In this work, we will investigate if red blood cell (RBC) membrane fluidity, influenced by several hyperglycemia-induced pathways, could provide a complementary index of HbA1c to monitor the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)-related macroangiopathic complications such as Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD). The contextual liquid crystalline (LC) domain spatial organization in the membrane was analysed to investigate the phase dynamics of the transition. Twenty-seven patients with long-duration T2DM were recruited and classified in DM, including 12 non-PAD patients, and DM + PAD, including 15 patients in any stage of PAD. Mean values of RBC generalized polarization (GP), representative of membrane fluidity, together with spatial organization of LC domains were compared between the two groups; p-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Although comparable for anthropometric characteristics, duration of diabetes, and HbA1c, RBC membranes of PAD patients were found to be significantly more fluid (GP: 0.501 +/- 0.026) than non-PAD patients (GP: 0.519 +/- 0.007). These alterations were shown to be triggered by changes in both LC microdomain composition and distribution. We found a decrease in Feret diameter from 0.245 +/- 0.281 mu m in DM to 0.183 +/- 0.124 mu m in DM + PAD, and an increase in circularity. Altered RBC membrane fluidity is correlated to a spatial reconfiguration of LC domains, which, by possibly altering metabolic function, are associated with the development of T2DM-related macroangiopathic complications.

Bianchetti, G., Rizzo, G. E., Serantoni, C., Abeltino, A., Rizzi, A., Tartaglione, L., Caputo, S., Flex, A., De Spirito, M., Pitocco, D., Maulucci, G., Spatial Reorganization of Liquid Crystalline Domains of Red Blood Cells in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease, <<INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES>>, 2023; 2022 (19): 11126-11138. [doi:10.3390/ijms231911126] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/228230]

Spatial Reorganization of Liquid Crystalline Domains of Red Blood Cells in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease

Bianchetti, Giada;Rizzo, Gaetano Emanuele;Serantoni, Cassandra;Abeltino, Alessio;Tartaglione, Linda;Caputo, Salvatore;Flex, Andrea;De Spirito, Marco;Pitocco, Dario;Maulucci, Giuseppe
2022

Abstract

In this work, we will investigate if red blood cell (RBC) membrane fluidity, influenced by several hyperglycemia-induced pathways, could provide a complementary index of HbA1c to monitor the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)-related macroangiopathic complications such as Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD). The contextual liquid crystalline (LC) domain spatial organization in the membrane was analysed to investigate the phase dynamics of the transition. Twenty-seven patients with long-duration T2DM were recruited and classified in DM, including 12 non-PAD patients, and DM + PAD, including 15 patients in any stage of PAD. Mean values of RBC generalized polarization (GP), representative of membrane fluidity, together with spatial organization of LC domains were compared between the two groups; p-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Although comparable for anthropometric characteristics, duration of diabetes, and HbA1c, RBC membranes of PAD patients were found to be significantly more fluid (GP: 0.501 +/- 0.026) than non-PAD patients (GP: 0.519 +/- 0.007). These alterations were shown to be triggered by changes in both LC microdomain composition and distribution. We found a decrease in Feret diameter from 0.245 +/- 0.281 mu m in DM to 0.183 +/- 0.124 mu m in DM + PAD, and an increase in circularity. Altered RBC membrane fluidity is correlated to a spatial reconfiguration of LC domains, which, by possibly altering metabolic function, are associated with the development of T2DM-related macroangiopathic complications.
2022
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Bianchetti, G., Rizzo, G. E., Serantoni, C., Abeltino, A., Rizzi, A., Tartaglione, L., Caputo, S., Flex, A., De Spirito, M., Pitocco, D., Maulucci, G., Spatial Reorganization of Liquid Crystalline Domains of Red Blood Cells in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease, <<INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES>>, 2023; 2022 (19): 11126-11138. [doi:10.3390/ijms231911126] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/228230]
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