfectionsDrugs

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Function of G6PD

present in the cytoplasm of all cells

In (RBC), which lack nuclei, mitochondria, and other organelles, G6PD is particularly significant

G6PD is involved in the first step of the Pentose Phosphate Shunt

Catalyzes the oxidation of Glucose-6-Phosphate to 6-Phosphogluconolactone (Phosphogluconate)

Only source of NADPH and GSH, necessary for the reduction of hydrogen peroxide

Hydrogen Peroxide is a strong oxidant that will degrade the RBC and cause hemolysis if it is not reduced

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Thiol-ester (-SH) groups found in many cellular enzymes are maintained in a reduced state by NADPH and GSH through the action of G6PD in the hexose monophosphate shunt (pentose phosphate pathway)

In the absence of an antioxidative mechanism, oxidant stress results in conversion of reactive thiol groups in haemoglobin to disulphides and sulphates, with ferriheme dissociation

sulfhaemoglobin accumulation, and finally large aggregates of precipitated haemoglobin (Heinz bodies)

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G6PD Activity

Declines with age of RBC

GdB has 62 day half-life for decay of activity

Sustains GSH levels for 100 to 120 day RBC life span

GdA- has normal activity when new, but the activity half-life is only 13 days

Deficiency is due to instability of the enzyme

GdMed has greater instability with 8 day half-life

New cells already have reduced activity, and mature RBC have enzyme levels < 1% normal activity

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Glucose 6-Phosphate

DehydrogenaseFunctions

Regenerates NADPH, allowing regeneration of glutathione

Protects against oxidative stress

Lack of G6PD leads to hemolysis during oxidative stress Infection

Medications

Fava beans

Oxidative stress leads to Heinz body formation

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The diagnosis can be confirmed by G6PD

assay

The test may be negative during a hemolytic

crisis when the older and defective RBCs are

replaced by younger cells

In such cases, the test has to be repeated

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Diagnosis.

Female heterozygotes may be difficult to detect as they have G6PD levels intermediate between those of hemizygous deficient males and normal individuals

G6PD screening during an acute attack may result in a false-normal result as reticulocytes have higher G6PD content than mature red cells

Heinz bodies may be detected during the early phase of haemolysis

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Symptoms of G6PD deficiency

G6PD deficiency is manifested as anemia, with RBCs being prematurely destroyed

RBCs are also extremely susceptible to oxidative stress

Neonatal jaundice is a yellowish discoloration sclera, skin, and mucous membranes caused by deposition of bile salts in these tissues

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The hemolytic crisis may manifest within hours of exposure to oxidant stress

In severe cases, hemoglobinuria and peripheral circulatory collapse can occur

Since only older red cells are affected most, the problem is usually self-limiting

There will be a rapid drop in hematocrit, rise in plasma hemoglobin and unconjugated bilirubin.

Heinz bodies can be seen on crystal violet staining. These are removed in the spleen in a day or two and 'bite cells', with loss of a portion of the periphery of the red cell, may be seen

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Hemolytic episodes triggered by :

viral or bacterial infections

drugs or toxins that have an oxidating potential :

Antimalarials like primaquine, pamaquine, dapsone,

sulfonamides like sulfamethoxazole, nitrofurantoin,

vitamin K, doxorubicin, methylene blue, nalidixic acid,

furazolidone etc. and naphthalene balls can cause

hemolysis in defective individuals.

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severe form of this is a direct result of

insufficient activity of the G6PD enzyme in the

liver

In some cases, the neonatal jaundice is severe

enough to cause death or permanent

neurologic damage

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Acute haemolysis may occur

1. Drugs : aspirin, sulfonamides, antimalarials,

nitrofurantoin, para-aminosalicylic acid,

chloramphenicol, naphthalene, methylene blue

and vitamin K analogues.

2. Following infections

3. After ingestion of broad beans (favism)

4. In the neonatal period (Icterus Neonatorum)

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chloroquine phenylhydrazine

hydroxychloroquine pyridium

mepacrine (quinacrine) quinine

pamaquine toluidine blue

pentaquine trinitrotoluene

primaquine urate oxidase

quinine vitamin K (water soluble)

quinocide CYTOTOXIC/ANTIBACTERIAL

CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS chloramphenicol

procainamide co-trimoxazole

quinidine furazolidone

SULFONAMIDES/SULFONES furmethonol

dapsone nalidixic acid

sulfacetamide neoarsphenamine

sulfamethoxypyrimidine nitrofurantoin

sulfanilamide nitrofurazone

sulfapyridine PAS

sulfasalazine para-aminosalicylic acid

sulfisoxazole PLEASE READ DISCLAIMER

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Infection trigger

Oxidative metabolites produced by bacterial,

viral, and rickettsial cause an anemic response

Viral hepatitis, pneumonia, and typhoid fever

are particularly likely to precipitate a hemolytic

episode in G6PD deficient individuals

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Bite Cells

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Heinz Bodies

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G6PD Deficiency: Acute haemolysis

Reticulocytosis and "blister" or "bite"

Blood film shows anisocytosis with a single blister cell.

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Heinz Bodies

Haemoglobin denaturation leads to its precipitation as Heinz bodies.

Heinz bodies bind to the red cell membrane and alter its rigidity, resulting in premature destruction in the spleen. The spleen also removes membrane-bound Heinz bodies from red cells resulting in "blister" or "bite" cells.

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Favism

The Fava Bean (Vicia faba) is a favored cultigen in areas where the GdMed allele is common

Vicine and convicine make up approximately 0.5% of the wet weight of the Fava bean

These compounds metabolize to divicine and isouramil in the intestine

These metabolites decrease RBC reduced glutathione (GSH)

Produce hydrogen peroxide and free radicals

Creates a severe oxidant stress in G6PD deficient cells

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The defect is known to provide partial

protection against malaria, by providing

defective environment in the affected red

cells

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Plasmodium in the RBC

Plasmodium preferentially attack immature RBC but P.

falciparum can invade RBC of all ages

Plasmodium oxidizes RBC NADPH from the Pentose

Phosphate pathway for its metabolism

This results in a deficiency of RBC GSH, most severe

in G6PD deficient individuals, leading to peroxide-

induced hemolysis which curtails the development of

Plasmodium

After several cell cycles the Plasmodium can adapt to

produce its own G6PD, reducing the adaptive benefit

of G6PD deficiency

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Fava Beans and Malaria

Recall that fava beans contain compounds that metabolize to powerful oxidants

In a cell that is oxidant-stressed by Plasmodium infection, the addition of another strong oxidant can lead a rapid build-up of peroxide

In vitro and in vivo (mouse) studies indicate a suppressant effect of divicine and isouramil on Plasmodium in G6PD normals

This effect would be expected to be even greater in G6PD deficient individuals

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Fava bean cultivation is widespread, especially

throughout the circum-Mediterranean region

There is substantial overlap between the cultivation of

fava beans and the GdMed allele

About 1 in 12 cases of favism results in mortality

Mostly affects children (up to 95% of cases)

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Responses to Favism

Mediterranean populations have developed several responses including food taboos, preparation techniques, and folk remedies

Highly susceptible groups including children and pregnant women are frequently forbidden to consume fava beans

Drying, soaking, and removing the skins appear to reduce toxicity

Increasing sugar consumption reduces the severity of an impending hemolytic crisis

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World distribution of G6PD deficiency. "The

values shown by the different shadings are

gene frequencies in the different populations"

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No specific treatment is needed since the

condition is usually self limiting

Rarely blood transfusions are indicated

Adequate urine output should be ensured

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MALARIA and the RED CELL

A remarkable example of Darwinism in action.

All elements -- blood groups on the envelope

(e.g.Duffy), the hemoglobin, and the presence of

G6PD deficiency are all involved in guarding against

malaria.

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PYROVATE KINAZE

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Next most common enzymopathy after

G6PD deficiency, but is rare

It is inherited in a autosomal recessive

pattern and is the commonest cause of

the so-called :

"congenital non-spherocytic haemolytic

anaemias" (CNSHA)

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Pathophysiology

PK catalyses the conversion of

phosphoenolpyruvate to pyruvate with

the generation of ATP

Inadequate ATP generation leads to

premature red cell death

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There is considerable variation in the severity

of haemolysis

Most patients are anaemic or jaundiced in

childhood

Gallstones, splenomegaly and skeletal

deformities due to marrow expansion may

occur

Aplastic crises due to parvovirus have been

described.

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Since the erythrocyte has no mitochondria, it

has no Krebs cycle. Its only source of ATP is

through the Embden-Myerhof pathway (the

hexose monophosphate shunt does not

generate any high-energy phosphate bonds,

thus no ATP)

ATP is needed primarily for the maintenance of

the ATP-dependent potassium/sodium pump

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pyruvate kinase deficiencyPK deficiency differs from G-6-PD deficiency

Mode of inheritance is autosomal recessive

Hemolysis is chronic and ongoing, unlike

G-6-PD deficiency, which episodic and related

to environmental exposures

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Blood film: PK deficiency:

Characteristic "prickle cells" may be seen

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Other red cell enzyme

defects causing haemolysis

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Glycolytic pathway enzymes e.g.

hexokinase, glucose phosphate isomerase, aldolase,

phosphoglycerate kinase etc

Glutathione metabolism pathway enzymes e.g.

glutathione synthetase, glutathione reductase etc.

Nucleotide metabolism pathway enzymes e.g.

adenylate kinase, adenosine deaminase, pyrimidine 5'

nucleotidase (associated with marked basophilic

stippling) etc.

All are extremely rare