Relationship between cell age, glutathione and cation concentrations in sheep erythrocytes with a normal and a defective transport system for amino acids |
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Authors: | T J Fisher E M Tucker J D Young |
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Abstract: | Percoll density gradients were used to separate sheep erythrocytes according to cell age. Erythrocytes with low intracellular levels of glutathione (GSH) caused by an inherited deficiency of the System C amino acid transporter exhibited large age-related decreases in GSH and K+ content. In contrast, there was no age-related loss of intracellular GSH in normal sheep erythrocytes or in sheep erythrocytes with low GSH resulting from a diminished activity of gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase. Loss of GSH from amino acid transport-deficient erythrocytes was paralleled by the progressive appearance of Heinz bodies in the cells, indicating an increased susceptibility to oxidative damage. |
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