Cross-linkings between spectrin and band 3 in human erythrocyte membranes

1979 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shih-Chun Liu ◽  
Jiri Palek
Keyword(s):  
Human Erythrocyte ◽  
Band 3 ◽  
Erythrocyte Membranes ◽  
Human Erythrocyte Membranes

scholarly journals Ultrastructure of the intact skeleton of the human erythrocyte membrane.

1986 ◽  
Vol 102 (3) ◽  
pp. 997-1006 ◽  
Author(s):  
B W Shen ◽  
R Josephs ◽  
T L Steck
Keyword(s):  
Human Erythrocyte ◽  
Actin Filaments ◽  
Band 3 ◽  
Carbon Films ◽  
Erythrocyte Membranes ◽  
Accessory Proteins ◽  
Red Cell Membrane ◽  
Human Erythrocyte Membranes ◽  
Low Ionic Strength ◽  
Triton X

Filamentous skeletons were liberated from isolated human erythrocyte membranes in Triton X-100, spread on fenestrated carbon films, negatively stained, and viewed intact and unfixed in the transmission electron microscope. Two forms of the skeleton were examined: (a) basic skeletons, stripped of accessory proteins with 1.5 M NaCl so that they contain predominantly polypeptide bands 1, 2, 4.1, and 5; and (b) unstripped skeletons, which also bore accessory proteins such as ankyrin and band 3 and small plaques of residual lipid. Freshly prepared skeletons were highly condensed. Incubation at low ionic strength and in the presence of dithiothreitol for an hour or more caused an expansion of the skeletons, which greatly increased the visibility of their elements. The expansion may reflect the opening of spectrin from a compact to an elongated disposition. Expanded skeletons appeared to be organized as networks of short actin filaments joined by multiple (5-8) spectrin tetramers. In unstripped preparations, globular masses were observed near the centers of the spectrin filaments, probably corresponding to complexes of ankyrin with band 3 oligomers. Some of these globules linked pairs of spectrin filaments. Skeletons prepared with a minimum of perturbation had thickened actin protofilaments, presumably reflecting the presence of accessory proteins. The length of these actin filaments was highly uniform, averaging 33 +/- 5 nm. This is the length of nonmuscle tropomyosin. Since there is almost enough tropomyosin present to saturate the F-actin, our data support the hypothesis that tropomyosin may determine the length of actin protofilaments in the red cell membrane.

Isolation and Partial Structure of an Oligosaccharide of Band-3 Glycoproteins of Human Erythrocyte Membranes

1979 ◽  
pp. 1065-1072
Author(s):  
Toshiaki Osawa ◽  
Tsutomu Tsuji ◽  
Anne Marianne Golovtchenko-Matsumoto ◽  
Tatsuro Irimura
Keyword(s):  
Human Erythrocyte ◽  
Band 3 ◽  
Erythrocyte Membranes ◽  
Partial Structure ◽  
Human Erythrocyte Membranes

scholarly journals Metabolic dependence of protein arrangement in human erythrocyte membranes. I. Analysis of spectrin-rich complexes in ATP-depleted red cells

Blood ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 385-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Palek ◽  
SC Liu ◽  
LM Snyder
Keyword(s):  
Human Erythrocyte ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Band 3 ◽  
Atp Depletion ◽  
Red Cells ◽  
Erythrocyte Membranes ◽  
Red Cell ◽  
Aerobic Conditions ◽  
Spontaneous Formation ◽  
Human Erythrocyte Membranes

Abstract The discocyte-echinocyte transformation and the decrease in deformability associated with red cell ATP depletion have been attributed to changes in the physical properties of spectrin and actin, membrane proteins located at the membrane-cytosol interface. We investigated the spontaneous formation of spectrin-rich complexes in human erythrocyte membranes, employing two-dimensional SDS- polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Membranes of red cells depleted in ATP under aerobic conditions exhibited (1) an increase in components 4.5 and 8 and globin subunits, (2) a spontaneous formation of heterodimers of spectrin 1 + 2 and spectrin 2 + component 4.9, and (3) a large molecular weight (greater than 10(6) daltons) protein complex with a high spectrin to band 3 ratio. These complexes were dissociated with dithiothreitol and were prevented by anaerobic incubation or the maintenance of red cell ATP and GSH levels with glucose, adenine, and inosine. The complexes 1 + 2 and 2 + 4.9 were also seen in acetylphenylhydrazine-treated, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase- deficient fresh erythrocytes that showed marked GSH depletion but preserved greater than 70% of the original ATP level. However, membranes of these cells did not contain the greater 10(6) dalton aggregate with a high spectrin to band 3 ratio. We concluded that the formation of the latter complex results from rearrangement of spectrin and other polypeptides in membranes of ATP-depleted red cells. Under aerobic conditions, the rearranged proteins undergo spontaneous intermolecular crosslinkings through disulfide couplings.

Protoporphyrin-induced photodynamic effects on band 3 protein of human erythrocyte membranes

1981 ◽  
Vol 649 (2) ◽  
pp. 310-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.M.A.R. Dubbelman ◽  
A.F.P.M. De Goeij ◽  
K. Christianse ◽  
J. Van Steveninck
Keyword(s):  
Human Erythrocyte ◽  
Band 3 ◽  
Erythrocyte Membranes ◽  
Band 3 Protein ◽  
Human Erythrocyte Membranes

scholarly journals Degradation of Band-3 Glycoprotein in vitro by a Protease Isolated from Human Erythrocyte Membranes

1982 ◽  
Vol 121 (2) ◽  
pp. 463-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Marianne GOLOVTCHENKO-MATSUMOTO ◽  
Isamu MATSUMOTO ◽  
Toshiaki OSAWA
Keyword(s):  
Human Erythrocyte ◽  
Band 3 ◽  
Erythrocyte Membranes ◽  
Human Erythrocyte Membranes

Freeze-fracture Electron Microscopic observations on the effects of sulphydryl group reagents on human erythrocyte membranes

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 524-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gheorghe Benga ◽  
Anthony Brain ◽  
Victor I. Pop ◽  
John Wrigglesworth
Keyword(s):  
Human Erythrocyte ◽  
Freeze Fracture ◽  
Band 3 ◽  
Erythrocyte Membranes ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Water Permeation ◽  
Human Erythrocyte Membranes ◽  
Erythrocyte Membrane Proteins

The intra-membrane particles (IMPs) observed on the fracture face of frozen erythrocyte membranes are thought to correspond primarily to “band 3” tetramers or dimers. Some recent studies correlating the inhibition of water diffusion in erythrocytes by p-chloromercuribenzene sulfonate (PCMBS) with the binding of 203Hg to erythrocyte membrane proteins has enabled band 3 and the polypeptides in band 4.5 to be identified as the proteins associated with the channels for water permeation in human erythrocytes. A further characterization of the effects of the incubation of human erythrocyte membranes with PCMBS and N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) has been performed as previously described. Experimental conditions have been previously described.A comparison was made of the appearance of freeze-etched membranes of control erythrocytes and erythrocytes with the sulphydryl reagents. It was found that on many of the control and NEM-treated cells, small (50-100 nm) elevated patches could be seen (Fig. 1, 2 and 3). These are present on both fracture and etch faces and are devoid of any intramembrane particles. The patch elevations were never observed in the membranes of PCMBS-treated cells (Fig. 4).

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