Tissue Oxygen Effects of HBOC-201 versus Red Blood Cells

Author(s):  
E.E. Jacobs Jr. ◽  
M.S. Gawryl
1993 ◽  
Vol 264 (2) ◽  
pp. R396-R401 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. Liard ◽  
M. P. Kunert

Increased tissue oxygen delivery may play a role in the increased vascular resistance that develops in volume-expanded hypertension. This hypothesis was tested by decreasing the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen in dogs to increase unloading of oxygen to the tissues. Six chronically instrumented dogs were studied before and for 7 days after partial exchange transfusion with red blood cells modified by incorporation of inositol hexaphosphate, which, 1 h after exchange, increased the PO2 value at which hemoglobin is half-saturated with oxygen (P50) to 38.8 +/- 2.1 mmHg from a control value of 31 +/- 1.5 mmHg. Cardiac output (electromagnetic flowmeter) fell to 92.5 +/- 7.4 ml.kg-1.min-1 after 2-4 h from control values between 120.2 +/- 5.7 and 125.8 +/- 4.6 ml.kg-1.min-1. One day later, cardiac output was still significantly decreased to 104.0 +/- 5.9 ml.kg-1.min-1. As P50 returned to control over the next few days, so did cardiac output. Two to four hours after exchange, total peripheral resistance was increased to 1,144 +/- 73 mmHg.l-1.kg.min from control values between 762 +/- 26 and 790 +/- 32 mmHg.l-1.kg.min. It was still increased to 993 +/- 51 mmHg.l-1.kg.min after 1 day. Oxygen consumption did not change significantly. Cardiac output and peripheral resistance changes were significantly different from those measured in a control group of six dogs receiving exchange transfusion with sham-shifted red blood cells without significant P50 changes. These results suggest that an increase in tissue oxygen delivery can raise total peripheral resistance in dogs in the absence of primary changes in fluid volumes, blood flow, or blood pressure.


Author(s):  
Kosuke Ueda ◽  
Hiroto Washida ◽  
Nakazo Watari

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.


Author(s):  
John A. Trotter

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).


Author(s):  
Victor Tsutsumi ◽  
Adolfo Martinez-Palomo ◽  
Kyuichi Tanikawa

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.


Author(s):  
D.J.P. Ferguson ◽  
A.R. Berendt ◽  
J. Tansey ◽  
K. Marsh ◽  
C.I. Newbold

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).


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