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Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on July 25, 2002; DOI 10.1182/blood-2002-04-1270. This Article Full Text (PDF) All Versions of this Article: 2002-04-1270v1 100/12/4201    most recent Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Rights and Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Tolosano, E. Articles by Altruda, F. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Tolosano, E. Articles by Altruda, F. Social Bookmarking                   What's this? Submitted April 29, 2002 Accepted July 4, 2002 Enhanced splenomegaly and severe liver inflammation in haptoglobin/hemopexin double null mice after acute hemolysis Emanuela Tolosano*, Sharmila Fagoonee, Emilio Hirsch, Franklin G Berger, Heinz Baumann, Lorenzo Silengo, and Fiorella Altruda Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Turin, Turin, Italy; Experimental Medicine Research Center, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Turin, Italy Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Turin, Turin, Italy Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA * Corresponding author; email: emanuela.tolosano{at}unito.it. Intravascular hemolysis is associated with several pathologic conditions that include hemoglobinopathies, trauma, malaria and bacterial infections. Among plasma protective proteins against oxidative damage caused by red blood cell rupture, haptoglobin and hemopexin are thought to play a crucial role. Haptoglobin and hemopexin, by binding with high affinity hemoglobin and heme respectively, exert an anti-oxidant action by preventing heme-catalyzed free radicals production. Moreover, these proteins prevent iron loss by inhibiting glomerular filtration of hemoglobin and heme diffusion through plasma membranes. Analysis of single null mice demonstrated the anti-oxidant action of haptoglobin and hemopexin in vivo and suggests that the two proteins cooperate in the resolution of hemolytic stress. In order to evaluate the physiological relevance of the haptoglobin-hemopexin system and the principal targets of its action, we generated haptoglobin-hemopexin double knockout mice and analyzed them under basal conditions and after acute hemolysis. 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