Uptake and removal of cortisol by canine erythrocytes in various electrolyte solutions |
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Authors: | E L Philip S F Marotta |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences University of Illinois at the Medical Center Chicago, Illinois, 60680 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The uptake of free cortisol by canine RBC was studied by incubating the cells in various Ringer-Locke solutions, saline, plasma, and plasma to which EDTA was added. The uptake of cortisol by RBC was similar in all electrolyte solutions; however, uptake was significantly less when RBC were incubated in plasma. The removal of both exogenous and endogenous cortisol from RBC was studied by washing the cells in various electrolyte solutions. Although the percentages of steroid removed per wash were not significantly different when cells were washed with Ringer-Locke solutions, saline washed RBC to which no cortisol was previously added gave significantly less steroid per wash. These data indicate that Na+, K+ and Ca++ do not affect the permeability of these cells to cortisol and that the cortisol associated with canine RBC is loosely bound. |
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