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Hematopoeisis, Bone marrow,
Erythropoiesis, RBC structure and
function
Faisal Klufah
M.S.H.S, MLS(ASCP)
Objectives
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Define hematopoiesis
Describe the origin of hematopoieisis
Define erythropoiesis
List proper cell maturation of the erythrocytic series
Identify three areas of RBC metabolism crucial for
normal erythrocyte survival and function
Describe RBC membrane biochemical structure and
the consequences of structural membrane defects
RBC metabolic pathways
Hematopoeisis
Tissue homeostasis
◦ Maintenance of an adequate number of cells
through these functions:
◦ Proliferation
◦ Differentiation
◦ Death (apoptosis)
Cell cycle
G1 S G2 M
 S phase - DNA synthesis
 M phase – mitosis
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Apoptosis vs Necrosis
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Necrosis: cell death by lethal chemical,
biological or physical events
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Apoptosis : programmed cell death
regulated by genetic material of cell
Hematopoiesis
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Blood cell formation – production and development
Occurs bone marrow, liver, spleen, lymph nodes, thymus
Bone marrow – sole site of effective hematopoiesis in normal
adults
6 billion cells/kg of body weight per day
 2.5 billion red cells
 2.5 billion platelets
 1.0 billion white cells
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Rate adjusted to need, vary from nearly zero to many times
the normal
Constant turnover of cells
Definition of HEMATOPOIESIS
Development of different cell lineages in blood
 Differentiation
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◦ Appearance of different properties in cells
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Commitment
◦ Cells derived from common precursors take separate
routes
◦ Maturation occurs from commitment to fully
developed cell
Ontogeny of Hematopoeisis
 Yolk sac > fetal liver/spleen > BM
 Three developmental periods
◦ Mesoblastic
◦ Hepatic
◦ Myeloid
Mesoblastic
Blood islands of yolk sac
 Primarily RBC production
 Embryonic hemoglobin produced
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Hepatic
At 6 weeks cell production in liver
 Fetal hemoglobin produced
 Spleen, thymus, lymph nodes also active
production
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Myeloid
At 5th month Bone Marrow becomes site
of cell production
 Liver & spleen now Extramedullary
 Hemoglobin A (22)
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Hematopoietic precursor cells
Stem cells
 Progenitor cells
 Maturing cells
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Stem Cells
 Very small group of cells
 Multipotential cells that give rise to all
lineages of blood cells
 High self-renewal ability
 Not morphologically distinguishable
 Identified by flow cytometry with marker
CD34
 Supporting research
Progenitor Cells
Committed cells to differentiation into
cell lines
 Described as colony-forming units (CFU)
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◦ CFU-GEMM
◦ CFU-GM
◦ CFU-Meg
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Population amplified by proliferation
Maturing cells
Majority of precursor cells
 Recognizable morphologic characteristics
 Nomenclature unique for each cell line
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Cytokines & Growth Factors
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Cytokines
 Govern precursor cell survival, self-renewal,
proliferation, differentiation
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Growth factor control
 Interleukins numbered according to discovery
Growth factors promote cell survival by
suppressing apoptosis
 Growth factors promote proliferation
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Lineage specific cytokines
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Erythropoiesis
◦ BFU-E
◦ CFU-E dependent on EPO
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Granulopoiesis and Monopoiesis
◦ CFU-GM supported by IL-3
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Megakaryocytopoiesis
◦ CFU-Meg induced by IL-11 and TPO
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Lymphopoiesis
◦ Multiple GF in development of T & B cells
Bone Marrow
Bone marrow
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Bone marrow/ medullary hematopoiesis
Major hematopoietic organ
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Blood forming tissue located between
trabeculae
◦ Bone marrow stroma is supporting tissue for
hematopoietic cells
◦ Red marrow/yellow marrow
Thymus
Lymphopoietic organ in upper mediastinum
 Cortex densely packed with small lymphocytes
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Primary purpose
◦ Compartment for maturation of T lymphocytes
◦ Precursor T cells leave the bone marrow and enter the
thymus
Spleen
Upper left quadrant of abdomen
 Richly supplied with blood
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Functions include
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culling; filtering and destruction of old or damaged RBCs
Pitting: pluck our particles from RBCs
immune defense
storage: hold 1/3 of platelets
Lymphatic system
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Lymph nodes and lymphatic vessels
Nodes remove foreign particles from lymph
Functions
◦ Immune defense
◦ B cell production in germinal centers
Erythropoiesis
Erythron
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Total population of erythrocytes and precursors
in peripheral blood and bone marrow
◦ RBC production
◦ RBC release
◦ RBC destruction
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Primary signal regulating RBC production is
oxygen tension
◦  tissue oxygenation due to anemia or pulmonary
insufficiency
Erythropoiesis
Stimulated by Erythropoietin (EPO), a
glycoprotein hormone produced in the
kidney
 EPO accelerates commitment of
pluripotent stem cell to CFU-E and
erythroid development
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Maturation characteristics
Cells accumulate hemoglobin
 Lose their protein-synthesizing apparatus
 Nuclear chromatin pattern changes
 cells become smaller
 Nucleus to cytoplasm ratio decreases
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Sequence of RBCs Maturation
Pronormoblast
 Basophilic normoblast
 Polychromatic normoblast
 Orthochromic normoblast
 Reticulocyte
 Erythrocyte
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All stages of erythropoeisis
http://www.tau.ac.il/~inter05/eryt.htm
RBC structure and function
RBC Membrane Composition
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Trilaminar structure
◦ outer hydrophilic
◦ central hydrophobic
◦ inner hydrophilic
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Proteins
◦ integral: Extend from
outer surface to inner
◦ peripheral: cytoplasmic
surface beneath lipid
bilayer
Schematic of RBC membrane
RBC Membrane Lipids
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95% of lipid content
◦ Unesterified Cholesterol
◦ Phospholipid bilayer
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Remaining 5%
◦ Glycolipids
 Antigenic properties of the membrane
◦ Free fatty acids
Membrane Proteins:Integral
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Integral
◦ Glycophorin A,B,C
 Carry RBC antigens and give the RBC it’s negative
charge
◦ Band 3
 Functions as anion exchange protein
Membrane Proteins: Peripheral
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Peripheral (form membrane “skeleton”)
◦ Contribute to cell shape,membrane stability,
deformability and gives it the viscoelastic
properties
RBC Deformability
◦ Flexibility of the RBC to squeeze
through capillaries
◦ Increased conc of hgb or decreased
fluidity = decreased deformability.
◦ Accumulation of membrane calcium
result in rigid, shrunken cells &
reduced deformability
RBC Permeability
◦ Freely permeable to H2O, Cl-,
◦ Cation pump regulates balance of
Na+and K+
RBC Metabolism
Limited because of absence of nucleus,
mitochondria, and other organelles
 Pathways described contribute energy to
maintain :
◦ high intracellular K+, low intracellular Na+,
very low intracellular Ca++
◦ Hemoglobin in reduced form
◦ Membrane integrity and deformability
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Pathways:
1- Embden-Meyerhof Pathway
2- Hexose Monophosphate Shunt
3-Methemoglobin reductase
4-Rapoport- Luebering Shunt
Pathways: Embden-Meyerhof Pathway
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90-95% of rbc glucose consumption
Glucose enters cell by diffusion and metabolized to
lactate
net gain of two moles of ATP/mole of glucose
Key enzymes: pyruvate kinase, phosphofructokinase
Key role:ATP necessary for RBC shape, flexibility
and membrane integrity
Gylcolysis in RBCs
http://www.vet.ed.ac.uk/clive/cal/RUMENCAL/Info/infFerm.html
Hexose Monophosphate Shunt
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produces reduced NADPH and reduced
glutathione(GSH)
Functionally dependent on G6PD
GSH protects cell from permanent oxidant
damage
Key enzymes:glutathione reductase, G6PD
Key role:maintain reduced GSH and reduced
NADP
Diagram of HMS
http://www.uq.edu.au/vdu/HexoseMonophosphateShunt.gif
Methemoglobin reductase
Pathway that maintains heme iron in reduced
ferrous (Fe2+)
 Hgb in ferric state is methemoglobin(Fe3+)
 Key enzyme: methemoglobin reductase
 Key role: prevent hypoxia
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Rapoport- Luebering Shunt
causes accumulation of 2,3 DPG thus regulating
oxygen delivery to the tissues.
 Key enzyme:DPG-synthetase
 Key role: affects oxygen affinity of hemoglobin
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Erythrocyte Destruction
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RBC begins to undergo senescence
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Reticuloendothelial System (RES) daily removes 1% of old
RBCs via macrophages
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As RBC ages, glycolytic enzymes decrease activity resulting in
less energy and less deformability
Extravascular Hemolysis
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Occurs in RES macrophages
◦ 90% of RBC destruction
◦ iron returned to erythroid precursors
◦ globin amino acids returned to AA pool
◦ heme protoporphyrin ring disassembled.
◦ Balances RBC number with production and
use
Intravascular Hemolysis
◦ 5-10% rbc destruction(within blood
vessel)
◦ Free hemoglobin in the blood
◦ Iron bound to transferrin
◦ Released Hgb complexed to
haptoglobin therefore decreased
haptoglobin in the plasma