Biochemical studies on abnormal erythrocyte membranes protein abnormality of erythrocyte membrane in biliary obstruction |
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Authors: | Hisaya Iida Isao Hasegawa Yoshinori Nozawa |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry, Gifu University School of Medicine, Tsukasamachi 40, Gifu, Japan |
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Abstract: | Biochemical studies on erythrocyte membranes from eleven obstructive jaundice patients (due to various disorders) have been undertaken. By scanning electron microscopic observation these erythrocytes were spur and target in appearance. The lipid composition showed a marked increase in both cholesterol and phosphatidylcholine. In addition to these changes, it was unexpectedly demonstrated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate that a specific membrane protein component 4.2 was reduced or absent in all cases tested. This membrane protein abnormality was identical with that of hereditary spherocytosis erythrocyte membranes. It is of particular interest to note that after surgical relief of biliary obstruction in a typical case of common duct cholelithiasis, the disc electrophoretic pattern of erythrocyte membranes became normal and both lipid composition and red cell morphology returned to normal. |
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