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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-12-6
pubmed:abstractText
Glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) and alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) have been encapsulated in sheep and human red blood cells (RBCs) by a hypotonic dialysis/isotonic resealing procedure. At a fixed enzyme level in the dialysis bag (100 units/ml of RBCs), a significant encapsulation yield was observed for ADH, both in human (17.2%) and sheep (47.9%) RBCs, whereas a very low entrapment of GDH was achieved (1-3%) in either species. Carrier cell recovery was 61-65% in humans and 30-34% in sheep. Because of the aggregation of GDH to large polymers at protein levels above 1 mg/ml, the yield of encapsulation and the specific activity in human carrier RBCs were compared at different enzyme concentrations. While entrapment was not affected by differences in ADH up to 13,000 units/ml of RBCs (38 mg/ml), the yield of GDH encapsulation significantly decreased as the enzyme level increased up to 750 units/ml of RBCs (15 mg/ml), thus demonstrating the importance of protein concentration in the encapsulation process for those enzymes that tend to aggregate.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0885-4513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22 ( Pt 2)
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
223-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-3-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
The influence of enzyme concentration on the encapsulation of glutamate dehydrogenase and alcohol dehydrogenase in red blood cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't