hydroperoxide-induced changes in the physicochemical properties of human erythrocytes |
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Authors: | William D Corry Herbert J Meiselman Paul Hochstein |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033 U.S.A.;2. Department of Pharmacology and Nutrition, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Treatment of human erythrocytes with micromolar concentrations of hydroperoxide causes a variety of changes in the physical properties of the cells. Red cells exposed to concentrations of hydroperoxide of less than 750 μM for 15 min exhibited significant decreases in cellular and membrane deformability, increases in membrane-associated protein crosslinking, osmotic fragility and the viscosity of the intracellular hemoglobin solution. No changes in the volume or density of the cells were observed. Changes in cellular deformability are probably attributable solely to changes in the mechanical properties of the cell membrane. Conversely, when red cells are exposed to hydroperoxide concentrations in excess of 750 μM for 15 min they exhibited decreases in cellular deformability which may be related to increases in cell volume as well as membrane rigidity. |
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Keywords: | Membrane-protein crosslinking Membrane mechanics t-Butyl hydroperoxide Deformation Hemoglobin (Human erythrocyte) SDS sodium dodecyl sulfate |
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