The effect of serum and experimental variables on the transferrin and reticulocyte interaction |
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Authors: | Erwin F Workman Jr Gary Graham George W Bates |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry, and Biophysics, College of Agriculture, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas 77843 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The transfer of iron from transferrin to the developing erythrocyte is a research area of high interest and considerable controversy. We have found that the results of transferrin-reticulocyte incubation studies are quite sensitive to the experiemental procedures that are utilized. Reticulocytosis has been induced in rabbits by phelbotomy and phenylhydrazine inhections. While the latter gives a higher reticulocyte count, the cells appear to exhibit an altered transferrin-membrane interaction. Transferrin has been iodinated by published methods utilizing chloramine-T and molecular iodine. The iodotransferrin products exhibit the same iron donation ability, however, evidence was found that the chloramine-T treatment leads to a nonspecific binding of transferrin to the reticulocyte. The means of saturating transferrin with 59Fe is also of prime importance. Fe(NH4)2 (SO4)2 and especially FeCl3 were found to yield non-specifically bound iron when added to transferrin or serum. This artifact was reflected in an altered transferrin-reticulocyte interaction. Using what we believe to be optimal conditions, the effect of serum on the transferrin-reticulocyte system was re-examined. The results clearly indicated an enhancement of iron uptake by reticulocytes in the presence of serum, as well as an accelerated incorporation of iron by the cytoplasmic fraction. |
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