The effect of experimental hyperoxia on erythrocytes’ oxygen-transport function

Victor Vasilevich Revin, Natalia Vasilevna Gromova, Elvira Sergeevna Revina, Igor Pavlovich Grunyushkin, Alexander Yurievich Tychkov, Anastasia Yurievna Samonova, Anastasia Nikolaevna Kukina, Alexander Alexandrovich Moskovkin, Jean Christophe Bourdon, Nikolai Zhelev (Lead / Corresponding author)

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    Abstract

    The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of hyperoxia, calcium ions and pH value on the composition of major phospholipids in human erythrocyte membranes and erythrocytes’ oxygen-transport function. To create a model of hyperoxia, we saturated the incubated mixture with oxygen by constant passing of oxygen–air mixture through the incubation medium. To assess the effect of elevated calcium ion concentrations, CaCl2 was added to the incubation medium. An incubation medium with different pH was used to study the effect of various pH values. Lipids were extracted from erythrocytes and chromatographic separation was carried out in a thin layer of silica gel deposited on a glass plate. The thiobarbituric acid (TBA)-active products and the content of diene conjugates (DC) in erythrocytes were determined. The oxygen-binding capacity of haemoglobin was evaluated using Raman spectroscopy. The obtained results indicated that hyperoxia causes deep changes both in the composition and character of bilayer lipids of erythrocyte membranes, which affects the functional characteristics of erythrocytes, primarily the oxygen-transport properties of erythrocyte haemoglobin. It should be noted that a combination of Ca2+ ions and change in the pH value intensify the processes associated with disruption of phospholipids’ composition. The findings indicate that the lipid phase is one of the key elements in the functioning of erythrocytes in norm as well as during development of various pathological processes.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1236-1250
    Number of pages15
    JournalBiotechnology and Biotechnological Equipment
    Volume32
    Issue number5
    Early online date8 Jan 2018
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018

    Keywords

    • Erythrocytes
    • fatty acids
    • haematoporphyrin
    • haemoglobin
    • hyperoxia
    • phospholipids

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biotechnology

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