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Pain in Hemophilia: Unexplored Role of Oxidative Stress

Raghda Fouda et al. Antioxidants (Basel). 2022.

Abstract

Hemophilia is the most common X-linked bleeding diathesis caused by the genetic deficiency of coagulation factors VIII or IX. Despite treatment advances and improvements in clinical management to prevent bleeding, management of acute and chronic pain remains to be established. Repeated bleeding of the joints leads to arthropathy, causing pain in hemophilia. However, mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of pain in hemophilia remain underexamined. Herein, we describe the novel perspectives on the role for oxidative stress in the periphery and the central nervous system that may contribute to pain in hemophilia. Specifically, we cross examine preclinical and clinical studies that address the contribution of oxidative stress in hemophilia and related diseases that affect synovial tissue to induce acute and potentially chronic pain. This understanding would help provide potential treatable targets using antioxidants to ameliorate pain in hemophilia.

Keywords: antioxidants; hemarthrosis; hemophilia; reactive oxygen species.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report the following: Kalpna Gupta: Honoraria: Tautona Group, Novartis and CSL Behring. Research Grants: Cyclerion, 1910 Genetics, Novartis, Grifols, UCI Foundation, and SCIRE Foundation.

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Proposed mechanism(s) of pain in Hemophilia: Joint bleeding releases cell free heme and proinflammatory cytokines leading to synovitis. Red cell derived iron (Fe2+) causes oxidative stress and chondrocyte apoptosis. Inflammation activates Receptor Activator of NF-κB Ligand (RANK-L)-RANK-Osteoprotegin (OPG)-pathway, resulting in bone resorption by osteoclasts. This microenvironment of inflammation, cell damage, and oxidative stress activates nociceptors on the nerve fibers, which release neuropeptides and transmit the action potentials to the central nervous system (CNS) leading to the perception of pain. Abbreviations: CGRP: Calcitonin gene-related peptide, DRG: Dorsal root ganglion, ER stress: Endoplasmic reticulum stress, NGF: Nerve growth factor, PGE1: Prostaglandin E1, RBCs: Red blood cells, ROS: Reactive oxygen species, SP: Substance P, TLR4, Toll like receptor 4, TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor.

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