scholarly journals Immunologic Features of Erythrocyte Sensitization

Blood ◽  
1957 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN H. VAUGHAN ◽  
MARION V. WALLER
Keyword(s):  
Blood Group ◽  
Red Cells ◽  
The Other ◽  
Antibody Activity ◽  
Red Cell ◽  
Coating Materials ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Cell Coating

Abstract It has been shown that red cells sensitized with anti-Rh antibody are agglutinated by anti-γ-globulin sera, regardless of the "order" of Rh antibody activity. Red cells sensitized with anti-Lewis antibody, on the other hand, are agglutinated by anti-sera to non-γ-globulin substances. Of six other blood group antibodies studied, five provided γ-globulin red cell coating materials and one, an anti-Kidd, a non-γ-globulin material. The participation of complement, or complement-like, substances was shown in some instances. Various pitfalls in the technics employed in absorbing Coombs sera so as to render them immunochemically specific are discussed.

scholarly journals THE ESCAPE OF HEMOGLOBIN FROM THE RED CELL DURING HEMOLYSIS

1935 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Ponder ◽  
Douglas Marsland
Keyword(s):  
Cell Membrane ◽  
Cell Envelope ◽  
Red Cells ◽  
The Other ◽  
Red Cell ◽  
Electrical Measurements ◽  
Permeable Membrane ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Human Red Cells

By means of measurements from cinematograph films of the time taken for human red cells to lose hemoglobin while hemolyzing, it is shown that small concentrations of saponin bring about a relatively small permeability of the cell membrane to the pigment, whereas large concentrations so destroy the membrane that the theoretical time for loss of pigment through a completely permeable membrane (0.16 second) is very nearly attained. These results are in agreement with those obtained from electrical measurements, and the dependence of permeability on lysin concentration can be explained on the basis of what is known about the rate of transformation of lysin as it reacts with the cell envelope. When cells are hemolyzed by hypotonic solutions, on the other hand, the permeability of the membrane to pigment is nearly constant, irrespective of the tonicity used to bring about lysis.

scholarly journals γA-BLOOD GROUP ANTIBODIES

1966 ◽  
Vol 123 (5) ◽  
pp. 951-967 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Adinolfi ◽  
P. L. Mollison ◽  
Margaret J. Polley ◽  
Jane M. Rose
Keyword(s):  
Blood Group ◽  
Single Injection ◽  
Deae Cellulose ◽  
Red Cells ◽  
The Other ◽  
Intravenous Injections ◽  
Other Hand

The serological characteristics of γA-anti-A and anti-B were studied using, as a source, either colostrum, or fractions relatively rich in γA obtained from selected potent antisera. γA-anti-A and anti-B were never hemolytic nor did they sensitize red cells to agglutination by anticomplement globulin sera. γA-anti-A, like γG-anti-A and unlike γM-anti-A was unaffected by heating at 56°C for 3 hr. On the other hand in the following three characteristics the behavior of γA fell between that of γG- or γM-anti-A: sensitivity to inactivation by 2-mercaptoethanol, ease of neutralization by A substance and degree of enhancement of agglutination in a medium of serum rather than saline. The agglutination produced by γA-anti-A was regularly enhanced by addition of anti-γA-globulin serum. In searching for γA-blood group antibodies of other specificities the following sera were tested: anti-D (32 examples); anti-c (2 examples); anti-Lea or -Leb (3 examples); anti-K (3 examples); anti-Fya (3 examples), and anti-Jka (3 examples). Only 3 sera, all containing anti-D, sensitized red cells to agglutination by anti-γA. There were no discrepancies between results obtained with four different anti-γA-globulin sera. Approximately half the sera were fractionated on DEAE-cellulose, and the fractions rich in γA tested for their ability to sensitize red cells to agglutination by anti-γA; no additional examples of γA-antibodies were detected. One of the three examples of γA-anti-D appeared in the serum of a woman during the course of deliberate reimmunization. γA-anti-D appeared only after three intravenous injections of red cells although the γG-anti-D titer rose considerably after a single injection. 3 yr after a fourth injection of Rh-positive cells γA-anti-D, as well as γG-anti-D, was still present in the serum.

scholarly journals THE SPECIFIC HEAT AND THE HEAT OF COMPRESSION OF HUMAN RED CELLS, SICKLED RED CELLS, AND PARACRYSTALLINE RAT RED CELLS

1955 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 575-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Ponder
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Properties ◽  
Specific Heat ◽  
Crystallization Process ◽  
Red Cells ◽  
The Other ◽  
Red Cell ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Human Red Cells

The investigation of two thermal properties of red cells throws some light on whether sickling is a process involving the crystallization of a relatively insoluble hemoglobin. These properties are the specific heat and the heat of compression, both of which would be expected to become numerically less if the hemoglobin of the red cell were to crystallize. In the case of paracrystalline rat red cells, which give spacings at 45 A and 58 A by x-ray diffraction, the specific heat is reduced to 85 per cent of that of the normal red cells, and the heat of compression is only about 75 per cent of that found for the normal red cell. In the case of the red cell sickled by a reduction of the O2 tension, the specific heat and the heat of compression are substantially the same as found for the normal red cell. This is an argument against sickling being the result of a crystallization process, and supports the observation that sickled cells do not give x-ray spacings. The result is compatible, on the other hand, with sickling being the result of the formation of an oriented and birefringent gel.

Interrelations of Thrombo-Embolic Diseases and Blood-Group Distribution

1963 ◽  
Vol 09 (02) ◽  
pp. 472-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Dick ◽  
W Schneider ◽  
K Brockmüller ◽  
W Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Normal Distribution ◽  
Blood Group ◽  
Blood Groups ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Group Distribution

SummaryA comparison between the repartition of the blood groups in 461 patients suffering from thromboembolic disorders and the normal distribution has shown a statistically ascertained predominance of the group A1. On the other hand the blood groups 0 and A2 are distinctly less frequent than in the normal distribution.

Cytogenetic, anatomical and blood group studies of sheep twin chimaeras

1970 ◽  
Vol 175 (1039) ◽  
pp. 183-200 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Cell ◽  
Blood Group ◽  
Sex Chromosomes ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
In Utero ◽  
Red Cells ◽  
Cell Populations ◽  
Red Cell ◽  
X Protein ◽  
Blood Grouping

Karyotyping and blood grouping methods were used to identify sheep twin chimaeras. Evidence that an exchange of blood cell precursors (the origin of chimaerism) had taken place in utero was obtained by examining lymphocytes in culture and finding the chromosomes of both sexes in one individual, or by finding admixture of red cell antigens, haemoglobin or ‘X ’ protein. Where chimaerism of sex chromosomes was found the pairs had identical red cell types, but two separate populations of red cells were not always identifiable. The four females in the pairs studied were freemartins. No correlation was found between the relative proportions of the two red cell populations and those of the two white cell populations. In one pair of chimaeric ewes, breeding tests showed that the major red cell populations in each case were the true genetic type. In the freemartins no correlation was found between the degree of masculinity and the numbers of male lymphocytes. A possible correlation of masculinity with red cell proportions is discussed.

scholarly journals Genetic variants of human red-cell membrane sialoglycoprotein β. Study of the alterations occurring in the sialoglycoprotein-β gene

1988 ◽  
Vol 250 (2) ◽  
pp. 407-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
M J Tanner ◽  
S High ◽  
P G Martin ◽  
D J Anstee ◽  
P A Judson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variants ◽  
Southern Blotting ◽  
Protein Product ◽  
Red Cells ◽  
The Other ◽  
Red Cell ◽  
Red Cell Membrane ◽  
Initiation Of Translation ◽  
Beta Gene ◽  
Human Red Cell Membrane

We have studied the DNA of individuals who express an altered sialoglycoprotein beta on their red cells by using Southern blotting with sialoglycoprotein-beta cDNA probes. Individuals of the Leach phenotype do not express any beta (sialoglycoprotein beta) or gamma (sialoglycoprotein gamma) on their red cells, and we show that about 7 kb of DNA, including the 3′ end of the beta gene, is deleted in this DNA. Any protein product of this gene is likely to lack the membrane-associating domain of beta. We have also examined the DNA of two types of other individuals (Yus-type and Gerbich-type) who have red cells that lack beta and gamma, but contain abnormal sialoglycoproteins related to beta. These two types of DNA contain different internal deletions of about 6 kb in the beta gene. We suggest that these deletions result from the presence of two different sets of internal homology in the beta gene, and on this basis we propose structures for the abnormal Yus-type and Gerbich-type sialoglycoproteins which are consistent with the other evidence that is available. We provide evidence that beta and gamma are products of the same gene and suggest a possible mechanism for the origin of gamma based on leaky initiation of translation of beta mRNA.

Acetylcholinesterase in Human Erythroid Cells

1973 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 911-923
Author(s):  
R. J. SKAER
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Golgi Apparatus ◽  
Red Cells ◽  
The Other ◽  
Red Cell ◽  
Erythroid Cells ◽  
Cell Replacement ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Human Red Cells

Acetylcholinesterase is present in human red cells but cannot be demonstrated by the copper thiocholine test. The enzyme is revealed, however, in the perinuclear cisterna, endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus of red cell precursors. It is suggested that 2 forms of the enzyme are present, one of which can be demonstrated by the copper thiocholine test, the other cannot; one form may be the precursor of the other. These observations may cast light on the kinetics of red cell replacement and on the interpretation of the results from the copper thiocholine test on other tissues such as the nervous system.

scholarly journals Red cell diphosphoglycerate mutase. Immunochemical studies in vertebrate red cells, including a human variant lacking 2,3-DPG

Blood ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 953-958 ◽  
Author(s):  
LL Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Genetic Variant ◽  
Neonatal Period ◽  
Human Erythrocytes ◽  
Red Cells ◽  
The Other ◽  
Radial Immunodiffusion ◽  
Red Cell ◽  
Human Adult ◽  
2,3 Dpg

Abstract Diphosphoglycerate mutase (DPGM) was purified to homogeneity from human erythrocytes. The enzyme and Freund adjuvant were injected into chickens and yielded a monospecific precipitating antibody. Radial immunodiffusion with this antibody was used to measure the amount of DPGM in hemolysates from human adult and cord red cells. Dog, rabbit, rat, chicken, and goat red cells all had DPGM during the neonatal period, but goat adult red cells had no detectable enzyme. Single bands with no spurs were present on Ouchterlony plates in which human hemolysate was placed adjacent to hemolysates from the other species tested. The amount of human red cell DPGM did not differ between young and old cells separated by centrifugation. Red cells from a patient with a DPGM genetic variant who had erythrocytosis and no detectable enzyme activity contained a reduced amount of DPGM as determined by radial immunodiffusion. The abnormal DPGM differed from normal by immunoelectrophoresis and in stability as measured by the amount of crossreacting material in young versus old erythrocytes.

scholarly journals Red cell diphosphoglycerate mutase. Immunochemical studies in vertebrate red cells, including a human variant lacking 2,3-DPG

Blood ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 953-958
Author(s):  
LL Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Genetic Variant ◽  
Neonatal Period ◽  
Human Erythrocytes ◽  
Red Cells ◽  
The Other ◽  
Radial Immunodiffusion ◽  
Red Cell ◽  
Human Adult ◽  
2,3 Dpg

Diphosphoglycerate mutase (DPGM) was purified to homogeneity from human erythrocytes. The enzyme and Freund adjuvant were injected into chickens and yielded a monospecific precipitating antibody. Radial immunodiffusion with this antibody was used to measure the amount of DPGM in hemolysates from human adult and cord red cells. Dog, rabbit, rat, chicken, and goat red cells all had DPGM during the neonatal period, but goat adult red cells had no detectable enzyme. Single bands with no spurs were present on Ouchterlony plates in which human hemolysate was placed adjacent to hemolysates from the other species tested. The amount of human red cell DPGM did not differ between young and old cells separated by centrifugation. Red cells from a patient with a DPGM genetic variant who had erythrocytosis and no detectable enzyme activity contained a reduced amount of DPGM as determined by radial immunodiffusion. The abnormal DPGM differed from normal by immunoelectrophoresis and in stability as measured by the amount of crossreacting material in young versus old erythrocytes.

Blood Viscosity Variations During Raynaud’s Phenomenon

1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Forconi
Keyword(s):  
Cell Volume ◽  
Blood Viscosity ◽  
Raynaud’S Phenomenon ◽  
Raynaud's Phenomenon ◽  
Red Cells ◽  
The Other ◽  
Fibrinogen Concentration ◽  
Red Cell ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Viscosity Changes

Since several authors have found abnormal blood viscosity in patients suffering from Raynaud’s disease but did not study them at the moment when the phenomenon appeared, we want to find out whether haemorheological changes might be provoked in the patients during a cold-induced phenomenon. The study was conducted on ten selected patients suffering from Raynaud’s phenomenon only in one hand when exposed to cold. A relevant and statistically very significant increase of the viscosity was noted in the blood coming from the hand during the cold-induced ischemia. When the ischemia had disappeared, blood viscosity levels returned to those recorded before the experience. No variations were evident in either plasma and serum viscosity, or in packed red cell volume and in plasma fibrinogen concentration. In the other arm of the same patients, a much smaller increase in blood viscosity was noted. No variations were found in any of the parameters observed in six control subjects. These results seems to suggest that blood viscosity changes specifically in relation to the disease, that this change may be related to the behaviour of the red cells (increased aggregability or decreased deformability) as the consequence of the ischemia, and that this hyperviscosity may potentiate the hindrance to the flow at the microcirculatory level.

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