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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-4
pubmed:abstractText
The occurrence, in Hereditary Spherocytosis, of an oxidative damage to red blood cell membranes was studied by "in vitro" treatment of the erythrocytes with tert-butylhydroperoxide, methylene blue, or phenylhydrazine. Spherocytes were found to be more sensitive than normal erythrocytes to the action of these drugs. Tert-butylhydroperoxide caused a more intense lipid peroxidation as well as more extensive membrane protein alterations, namely spectrin degradation, formation of high molecular weight aggregates, and globin binding to the membrane. Marked spectrin degradation was also induced by methylene blue and by phenylhydrazine, which differed from each other for their effects on the generation of membrane-bound globin and of intermediate proteolysis products. Spectrin appeared therefore to be, in Hereditary Spherocytosis, a highly sensitive target to oxidative stress, a phenomenon which may, also "in vivo", increase the rate of spectrin loss thus enhancing erythrocyte fragility.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0158-5231
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
265-74
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Oxidative erythrocyte membrane damage in hereditary spherocytosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratori di Biochimica Clinica e Immunologia, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, In Vitro