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Metabolome Analysis of Erythrocytes from Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Reveals the Etiology of Ribavirin-Induced Hemolysis

Tetsuru Karasawa1, Takafumi Saito1✉, Yoshiyuki Ueno1, Masahiro Sugimoto2, Tomoyoshi Soga2

1. Department of Gastroenterology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Yamagata 990-9585;
2. Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0052, Japan.

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Karasawa T, Saito T, Ueno Y, Sugimoto M, Soga T. Metabolome Analysis of Erythrocytes from Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Reveals the Etiology of Ribavirin-Induced Hemolysis. Int J Med Sci 2013; 10(11):1575-1577. doi:10.7150/ijms.6436. https://www.medsci.org/v10p1575.htm
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Abstract

Ribavirin is one of the major agents used in combination therapy with interferon for chronic hepatitis C, but is often associated with hemolytic anemia as a serious adverse event. Employing metabolome analysis, we demonstrated that the concentrations of intermediate metabolites produced by glycolysis and the pentose phosphate cycle in patients' erythrocytes were significantly decreased after administration of ribavirin. Our findings suggest that hemolysis associated with ribavirin is triggered by an energy crisis and consequent oxidative stress, thus having implications for the prevention of such hemolysis.

Keywords: HCV, ribavirin, anemia, metabolome, glycolysis, pentose phosphate cycle.


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Karasawa, T., Saito, T., Ueno, Y., Sugimoto, M., Soga, T. (2013). Metabolome Analysis of Erythrocytes from Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Reveals the Etiology of Ribavirin-Induced Hemolysis. International Journal of Medical Sciences, 10(11), 1575-1577. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijms.6436.

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Karasawa, T.; Saito, T.; Ueno, Y.; Sugimoto, M.; Soga, T. Metabolome Analysis of Erythrocytes from Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Reveals the Etiology of Ribavirin-Induced Hemolysis. Int. J. Med. Sci. 2013, 10 (11), 1575-1577. DOI: 10.7150/ijms.6436.

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Karasawa T, Saito T, Ueno Y, Sugimoto M, Soga T. Metabolome Analysis of Erythrocytes from Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Reveals the Etiology of Ribavirin-Induced Hemolysis. Int J Med Sci 2013; 10(11):1575-1577. doi:10.7150/ijms.6436. https://www.medsci.org/v10p1575.htm

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Karasawa T, Saito T, Ueno Y, Sugimoto M, Soga T. 2013. Metabolome Analysis of Erythrocytes from Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Reveals the Etiology of Ribavirin-Induced Hemolysis. Int J Med Sci. 10(11):1575-1577.

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