Structural changes of proteins in fish red blood cells after copper and mercury treatment

1992 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Gwozdzinski
Keyword(s):  
Red Blood Cells ◽  
Blood Cells ◽  
Structural Changes

scholarly journals Heinz Body Anemia—An Ultrastructural Study. I. Heinz Body Formation

Blood ◽  
1965 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 885-896 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICHARD A. RIFKIND ◽  
DAVID DANON
Keyword(s):  
Red Blood Cells ◽  
Blood Cells ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Regular Sequence ◽  
Ultrastructural Changes ◽  
Drug Induced ◽  
Heinz Bodies ◽  
Heinz Body

Abstract The ultrastructural changes in red blood cells exposed to phenylhydrazine, either in vivo or in vitro, are described. There is an age-dependent gradient of red cell sensitivity to this drug which includes the more mature reticulocytes as well as the population of circulating erythrocytes. Oxidative denaturation of hemoglobin and the formation of Heinz bodies, which constitute the major drug-induced lesion, are accompanied by a regular sequence of structural changes commencing in the central cytoplasm of erythrocytes and the drug-sensitive reticulocytes. These early changes often appear in close associaion with clusters of mitochondria. The initial morphologic lesion has an apparently crystalline structure and the significance of this stage is discussed. Heinz bodies grow by coalescence and condensation and finally come to lie just beneath the cell surface. Here they result in considerable distortion of cell shape and deformation of the plasma membrane. Thus, phenylhydrazine administration produces in red blood cells extensive ultrastructural alterations both in hemoglobin and in the cell membrane which may have considerable bearing on the fate of these cells in the circulation.

scholarly journals Vesiculation red blood cells. Its role in donor erythrocytes components

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-179
Author(s):  
V I Vaschenko ◽  
V N Vilyaninov ◽  
L A Skripaj ◽  
E F Sorokoletova
Keyword(s):  
Red Blood Cells ◽  
Blood Cells ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Dehydrogenase Deficiency ◽  
Blood Components ◽  
Band 3 Protein ◽  
Intercellular Interactions ◽  
Cell Components ◽  
Membrane Components ◽  
The Relationship

The formation of microvesicles by blood cells: monocytes, platelets, granulocytes, erythrocytes and endothelial cells is the most important feature of intercellular interactions. Red blood cells form microvesicles to remove damaged cell components, such as oxidized hemoglobin and damaged membrane components, and thus extend their functioning. Two hypotheses have been put forward for the formation of microvesicles: programmed cell death (eryptosis) and clustering of the band 3 protein as a result of disruption of intercellular interactions. In the process of eryptosis, damage to hemoglobin and a change in the pathways of phosphorylation of membrane proteins, primarily protein of strip 3, weaken the strong bonds between the lipid bilayer and the cytoskeleton, which is accompanied by the transformation of the membrane, the formation of protrusions and their transformation into microvesicles. It was found that the formation of microvesicles by red blood cells is impaired in patients suffering from various pathologies of red blood cells: sickle cell anemia, glucose-6-dehydrogenase deficiency, spherocytosis, and malaria. Studies of the last decade show that a violation of the interaction between the membrane and the cytoskeleton is probably the main mechanism, since it is confirmed by data obtained in the study of structural changes in red blood cells of donor hemocomponents stored in a blood bank. Currently, studies on the effect of microvesicles on the safety of erythrocyte-containing blood components have become widespread. A discussion was resumed on the relationship between the number of accumulated microvesicles in blood components and the effectiveness of donor components for patients during transfusion, depending on the shelf life of the components. Detailed data on proteomic, lipidomic and immunogenic comparisons of microvesicles obtained from various sources are convincing in the identification of trigger stimuli causing the generation of microvesicles. Elucidation of the contribution of microvesicles obtained from red blood cells to inflammation, thrombosis, and autoimmune reactions confirms the need to further study the mechanisms and consequences of the generation of microvesicles by red blood cells of donor components used for transfusion medicine.

scholarly journals Interaction of unmodified and partially silylated nanosilica with red blood cells

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 951-969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Gun’ko ◽  
Natalia Galagan ◽  
Irina Grytsenko ◽  
Vladimir Zarko ◽  
Olena Oranska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Red Blood Cells ◽  
Fumed Silica ◽  
Blood Cells ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Lower Intensity ◽  
Low Concentration ◽  
Unmodified Silica ◽  
Nmr Cryoporometry

AbstractInteraction of red blood cells (RBCs) with unmodified and partially (50%) silylated fumed silica A-300 (nanosilica)was studied by microscopic, XRD and thermally stimulated depolarisation current (TSDC) methods. Nanosilica at a low concentration C A-300C A-300 = 1 wt% all RBCs transform into shadow corpuscles because of 100% haemolysis. Partial (one-half) hydrophobization of nanosilica leads to reduction of the haemolytic effect in comparison with unmodified silica at the same concentrations. A certain portion of the TSDC spectra of the buffered suspensions with RBC/A-300 is independent of the amounts of silica. However, significant portions of the low-and high-temperature TSDC bands have a lower intensity at C A-300 = 1 wt% than that for RBCs alone or RBC/A-300 at C A-300 = 0.01 wt.% because of structural changes in RBCs. Results of microscopic and XRD investigations and calculations using the TSDC-and NMR-cryoporometry suggest that the intracellular structures in RBCs (both organic and aqueous components) depend on nanosilica concentration in the suspension.

Hemoglobin crystals of the red blood cells in the human renal cortex: electron microscopic observations of the renal lithiasis

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 480-481
Author(s):  
Kosuke Ueda ◽  
Hiroto Washida ◽  
Nakazo Watari
Keyword(s):  
Red Blood Cells ◽  
Blood Cells ◽  
Renal Cortex ◽  
Uranyl Acetate ◽  
Osmic Acid ◽  
Renal Lithiasis ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Hemoglobin C ◽  
First Case ◽  
Ultrathin Sections

IntroductionHemoglobin crystals in the red blood cells were electronmicroscopically reported by Fawcett in the cat myocardium. In the human, Lessin revealed crystal-containing cells in the periphral blood of hemoglobin C disease patients. We found the hemoglobin crystals and its agglutination in the erythrocytes in the renal cortex of the human renal lithiasis, and these patients had no hematological abnormalities or other diseases out of the renal lithiasis. Hemoglobin crystals in the human erythrocytes were confirmed to be the first case in the kidney.Material and MethodsTen cases of the human renal biopsies were performed on the operations of the seven pyelolithotomies and three ureterolithotomies. The each specimens were primarily fixed in cacodylate buffered 3. 0% glutaraldehyde and post fixed in osmic acid, dehydrated in graded concentrations of ethanol, and then embedded in Epon 812. Ultrathin sections, cut on LKB microtome, were doubly stained with uranyl acetate and lead citrate.

Densitometric Identification of Primitive Erythroblasts After Reaction With Diaminobenzidine

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 328-329
Author(s):  
John A. Trotter
Keyword(s):  
Red Blood Cells ◽  
Analytical Method ◽  
Blood Cells ◽  
Guinea Pigs ◽  
Specific Protein ◽  
Visual Examination ◽  
Hemoglobin Synthesis ◽  
Peroxidatic Activity ◽  
Small Density

Hemoglobin is the specific protein of red blood cells. Those cells in which hemoglobin synthesis is initiated are the earliest cells that can presently be considered to be committed to erythropoiesis. In order to identify such early cells electron microscopically, we have made use of the peroxidatic activity of hemoglobin by reacting the marrow of erythropoietically stimulated guinea pigs with diaminobenzidine (DAB). The reaction product appeared as a diffuse and amorphous electron opacity throughout the cytoplasm of reactive cells. The detection of small density increases of such a diffuse nature required an analytical method more sensitive and reliable than the visual examination of micrographs. A procedure was therefore devised for the evaluation of micrographs (negatives) with a densitometer (Weston Photographic Analyzer).

Scanning electron microscopy of erythrophagocytosis by Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 880-881
Author(s):  
Victor Tsutsumi ◽  
Adolfo Martinez-Palomo ◽  
Kyuichi Tanikawa
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Red Blood Cells ◽  
Entamoeba Histolytica ◽  
Causative Agent ◽  
Blood Cells ◽  
Protozoan Parasite ◽  
Complex Phenomenon ◽  
Great Capacity ◽  
Scanning Electron

The protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica is the causative agent of amebiasis in man. The trophozoite or motile form is a highly dynamic and pleomorphic cell with a great capacity to destroy tissues. Moreover, the parasite has the singular ability to phagocytize a variety of different live or death cells. Phagocytosis of red blood cells by E. histolytica trophozoites is a complex phenomenon related with amebic pathogenicity and nutrition.

Ultrastructural observations on the in vitro cytoadherence of Plasmodium falciparum infected red blood cells

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 914-915
Author(s):  
D.J.P. Ferguson ◽  
A.R. Berendt ◽  
J. Tansey ◽  
K. Marsh ◽  
C.I. Newbold
Keyword(s):  
Plasmodium Falciparum ◽  
Red Blood Cells ◽  
Blood Cells ◽  
Umbilical Vein ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Amelanotic Melanoma ◽  
Cytoplasmic Process ◽  
Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells

In human malaria, the most serious clinical manifestation is cerebral malaria (CM) due to infection with Plasmodium falciparum. The pathology of CM is thought to relate to the fact that red blood cells containing mature forms of the parasite (PRBC) cytoadhere or sequester to post capillary venules of various tissues including the brain. This in vivo phenomenon has been studied in vitro by examining the cytoadherence of PRBCs to various cell types and purified proteins. To date, three Ijiost receptor molecules have been identified; CD36, ICAM-1 and thrombospondin. The specific changes in the PRBC membrane which mediate cytoadherence are less well understood, but they include the sub-membranous deposition of electron-dense material resulting in surface deformations called knobs. Knobs were thought to be essential for cytoadherence, lput recent work has shown that certain knob-negative (K-) lines can cytoadhere. In the present study, we have used electron microscopy to re-examine the interactions between K+ PRBCs and both C32 amelanotic melanoma cells and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC).We confirm previous data demonstrating that C32 cells possess numerous microvilli which adhere to the PRBC, mainly via the knobs (Fig. 1). In contrast, the HUVEC were relatively smooth and the PRBCs appeared partially flattened onto the cell surface (Fig. 2). Furthermore, many of the PRBCs exhibited an invagination of the limiting membrane in the attachment zone, often containing a cytoplasmic process from the endothelial cell (Fig. 2).

Phagocytosis of opsonized red blood cells by hepatocytes after gene transfer of chimeric Fc γR III Aα and γcDNA

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A356-A357
Author(s):  
M FURUKAWA ◽  
Y MAGAMI ◽  
D NAKAYAMA ◽  
F MORIYASU ◽  
J PARK ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Transfer ◽  
Red Blood Cells ◽  
Blood Cells
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